The MP for Rossendale and Darwen, Jake Berry, has said that local lockdown restrictions are to be lifted in the area.

MP for Rossendale and Darwen says local lockdown restrictions to be lifted

Actress Kate Winslet has thrown her support behind a campaign to raise funds to send a young mother to Germany for cancer treatment.

Kate Winslet's message of hope for cancer-stricken mum

Here are all the candidates standing in the 2016 local election in Rossendale.

Police are investigating an attack on a man who was left with half a skull and in need of medical care for the rest of his life.

Police investigating the murder of a 60-year-old woman in Helmshore say a 34-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Criticism has been voiced at the plans for the creation of a traveller site, but a charity representing travellers has defended the council.

A dog has survived after plunging 70 feet into a quarry in Rossendale.