Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

The route travels up the Pennines, the backbone of the country and is considered the most iconic of all the long-distance trails in the UK.

A Blackburn author has thanked families for helping make her book launch in her hometown "a huge success". Super Nani and Captain Yaz by Saira Shah, illustrated by Maria Gabriela Gama, was published ...

Tony Shuker said he had always promised himself to do something to remember Dr Allan Sinclair, who died when an earthquake ...

The new houses in Salisbury Road – just a stone’s throw from Sunnyhurst Wood - is the second site to be brought forward in Darwen by Blackburn-based Lang Estates. The mixture of 11 detached and ...

Clare Kanakides, director of operations at OnSide, said: “A youth zone in Burnley would be truly transformational for the town’s children and young people, bringing new opportunities and experiences ...

A former cinema building in Blackburn town centre is on the market. The King Street property was once the home of The Regent Cinema, which opened in 1920 and was operated by independent exhibitors. It ...

Millions of patients in the North West will be treated and cared for closer to their home by new teams of health professionals.

Benni McCarthy has revealed how his loyalty to Jose Mourinho cost him joining Manchester United with Blackburn Rovers blocking a move to Chelsea. The South African striker was a huge fans' favourite ...