• ‘Every day has been a waking nightmare’
    on September 2, 2025 at 5:51 pm

    Victim impact statements written by Lenny Scott’s parents and the mothers of his children are released.

  • Nurse’s disbelief over stroke victim’s sex assault
    on September 2, 2025 at 4:33 pm

    Matthew Pover was part of the nursing team looking after Valerie Kneale following her stroke in 2018.

  • Fracking in Lancashire not ruled out, Reform says
    on September 2, 2025 at 2:48 pm

    “Safely, independently monitored” shale gas extraction “should be looked at”, says Richard Tice.

  • M6 partially closed after HGV overturns
    on September 2, 2025 at 1:26 pm

    The motorway is shut northbound, between junction 34 and junction 35, because of a fuel spill.

  • Prison with worst drugs rate sees problem get worse
    on September 2, 2025 at 10:01 am

    A report finds more inmates at HMP Kirkham are testing positive for drugs than they were last year.

  • Conservative group leader defects to Reform
    on September 2, 2025 at 6:32 am

    Stephen Thompson says he made the switch over his frustration with his former party at national level.

  • ‘Once every three weeks’ bin collections proposed
    on September 2, 2025 at 5:10 am

    A council says moving waste collections to once every three weeks could potentially save £6m a year.

  • North West given £9.3m transport investment boost
    on September 2, 2025 at 5:06 am

    The investment forms part of the government’s £2.3bn promise to improve regional transport in the UK.

  • Blackpool re-sign Bowler as well as Banks on loan
    on September 1, 2025 at 7:36 pm

    Blackpool re-sign Josh Bowler after he left Premier League side Nottingham Forest as well as winger Scott Banks from Bundesliga side FC St Pauli on a season-long loan.

  • Stroke patient sexually assaulted, inquest told
    on September 1, 2025 at 7:22 pm

    Valerie Kneale died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital four days after she was admitted in November 2018.

  • ‘My family escaped Pakistan flooding just in time’
    on September 1, 2025 at 3:27 pm

    Shakil Salam was one of about 200,000 people evacuated from Punjab, the country’s most populous region.

  • Katie Thistleton’s tips for back-to-school nerves
    on September 1, 2025 at 12:18 pm

    Presenter and counsellor Katie Thistleton shares her tips on helping to ease first-day jitters.

  • County’s early cancer diagnoses among UK’s lowest
    on September 1, 2025 at 11:38 am

    The overall performance of early diagnosis in the area “doesn’t look positive”, the NHS says.

  • Bus firm offers interviews to at-risk Boohoo staff
    on September 1, 2025 at 10:31 am

    Transdev says it will offer a guaranteed job interview to any Burnley-based staff from Boohoo.

  • Ferries back on schedule after weather disruption
    on September 1, 2025 at 10:04 am

    Ferry crossings between Douglas and Liverpool and Lancashire were disrupted by gales on Sunday.

  • Parade celebrates 50 years of Hindu temple opening
    on August 31, 2025 at 4:28 pm

    Crowds celebrate five decades since the opening of one of the first temples of its kind in the UK.

  • Offshore windfarm with 96 turbines wins approval
    on August 31, 2025 at 1:17 pm

    The project will see dozens of turbines built more than 20 miles off the Lancashire coast.

  • Blackpool fans honoured over ‘tough’ boycott fight
    on August 31, 2025 at 9:12 am

    Supporter protests against the Oyston family’s turbulent reign are recognised with a blue plaque.

  • Construction firm ‘inspired to act’ after TV story
    on August 31, 2025 at 6:11 am

    Parkinson in Blackpool hosted a skills workshop to try to break down stereotypes within the industry.

  • ‘I can’t afford to live in village where I work’
    on August 31, 2025 at 6:09 am

    How a lack of affordable housing is putting strains on the life of a Lancashire village.