Trading standards experts are urging people to beware of pushy and aggressive driveway cleaners, bogus green grants and email and text scams this month.

Don't let the ghostly goings-on at Hallowe'en catch you out this year - please remember that applications for secondary school places in Lancashire need to be in by Thursday 31 October.

School lunches in Lancashire are much more than hotpot and spotted dick with custard nowadays.

A free event offering help and advice to local small businesses and to support entrepreneurs to start-up is being held in Preston this week.

Major improvements to a road junction in Burnley are due to start shortly as part of a programme of work to boost the local economy over the coming years.

Robotic pets have been handed over to 20 care homes at an event at County Hall, Preston.

Lancashire County Council is inviting people of all ages to log on at their local library for national Get Online Week.

Woodhill House Home for Older People has been rated as 'good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following its latest inspection.

You could join the hundreds of foster carers already discovering the rewards of sharing their lives with children who need a home.

A new digital space is being created at White Cross Business Park in Lancaster.

A competition to inspire Lancashire library users to explore free online reference resources will start on Monday 7 October.

A special adoption information evening will be held during National Adoption Week.

Lancashire County Council is to invest £6million into a ground-breaking scheme designed to help vulnerable children, young people and their families stay together.

The construction of a major road scheme on the west side of Preston has received the final funding from the government to make the scheme happen.

New features will be installed from next week along Preston's main shopping area, to increase public safety.

The Arthur Street car park near County Hall in Preston will be closed this weekend on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September to carry out maintenance work.

Lancashire County Council is redesigning its short breaks provision for children, young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.

Preston Bus Station has received another award for its redevelopment.

September is Sepsis Awareness Month and Lancashire County Council has been training care home staff to help them to identify residents they suspect could have the condition to ensure they are treated quickly.

People will be unable to turn right from Liverpool Road onto Leyland Road in Penwortham for 11 weeks, while improvement work is carried out at a key junction.