An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to since she was 12. Sylvia Perkins, from Bermondsey, south-east London, ...

The Baggies confirmed the deal after compensation, reported to be in the region of 3million euros (£2.49m), was agreed on Christmas Eve.

The future of shopping in an East Lancashire town centre has been up for debate ahead of a 60 year old shopping centre's demolition. Nelson Town Deal board members have debated the future of shopping ...

A known drug dealer threw a box out of the window of his car as a “decoy” as police chased him. Blackburn Magistrates' Court heard the officer stopped to recover the box allowing Hassan Shazad to ...

Two reporters were killed and several were wounded on Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, Haiti’s online media association said. A police ...

An East Lancashire hospice says that additional government funding for the sector is welcomed but “limited” in its long-term sustainability.

Rachel and Neil Williams, along with Eva, celebrated the delivery of two mOm incubators to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The Casey Group, working in Blackburn's Shadsworth and Whitebirk neighbourhoods, has partnered with Newground Together to provide festive cheer. The independent charity, part of the Together Housing ...

Pupils from a group of East Lancashire schools have united to help those in need this winter. The students from Tauheedul Islam Girls' School and Sixth Form College (TIGHS), The Valley Leadership ...

Volunteers have been handing out toys to children spending time in hospital during the holidays. The Light Foundation partnered with NHL Pharmacy and Eyecare and visited the Children's ward at the ...

Four more organisations have been given an early Christmas present after receiving grants from the council’s Cabinet Action Fund.