Over 1,100 tonnes of salt was saved by Lancashire County Council last winter after it reduced the minimum temperature which had to be forecast before deploying its gritting lorries.
Ten school bus services are set to come off the road across Lancashire – because they have not been used by pupils entitled to free transport for the past two years.
A mother who has been campaigning to protect a short break service for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has welcomed a pledge by Lancashire County Council to reconsider the scheme’s future.
Three sub-regional groups will be set up to oversee child protection activity in different parts of Lancashire when a county-wide safeguarding board is established in the autumn.
Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Lancashire are “frustrated” that they are yet to see the fruits of a major overhaul of the system on which they rely for help, councillors have heard.
The government is unlikely to “stir the pot” over whether there should be any changes to the requirement for schools to provide a daily act of collective worship, the group which oversees Lancashire’s religious education syllabus has heard.
The first time former marine Greg greeted a pupil who had been referred to him for mentoring, he found that the pair had something in common – both were a little unsure about the situation in which they found themselves.
An odd job and advice service for vulnerable people across Lancashire will end next year, after an official call for its closure to be reconsidered was defeated.
A raft of reductions in the public health budget in Lancashire will see healthy weight courses scrapped, along with a service for people with low-level health and social issues.
Overnight ‘sleep-in’ carers in Lancashire are likely to face a wage cut after Lancashire County Council responded to a court ruling which found that they are entitled to a flat fee rather than an hourly rate.
Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors have drawn up a 30 point plan for Pendle Council as the basis for joint working at the no-overall-control authority.
Ten newly elected Liberal Democrat councillors are looking forward to taking over the reins at Colne Town Council after winning a majority of seats at the elections on May 2nd.
