Local Democracy Reporting Service

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

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

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

Will Lancashire's devolution deal remain intact now there is a new government - and what could come in its place?

Council leaders say it's time for a Lancashire mayor

Covid vaccine boosters are now available privately - but NHS and public health leaders in Lancashiee have been silent on the subject

'Don't ask us': NHS and public health silence over private Covid booster

Parts of Lancashire are under pressure for school places - and some pupils are missing out altogether

Over 1,000 Lancashire kids are 'missing' from school

Sellers along the promenade still stock the original rock which is made in Blackpool.

MP calls on Parliament to help save famous Blackpool rock

A fire broke out at Blackpool's £100m Civil Service Hub

Council gives damage update following fire at £100m Civil Service Hub

Some of Lancashire's Long Covid patients - [clockwise from left] Melanie, Miriam and Alissa

'Long Covid left me housebound': Lancashire sufferers tell their stories

At the signing of Lancashire's devolution deal at Lancaster Castle in November: [from left] Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Phil Riley, Lancashire County Council leader Phillippa Williamson, Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young and Blackpool Council leader Lynn Williams after the devolution deal was signed at Lancaster Castle (image: Martin Bostock Photography)

Lancashire residents and businesses back long-awaited county devolution deal

Joanna Sebborn hopes her mocked-up mast is the closest Beacon Fell ever comes to seeing the real thing (images: Tom Pooley/Lancashire Creators [main image] Paul Faulkner [inset])

'A ruddy mast would ruin it': fury at plans for beloved Lancashire beauty spot

Assumptions have been made about how much Lancashire County Council will increase its council tax bills in the the years ahead - but nothing is certain until members decide

Five percent council tax rise ‘assumed’ by county council for next three years

Eight district councils gave a resounding 'no' when Lancashire County Council asked if they would like on-street pay and display machines in their area

Pay and display rethink after districts say they do not want on-street machines

Social care is under pressure across both adult and children's services

Here's how much Lancashire will get from government cash boost for social care

Leslie Eastham (left) has found friends at his local warm hub

How Lancashire's warm hubs are providing friendship as well as as sanctuary

A Penwortham man who visited one of the warm hubs established across Lancashire last winter to help people struggling to heat their homes says that the experience has given him a new lease of life.

Paul Faulkner

Andy Walker, chief exceutive of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, welcomes Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander, UK Strategic Command, to the county for the launch of the Lancashire Cyber Partnership

Lancashire preparing to lead the way in cyber defence as ‘one of the good guys’

Revelry Bar

Town centre bar shuts after police dispute over young child on premises

Does Lancashire need better bus services?

How Lancashire plans to spend 'unexpected' £7m on the county's bus network

Is Lancashire finally on the cusp of a devolution deal?

Lancashire devolution explained: what does it mean and how will it work?

A Lancashire teacher says that soaring absence rates could be reduced by air filters in every class

'End the hotbed of disease in schools': call for clean air in classrooms

The rate of hospital discharge delays is down, but some people are still not leaving the wards as soon as they should

The most common reasons for hospital discharge delays across Lancashire

Lancashire fire brigade had a busy time last year

Lancashire firefighters stopped most house blazes from spreading last year

Utility companies can be fined if they do not stick to conditions about their roadworks sites - including how long a route is dug up (image: Andy Mellin)

Huge rise in roadworks across Lancashire - with hundreds of jobs overrunning

How are County Hall's coffers coping?

Autumn date set for Lancashire County Council financial healthcheck

Protestors hope that the fracking experiment at Preston New Road is finally over

Fracking firm to leave Preston New Road site as campaigners say: 'Good riddance'

County Hall's move to a new patments and accounting platrform has caused problems

Council's accounts delayed by system that has also 'caused wage problems'

A software change has caused a two-month delay to the publication of Lancashire County Council’s draft accounts.

Paul Faulkner

Lamvashire County Council leader Phillippa Williamson is celebrating "fantastic news" about devolution

Lancashire devolution deal edges closer as minister 'expresses her commitment'

Mass vaccination centres are seeing "limited numbers" through the doors

'Why bother?' Apathy blamed for Lancashire's low Covid booster rates

There is concern over the safety of social housing in Lancashire in the wake of a tragedy in Greater Manchester

'Check Lancashire's social housing to ensure it's safe', councillor demands

Lancashire County Council's gritters are set for a re-route

Less gritting and longer grass on the cards as county council seeks £84m savings

Drivers ignoring signs outlawing certain manoeuvres could be in line for a fine from next year (image: Google)

Lancashire roads bosses want power to fine drivers making banned turns

The number of people seeing an NHS dentist in Lancashire in the past two years has fallen sharply - from just under two thirds to just over a third

Drop in Lancashire NHS dental visits means check-ups not done often enough

Dr. Sakthi Karunanithi, Lancashire County Council's director of public health

'Be prepared': Lancashire public health boss issues winter warning

Wyre Council's chief executive will depart from the authority in March 2023

Wyre Council boss to retire after 36-year career in local government

A sign at the Chorley household waste recycling centre caused confusion

Confusion over whether waste recycling centre staff can help to unload cars

Filling potholes in winter can prove a challenge when conditions are wet and cold

How Lancashire will make winter pothole repairs last longer

A single site to analyse all of Lancashire and South Cumbria's routine pathology samples might not come to pass

‘No guarantees’ over Lancashire blood test hub as boss announces retirement

Phil Woodford could not get a thrombectomy, because his stroke happened at the weekend

Two years until "game changing" stroke treatment available 24/7 in Lancashire

County Hall spent less than it planned lasy year - but it's not counting on being in the same position again

Here's how Lancashire County Council will spend 'leftover' £30m

Kevin McGee, chief executive of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, and his counterpart at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Trish Armstrong-Child, have written to pathology consultants to thank them for their "dedication" after they were irked by comments made about them by the man leading moves to overhaul testing services in Lancashire and South Cumbria

Hospital bosses ask manager to "reflect" on claim consultants silence some staff

Currently, all blood tests and other pathology samples are processed at local hospital sites across Lancashire, but under the planned changes, routine samples ordered by GPs and other out-of-hospital services would be ferried to Samlesbury for analysis in a new state-of-the-art centre - no matter where in Lancashire the patient lives

Preston and Blackpool hospital consultants' anger over 'intimidation' claim

The proportion of Lancashire residents with high blood pressure - and who were having it properly controlled - fell during the first year of the pandemic

Here's how hundreds of heart attacks and strokes could be avoided in Lancashire

Who should lead the questioning of Lancashire County Council's policies - the party which is in charge or the opposition?

Lancashire County Council cabinet and policies to go under the microscope

-County Cllr Peter Britcliffe wants to recognise the work of Lancashire's volunteers during his time as county council chairman

New county council chair says he would only want to have been born in Lancashire

Fifteen Lancashire County Council highways staff have been left suffering the ill-effects of using vibrating equipment like pneumatic drills (image: Simin Zoran/Adode Stock)

Everyday tasks "difficult or impossible" for road workers after vibration injury

Former Lancashire County Council leader Geoff Driver was arrested nearly five years ago - but still doesn't know if he will ever be charged over allegations of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation

No sign of quick conclusion to probe involving ex-Lancashire leader Geoff Driver

Children whose schools have taken part in hatching projects will no doubt have made firm friends with the fluffy new arrivals - but what happens to them next? (main image: Adobe stock)

Warning to Lancashire schools about the 'unseen side' of chick hatching projects

Urgent blood tests would still be analysed at hospital sites under the plans - but routine work would be carried out at a base in Samlesbury

'Super lab' plan for all routine blood tests in Lancashire is put on hold

Within sight of the building where Lancashire's on-street parking fees are set and penalty charges are processed, the pay and display sign on Pitt Street in Preston bears the wrong phone number (all images: Neil Cross)

Lancashire street's parking confusion as drivers given wrong phone number to pay

Councillors will not have to attend County Hall for anything but the most important decision-making meetings during January

Lancashire County Council returns to online meetings as Covid cases rocket

Ian Watkinson, Lancashire's representative on the executive committee of the National Education Union, believes a "firebreak" around the Christmas holiday could help stem the spread of Omicron...

Call to keep Lancashire children off school longer at Christmas to slow Omicron

Margaret MacDonald (middle of front row), regional operations manager, Guardian Homecare, pictured with staff from the organisation, which is one of those that has been invited by Lancashire County Council to trigger a review of the price it charges for services

'Gobsmacking': Lancashire County Council invites care firms to ask for more cash

Former Lancashire County Council leader Geoff Driver was one of four men arrested in May 2017 on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation - and the Crown Prosecution Service has been considering a file of material on the matter since August 2018 (image: Neil Cross)

REVEALED: Legal bill in investigation into former Lancashire leader Geoff Driver

Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for environment and climate change will be at COP26 in Glasgow

COP26: this is why a Lancashire representative is attending the climate summit