Archive News

Lancashire is one step closer to a slice of a national £343m fund for electric vehicle public charge points.

Artists from across the county have been honoured at a special celebration event to bring the first ever Lancashire Artist of the Year competition to a close.

A range of tours will bring Lancashire's historical sites to new audiences as libraries, archives, castles and museums will open to the public for a weekend of free events.

World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 takes place this weekend (Sunday 10 September), which sees people across the world taking the opportunity to raise awareness and consider the impact of suicide in our communities.

A series of fostering adverts are being shared on fleets of recycling vehicles across the North West.

HUNDREDS of children have been having fun at holiday activities and food (HAF) clubs taking place across Lancashire over the summer holidays.

A powerful exhibition featuring Ukrainian women photographed in parts of Lancashire that have helped them to reclaim a sense of power has begun its library tour this week.

Lancashire County Council is highlighting top tips for disposing of 'hidden batteries' after three fires blazed through its waste facilities in just two months.

Following a conviction obtained by Lancashire Trading Standards, where fraudulent roofer and builder George Austin was jailed for 10 months after scamming victims out of more than £50,000, Preston Crown court ruled on 28 July that he must use the equity in his house to pay back £40,500 of his bogus gains to the four victims involved.

Lancashire County Council needs to find homes for three sibling groups in the county: two groups of two siblings and one family of three sisters, who need to be placed together.

How much changed for women in Lancashire between 1950-1980 in a post-war Britain where women led the charge to create a new society? The new exhibition at Lancashire Archives examines this question and more, exploring women’s lives in Lancashire through the county’s archive collections.

To celebrate the Women's World Cup, our foster carers and service have teamed up with other councils to form 'Local Councils United.'