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Teenage boy being sedated, but not treated, on a hospital ward evidence of young people falling through the gaps

The teenager, who has a long history of self-harm, going missing and hospital admissions, has been described as a “deeply ...
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“A bloody mess”: Labour candidate suspended after under-fire Reform UK councillor turns the tables

The Grade II listed structure, built in 1794 by millwright Ralph Slater for landowner Bold Hesketh, was under the council’s ...
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Disquiet in Lancashire at planning reforms taking power from councillors to ‘get Britain building’

🗳️ A Reform UK councillor who serves on Lancashire County Council and Hyndburn Council has been branded ableist - something ...
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Council leader lashes out at business chiefs over publication of 10-page local spending report

Hello and welcome to The Lancashire Lead. Today we are able to report on a behind the scenes row between local authority leaders and the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. The report ...
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Exclusive: Lancashire County Council’s own data shows miserable winter pothole performance - but it is disputed

Meanwhile County Cllr Michael Lavalette, part of the Progressive Lancashire opposition group, said that he repeatedly raised ...
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Royal Preston and Royal Lancaster pushed to the back of the new hospital queue

Hello and welcome to The Lancashire Lead. This week we focus on the news that - despite public consultation being on the cusp of beginning - Preston and Lancaster’s new hospital projects have been ...
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Councillor defects away from Reform UK slamming group as 'party of protest'

Hello and welcome to The Lancashire Lead. Nigel Farage stole the headlines with his hissy fit resignation as an MP, intending to put the decision about his future to the public rather than wait for ...
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Withdrawing Lancashire from refugee resettlement schemes would not save a single penny

Hello and welcome to The Lancashire Lead. In May, on the eve of the local elections, Reform-led Lancashire County Council vowed to withdraw the county from the government’s refugee resettlement scheme ...