Brierfield

Lancashire's director of public health says there needs to a wider conversation about healthy eating.

Works to improve Nelson and Brierfield will begin in March, with attention moving to Colne in June.

Gillian Simpson had just welcomed the arrival of her first grandchild, her family said.

The woman was walking along Colne Road in Brierfield, Lancashire, when she was hit by a Mercedes.

Work is under way on the £25m project in Nelson which will replace two existing police stations.

A charity says a government grant does not fully cover the cost of building a new youth hub.

Permission has been granted for a bigger Jamia Masjid Usman Ghani Mosque on Stanley Street in Brierfield.