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Slay Boredom – a weekend of swordsmanship at Clitheroe Castle
A special programme of events will run at Clitheroe Castle Museum this weekend to mark England's patron saint.
Counterfeiter jailed after selling thousands of false vehicle service booklets
A counterfeiter has been jailed for 31 months after selling thousands of potentially dangerous false vehicle service booklets.
Princess Royal makes visit to Lancashire
A special visit has been made by The Princess Royal to a Lancashire museum today.
Museums ready to welcome visitors again after winter clean
Four of Lancashire’s historic mills and houses are ready to welcome visitors for the 2024 season.
Poster fraudster ordered to pay back £500,000
A fraudster jailed for more than three and a half years for creating counterfeit posters has been ordered to pay back more than £500,000.
Choirs urged to enter singing contest
The search to find Lancashire's top choral singing talent has launched for the third year running.
Extra financial support for Lancashire's foster carers
An additional £960,000 is set to be given to foster carers across Lancashire.
Illegal vapes seized following string of raids
Oversized vapes were among items confiscated in a series of recent raids. Non-regulation vapes pose a danger as they may contain different amounts of nicotine to the amounts stated on the packaging.
£50,000 of fake goods seized in Skelmersdale raid
More than 1,300 items of counterfeit clothes and trainers have been seized after Trading Standards joined forces with Lancashire Constabulary to swoop on an address in West Lancashire.
'Best Start in Life' children's service is visited by Dame Andrea Leadsom
A ground-breaking service which aims to give children the Best Start in Life has been visited by Dame Andrea Leadsom, who saw first-hand the difference it is making to families' lives.
Stashes of illegal vapes and cigarettes worth £84,000 seized in Chorley and Preston
Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards officers joined forces with Lancashire Constabulary to seize more than 5,600 packs of illegal cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco, and over-sized illegal vapes in a day of action on Wednesday 24 January.
Volunteering project at libraries aims to tackle loneliness in Burnley
Libraries across Burnley will be boosted with a £88,000 grant for a new project which aims to create volunteering opportunities and tackle loneliness.