The High Sheriff of Lancashire, David Collinge, welcomed newly appointed Mayors from across Lancashire to a special gathering at Queen Street Mill Museum in Burnley, bringing together civic leaders at the start of their year in office.

Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards has issued an urgent food safety warning after a Preston restaurant and its director have been issued a £12,000 penalty for mis-selling dairy free burgers twice.

St Martin’s Court in Lancaster is set to welcome its first tenants in summer, providing 92 affordable one and two-bedroom modern apartments for rent for people aged 55 and over.