Newsgallery

Looking back

Bookmark
Share

By

Alex Bell-ACC

15:40, 21 AUG 2015

Garth Dawson column1 of 3
Garth Dawson column2 of 3
Garth Dawson column3 of 3

Preston Britain's richest man is from Preston, and he's so secretive his own receptionist doesn't know who he is Michael Platt is worth an eye-watering £14.3bn

Beloved Clitheroe car boot returns months after being declared no longer 'financially viable'

Car boot sales will begin on April 28 and will run every Sunday, according to reports

Dramatic pictures show aftermath of car smashing into house near primary school

Emergency services were called to the scene on Union Road in Oswaldtwistle last night

Sick brothel network had seven sordid dens across five cities packed with trafficked sex slaves

Mohamed Marivia was part of an organised crime network with brothels in five cities

'Trusted' accountant stole £330k to fund Blackpool holiday home and Range Rover

Laurence Hearldon was described as a "grafter by nature" but who then "stepped into the realm of the grifter"

Blackpool Future of £100m Blackpool DWP office to be discussed behind closed doors The council has made no secret of the fact it hopes to bring even more office jobs to the town centre

Tory volunteer, 78, breaks silence over Mark Menzies MP 'life or death' 3am cash demand

It is alleged the Fylde MP demanded money to pay off "bad people" at 3.15am on December 1 last year

Mum 'left in limbo' issues desperate plea after son excluded from school

"It was his own fault, but what I don't agree with is how long the council have actually taken to deal with it, or not deal with it."

Leader says 'there must be justice' in WASPI compensation update

UK & World News

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said it must be 'urgently put right'

Britain's richest man is from Preston, and he's so secretive his own receptionist doesn't know who he is

Michael Platt is worth an eye-watering £14.3bn

Preston Britain's richest man is from Preston, and he's so secretive his own receptionist doesn't know who he is Michael Platt is worth an eye-watering £14.3bn

Beloved Clitheroe car boot returns months after being declared no longer 'financially viable'

Car boot sales will begin on April 28 and will run every Sunday, according to reports

Dramatic pictures show aftermath of car smashing into house near primary school

Emergency services were called to the scene on Union Road in Oswaldtwistle last night

Eerie Accrington pub frozen in time after suddenly calling last orders years ago

"I live near this pub and it’s such a shame it’s being left to rot its a wonderful building so sad"

Sick brothel network had seven sordid dens across five cities packed with trafficked sex slaves

Mohamed Marivia was part of an organised crime network with brothels in five cities

Blackpool Future of £100m Blackpool DWP office to be discussed behind closed doors The council has made no secret of the fact it hopes to bring even more office jobs to the town centre

Tory volunteer, 78, breaks silence over Mark Menzies MP 'life or death' 3am cash demand

It is alleged the Fylde MP demanded money to pay off "bad people" at 3.15am on December 1 last year

Mum 'left in limbo' issues desperate plea after son excluded from school

"It was his own fault, but what I don't agree with is how long the council have actually taken to deal with it, or not deal with it."

Leader says 'there must be justice' in WASPI compensation update

UK & World News

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said it must be 'urgently put right'

Britain's richest man is from Preston, and he's so secretive his own receptionist doesn't know who he is

Michael Platt is worth an eye-watering £14.3bn

He told girl nobody would believe her if she raised alarm about what he'd done

Police said Martin Greenwood 'presents a danger to female children by his perverted sexual interests'

'I fell 30ft down a freezing waterfall. I thought I would die if I fell asleep'

And as darkness arrived, in sub-zero temperatures, Ben Longton prepared himself for death on the mountainside

Preston's Spud Brothers keep winning rave reviews as jacket potato frenzy soars

"I didn't think I'd be this giddy over it"

Dramatic pictures show aftermath of car smashing into house near primary school

Emergency services were called to the scene on Union Road in Oswaldtwistle last night

'Call 999' as hunt under way after man 'deliberately knocked off' e-bike by BMW

Police have urged anyone who sees Callum Holmes to call 999 immediately

Suspended Tory MP Mark Menzies' controversies from Brazilian escort to 'drunk dog'

The Fylde representative - who denies the latest claims - was branded "potentially somebody who's quite troubled" by Grant Shapps

Hunted adventurer on epic journey in memory of Blackpool boy struck by lightning

Jordan Wylie MBE met Jordan Banks several times and will use the money to install a memorial wall in his hometown of Blackpool

Cruel mum and son had 'partially mummified' French bulldog called Gucci in their bathtub

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES Susan Shaw and Jack Wynn also mistreated another dog, a snake and a fish

XL Bully destroyed after woman bitten on legs and hand in house attack

Police said the woman was attacked by three dogs at a property, one of which was an XL Bully breed

Fraudsters tricked vulnerable victim into handing cards over to 'courier'

The bogus caller tricked the victim into putting their bank cards under their doormat along with the PIN numbers

Kate Garraway apologises for 'frustrating' public plea over 'unsettling post' for Derek Draper

"It was born out of frustration, I don't like putting things onto Twitter!"

Doors smashed in across Lancashire as cocaine and 'dirty cash' seized in gang raids

Eight suspected EncroChat gang members were arrested over what police have described as a 'large-scale drugs conspiracy'