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Lancashire County Council will be asked to come up with a £1m contingency fund to prevent the closure of any of its nursery schools until the government’s long-term plans for the sector become clear.

Young women in Blackpool and the Fylde are being encouraged to consider a career on the railways as new figures show females are vastly under represented in the industry.

Lancashire County Council has adopted a widely-recognised definition of anti-Semitism.

Thanks to Facebook I resigned from my job.

By Hayley Rothwell, Fleetwood Town Community Trust

Blackpool has been named as the toughest place in the UK to be a girl, according to a report by charity Plan International UK.

There are over 58,000 people with a blue badge parking concession in Lancashire and 30,000 residents apply each year to join them.

The choice of where to go for a nice meal can be tough at the best of times – but spare a thought for us vegetarians.

It will soon be illegal to park a petrol or diesel car at any of Lancashire’s on-street electric vehicle charging points - meaning motorists could be fined if they do so.

Cold Feet (ITV, Mondays, 9pm) is back, and as reassuringly warm and golden as ever. It’s an incredible series really, in that it makes Manchester look as green and bucolic as a forest glade, and the interiors could have come from a John Lewis catalogue.

Smart motorways threaten our safety

Good luck to them ... if you really care

An information day for expectant parents, carers and parents of under-5s is set to go ahead next week, as part of an initiative to advise the public on the best choices for their child.

A Fylde coast tourist attraction is to raise money for the vicitms of the devastating bushfires in Australia.