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Local MP Tim Farron joined over 1,000 campaigners on Saturday at Preston New Road near Blackpool to protest the decision to allow fracking to start on the site. Earlier this month the energy company Cuadrilla was given the go-ahead to start work following a failed High Court bid by campaigners to block fracking due to […]
Highways England’s team of 1,300 specially trained gritter drivers based across the country are geared up for winter, ready to keep drivers moving. The company responsible for the country’s motorways and major A roads has over 500 salt spreading vehicles ready, around the clock, to help drivers get to their destinations safely. To monitor the […]
Virgin Care Services Limited has been identified as the preferred bidder for the delivery of 0-19 public health services in Lancashire from next year after a re-evaluation of the bids was completed. The services, which include health visitors and school nurses, were subject to a legal challenge by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (LCFT) and […]
This Friday (19 October), hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) is joining the likes of Blackpool Tower and the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster by lighting up pink to raise awareness of the importance of regular breast screening – as part of this month’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The signage […]
Between 00:00 Sat 13th and 23:59 Sat 13th Further heavy and persistent rainfall is expected on Saturday, with further flooding possible. What to expect Homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings There is a chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses Delays or cancellations […]
We are excited to announce that our radio service is expanding and will become available in Blackpool for the first time. The move will see Bay Trust Radio broadcast to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, as well as the Westmorland General Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and to the wider community online. Chief Executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals […]
The aspiration of providing integrated care across Morecambe Bay takes a giant leap forward today as more than 300 staff working in community services in North Lancashire join the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT), in partnership with Bay Health and Care Partners. The Community Services teams have successfully transferred from […]
The owner of several tanning salons in Morecambe has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work after admitting that he fraudulently claimed small business rate relief. Asa Johnson, from Hemingway in Blackpool, appeared at Preston Crown Court charged with eight counts of fraud by misrepresentation. The court […]
FOUR men have been sentenced following a Lancashire Police investigation into a gang which supplied drugs into Blackpool and the Fylde. Operation Leviathan was an investigation into the supply and trafficking of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis which was sourced from the Liverpool area and then supplied on to the streets of Blackpool and the […]
Man charged following Blackpool death. Detectives investigating the death of a man in Blackpool have charged a man. Police were called around 2.15am on Monday (January 15) following reports of a sudden death in Clinton Avenue, Blackpool. A 63-year-old man was found with head injuries and sadly pronounced dead at the scene. He has since […]
