Robert MacDonald

3 days ago | lancs.live | Robert MacDonald |Robert Macdonald

Green Party councillor Caroline Jackson has been elected to lead Lancaster City Council for the third time. Coun Jackson was elected as council leader on Monday night at a full council meeting attended by all councillors. She won the support of a majority of councillors. Labour's Jason Wood was the other nomination. Caroline Jackson's first tenure as city council leader was from 2021-23.

4 days ago | lancs.live | Robert MacDonald |Robert Macdonald

East Lancashire men who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War have been honoured in a new memorial in Burnley. Men from Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale and Hyndburn are featured in the memorial to the International Brigade near Burnley Library. It was unveiled at a ceremony by the Mayor of Burnley, Coun Shah Hussain, and Chris Keene of North East Lancashire Trades Union Council.

5 days ago | lancs.live | Robert MacDonald |Robert Macdonald

Potholes will be close to the top of the list of priorities for Lancashire's incoming Reform UK leadership - but they will also have to keep an eye on the pennies. With issues such as road repairs, social care, transport and finances - to handling big government topics around Lancashire devolution and the potential scrapping of Lancashire boroughs - Reform UK's Stephen Atkinson could have a busy few months ahead.

5 days ago | lancs.live | Robert MacDonald |Robert Macdonald

Special controls on dogs taken out onto Rossendale's parks, sports fields and other public spaces should be extended, councillors have been advised. And the maximum number of dogs any person can exercise could be lowered from five to four. Enforcement workers could also ben given powers to hand out on-the-spot fines to dog walkers who break the rules. But some dog walking businesses or groups have raised concerns about cutting the number of dogs allowed per person.

1 week ago | lancs.live | Robert MacDonald |Robert Macdonald

Lancashire County Council's new political leadership, expected to be Reform UK with Ribble Valley's Stephen Atkinson at the fore, is being urged to see the state of roads and pavements in Pendle. The county council has responsibility for roads and pavements, which have been a recurring topic of debate over recent years at many local borough councils.