Weather
News | Homepage - Blackpool Citizen
Contact us by email or phone.
£10.98m cuts unveiled by Lancashire County Council
5:16pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
JOBS look set to be in jeopardy across Lancashire children’s homes and young people’s services as part of a major cuts package.
Incidents up for life-saving North West team
3:10pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
PATIENTS in life-threatening emergencies in the North are getting more help in the first few critical minutes thanks to a dedicated community first responder desk.
Lancashire Council of Mosques chair to fight £9k benefit theft charge
9:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010
ONE of Lancashire's most prominent community leaders is being prosecuted for alleged benefit fraud.
44 Lancashire Police warrant cards went missing
1:17pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
AT LEAST 44 police warrant cards have been lost by, or stolen from, Lancashire officers in the past two years.
Fears of massive defence job cuts across Lancashire
9:00am Thursday 26th August 2010
DEFENCE bosses are preparing for thousands of job cuts across Lancashire, according to an MP.
Kendal man's marathon in memory of murdered Lytham mum
7:00am Thursday 26th August 2010
A KENDAL businessman is taking on a gruelling challen- ge in memory of his mother who was brutally murdered by her husband earlier this year.
£150,000 raised at Sheridan Suite charity dinner
7:20pm Tuesday 24th August 2010
A North West MEP was among those who helped raise a staggering £150,000 for the Pakistan Flood Relief over the weekend.
Retirement home for Lancashire police horses
4:00pm Tuesday 24th August 2010
THE mounted police unit has set up a ‘retirement fund’ for its horses once their careers are over.
Lancashire crackdown on school run parkers
8:30am Monday 23rd August 2010
EDUCATION chiefs have declared war on parents who drop their children off directly outside the school gates — by giving traffic wardens the power to issue fines.
Speed cameras in Lancashire to stay on our roads
9:42am Tuesday 17th August 2010
THE man in charge of Lancashire’s roads has revealed he rejected the opportunity to switch off all of the county’s speed cameras.
Heavy rain warning for Lancashire
5:52pm Thursday 12th August 2010
THE Met Office has warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms in parts of Lancashire this evening.
Lancashire Muslims begin Ramadhan fast
2:07pm Wednesday 11th August 2010
MUSLIMS across Lancashire are starting their Ramadhan fast from today.
Duke of Lancaster soldiers capture Taliban town
3:13pm Tuesday 10th August 2010
NORTH West soldiers have seized a key enemy stronghold from the Taliban after an 11-day mission in Afghanistan.
North West ambulance response times 'too slow'
1:42pm Tuesday 10th August 2010
THE North West Ambulance Service is one of the slowest in the country for response times to life-threatening emergencies.
Mixed picture on Lancashire parking fines
1:32pm Tuesday 10th August 2010
THE number of parking tickets dished out in parts of Lancashire has almost doubled, according to figures.
Lancashire farmers quizzed over cloned embryos
5:20pm Saturday 7th August 2010
LANCASHIRE farmers have been sent legal notices asking them to guarantee their products are not derived from cloned embryos, it has emerged.
Plans to cut Lancashire fire automatic alarm call-outs
10:38am Thursday 5th August 2010
LANCASHIRE's fire chiefs have been told they could be putting lives at risk after unveiling drastic plans to cut automatic alarm call-outs.
Lancashire solicitor’s Facebook warning
11:34am Thursday 5th August 2010
A LANCASHIRE law firm says it's seeing a big increase in the number of defamation cases being brought due to comments posted on Facebook.
North West soldiers seize Taliban stronghold
2:50pm Wednesday 4th August 2010
WITH VIDEO: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment soldiers have helped drive the Taliban out of the Sayedebad area of southern Afghanistan.
Lancashire roads boss: Speed cameras will be cut
1:30pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010
THE MAN in charge of Lancashire’s highways said he was ‘absolutely sure’ the number of speed cameras on the county’s roads would be reduced.
Find a trade
Other local newspapers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
