There is also a huge variation in set-up costs when new authorities are created, analysis shows.

Lancashire council leaders tell ministers there is no "clear consensus on a single proposal".

NFL icon and Burnley investor JJ Watt tells BBC Sport why he bought into the Clarets, what he gets from it, and how he sees the club's future.

Preston striker Milutin Osmajic is charged by the Football Association after being accused of racially abusing Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri.

Burnley has one of the highest rates of smokers in Lancashire, according to figures.

Burnley bosses make it clear to ministers they could not support a Blackburn with Darwen merger.

A look ahead to the weekend's EFL action with some key games for sides threatened by relegation and those vying for the play-offs.

Over 1,100 plants were growing across multiple rooms of a property in Burnley, police say.