Residents in parts of Central Lancashire are being asked to consider how they can reduce the amount of rubbish they generate as bins become fuller than usual during the coronavirus lockdown.
Organisations providing adult social care in Lancashire which find themselves facing new financial challenges as a result of the coronavirus are set to receive help from Lancashire County Council.
Motorists beware . . . bus lane cameras are set to net more offenders than ever after a new state-of-the-art CCTV system was switched on across Lancashire.
Residents across Central Lancashire who are struggling for basic supplies and support during the coronavirus crisis are being reassured that they will get the help that they need.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle said Parliament should be able to operate "virtually" if the UK "is still in the grip of the coronavirus crisis" when the Commons is due to return.
Overgrown railway sidings are to be turned into a cycle and walking path to complete a four kilometre leisure link between Preston and Grimsargh village.
Councils across Central Lancashire have established their own "community hubs" to co-ordinate efforts to help those left struggling by the coronavirus pandemic.
The accident and emergency department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital will close this evening, as part of controversial plans for dealing with coronavirus in Central Lancashire.
A Preston nurse is campaigning to bring home 70 British front line medics - stuck in Australia - to help in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
South Ribble’s MP says she was poised to ask health ministers for “whatever was needed” to keep open Chorley and South Ribble A&E – when the decision was taken to shut the unit for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
The trust which runs Chorley and South Ribble Hospital says that the decision to close its A&E unit for the duration of the coronavirus crisis has been taken "in the best interests of patients and staff".
Campaigners who have been fighting for the full-time reopening of Chorley A&E say they are fearful that its temporary closure during the coronavirus crisis is an “opportunistic move” to shut the department permanently.
A woman from South Ribble has told of her anger after cold callers handed her elderly father a £3,500 bill for jet washing his driveway and tidying his small garden.
Residents in South Ribble are being urged to “help local businesses to help you” during the coronavirus crisis – with a new directory letting locals know what is on offer right on their doorstep.
The lives of thousands more people in Lancashire will be lost to the coronavirus than would otherwise be the case – if the public does not stick to new rules about staying at home.
Community hubs should be up and running across Lancashire by the end of the week to co-ordinate the massive volunteer effort that will be needed to help those acutely at risk from coronavirus – and who have been confined to their homes for at least the next 12 weeks.
