The new Labour group leader on Lancashire County Council says the party needs to rethink how it gets its message across to residents after it was decimated at the local […]

Polling stations have now closed and Chorley has voted in its new representatives at Lancashire County Council level. Lancashire County Council is divided into 82 divisions – or electoral wards […]

Voters across the county will go to the ballot boxes next month for the last ever Lancashire County Council elections. On May 1, all 84 seats on the council will […]

Newly-built houses in Chorley are being targeted by burglars for their fixtures and fittings – before anyone has even moved in. The borough saw a 39 percent increase in burglaries […]

The rules for disabled parking at Chorley and Preston hospitals are so confusing and unhelpful that blue badge-holders are either getting fined or paying unnecessarily for their stay. That is […]

Plans to build a housing estate on a former quarry in Chorley have been given final go-ahead – more than a decade after they were first mooted. The proposed redevelopment […]

The speed limits on several roads in Chorley are set to be cut over safety concerns. Lancashire County Council is consulting on plans to reduce the maximum speeds permitted on […]

Tributes have been paid to a veteran Chorley councillor who served the borough until he was 86. Eric Bell, who represented his home village of Whittle for 31 years, died […]