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Would giving the children of teachers and other staff priority for admission to the schools where their parents work help to plug jobs gaps? (image: Pixabay)

Teachers' children could get priority for admission to schools where they work

If any trees lining Lancashire highways like Blackpool Road in Preston need to be removed, they will now be replaced - either in the same spot or another planted elsewhere (image: Google)

Council explains what it will do when roadside trees have to be chopped down

The financial pressure is on at Lancashire County Council, but not as much as many other local authorities

‘No bankruptcy risk’ for Lancashire County Council - but big bills pose problems

Baby massage is amongst the many activities taking place at some of the new family hubs

'One-stop-shops' to support children and families opening in East Lancs

There have been changes to the way Lancashire County Council charges for respite care

Lancashire's respite care recipients could have to pay full cost of short breaks

Utility companies can be fined if they do not stick to conditions about their roadworks sites - including how long a route is dug up (image: Andy Mellin)

Huge rise in roadworks across Lancashire - with hundreds of jobs overrunning

How are County Hall's coffers coping?

Autumn date set for Lancashire County Council financial healthcheck

County Hall's move to a new patments and accounting platrform has caused problems

Council's accounts delayed by system that has also 'caused wage problems'

Keeping food on the table isn't getting any easier for some Lancashire households

Covid food grants scheme extended to help with cost-of-living crisis

How should flooding like this incident in St. Michaels on Wyre in 2021 be investigated?

Lancashire residents invited to have their say about flooding in consultation

Keith Iddon pictured after donning the chains of office in his new role as Lancashire County Councill's chairman just last month

Councillor remembered after sudden passing as a "gentleman" politician

The You Can Adopt campaign highlights how children from certain groups wait the longest to be adopted.

21 Lancashire children waiting to be adopted - and 90% are in sibling groups

Lancashire County Council's new chairman Keith Iddon won't take unpleasantness between members sitting down

Haulier vows to drive out disrespect from county council debates

Kingfishers would benefit from cleaner rivers

How Lancashire plans to breathe new life into nature and its habitats

Nicola Bulley

Police work continues into death of Nicola Bulley at coroner’s request

(Anticlockwise from left to right) Veterans Dave Whitworth, Peter Le Marinel and County Cllr Alf Clempson slept outside Booths in Poulton as part of a fundraising effort for the Great Tommy Sleep Out

Lancs veterans spend night on the street to highlight ex-forces homelessness

A pothole in Green Lane, Whitestake, reported to LCC in January 2023 and repaired a short time later.

Pothole shame: 67,493 reports for Lancashire roads last year

County Cllr Alan Hosker appeared before Lancashire County Council's conduct committee - but disagrees with its ruling (image: Alan Hosker's Facebook page)

Burnley councillor won't apologise over claim of 'disrespect' for road workers

Road repair work in Lancashire takes a variety of forms - from relaying entire roads to patching clusters of potholes (image: Neil Cross)

These are all the roads being resurfaced in Burnley, Pendle and Ribble Valley

Whittlefield Primary School in Vurnley is in line for drainage repairs (image: Google)

All the schools that are due to be renovated in Burnley and East Lancashire

Lancashire County Council imposes tight rules about the organisations that are allowed to receive grants distributed by its 84 elected members

Call to relax rules limiting the good causes Lancashire councillors can support

Lancashire County Council is hoping to save £28m from changes to how it shares costs with the NHS

NHS concern over risks of plan to thrash out who covers care costs in Lancashire

Lancashire's councils rely on staff to deliver their services

Fear that job-seekers are 'fed up with the public' amid council staff shortages

The Hampson Green roundabout on the A6, from where the new link road will now be accessed (image: Google)

M6 junction overhaul abandoned to protect ancient woodland

County councillors will debate the state of the authority's finances this week

Lancashire County Council sets out surprise council tax plan

Would better bus journeys and information about running times tempt you on board?

Burnley and Pendle to share in £50m boost that will speed up bus journeys

There is concern over the safety of social housing in Lancashire in the wake of a tragedy in Greater Manchester

'Check Lancashire's social housing to ensure it's safe', councillor demands

Adult and children's social services are amongst the biggest pressures on Lancashire County Council's budget

Lancashire County Council ‘thinking about’ five percent council tax increase

Highway safety inspectors will assess the trees along the 10,000 stretches of Lancashire highway that are lined with them - like here, on Blackpool Road in Preston (image: Google)

Call for clarity over Lancashire's tree-cutting rules to avert neighbour feuds

Hundreds of hours of additional social care support is planned to be delivered across Lancashire this winter

Extra social care support planned for ‘worst winter since the pandemic started’

Lancashire County Council's gritters are set for a re-route

Less gritting and longer grass on the cards as county council seeks £84m savings

Railway Street in Adlington in full bloom (image: Google)

Lancashire's hanging baskets and Christmas bunting 'saved' after lamppost U-turn

County Hall has been confronted with a financial conundrum

‘Big savings’ needed to plug Lancashire County Council’s £160m black hole

A sign at the Chorley household waste recycling centre caused confusion

Confusion over whether waste recycling centre staff can help to unload cars

Filling potholes in winter can prove a challenge when conditions are wet and cold

How Lancashire will make winter pothole repairs last longer

Do Lancashire's footpaths have fewer problems than official figures suggest?

Pandemic prompts surge in Lancashire public footpath complaints

Could County Hall make it easier for the deaf community to access its services

Call for sign language access to county services for Lancashire’s deaf community

County Hall spent less than it planned lasy year - but it's not counting on being in the same position again

Here's how Lancashire County Council will spend 'leftover' £30m

Energy bills have already leapt once this year - and they look likely to do so again in the autumn

"Warm hubs" on the way for people forced to flee freezing homes this winter

The plan is to make bus travel a more appealing prospect on East Lancashire

Transport tranformation on the horizon for Burnley and Pendle

Will parish councils be able to improve biodiversity in areas beyond official nature sites like the Brickcroft reserve in South Ribble?

Birds, bugs and bats to benefit from cash to boost biodiversity in Lancashire

-County Cllr Peter Britcliffe wants to recognise the work of Lancashire's volunteers during his time as county council chairman

New county council chair says he would only want to have been born in Lancashire

Lancashire County Council has signed up to a new charter to improve the way in which it works with parish and town councils

How Lancashire's smallest councils will work with the county council from now on...

Fifteen Lancashire County Council highways staff have been left suffering the ill-effects of using vibrating equipment like pneumatic drills (image: Simin Zoran/Adode Stock)

Everyday tasks "difficult or impossible" for road workers after vibration injury

A nationwide investigation into services for children and young people with special needs has painted a mixed picture in the Lancashire County Council area

Lancashire special needs children 'highly likely' to get help after assessment

Former Lancashire County Council leader Geoff Driver was arrested nearly five years ago - but still doesn't know if he will ever be charged over allegations of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation

No sign of quick conclusion to probe involving ex-Lancashire leader Geoff Driver