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Police from Vietnam on visit to Lancashire
12:42pm Friday 19th March 2010
VIETNAMESE police are visiting Lancashire this week to see how suspects are treated in custody.
Speed awareness course threshold raised in Lancashire
5:33pm Thursday 18th March 2010
MOTORISTS travelling at up to 10mph over the speed limit are to be offered courses rather than points and fines.
Aerospace boss to be Lancashire High Sheriff
3:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010
ONE of East Lancashire’s most high-profile businessmen has been chosen as the county’s next High Sheriff.
Lancashire petrol station operator: Petrol price hike is not our fault
10:26am Thursday 18th March 2010
ONE of Lancashire’s biggest petrol station operators has told drivers: ‘We are not to blame for price rises’.
Lancashire drug experts warn of after effects of ‘legal high’
9:47am Thursday 18th March 2010
LANCASHIRE drug support experts are set to warn youngsters about mephedrone in schools.
Complaints against Lancs police on the up
6:30pm Monday 15th March 2010
COMPLAINTS against Lancashire police have increased by a third.
Eight extinct Lancashire species revealed
4:44pm Monday 15th March 2010
EXPERTS have revealed eight species that have become extinct — with a warning that East Lancashire's natural heritage is being 'destroyed'.
Fylde councillor is chosen as Tory candidate for Hyndburn
8:30pm Sunday 14th March 2010
LYTHAM-based lawyer Karen Buckley has been chosen to be the Hyndburn Conservative Parliamentary candidate - and insists she knows enough about the area to make a difference.
‘Investor’ conned Lancashire people out of £640,000 in pensions scam
8:50am Saturday 13th March 2010
A CONMAN has been found guilty of stealing £640,000 from elderly and vulnerable people in Lancashire.
Lancashire rated one of best police forces
12:21pm Thursday 11th March 2010
LANCASHIRE has been hailed as one of the best performing police forces in the country.
Volunteers needed to watch over rare birds in Lancashire
10:23am Thursday 11th March 2010
VOLUNTEERS in Lancashire are being called to help watch over the Ribble’s rarest wildlife.
Ribble Valley cricketer bids for longest run-up in history
9:08am Tuesday 9th March 2010
A RIBBLE Valley cricket fanatic is set to take the longest bowling run-up in history – jogging 26.2 miles from Blackpool to Salesbury.
North West anti-terrorism hotline launched
10:20am Monday 8th March 2010
A CAMPAIGN will be launched today to urge people in the North West to support the fight of terrorism at a neighbourhood level.
Lancashire County Council defends £748m pension deficit
8:50pm Sunday 7th March 2010
COUNTY council bosses have defended their pensions record after it was revealed their scheme had a deficit of £748million.
Lancashire's life-saving gift to Chile
2:46pm Friday 5th March 2010
A ‘TRAPPED person locator’ from Lancashire has been donated to firefighters in Chile.
16,400 people with dementia in Lancashire
2:28pm Friday 5th March 2010
ALMOST 16,400 people in Lancashire are being treated for dementia, new figures have revealed.
24,000 Lancashire civil servants to strike
12:36pm Thursday 4th March 2010
AROUND 24,000 civil servants in Lancashire are set to strike next week over proposals to cut redundancy payments.
2,700 drug abusers in Lancashire
6:50pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
LANCASHIRE has more than 2,700 drug abusers, with one in nine of those addicted to cocaine, it has been revealed.
Complaints over Lancashire police 'bullying'
10:32am Monday 1st March 2010
A THIRD of all complaints lodged by Lancashire police employees about their colleagues are for bullying or inappropriate behaviour.
Conductor’s tricks liven up Lancashire train trips
4:54pm Friday 26th February 2010
TRAIN passengers in Lancashire could find they have a magical journey, thanks to conductor Dave Park.
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