Blackburn

A large plume of smoke could be seen in the sky above the blaze near Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Jamie Cooper is charged with escaping from lawful custody after he left a prison van by a motorway.

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".

Six students are preparing to travel to Africa to help build a new classroom at a school in Malawi.

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is to host the exhibition of loans from the British Library.

Two drivers were taken to hospital following Wednesday afternoon's collision.

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