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Contact us Gazette staff and Bentham family's fundraising bid
12:19pm Friday 27th August 2010
BENTHAM residents and Westmorland Gazette staff will don fancy dress and walking boots to help raise money for a good cause on Sunday.
Fears for missing Lancashire teen
3:47pm Monday 23rd August 2010
CONCERNS are growing for a missing Lancashire teenager.
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.
Tributes to Ullswater canoe death teenager
3:44pm Monday 28th June 2010
The family of a Lancashire teenager who died when his canoe overturned in the Lake District have paid tribute to him, saying he "brought joy" to many people.
Lancashire canoeist drowns in Lake District
7:20pm Sunday 27th June 2010
UPDATE: Police have named the teenager Lancashire canoeist whose body was found in the Lake District today.
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 thugs set dog on pregnant deer
5:19pm Friday 26th February 2010
Thugs in Lancashire set a dog on a pregnant deer and filmed the defenceless animal being savaged and killed on mobile phones, police have said.
Ex-pros at Accrington Stanley fundraiser in Leyland
11:30am Friday 11th September 2009
ACCRINGTON Stanley have organised a question and answer session with ex-Manchester City player and Scotland international Asa Hartford and ex-Liverpool and Villa star Tony Hateley in Leyland to raise extra funds.
Leyland Conservative councillor defects to UKIP
10:46am Thursday 10th September 2009
A SOUTH Ribble councillor has defected from the Tories to the UK Independence Party.
Family pays tribute to Leyland boy who drowned in swimming pool
3:45pm Friday 28th August 2009
THE family of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool at a family party today paid tribute to their "loving, comical child".
Lancashire police horse retires after nine years' service
1:11pm Wednesday 10th June 2009
A POLICE horse whose duties have ranged from the Burnley Riots to a parade for the Queen at Windsor Castle is hanging up his reins.
Spinning out the survival of Lancashire's record shops
6:41pm Saturday 18th April 2009
Whatever happened to the record shop? To mark today’s World Record Store Day, features editor we discover that East Lancashire it’s not all doom and gloom.
‘Blow’ as Lancashire prisons project scrapped
4:58pm Monday 6th April 2009
A PIONEERING £1.4million prisons project aimed at reducing crime across the area is to be scrapped after its funding was cut.
VIDEO: Lancashire women urged to Race For Life
11:45am Wednesday 18th February 2009
LANCASHIRE women are being urged to take part in this year's Race for Life to raise money for charity.
Shutdown doubled at Leyland Trucks
10:48am Monday 12th January 2009
LEYLAND Trucks has doubled its annual winter shutdown from two to four weeks and production will not resume until January 19.
The last time you’ll hear the FREE voice of Preston and Leyland
9:10am Thursday 25th December 2008
TODAY sees the final edition of the Preston and Leyland Citizen being delivered to homes across the area.
Developer pulls out of Leyland mill site project
4:14pm Friday 19th December 2008
The economic downturn has claimed its latest casualty.
Honour for teacher who saved Leyland girl, 10
9:26am Friday 19th December 2008
A HEADTEACHER who helped save the life of a young Leyland girl suffering a heart attack will be honoured by the Royal Humane Society.
Leyland pub pool challenge leads to stabbing
4:22pm Friday 19th December 2008
Detectives in Leyland are appealing for information after a 20-year-old man was assaulted and stabbed after a game of pool.
Leyland subway attack plea
4:22pm Friday 19th December 2008
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted and robbed as she walked through a subway.
Call for clean up at Leyland army cadet base
9:20am Friday 12th December 2008
Used needles and broken glass are just some of the things being dumped at an army cadet hut used by local youngsters.
Leyland police hunt homeless man over burglary
4:21pm Friday 12th December 2008
Police in Leyland are appealing for the public to help them locate a Czech man, believed to be homeless, in connection with a home burglary that took place in the town last month.
Leyland winter wonderland
1:40pm Thursday 11th December 2008
Leyland was transformed into a winter wonderland at the weekend, with a parade along Hough Lane with local groups and an old Leyland bus from the British Commercial Vehicle Museum.
New jobs for axed Leyland workers
1:41pm Wednesday 10th December 2008
A NUMBER of workers threatened by redundancy at a Leyland truck maufacturer have found work at a Blackburn bus company, it has been revealed.
Cavalry regiment parades through Leyland
2:23pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Leyland welcomed the Cavalry regiment of The King's Royal Hussars this morning.
South Ribble MP backs 'Smokefree' campaign
7:40am Thursday 27th November 2008
David Borrow MP for South Ribbe has added his support to the 3,158 people in central Lancashire who have pressed the Government to make smoking history for children and young people.
Hanged Preston prison inmate 'took his own life'
4:18pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
A Leyland man found hanged in his cell in a Preston jail took his own life, an inquest has found.
Preston, Chorley and South Ribble come under spotlight
10:40pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
The future development of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble comes under the microscope tomorrow.
Cyclist, 16, 'critical' following Leyland car collision
9:50am Wednesday 26th November 2008
A budding 16-year-old basketball star is still fighting for his life after being knocked off his bike in Leyland.
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