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Lancashire County Council has made a strong start in making it easier for more people to choose cycling and walking for regular journeys according to a new rating system.

Lancashire’s specialist stop smoking service, Quit Squad, is encouraging smokers across the county to begin their journey to a smokefree life on No Smoking Day, Wednesday 8^th March

The work of a group of dads who raise awareness of suicide in young people has been commended by Lancashire County Council.

Pupils and teachers will be invited to take part in a new Lancashire Walks to School Day in May to promote the benefits of walking over getting dropped off in the car, and celebrate the coronation of King Charles.

Lancashire County Council welcomes the allocation of millions of pounds worth of government funds to go to those most in need in the region.

Vital medical and emergency supplies are set to make their way from Lancashire to the international relief operation after this week's devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Trading Standards officers from Lancashire County Council seized a large haul of illicit cigarettes and tobacco from a shop in Preston on Tuesday 17 January.

A Burnley shopkeeper who stood to make more than £12,000 selling illegal cigarettes has been fined £2,360 after a raid by Trading Standards officers. 

Lancashire County Council's Executive Director of Education and Children’s Services Jacqui Old has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.

Enforcement officials swooped on a newsagents in Burnley who were trading in counterfeit cigarettes – and they have now been hit with fines of more than £8,000.

The number of warm spaces where people can visit in Lancashire is rapidly growing, as communities across the county step up to support and protect residents this winter.

A national scheme to improve access to toilets for people living with bowel and bladder conditions is being supported by Lancashire County Council.