A fresh round of strike action by social care staff at Lancashire County Council has been announced after the authority was accused of failing to agree to reopen talks to try to resolve a dispute that ...

The ‘Argyle Street Ash’ has been crowned the Woodland Trust’s 2025 Tree of the Year, the conservation charity announced on Thursday evening (September 25). This year’s theme was ‘rooted in culture’, ...

Morecambe’s West End is set for a major boost, with £20m of long-term funding secured to improve the neighbourhood and put local people at the heart of decision making.

Emma Barnes’ MAFS marriage didn’t work out, but she still credits the hugely popular E4 dating show with changing her life - though it’s impacted her dating life in a way she didn’t expect.

The best takeaways and restaurants across the UK have been named in the Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year Awards 2025. In its fourth year, the awards celebrate the best of small and independent ...

Watch as we talk to the manager of the North West’s most dog-friendly pub to find out what they have on offer for their adored furry guests.

The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside is asking people to record hedgehog sightings to ‘help a hog’ this autumn.

A team led by Dr Jemma Kerns from Lancaster University Medical School has been awarded £1.5M by the EPSRC to develop a tool to predict and diagnose bone disorders for the first time.

The latest recommendations come from Link, the UK’s cash access network. It has now identified 244 locations for hubs, with the Government pledging to deliver 350 before the end of this Parliament. So ...

Team members at Ocean Edge Holiday Park in Morecambe are celebrating moving up from a four-star to a five-star rating following a quality assessment from VisitEngland.

The closures so far suggest H&M is focusing its downsizing outside the UK, but with other retailers such as Zara and Next tightening their physical estates in recent years, British high streets are ...

It comes after the National Audit Office – the Government’s spending watchdog – last year found that the current SEND system was “not achieving value for money”. Nor was it leading to better outcomes ...