• KFC fans go wild as crowds pack Preston’s Flag Market for free food
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 5, 2025 at 7:54 am

    They couldn’t wait to claim a claim a free limited-edition KFC and SpudBros jacket potato

  • Blackpool Tower and Madame Tussauds set to see major change in ‘bold move’
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 5, 2025 at 7:39 am

    Council bosses say the change will represent a ‘new era’ for the resort

  • Family of missing Jordan Johnson-Doyle fly to Malaysia after police update
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson, Ben Haslam) on June 5, 2025 at 7:09 am

    The 25-year-old hasn’t been heard from since Tuesday, May 27, while backpacking in Asia

  • He tried shoving drugs up his bum when police came knocking at his door
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson, Adam Everett) on June 5, 2025 at 6:45 am

    Trevor Jevons and his flatmate Martin Pilson operated a “significant scale” drugs hotline

  • Indian restaurant forced to close down over ‘obnoxious smell of curry’
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Neil Shaw, Ravi Meah) on June 5, 2025 at 5:59 am

    One restaurant popular with locals will serve its last dish this month after losing a court battle over the strong smell wafting from its building

  • ‘Skin condition left me looking like an alien – miracle product saved me’
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:55 am

    He had an adverse reaction to dermal fillers

  • Pervert who could become ‘real danger to kids’ walks free from court
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Susan Newton) on June 5, 2025 at 5:45 am

    Connor Pearce-Sugden was caught with hundreds of vile images of young children

  • Children’s home plan for family house set for green light despite concerns
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 5:30 am

    Lancashire County Council’s children’s services department has also objected

  • ‘Game-changer’ new pensions rules to give savers ‘more income’
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:15 am

    Some people say it does not go far enough, though

  • Major DWP Universal Credit free school meals eligibility change announced
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:06 am

    The Government has announced a key change to who is eligible for free school meals

  • Car wash takeaway plan rejected over healthy eating concerns for kids
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 5:00 am

    Council planners said the proposed hot food cabin would be ‘detrimental to the health of young people’

  • Labour ‘unusual’ WASPI decision update amid concerns it ‘undermined’ Ombudsman
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Nicholas Dawson) on June 5, 2025 at 4:37 am

    The Ombudsman recommended payouts ranging from £1,000 and £2,950 for the WASPI women

  • Major cabinet reshuffle in Lancashire sees Labour’s youngest member get promoted
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 4:30 am

    There’s some big changes in the top team

  • Lancashire businesses to have say over radical council map shake-up
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Paul Faulkner) on June 5, 2025 at 4:00 am

    All 15 existing local authorities are set to be abolished and replaced with a handful of new ones

  • Unique Blackpool hotel where you can cuddle cats in bed and play arcade games
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Alice Sjoberg) on June 5, 2025 at 3:24 am

    This Blackpool hotel offers free arcade games and cuddles with cats in bed, and with seriously reasonable prices, swathes of tourists are adding it to their bucket lists

  • ‘I had stage four lung cancer but now I’m disease free after medical miracle’
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Izzy Hawksworth, Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    Jeff Cook has hailed the ‘wonderful life-saving drug’

  • Identical twins celebrate 100th birthday and share simple secret to long life
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Isobel Williams, Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 4:01 pm

    Bill and Jack Casey were born 10 minutes apart in 1925

  • 201 arrests and 2,095 deadly weapons recovered in crackdown on knife crime
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 3:43 pm

    Officers flooded knife hotspots and executed stop searches and weapon sweeps

  • Union leaders react to Reform ‘Doge’ unit visit and issue ‘fight’ warning
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Paul Faulkner) on June 4, 2025 at 3:21 pm

    “The only way they’re going to [achieve their aim] is by sacking people and cutting services”

  • He was enjoying a night out with friends, then shouted ‘Oh God’ and collapsed
    by lancslive@reachplc.com (Susan Newton) on June 4, 2025 at 3:04 pm

    The 22-year-old was thought to have died almost immediately