Chorley Citizen | Lancashire

Lancashire County Council’s information team gets top award

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

LANCASHIRE County Council’s Family Information Service (FIS) is to be presented with a quality award.

£5.5m regeneration aim to lure more readers into Lancashire's libraries

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:06 +0000

A NEW campaign to encourage more people to use Lancashire’s libraries has been launched.

Compensation paid to Lancashire police officers reaches over £250,000

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

MORE than £250,000 compensation has been paid to injured police officers and staff in the past five years.

Lancashire Police has lowest overheads in country

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

THE bill for running police buildings in Lancashire is the lowest out of every force in England and Wales.

Lancashire’s community groups urged to bid for funding

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:42:12 +0000

TIME is running out for Lancashire’s community groups to apply for funding from the Small Grants Scheme.

Lancashire Police 'must make improvements'

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

LANCASHIRE Police must make improvements in the way it records anti-social behaviour incidents, a report has said.

Lancashire police create 70 new PCSO roles

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:52:16 +0000

LANCASHIRE police is recruiting for 70 new PCSOs to fill gaps in neighbourhood teams across the county.

East Lancashire's potential police officers enjoy sweet success

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:26:50 +0000

POTENTIAL police officers of the future have graduated from a scheme which gives an insight into law enforcement.

Lancashire drink drivers rate falls dramatically over the festive period

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:00:54 +0000

THE number of people caught drink driving in Lancashire over the festive period has fallen dramatically, with just over one per cent of all those stopped testing over the limit.

Civilian worker sacked over internal search on Lancashire Constabulary’s system

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:11:49 +0000

A CIVILIAN worker sacked for accessing personal information on Lancashire Constabulary’s internal computer system has claimed police officers and staff regularly checked files for their own benefit, a tribunal heard.

University of Central Lancashire to open university in Bangkok

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:59:31 +0000

BURNLEY fashion students are set to jet off to Thailand for part of their studies as plans for a new international university campus were revealed.

Half of East Lancashire's road accidents involve under 25s

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:07:56 +0000

CHILDREN and young people are involved in around half the fatal or serious road accidents in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, it has been revealed.

Ex-Lancashire Police chief makes caution call

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:15:50 +0000

A FORMER top detective has added to the debate over the future of policing in Lancashire saying ex-officers shouldn’t be considered for a new job.

Lancashire runaway children costing police and taxpayers £5m

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:55:37 +0000

POLICE are called an average of 425 times a month to children’s homes in Lancashire because youngsters have gone missing.

Chorley mum in £2k benefit fraud

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:58:19 +0000

A Chorley mum-of-two has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming more than £2k in housing and council tax benefits.

East Lancashire councils hold £5m ‘unspent cash’

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:21:04 +0000

COUNCILS in East Lancashire are sitting on nearly £5million of unspent cash given to them by developers for improvements in the local area.

Man dies after falling from Lancashire motorway bridge

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:40:00 +0000

A MAN has died in hospital this afternoon after he fell from a bridge onto a motorway earlier today.

Major fire at Lancashire industrial site

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:18:51 +0000

Firefighters from across Lancashire battled a large blaze on an industrial estate last night.

Lancashire councillors accused over response to findings on looked-after children

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:50:08 +0000

COUNCIL chiefs have been ‘complacent’ and ‘defensive’ in their response to a critical report on looked-after children in Lancashire, councillors have claimed.

NHS Blackburn with Darwen chief’s concern as NHS axe falls

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:29:22 +0000

SIR Bill Taylor has led health chiefs in expressing ‘huge concerns’ about ‘keeping the NHS baton moving not dropping it’ after hundreds of senior figures were asked for their resignation.

NSPCC voice concern at number of calls made in Lancashire

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0000

ALMOST 50 child cruelty referrals have been made about babies in the county this year.

Two car collision in Accrington

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:23:55 +0000

A COLLISION between two vehicles on the M65 saw queuing traffic near Accrington this afternoon.

North West pensioners living in fuel poverty

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:29:02 +0000

TWO thirds of all pensioners in the North West are living in fuel poverty, according to a leading action group.

Lancashire transport shock for parents of SEN children

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:31:39 +0000

PARENTS of children with special educational needs and disabilities may be asked to stump up to £1,200 to cover transport costs.

Lancashire's non-emergency police number launched

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:52:13 +0000

A NEW non-emergency number for the police has been launched.

Met Office issues a severe weather warning for Cumbria and Lancashire

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:02:26 +0000

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Cumbria and Lancashire for tomorrow and Friday.

Gritters sent out on Lancashire roads tonight

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:15:33 +0000

GRITTERS will be out in force across East Lancashire tonight after ice warnings were issued.

Over 200 'honour' attacks in Lancashire last year

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:01:53 +0000

Over 200 so-called honour attacks were recorded by police in Lancashire last year, new research has revealed.

Festive crackdown on Lancashire drink-drivers kicks off

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:25:33 +0000

DRINK and drug drivers using Lancashire’s roads during the festive period will be caught, police have said.

New 'average-speed' cameras proposed for Lancashire roads

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:47:07 +0000

'Average speed' cameras, which monitor cars over a certain distance, may be introduced in Lancashire.