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Council to spend extra £4m on potholes after 'cry for help'
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe authority will use ‘responsive patching’ to repair potholes [Lancashire County Council] An extra...
Lancashire: Council's special needs transport costs go up £8m
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSchool transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities looks set to cost a...
Potholes are now a danger to society itself
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoPotholes, according to Lancashire County Council, are a mere “fact of life” – or what in a more religious age might have been described as an act of God.
Council claims 'trench-like' pothole that likely killed cyclist, 84, 'closed and opened' on its own
Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoCyclist Harry Colledge, 84, died after a crash when his front wheel got lodged in a pothole. (Reach)...
Labour wins Hyndburn and unseats Chorley opposition leader
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLabour easily retained control of Chorley Council [Chorley Council] Labour is celebrating success...
Potholes made number one priority for residents
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoResidents say the state of local roads is a major concern, councillor have said [ldrs] Potholes are the number one priority for Lancashire residents,...
Ruth Henig, Lancaster university historian and Labour politician involved with policing – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBaroness Henig, a deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, who has died aged 80, was previously an...
Ripping up England’s historic counties did not go far enough, insists Lord Heseltine
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLord Heseltine says he has no regrets and stands by the 1974 reforms because local government was...
Council handed £750k grant for waste fire clean-up
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA Lancashire council has been granted more than £750 million towards the cost of dealing with a huge fire at a former waste storage site. Buildings had to be demolished and thousands of tonnes ...
Green light for safety improvements on 17 dangerous roads
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoSafety improvements will be made on 17 of England’s deadliest roads, the Department for Transport...