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Lancashire County Council is making it simple and cost-effective for anyone who wants to attach items such as signs, bunting, or hanging baskets to streetlights to apply for permission.

An app that allows residents to report highways issues on the go has been expanded to the reporting of a wider range of faults. 

Mohammed Reehan Khan and Saba Reehan, who run Palace Newsagents in Kirkham, have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £780 for selling an e-cigarette to a 16-year-old girl.

Lancashire County Council will be asked to appoint Mark Wynn to the role of Executive Director of Resources at a meeting of the full council next week.

A free multilingual and confidential helpline for victims of domestic abuse in Lancashire has been launched.

Plans to avoid the under-utilisation of the residential provision of an outstanding special school in Carnforth are set to be considered by councillors next week. 

Lancashire County Council has joined forces with the police, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and waste services across the North West to raise awareness of the dangers of doing business with rogue traders.  

The winner of Lancashire's Book of the Year Award has been announced at a virtual presentation ceremony.

A plan to support Lancashire's adult social care services to cope with increased pressures over the winter period is set to be approved. 

An innovative mental health care solution is being tested in some parts of Lancashire and South Cumbria to empower older people with mental health needs to regain their independent and quality of life.

Lancashire County Council's trading standards team is supporting a national campaign to make people aware of the dangers of loan sharks and highlight the support that is available.

Councillors are set to sign off on the release of almost £900,000 as part of a package of measures to help households in Lancashire this autumn and winter.