PEOPLE having problems feeding their families have been dealt a ‘devastating blow' by the closure of the South and West Lancashire Foodbank.The charity helped almost 1,000 families across the borough and it closes at a time when there is
THE company behind a controversial ‘fracking' site in a West Lancashire village has said it is not expecting to recommence operations there until next year.Cuadrilla has said that while it is keen to commence shale gas drilling at its
A BID to build more than a hundred new homes in Banks is set to be discussed by West Lancashire councillors at a meeting in Ormskirk tomorrow night (March 7).Members of the borough council's planning committee will meet to discuss whether plans
A BANKS organisation has raised thousands of pounds to help a charity which helps provide care for people with long term needs at nursing homes across the UK.Members of the Nifty Fifties, a group of residents who hold meetings at the village's
A CROOK stole cash from an elderly woman's purse after he pretended to be a drainage inspector in order to gain access to her home in Banks.Police in West Lancashire said that the man had knocked on the front door of the woman's house, on
THIEVES struck twice in the same night when they targeted cars left on a street in Banks and stole valuables from them last week, police have said.Officers at Lancashire Constabulary said that they were investigating two thefts from vehicles which
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