The Met Office has issued the following weather forecast for West Lancashire from Friday, January 31, to Sunday, February 2.

Only a third of patients deemed well enough to be sent home from Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust are ...

Sarah McEntee, who runs a Royal British Legion community hub in the centre of the town which helped victims' families after ...

The West Lancashire Freemasons met at their Westhoughton Lodge, Brookfield Hall, on Saturday, January 25. The group gathered to renew the Armed Forces Covenant, after it was signed three years ago.

Results appear here as they come in. Follow the latest news on the general election results in Lancashire. Counting complete A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is ...

Labour's victory in the West Lancashire by-election shows the Conservatives have "run out of road," Rachel Reeves has said. The shadow chancellor said the result, which saw a 10.5% swing from the ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report following an unannounced inspection of urgent and emergency services at Whiston Hospital, run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals ...

Lancashire highways bosses are urging people to work from home if they can on Friday - and to avoid travelling for any other reason if possible - as the county battens down the hatches for the ...

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for West Lancashire this weekend. An amber warning for wind is in place for Friday, with a yellow warning for wind on Sunday in some places. Friday will ...

The Electricity North West has issued an update about power cuts in Lancashire, as Storm Éowyn hit the UK. Power cuts have ...

There were 3,662 babies born at Whiston Hospital in 2024 – 1,898 boys and 1,764 girls. There were 50 sets of twins and 3,131 babies experienced skin to skin straight after being born.