Rishi Sunak

Commuters walk along a packed platform after a single train arrived during the morning rush hour, at Waterloo Station in London on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

North missed £140bn of transport investment during last government

James Anderson of Lancashire during the Lancashire CCC photocall at Emirates Old Trafford on Tuesday. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Lancashire cricket legend Jimmy Anderson has been awarded a knighthood

Drink driver Matthew Wootten crashes into the gates of the Prime Minister’s country house.

Watch: Drink driver smashes into gates of PM’s country house

Former footballer Joey Barton is set to appear in court over tweets directed at female football pundit Eni Aluko

Ex-Fleetwood Town manager charged over tweets about football pundit

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

Lancashire flag

General Election 2024 Lancs: The results and reaction as Labour wins

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting branded the crisis engulfing NHS hospitals a “disgrace” (Inset: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire_

Labour Party react after cancer patient 'forced to sleep on A&E floor'

Rishi Sunak: Four men arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Tory Party leader Rishi Sunak delivers message to Blackpool people

Just Stop Oil protesters have targeted multiple private jets at an airfield in Stansted after Taylor Swift landed her own private plane just hours before. (Credit: Just Stop Oil)

Breaking Watch: Just Stop Oil target Taylor Swift

Activists sitting by Stonehenge after it was sprayed orange (Photo: Just Stop Oil / Supplied)

Breaking Watch: Just Stop Oil 'paint' world-famous UK monument

(Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

How UK parties are approaching National Insurance ahead of election

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes gave a new voice to first-hand accounts of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops in June 1944 (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Justin Dowling)

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes is a must-watch for a disappearing Sunak

Young Conservatives

Young Conservatives: misrepresented in Blackpool
“Labour this, Labour that”.. Is not the word on the ground in Blackpool amongst the youth.
Jake Pickavance

The signing of Lancashire's devolution deal in November - but has the election turned the smiles to uncertainty? [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 (image: Martin Bostock Photography)

We remain committed to securing a devolution deal for Lancashire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said all 18-year-olds would be made to undertake a form of “mandatory” national service if his Conservative Party are re-elected following the General Election on July 4

See how many teens could be called up for National Service in Lancs

Rishi Sunak calling the next general election. Photo: BBC

Rishi Sunak announces a year of National Service for all teenagers

Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe.

Watch: Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe

Not all Fylde coast MPs are standing for Parliament again

How it stands with Fylde coast MPs ahead of the July General Election

Rishi Sunak has called a General Election for July 4 (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 election

Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4.

Watch: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 General Election

Paul Maynard who is the Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys

Sunak urged to sack minister ordered to repay after expenses breach

Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels making up Manston Solar Farm in south-east England. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Plans for a new solar farm have been submitted to the council

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

There were 1,296 workers off sick each day on average at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Lancashire picked as guinea pigs for controversial government scheme
The plan aims to deliver tailored workplace adjustments to help people stay in work or return sooner.
Sam Quine

Members of the parkrun community at 10 Downing Street

Southport parkrunner invited to 10 Downing Street as charity celebrated ahead of...

Technology aimed at keeping drivers safe on smart motorways frequently stops working, an investigation has found

'I worry about breaking down as smart motorways are death traps'

Rishi Sunak speaking during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons.

GPs may lose power to give sick notes to force millions back to work

Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, and Chris Webb during their campaign in Blackpool (Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Labour accuse Conservatives of being ‘out of touch’ on campaign visit

Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has resigned, setting up a by-election to replace him in his Blackpool South constituency

'Right thing to do' - Reaction to resort MP Scott Benton's resignation

Scott Benton was caught in a lobbying sting (Credit: David Woolfall/UK Parliament/PA Wire)

Scott Benton resigns as MP, paving way for Blackpool by-election

Director Grant Walters at The Sports Shop in Kingswinford show off their St George's Cross transfer to apply to new England kit. A sports shop is selling St George’s Cross iron-on transfers for £4.95 - so fans can cover the controversial design on the new England football shirt.

Shop sells St George patch to cover rainbow flag on Nike's England kit

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Breaking Blackpool South set for by-election after MP Scott Benton suspended

Rishi Sunak is expected to reveal how more than £2bn of reallocated HS2 funding will go to local authorities across the North

Blackpool set to get share of more than £2bn of HS2 money

The UK has entered a recession

UK enters recession as economy shrinks

XL Bullies will be banned from Februrary 2024.

XL Bully Ban: Everything you need to know as ban comes into place

Children aged two will recieve 15 hours of free childcare.

Breaking Free childcare scheme April roll out

XL Bully has recently seen a staggering surge in public interest. Photo: With Shutterstock Membership

Expert reports a remarkable 3233% increase in search volume for XL Bully breed

13 petitions are currently doing the rounds calling for key campaigner Alan Bates of The Post Office scandal to receive a CBE or knighthood

No 10 backs knighthood for Horizon campaigner

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a PM Connect event in Accrington, Lancashire (Credit: Christopher Furlong/PA Wire)

Government will continue to invest in towns like Accrington, PM says

Clockwise from top left, Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, singer Shirley Bassey, England goalkeeper Mary Earps, novelist Kate Mosse and Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke with her mother Jenny. All have been honoured in the New Year list Pictures: PA

Celebrities recognised in New Year Honours

From the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, NHS strikes and Rishi Sunak sacking Suella Braverman as home secretary, it's been a memorable year!

2023: The year in review

Number of people seen within 4 hour target at Blackpool A+E revealed

There are plans for a smoke-free generation

Plans for smoke-free generation 'pivotal' for health in Blackpool

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Exhausted migrants in Kent. Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Breaking Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful

Victoria Atkins MP (left) has taken the position of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, previously held by Steve Barclay MP (right). Images: Getty

PM's cabinet reshuffle sees him swap one former Blackpool pupil for another

Rishi Sunak said allegations of a Tory MP committing multiple rapes are “very serious” and anyone with evidence should “talk to police”. (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Sunak urges victims of alleged rapist Tory MP to ‘go to police’

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

Breaking NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

Breaking UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

Breaking SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

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