With Reform UK making political headlines and taking control of Lancashire County Council, the topic of councillors changing their political parties or group affiliations without standing in a by-election has […]

West Lancashire councillors would prefer the borough to align with Chorley and South Ribble in any future shake-up of local councils by the government, based on current options on offer. […]

A new concept plan shows how a public garden and new events space in the Ribble Valley town of Longridge could look in a £100,000 revamp. The plan for Towneley […]

The Ribble Valley faces joining an east Lancashire area ‘that would have deprivation like no other’ or ‘the best chance of prosperity’ with Preston and Lancaster, councillors heard in a […]

A fresh call has been made for an independent survey into the potential economic impact on rural businesses of a major water tunnel scheme in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland area. […]

The leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council has resigned from the Conservative Party and joined Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Coun Stephen Atkinson appeared on the platform of a Reform UK […]

The owner of a Longridge building where yoga sessions, exercise classes and a cycle repair business have opened without planning permission should not be given retrospective approval, councillors are being […]

A former police officer who patrolled Lancashire motorways for years believes the main cause of accidents today is ‘errant drivers’ and that speeding is ‘rife’ because of a lack of police. […]