Residents across East Lancashire are set to benefit from £2.1m of canal towpath improvements that will create safer, more accessible links between Whitebirk, Rishton and Accrington.

Essential safety works to reduce the risk of rockfall are set to take place on the A681 Bacup Road at The Glen, between Bacup and Stacksteads.

Work to support a major scheme aimed at improving journeys on the A582 and the surrounding road network could begin later this year after Lancashire County Council's cabinet approved funding for a package of enabling works.

As the days grow shorter and temperatures begin to fall, highways teams are continuing a significant programme of work to strengthen Lancashire's roads and prepare the network for winter.