A GOVERNMENT grant of over £7million has been approved to develop a £20m Extra Care housing scheme and Well-being Centre for older people in Ormskirk, West Lancashire.

A PROGRAMME of new and refurbished primary schools, plans to ensure adequate childcare provision, public transport and climate-change grants will be discussed when Wyre Lancashire Local meets on Wednesday 30 July.

A commitment to the economic future of Lancashire was laid out at a recent cabinet meeting.

MUMS and dads from Chorley are picking up pots and pans to improve child health.

THE Keys to the new multi-million pound purpose-built “Extra Care” flats at Laidleys Manor in Fleetwood have been formally handed over to its new residents this week.

A glass design and manufacture business has been set up to be a cut above in Preston thanks to help from Rosebud Finance.

Specialist hose and couplings business, Premier Hose Technologies Limited is here for the long-term thanks to a second Rosebud Finance loan.

DECISIONS and discussions on big issues will be made at the next meeting of the Lancashire Local Preston committee.

DRIVERS in Lancashire who are donning their cycle helmets to avoid rising petrol costs are being urged to make sure their cycling skills are up to scratch.

MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to meet their county councillors face-to-face during a forthcoming visit to Leyland.