West Lancashire's motorists will have two road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

Outline planning permission has been granted by West Lancashire Borough Council for an innovative residential and mixed-use development on the site of a former quarry. Steven Abbott Associates LLP, ...

The people of West Lancashire will head to the polls on Thursday in a Westminster by-election triggered by Rosie Cooper's resignation. The veteran Labour MP announced in the autumn she was ...

Labour's Ashley Dalton told the Conservatives to "move out of the way" after a comfortable win in the West Lancashire by-election. She demanded a general election, telling Rishi Sunak that it was ...

Labour's victory in the West Lancashire by-election shows the Conservatives have "run out of road," Rachel Reeves has said. The shadow chancellor said the result, which saw a 10.5% swing from the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s opposition Labour party on Friday secured a convincing win in a parliamentary by-election in ...

Polls are open in West Lancashire as voters in the constituency head to the ballot boxes to choose their next MP. The seat is up for grabs after veteran Labour MP Rosie Cooper resigned in November ...

Eight out of 14 district councils across the county including Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Chorley, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Rossendale and West Lancashire held elections.

Councillors in West Lancashire will be asked to vote next week to shut the Park Pool in Ormskirk and Nye Bevan in Skelmersdale. It comes after a council report found that continuing to run the ...

The West Lancashire town of Skelmersdal had its rail service cut when town planners tore up the rails in 1956 then in 1968 the railway station was demolished altogether. The station, which had ...