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Janet Williams with her sons, left, Lee Williams and right, Philip Williams

Mum campaigning for compensation for kids born with birth defects

Rates of abortion continue to rise in Blackpool.

Over 1 third of pregnancies in Blackpool end in abortion as rates rise

Police launch major crackdown on ketamine in Lancashire

Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children against measles ahead of the new school term. (Photo: SAVO PRELEVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Measles symptoms as parents warned of potential surge in cases

GPs are voting whether or not to go on strike for the first time in 60 years. (Photo: Charles Milligan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GPs are threatening strike action - what does it mean for you?

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

Women who have been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for their menopause treatment are set to get a full year of care for less than £20 from April 1.

Women to receive menopause treatment for under £20 from April

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has reassured the public after warnings of a penicillin shortage in the UK.

Health boss insists penicillin supply is ‘good’ after shortage warning

Self-isolation can only end early if two negative results are produced on consecutive days (Photo: Getty Images)

Major change to Covid self-isolation rules takes effect from today

Covid passports are reportedly set to be scrapped in England this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid passports to be scrapped ‘this month’ as Omicron wave eases

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

Think twice if you have Covid symptoms and are going trick-or-treating

Avoid trick-or-treating if you have Covid symptoms, chief medic urges

People urged to get second Covid jab amid fears millions missed out

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper

MP demands more information on cost of PPE imports from China during pandemic

The EU still does not recognise a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine called Covishield (Photo: Getty Images)

European holidays at risk for millions of Brits given Indian-made AstraZeneca ja...

The stone Ogre on Cleveleys beach is part of the story of the Sea Swallow and Mythic Coastline.

These are the best beaches in and around Lancashire, according to our readers
Readers have shared their favourite local beaches to help those looking for a getaway close to home.
Sean Gleaves

Staff who are hesitant about the vaccine are being offered advice

Concern over Blackpool care home staff who decline vaccine

Surge testing is being introduced to people in the LS8 postcode area of Leeds (Photo: Getty Images)

Further surge testing ordered in England as South African Covid variant spreads ...

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours explored (Photo: Shutterstock)

Could every adult in the UK be vaccinated against Covid by May? The rumours expl...

Australia is unlikely to fully reopen its borders in 2021

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

Check how fast the Covid infection rate is rising in your area with this interac...

Can domestic cleaners work during England's national lockdown?

This is when schools could reopen in January - and why the return has been delay...

Primary schools in these areas of England are not expected to reopen next week

The new Covid variant is 54% more infectious than other strains - what it means

NHS England said on Wednesday that 372 patients, aged between 19 and 103, had died in hospital.

Teenager with no known underlying health conditions among Covid deaths
A teenager with no known underlying health conditions was among hundreds more people to have died in England after testing positive for coronavirus.
Iain Lynn

£4bn of taxpayer money spent on private Covid contracts is still unaccounted for

Moor Park Primary School, in Moor Park Avenue, Bispham (Picture: Google Street View)

Covid outbreak hits Bispham school as seven workers test positive - with some 'q...

Matt Hancock is considering a ‘work out to help out’ scheme - here’s what it mea...

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

The government are cutting back on Coronavirus advertisements to try and slow the demand for test

(Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The government is cutting back on coronavirus awareness advertising - here’s why

The new campaign aims to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles (Photo: Shutterstock)

No sweets at shop counters and a ban on junk food ads - the government's new pla...

Leicester is the worst affected area in England by coroanvirus (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s the latest data on coronavirus cases across England - from the most affec...

This is what you need to know about the NHS app (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS contact tracing app might not be ready until winter - here’s what it means

A member of clinical staff adjusts her mask as she wears Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) working in the Covid Recovery Ward

New data reveals coronavirus death toll is 9,000 more than official government f...

A member of NHS staff for Royal Preston Hospital has died from Covid-19.

NHS worker for Royal Preston Hospital dies after contracting Covid-19

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Death toll continues to rise at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

1,662 additional coronavirus deaths have been recorded by ONS (Shutterstock)

More than 1,000 additional coronavirus deaths in care homes according to ONS fig...

Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance joined Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during a media briefing in Downing Street, London

'By staying home this weekend, you've saved lives' - Foreign Secretary Dominic R...

A scientist working on a coronavirus vaccine says it could be ready as soon as autumn

Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by autumn, says Oxford professor

NHS trusts in Lancashire have had more debt written off than any other part of the North West

This is how much hospital debt has been wiped out in Lancashire

Health Minister Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus

Health Secretary Matt Hancock (right) and Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty (left) arrive at the Cabinet Office, Whitehall, London, for a meeting of the Government's emergency committee Cobra to discuss coronavirus

A fourth person in the UK has died from coronavirus

The two patients have been transferred to specialist NHS infection centres inLiverpool and London.

Two new cases of coronavirus confirmed in England bringing total number of UK ca...

Confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus have now reached more than 72,000 across the globe (Photo: Shutterstock)

13 coronavirus myths debunked by the World Health Organisation

Coronavirus in the UK: latest news and updates after first cases confirmed in En...

Two men ready an ambulance outside the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca where a British man has been diagnosed with coronavirus, on February 9, 2020 (Photo: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Number of coronavirus victims in England doubles as officials declare killer bug...

Members of staff wait as coaches carrying Coronavirus evacuees arrive at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, in Milton Keynes, after being repatriated to the UK from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China yesterday (Picture:Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

New powers will allow UK government to forcibly quarantine victims as coronaviru...

More than 80 people evacuated from China will be quarantined at Arrowe Park Hospital in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. Pic: Google

Coronavirus: This is why Britons are being quarantined in the North West followi...

Two members of the same family in England have tested positive for the disease (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is the latest on coronavirus in the UK as first cases confirmed

Some patients will no longer have to pay to park at hospitals in Lancashire from next year

Free parking at Lancashire hospitals - but not for everyone

Mike Deery and sister Ann Marie Pfeiffer are celebrating the 20th anniversary of her donating a life-changing kidney to him

Fleetwood man thanks sister for priceless gift on the 20th anniversary of her do...

A&E at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Government says Â£13 million cash given to Vic is due to Brexit - a claim brande...

Janine and Martin Hill

Fleetwood family call on the government to help young cancer patients with trave...

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