A scheme to build 40 new homes in Burnley is given outline planning permission despite 40 objections.

The scheme will seek to better protect the town of Padiham from the likes of Storm Desmond in 2015.

The aim is to tackle problems of poor quality housing, anti-social behaviour and low demand.

Some gravestones were vandalised in the Muslim section of Burnley Cemetery on Monday.

Lancashire Police is treating the incident at a Burnley cemetery as a hate crime.

A controversial legal agreement over road maintenance at the site has now been dropped.

He says his family go through a "hell of a lot of nappies", consisting of "faeces and urine".

It comes after 11 Burnley councillors quit Labour over a decision not to push for a ceasefire.