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Lancashire County Council will get £1.1m from Active Travel England to boost cycling and walking across the county.

The financial outlook at Lancashire County Council remains optimistic despite huge challenges facing local government across the country.

Published on behalf of Morecambe Sparkle CIC

Morecambe Sparkle CIC is pleased to announce that the plans for a new light festival in Morecambe have been given the green light following the feasibility study carried out in 2022. The festival will take place over 3 days during February Half Term – the dates are 16 to 18 February and the event is free entry for the public.

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. 

Further action is expected to be taken by councillors next week to improve provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Lancashire.

Parents who have not applied for a primary school place in Lancashire for their child for September 2023 have until this Sunday to make their application.

Foster carers whose lives were changed after being matched with children in Lancashire are supporting a new myth-busting campaign.

Work to replace deteriorating widenings on either side of the masonry arch on Curzon Street in Burnley is set to begin on Monday 16 January.

The New Year has seen progress resume on a major project to install average speed cameras on Lancashire's five highest risk A-roads.

Lancashire's Home Library Service is looking for volunteers to help deliver books, free of charge, to residents across the county this winter.

Chris Upton, Headteacher of Tarleton Community Primary School, has been made an OBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours list for 2023.

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.