Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

A vacant building could become a new £3.5m special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) centre.

The spaces will be needed when works start on a multimillion-pound skills campus, the council says.

A councillor says the renowned author's home should be given registered status.

The newly formed Lancashire Combined County Authority is set to hold its first meeting.

Blackburn in Lancashire needs to work to do more to bring people together, community leaders say.

"By May 2026, the whole of the North will have mayors," Angela Rayner tells a conference.

Councillor Phil Riley says there is a "recognition" from the company that services had been unacceptable.

Chantana Parkinson said she came to Lancashire from Thailand "with nothing but my skills".