Local government minister Jim McMahon laid an order earlier this week to postpone elections in several council areas.

A man who had been shoplifting for more than 20 years threatened a member of security after he chased him from an Accrington store. Blackburn Magistrates' Court heard Anthony Bradley told the loss ...

The Met Office has provided the following weather forecast for West Lancashire. On Friday, February 14, the early morning will be partly cloudy with temperatures around 1 degree. By 8am, sunny ...

An East Lancashire care home has been told it needs to improve its medicine management following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The warning came from Blackburn with Darwen councillors who said they had learned of residents being duped by people claiming to collecting for a charity. In one incident a woman had handed over £140 ...

Blackburn Road, Accrington, 1979 (Picture: Newsquest) On the right is the town hall with Burton’s occupying a prominent position on the corner with Dutton Street. The Yorkshire Bank is on the corner ...

The Met Office has provided the following weather forecast for East Lancashire. On Friday, February 14, the early morning will be partly cloudy with temperatures around 0 degrees. By 8am, sunny ...

A culinary experience, featuring a newly appointed Michelin star chef from Blackburn, sold out in a matter of hours, at The Three Fishes in Mitton.

HYNDBURN council will continue to provide free car parking in its town centres senior councillors were told as they voted to recommend the ...

Campaigners opposing a large-scale wind development have described the project as a “profit-making scam”, which threatens the nature of ...

A Blackburn author said she is honoured after winning at the Great British Businesswoman Awards. Christina Gabbitas won in the creative category, which celebrates a woman who has made her mark and ...