- ‘I write letters to strangers to combat loneliness’on January 19, 2026 at 6:19 am
Michael Helps, who set up a letter writing service, wants strangers to feel they’re not alone.
- ‘Tour De France is exciting news for Lancashire’on January 19, 2026 at 6:18 am
Thousands will line the streets when the free event passes from Carnforth down to West Lancashire.
- Man, 19, killed in two-car collisionon January 18, 2026 at 5:01 pm
Lancashire Police said the man died in a collision in Grimsargh on Sunday.
- Bid to revive Blackpool to London lunchtime trainon January 18, 2026 at 3:12 pm
The four daily direct services to and from London Euston were reduced to two a day, say Avanti.
- Chorley ‘lives and breathes culture’, says councilon January 18, 2026 at 8:39 am
The Lancashire town will bid to win a £3m prize to become the UK’s first Town of Culture.
- ‘Warm hub has saved me from loneliness’on January 18, 2026 at 7:04 am
An 84-year-old Blackpool pensioner says she found herself in fuel poverty when her husband died.
- ‘We’ve rescued stricken turtle during Atlantic row’on January 18, 2026 at 7:03 am
A world record-holding rower is midway through a daring 3,000-mile (about 5,000km) ocean challenge.
- Rally against council care home closure proposalson January 17, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Hundreds of people march against Lancashire County Council’s proposals to close eight elderly facilities.
- ‘We started The Couture Club with £5k loan from my mum’on January 17, 2026 at 7:20 am
This loan marked the start of a multi-million business that has attracted customers around the world.
- Dry January, teetotalism and dangers of the ‘demon drink’on January 17, 2026 at 7:15 am
Academics ague the temperance movements paved the way for sobriety trends like Dry January.
- Murderer’s 23-year sentence ‘not unduly lenient’on January 16, 2026 at 3:21 pm
Thomas Dures knifed Matthew Daulby, 19, in the chest during a fight outside a bar in July 2023.
- Grandmother killed in crash was ‘guiding light’on January 16, 2026 at 7:37 am
The family of Sylvia McKearnan, 89, say “her memory will forever be treasured”.
- The troops on high alert to fight alongside Natoon January 16, 2026 at 6:31 am
The 1st Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is ready to deploy to Nato countries if needed.
- ‘I’ve played Blackpool Tower’s organ for 50 years’on January 16, 2026 at 6:28 am
Phil Kelsall has clocked up more than 50 years playing Blackpool Tower’s legendary Wurlitzer organ.
- ‘I’m delighted Tour de France will be in my city’on January 15, 2026 at 7:35 pm
Merseyside’s Tour de France stars share their joy that a 2027 race stage will finish in Liverpool.
- Car thieves jailed after gang member filmed himselfon January 15, 2026 at 4:05 pm
The gang stole luxury cars from across Lancashire, often while the vehicles’ owners were sleeping.
- ‘Dad would be proud as punch of Elizabeth Emblem’on January 15, 2026 at 1:24 pm
A Blackpool Illuminations engineer Jonathan White died after falling while putting up lights in 1986.
- ‘Cruel’ child molester and domestic abuser jailedon January 15, 2026 at 1:11 pm
A judge says Mark Harvey “lacks courage” and is a dangerous offender who poses a high risk.
- Almost 160,000 visit Wallace & Gromit exhibitionon January 15, 2026 at 6:13 am
The event was the first at The Harris museum after its four-year closure for a £19.2m refurbishment.
- Whooper swans descend on wetland for milder winteron January 15, 2026 at 6:12 am
Hundreds of whooper swans from Iceland have landed on a wetland in Lancashire.