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The council leaders who do not want a local authority shake-up - [clockwise from top left] Michael Vincent (Conservative, Wyre), Stephen Atkinson (Conservative, Ribble Valley), Asjad Mahmood (Independent, Pendle), Caroline Jackson (Green Party, Lancaster), Afrasiab Anwar (Independent, Burnley), Phillippa Williamson (Conservative, Lancashire County Council) and Karen Buckley (Conservative, Fylde)

'Don't do it': Lancashire leaders bid to block council abolition plan

Jungle Mania is a soft play centre for children up to the age of 11.

Council reveal real reason Jungle Mania closed its doors at Houndshill

Agreement between the NHS and Lancashire County Council over care costs is proving elusive

Why there is a 'daily fight' over care costs between the county council and NHS

The first gathering of Lancashire's shadow combined county authority. [Back row, left to right] - Alistair Bradley, Chorley Council leader; Mo Isap, chair of Lancashire Business Board; Stephen Atkinson, Ribble Valley Council leader; [front row, left to right] Cllr Lynn Williams, Blackpool Council leader, Phillippa Williamson, Lancashire County Council leader, Alan Vincent, deputy Lancashire County Council leader; Phil Riley, Blackburn with Darwen Council leader

Key moment reached for Lancashire devolution deal - here's what it means

Should Lancashire County Council's managers have to tell elected members exactly what they discuss in their meetings?

'I'll resign if private management meetings are made public', council boss says

MPs bid to abolish every council in Lancashire and bring in an elected mayor

The Samlesbury Enterprise, where a new £6m innovation hub is ti be created (image: Google)

Here's how Lancashire will spend its £20m cash injection from devolution deal

[Clockwise from top left] County Cllrs Samara Barnes, John Potter, Gina Dowding and Ash Sutcliffe make the case for joining them at County Hall

'The best thing you'll ever do': councillors want you to become one of them

Pictured from left to right: County Coun Aidy Riggott, cabinet member for economic development and growth; County Coun Jayne Rear, cabinet member for education and skills, Joseph Bridges, who is currently doing a Level 4 Application Support Apprenticeship with software and consultancy solutions firm Redthorn; Oliver Barrow, who is currently doing a Level 3 engineering apprenticeship with isentra; and County Coun Ash Sutcliffe, lead member for cultural services and skills.

Lancashire apprenticeship boost after cash fund announced for businesses

Lancashire will need innovative new ways of charging the burgeoning number of electric vehicles expected on its roads by the 2030 - like the 'cable tray' system

Warning of 'charging wars' as Lancs prepares for increase in electric vehicles

Lancashire County Council members get £2,000 a year to hand out to local community groups

More than £120K of Lancashire community funding so far unaccounted for

Lancashire county councillors have been counting up the costs and benefits of the budget

Budget: pothole boost welcomed, but business rates warning as councilors react

Children starting secondary school next year need to secure a place well in advance (image: Pexels)

School place application deadline looms amid 'reduced chance' warning

Some Lancashire bus users say their lives are dictated by the lack of services

I have to wait in a library all day for my kids to finish school thanks to buses

Lancashire County Council is developing new facilities for the children in its care

Locations revealed for new children's homes providing 'better outcomes for kids'

One of Lancashire's two banking hubs, to date, on Skipton Road in Barnoldswick

'The bank is finished': call for alternative to high-street branches in Lancs

A new type of bank designed to plug the gap left by the decline of the traditional high street branch is not being rolled out quickly enough in Lancashire.

Paul Faulkner

Checks are being carried out across Lancashire to ensure the dignity of the dead is being preserved

Here's what was discovered when inspectors visited Lancashire’s funeral homes

Finding a takeaway is no problem in most parts of Lancashirte - but how many of them are in some areas just might be (images: Pexels)

These are the places in Lancashire that have the most takeaways

From bed bases to shopping baskets - all kinds has been dumped alongside the busy Preston New Road

Fly-tippers strike at abandoned Fylde fracking site

Major safety upgrades planned for the A6 through Lancashire

Local authorities have a duty to divert people away from terrorism and so head off incidents like the London Bridge attack in 2019

Secret Lancashire anti-terror plan gets the green light

Early irning travel for disabled bus passengers in Lancashire could be set to change.

Major fare change planned for disbaled bus pass holders in Lancashire

Is Lancashire's patchwork of potholes going to become less prevalent?

'Long-lasting' pothole repairs promised for Lancs after success of new technique

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Harvest windfall for local food banks from Wyre Council

Hope Community Hub with the new shelter outside

New outdoor shelter provides wellbeing legacy in Over Wyre

The camera kit will be installed next year

New speed cameras coming to Fylde accident blackspot

Multi-operator, multi-modal transport is coming to the Fylde coast

Single ticket will allow Fylde coast passengers to jump between buses and trams

Fylde coast bus passengers are set to be able to buy a single ticket that can be used on all services – and the area’s trams.

Paul Faulkner

Familes have been complaining in record numbers about special needs services for Lancashire children

'Record high' complaints about children's special needs services in Lancs

District councils like Fylde will have to ensure residents feel the benefits of Lancashire devolution, the authority's leader, Karen Buckley, says

Fylde leader hails 'skills-boosting' Lancashire devolution deal

Lancashire's devolution deal has been a long time coming - but now it's done, what will it actually mean for residents?

What is Lancashire devolution and what does it mean for council tax bills?

[Clockwise from left]: Chorley Council leader Alistair Bradley, Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and the leader of Preston City Council, Matthew Brown

From optimism to betrayal: Lancashire leaders respond to devolution deal

'It's a deal': Lancashire gets devolution done, but without a mayor - for now...

Winter fuel payments will be cut this year

How Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde MPs voted over winter fuel payment cut

Will the changes to winter fuel allowance affect how residents decide to heat their homes in the coming months?

Winter fuel allowance cut: here's how many Fylde coast pensioners will lose out

Lancashire's potholes are being fixed within a reasonable timeframe, the county council has said

Lancashire 'back up to speed' with pothole repairs, council claims

Cllr Stephen Atkinson says Ribble Valley residents must have the final say over the future of the council that serves them

Residents will get referendum over whether council is abolished

Damion Russell has waited more than a year to be laid to rest (image via Lancashire Police)

'He was just there waiting': murdered toddler's long-delayed funeral arranged

The threat of homelessness hangs over some Lancashire households

The places in Lancashire where you are most likely to risk becoming homeless

Kirkham town centre pictured from the air, prior to its recent revamp

Free town centre car park closed after rule change

Part of the proposed solar farm plot, off the A584 Preston New Road, close to Clifton Business Park (image: Google)

Solar farm ‘the size of nearly 100 football pitches' planned for Fylde

There will be many more new housing estates springing up across the Fylde coast under government plans

Huge housing increase planned for Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde amid greenbelt fears

Lancashire in devolution deadlock - again - as local leaders clash over deal

GPs in Lancashire are joining colleagues across the country by changing the way they work in protest at funding levels

Lancs GPs begin work-to-rule as figures show how many patients they deal with

Only one train track runs along the South Fylde line through stations like St Annes-on-the-Sea - meaning services are infrequent and often cancelled

'Fight will go on' for better Fylde train services after government scraps fund

Thornton railway station - along with a stop at Burn Naze - could have been put back on track under the plans to reopen the line from Poulton to Fleetwood

Fylde coast railway reopening under threat after key fund axed

Some people receive specialist kit to help keep them living independently

Home help call for Fylde coast residents

What are the benefits of Edith Rigby Way?

Here's why another £50K is being spent on new £207m motorway link road

Train to become an orange button holder and help prevent suicide

Why are people wearing orange buttons around Blackpool?

Counth Hall's coffers have been given an unexpected boost

Here's how much money Lancashire County Council has in its reserves

Does Lancashire need its own Andy Burnham to fly the flag for the county?

New government ‘wants Lancashire to have an Andy Burnham-style elected mayor’

Angie Ridgwell will hand over the reins at the top of Lancashire County Council to Mark Wynn, who will become acting chief executive

New boss for Lancashire County Council - before the current one has even left

Blackpool Family Hubs celebrate their one year milestone at Palatine Leisure Centre.

Blackpool's family hubs mark their first year anniversary

The University of Central Lancashire will host the Convention of the North 2025 next February

Lancashire to stage prestigious 'Northern Powerhouse' conference

A free-flowing Edith Rigby Way - a year after it opened

This is how many vehicles are using the new M55 link road one year on

Lancashire County Council has revealed the budgetary pressures it faced during the last financial year

School transport and children's services put council budget under pressure

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