July parks events
July is an action-packed month and the wonderful Green Fayre, planned for the 22nd and 23rd, is just one of many fantastic free family events organised by West Lancashire Borough Council Parks and...
View ArticleConcluding statement on whistleblowing investigation
Following a number of whistleblowing complaints made in 2015, the Trust undertook rigorous and detailed investigations into allegations against four members of senior management. They were the former...
View ArticleOrmskirk Dance Festival
The Ormskirk Community Festival went with a bang, there were 100’s of performers from across West Lancashire taking part in a total celebration of the diversity and talent on offer in our community....
View ArticleChanges proposed to the Coroners Service
Proposals have been put forward to join-up Coroners Services in Lancashire, to provide a consistent service to bereaved families. Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council have put...
View ArticleMan, 23, missing from Ormskirk
Police are appealing for information following the disappearance of a 23-year-old man from Ormskirk. Dean Barlow was last seen around 1.55pm yesterday (June 28) in Wigan Road. He is described as white,...
View ArticleThe launch of the new 2017/18 Mayor’s Award
The Mayor of Chorley has chosen Young Addaction as one of his charities and they will be using all money donated to them for the new 2017/18 Mayor’s Award. Young Addaction is a well-known charity which...
View ArticleShare your Views about Caring for the Formby Coast
The National Trust at Formby is inviting local people to share their thoughts about caring for the coast at an Open Day on Monday 17 July 2017 from 9.30am to 7pm. The Trust is encouraging people to...
View ArticleChorley’s Tuesday market moves to the streets
Visitors to Chorley Markets will get a new market experience from Tuesday 4 July as stalls from the Flat Iron are moved to the streets of the town centre. Chorley Council is relocating stalls from the...
View ArticleReading for Health at your local library
A new national scheme will make a selection of books available across Lancashire to help people living with long-term health issues improve their health and wellbeing through self-help reading. The...
View ArticleKnowsley’s Children & Young People’s Plan for 2017-2020 launched today
The Knowsley Partnership has today launched its Children and Young People’s Plan for 2017-2020. The plan has been developed for children and young people, in consultation with children and young...
View ArticleMayoral engagements, week commencing Monday 3 July
Tuesday 4 July 9.30am Lancashire Fire & Rescue Training Centre, Southport Road, Chorley The Deputy Mayor & Deputy Mayoress will attend the Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service Annual Mayoral...
View ArticleLaptop and cash stolen in Darwen burglary
Lancashire Police are appealing for information after an 80 year old woman was the victim of a burglary in Darwen. It happened between 7pm on Wednesday, June 28 and 5am on Thursday, June 29 at an...
View ArticleAll Liverpool City Region travellers advised to plan ahead of rail strikes
All travellers in the Liverpool City Region are being urged to plan their journeys and check before they travel ahead of strike action on both the Merseyrail network on and Northern services in early...
View ArticleLeigh Life Centre set to move into library
A new look Leigh Library is set to include services from Leigh Life Centre as part of a re-design to create a more flexible service for residents. The changes come as part of wider developments within...
View ArticleSeized Scrambler bike
Skelmersdale Police have responded to complaints of off road motorbikes in the Old Skelmersdale area and they managed to seize the pictured scrambler bike on Whitemoss Road. Upon seeing the Police the...
View ArticleCommemorative service held at Holy Trinity Church, Bickerstaffe
On Sunday 2nd July at Holy Trinity Church Bickerstaffe a special commemorative service took place for the new internal church doors. The new doors replace the original ones and have glass windows,...
View ArticleLet’s talk about culture
St Helens Council’s Arts Service is inviting residents to join in on a cultural conversation to help form a new strategy for the development of arts and culture in the Liverpool City Region over the...
View ArticleSt Helens Summer Beer Festival announced for town centre
Organisers have raised a glass to toast the announcement of the town’s very first summer beer festival booked in to take place later this month (July) in a defrightful venue with a difference. St...
View ArticleHelping brothers and sisters to stay together
Lancashire County Council has launched an appeal to find people willing to keep families together by adopting siblings. Brothers and sisters are among the children who wait longest to be adopted, as...
View ArticleTwo boys aged 14 missing from Appley Bridge
Lancashire Police are appealing for information to find two teenagers who are missing from Appley Bridge. Damian Howes (pictured top) and Alfie McIntosh (pictured below), both aged 14, went missing...
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