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.

Local Elections: Rossendale candidates

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.