The annual West Lancashire Scout Founder’s Feast marks the birthday of the founder of Scouting, Robert Baden Powell, to celebrate all that is great about Scouting in the region.

Local businessman and father-of-three set a target to raise £50,000.

An emotional evening at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel at Clayton-le-Moors raised more then £4000 for the Brain Tumour Charity.

£1,120 was raised for the East Lancashire Hospice,

The charity ball was a huge success, with more than 200 people turning out to enjoy the first ever Bollywood theme at the Mayor’s Ball.

Guests swapped formal black tie for brightly-coloured Glastonbury style outfits in tribute to music festival-loving Kerry Parkinson of Blackpool who died of breast cancer a day after her 42nd birthday.

More than 600 young women were treated to a second International Women’s Day Festival on the Fylde Coast, with 26 local role models, 80 volunteers from business and Blackpool Sixth Form students.

The pandemic might have closed theatres and film sets but actor Christopher Eccleston from Salford still won applause for his performance in praise of the NHS.

Comedian and presenter Stephen Bailey is back with a new show and he told us he really can be bothered about Denton.

Life away from Corrie has been busy for Accrington’s Julie Hesmondhalgh, who is back on our screens this month in a rather different role

Oldham’s Sarah Lancashire is one of our best-loved stars. She spent months preparing for her latest harrowing role, which is on our screens this month.