Named the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation", the plans, backed by a new Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery ...

Jack Catterall is setting his sights on a world championship as he prepares to face Arnold Barboza Jr. The 31-year-old from ...

Proposals to lower the age for free bus travel in England and Wales to 60 have had a key response from the Government. A petition on the Parliament website is urging the Department for Transport to ...

More than 250 extra places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are to be created in Lancashire. Six existing local authority special schools will be expanded – two in ...

Jamie Theakston's horror cancer battle was 'pure bad luck' as his form of cancer is normally caused by two main risk factors - neither of which apply to him. The Heart Radio presenter shocked his ...

Police are appealing for the public's help following a burglary in Preston. Officers have released the image of a man wanted in connection with an alleged break-in at a house in Symonds Road this week ...

The UK has recorded three earthquakes today. Homes were shaken and people woken in the middle of the night. Scotland was jolted by the three unexpected earthquakes today. The first occurred at 3.03am, ...

Plans to fit solar panels to a building close to Blackpool Airport have been agreed providing there is no risk to pilots flying overhead. A scheme to install 300 solar panels to the roof of a building ...

Forecasters are predicting freezing temperatures in Lancashire this weekend. The Met Office has already warned of snow and ice in some parts of the North West, including Cumbria, with some areas ...