Weather
Contact us Fears for missing Lancashire teen
3:47pm Monday 23rd August 2010
CONCERNS are growing for a missing Lancashire teenager.
Lancashire solicitor’s Facebook warning
11:34am Thursday 5th August 2010
A LANCASHIRE law firm says it's seeing a big increase in the number of defamation cases being brought due to comments posted on Facebook.
Lancashire brothers who smuggled heroin in kids' clothes jailed
9:00am Friday 30th July 2010
HEROIN destined for the streets of Lancashire was hidden inside children’s clothing in an international smuggling operation.
Lancashire railway death causing long delays
10:57am Tuesday 27th July 2010
LANCASHIRE commuters are facing lengthy delays this morning after a man was found dead after he was struck by a train.
Women rev-ved up to join clergy in Lancashire
7:10pm Monday 28th June 2010
MORE than half of all people applying to become a priest in Lancashire are women, it has been revealed.
Gladiators unearthed by Lancashire academics
10:25am Tuesday 8th June 2010
LANCASHIRE academics have helped unearth what may be the world’s only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery.
Public inquiry into Tithebarn development starts today
11:58am Tuesday 18th May 2010
EAST Lancashire council bosses are set to lock horns with their Preston rivals in an attempt to reduce the size of the city’s £700million revamp.
Internet trickster jailed for raping two Lancashire teenagers
4:45pm Monday 17th May 2010
A "devious" 48-year-old man who tricked two teenage girls from Lancashire into believing he was 17 on the internet and then raped them has been jailed indefinitely.
Lancashire rape help centre in funding row
7:10pm Tuesday 11th May 2010
A CENTRE which looks after victims of rape and sexual assault from across Lancashire has been caught in a funding row.
Lancashire glider pilot breaks back in crash
2:08pm Tuesday 4th May 2010
A Lancashire pilot suffered a broken back and two broken ankles as he crashed his glider into a Scottish mountain.
Brierfield man, 60, dies after Preston collapse
10:49am Tuesday 13th April 2010
A man who collapsed at a Preston bus stop and later died has been named by police as a Brierfield man.
Preston North End footballer is rock'n'goal star
12:07pm Sunday 11th April 2010
A SOCCER starlet will swap boots for drumsticks when he appears at Clitheroe Grand Theatre on Saturday.
Merger threat to 60 Lancashire health jobs
9:30am Wednesday 7th April 2010
MORE than 60 NHS jobs in Lancashire could be under threat with the possible merger of health services based in Nelson and Preston.
Major Lancashire drugs gang smashed
7:00am Wednesday 31st March 2010
POLICE have notched up a major victory in the battle against drugs after smashing a huge cannabis and cocaine ring.
Lancashire police officer arrested on suspicion of money laundering
9:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
UPDATE: Two people have been charged by detectives investigating alleged money laundering that led to the arrest of a policeman.
Lancashire man loses appeal against online racial hatred conviction
2:59pm Friday 29th January 2010
A man from Preston has lost his appeal against the UK’s first conviction for inciting racial hatred online.
Three hunted after racist attack on Preston to Blackburn train
8:20am Thursday 17th December 2009
THREE people, including a mother and daughter, are being hunted by police after racially abusing and then assaulting an Asian woman on a train.
Unions attack railway station ticket office closures
1:01pm Monday 14th December 2009
Union leaders have launched a fresh attack over the closure of railway ticket offices including Crewe, Manchester, Preston and Carlisle after claiming one queue reached a record 100 metres over the weekend.
Lancashire's economic strategy 'heavily biased towards Preston'
6:10pm Sunday 13th December 2009
CHIEF executives and councillors in East Lancashire have criticised a county economic strategy for being ‘heavily biased’ towards Preston and Lancaster.
Waste management firm fined over Lancashire industrial estate fire
5:09pm Wednesday 9th December 2009
A waste management firm has been fined £150,000 for health and safety breaches following a major chemical fire in Lancashire which closed two motorways.
Tributes pour in after Lancashire man, 20, found dead
10:00am Wednesday 9th December 2009
UPDATE: More than 750 people have paid online tribute a ‘big-hearted’ 20-year-old man who was found dead at home.
Lancashire racist abuse train passengers hunted
2:43pm Tuesday 8th December 2009
TWO drunken men who hurled a torrent of racist abuse at a family are being sought by police in Lancashire.
Lancashire man 'could have killed more children'
12:28pm Friday 13th November 2009
A FORMER Lancashire man responsible for one of the county’s most notorious child murders could have killed more, according to detectives.
Camera ban for voyeur who filmed under women's skirts in Lancashire supermarket
5:22pm Wednesday 11th November 2009
A VOYEUR who filmed underneath women’s skirts in a Lancashire supermarket has been ordered not to use a camera in public for the next two years.
Archbishop of Canterbury in plea to politicians: Don’t play race card
10:26am Monday 9th November 2009
THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has called on all candidates at next year’s general election “not to play the race card”.
Yobs bring Blackburn-Preston train line to a halt
9:00am Friday 23rd October 2009
UPDATE: Yobs dangling lumps of wood at trains brought the rail line between Blackburn and Preston to a standstill.
Developer pulls out of Preston's £700m Tithebarn scheme
3:40pm Friday 16th October 2009
UPDATE: Blackburn with Darwen council bosses have defended their opposition to a massive expansion of Preston City Centre after the scheme was today dealt a shattering blow.
Jobs cull plan for Lancashire's roads department
12:45pm Friday 2nd October 2009
HUNDREDS of jobs could be at risk in a shake-up at Lancashire's County Hall.
Two Preston men arrested over stolen lead in Ribchester
2:13pm Wednesday 30th September 2009
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing lead from the roof of the De Tabley Arms in Ribchester.
Blackburn with Darwen Council defends opposition to Preston development
3:50pm Friday 18th September 2009
BLACKBURN with Darwen council bosses have defended their opposition to Preston’s £700million regeneration after it was revealed the row had triggered a public inquiry.
Find a trade
Other local newspapers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
