The growth of Lancashire’s scaleup economy was significantly better than the UK average over the past five years, according ...

People across Staffordshire are being invited to nominate foster carers, special guardians and supported lodgings hosts for a special award. The Staffordshire Fostering Star Awards, now in their ...

London boroughs have agreed to raise parking and traffic penalty charges for the first time since 2011. The new penalty charges and fees will come into effect from Monday 7 April 2025. Boroughs say ...

Britain’s workplace regulator is reminding manufacturing firms of their asbestos duties. As we approach Global Asbestos Awareness Week (April 1 – 7), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding ...

A group of 20 newly qualified social workers have started working at Lancashire County Council after completing a three-year ...

"I've had a lump in my throat from seeing what can be achieved by kids who've come in, troubled, with no self-esteem and left ...

Talented choir singers across Lancashire are being urged to enter the prestigious Lancashire Choir of the Year competition.

The Crown Prosecution Service have authorised charges in connection with a fatal shooting in Talbot Green. Five defendants have been charged and will appear in Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Saturday ...

Construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.4% in the three months to January 2025; this came solely from an increase in new work (1.4%), as repair and maintenance fell by 0.9%. The ...

Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division, said: “We have authorised Merseyside Police to charge National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles with 15 offences ...

“Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, died. “Vladimir Motin, 59, from St Petersburg, Russia, who was the vessel’s captain, is due to be charged with one count of gross negligence manslaughter.

A group of men who diverted electricity to supply cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs have been jailed for more than ...