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Air conditioning and more carriages as Northern plans to spend £25m refurbishing trains in Lancashire and NW
Passengers will be able to enjoy air conditioned carriages - and more of them - as part of a planned £25m rollout of refurbished Northern trains with ‘Great British Railway’ branding across Lancashire and the North West. But you’ll have to wait until 2028.
You need an appointment mate - police officers joke after 'intruder' squirrel breaks into station
A squirrel walks into a police station...
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'They're only in it for the money': Residents react to claims Fleetwood landfill operators wanted to sell up
It has been claimed that Transwaste, a landfill site operator in Fleetwood, wanted to step away
The search is on for Lancashire’s best producers - here's how to apply to the Lancashire Taste Awards
The deadline for applications is November 6.
Staffie owner Kimberley Bond pleads guilty after police seize her 'dangerously out of control dog'
The dog was held in kennels for two months after being seized by police...
11 striking images show planned transformation of Preston's Masonic Hall
Plans have been unveiled to convert Preston’s Masonic Hall into apartments.
Landmark Preston city centre building to be converted into apartments and penthouse
The application comes from Aaro Properties Ltd
Lancashire firm fined £48,000 after amateur boxer suffers devastating crush injury to his hand
Fitzpatrick Fabrications Ltd, a sheet metal fabrication company, has been fined £48,000 after an employee lost part of his right thumb and suffered a crush injury to his hand
New charge and trial date for ex-Chorley police officer charged with child sex offences
The trial date had originally been listed for 2028.
Five knives handed into Lancashire police every day for three months
Items included machetes, kitchen knives, and throwing knives
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18-year plan for Penwortham's 920-home site revealed - here's where & when work will begin
The last unit is set to be completed in 2044.
Blackpool World Fireworks Championship CANCELLED due to windy weather
The World Fireworks Championship Blackpool was due to take place this weekend
Woman in 80s seriously hurt in Lancaster crash
The area around the Post Office on Hornby's Main Street is closed
Preston man armed with knife let off with caution after making threats in Plungington
Police sealed off the street after reports of a man armed with a knife...
New figures reveal almost 60 pollution incidents across Lancashire and Cumbria over last decade
The incidents involve septic tanks or private sewage systems
Would you wait 48 hours to download Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19?
Gamers in Lancashire may face a 48-hour wait to download Grand Theft Auto VI due to slower rural broadband speeds
'Bubbly' and 'funny' boy, 2, found dead in bed inquest hears
Sebastian Karl Griffiths was well the previous evening an inquest heard
North West News: The key to Sir Paul McCartney’s childhood home has sold for £6,100 at auction
A Beatles collector has paid for £6,100 for Sir Paul McCartney’s childhood home.
'We have to work until people see female athletes equally': Preston student on track to break world swimming record
‘I got the opportunity to do this. I imagine there will be thousands of girls who didn’t, and they will be even more capable than me of achieving something greater. They are missing out on their lives.’