Rebel Liberal councillor resigns to move to Scottish island
A RIBBLE Valley councillor who helped create the borough’s new Progressive Liberal group has moved to Scotland.
A RIBBLE Valley councillor who helped create the borough’s new Progressive Liberal group has moved to Scotland.
A LANCASHIRE commercial plant-grower and greenhouse supplier has accused governments of pushing ‘disastrous anti-farming policies’.
Action is needed on flood defences in the Ribble Valley, claim councillors who have accused the Environment Agency of ‘sitting on billions of pounds in reserves’.
RAILWAYS in Lancashire have suffered ‘doom and gloom’ for years while nearby Yorkshire districts are flourishing, claim campaigners.
Opposition councillors claim a Conservative-backed Golden Jubilee Fund for projects and a Clitheroe Castle grounds scheme lack key details around procedures and costs.
Work has started on redeveloping Haslingden Market while the first stage of work towards a new Bacup market hall has been completed, Rossendale Council has said.
Calderstones Cemetery near Whalley is the focus of debate about its current state and future potential options, including a crematorium.
Campaigners have highlighted why they want to save an East Lancs hospital cemetery’s protected status and restore the site, as a bishop considers options for the site’s future.
Metrolink trams might one day run to East Lancashire - if neighbouring councils can work together, an MP has said.
COUNCIL chiefs are to look into issues surrounding a council tax premium on people who own second homes or houses that are unoccupied for periods of time.
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