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Place of Power

Women of Ukraine reclaim their strength in powerful new exhibition

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.

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Top tips for recycling dangerous 'hidden' batteries

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

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Rogue builder ordered to pay back £40,500 to vulnerable victims

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.

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Loving homes sought to keep siblings in foster care together

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.

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Historic Samlesbury Aerodrome runway begins a new life on our roads

One of the old runways at the former Samlesbury Aerodrome is being given a new lease of life on Lancashire's roads thanks to a unique recycling scheme being led by the county council.

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£1m Affordable Warmth Lancashire fund launches ahead of winter

A £1m scheme aimed at protecting vulnerable residents by heating their homes more efficiently this winter has been launched in Lancashire.

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New Exhibition at Lancashire Archives explores the lives of Lancashire Women from 1950 to 1980

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.

The 'Memories are Made' choir which takes place at the Mere Brook Day Care Centre in Ormskirk on Thursday afternoons

Music and memories lift spirits thanks to inspirational choir at day care centre

The sound of music is bringing sunshine and smiles to faces at a day care centre in Ormskirk this summer.

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Our fostering service roars on the Lionesses

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

Elmfield Hall, Accrington, pictured 1916 and 2022

Exciting archive project to be launched in East Lancashire

A fascinating chance to help digitise East Lancashire's past and document its present is to be launched.

More than 20,000 cigarettes were seized in raids in Preston on July 19, 2023

Trading Standards take part in crackdown on illegal cigarettes

More than 20,000 counterfeit cigarettes have been seized in Preston as part of a multi-agency crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

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Cheap days out by bus this summer to Lancashire's museums

Parents looking for ideas to entertain the kids over the summer holidays are being urged to benefit from cheap bus fares to visit Lancashire County Council's museums.