It's official - the Lancashire Telegraph's readership is soaring thanks to the stunning success of our website.

Figures released this week show the number of visitors to our lancashiretelegraph.co.uk site grew by a whopping 51% over just one year.

The huge rise in traffic means the Lancashire Telegraph is now the third fastest-growing regional newspaper website in the UK.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, around 19,500 people from all over the world access our website every day for our unrivalled coverage of East Lancashire news and sport.

Innovation has always been part of our DNA. In 1996, the Lancashire Telegraph became the first regional newspaper in the country to publish stories online on a daily basis.

Today special features, such as Clarets and Rovers football match updates, photo galleries, videos, live web chats and campaigns such as Grit Watch and Pothole Watch have added a new dimension to how we can bring you the essential local news.

Our promise to you is that we'll keep on finding new ways to keep you informed both in the newspaper and online - so watch this space.