School sexual offence reports double
Police were called to deal with a report of a sexual offence in a Lancashire school almost every month last year.Newly released figures have revealed Police received 28 reports of sexual offences –...
View ArticleHas your home got the Aldi effect?
Is your nearest supermarket an Aldi? It could be doing more than just saving you money on your groceries...New branches of the supermarket add an additional £5,000 to local property values within...
View ArticleIs it time to upsize? Your home needs to suit your lifestyle
We may put it off all we like, but eventually the time comes to admit your home is too small.Whether you have been late for work due to the morning queue outside a single bathroom, find yourself...
View ArticleScooter passenger dies after Prom crash
A 55-year-old woman has died after after falling from a scooter in Blackpool on Sunday afternoon.The woman, from Southport, was a passenger on a Vespa Piaggio PX 125 scooter being driven by a...
View ArticleSubsidy call to bring flights back to Fylde
The Government should step in to support small airports like Blackpool and help them compete with major regional hubs.That is the view of Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden –a former shadow aviation...
View ArticleYES to bus hub - NO to bus station
A bus ‘hub’ will be built as part of Blackpool’s £24m tramway expansion.Talks are under way between Blackpool Council and Blackpool Transport over the plans – but council chiefs say a full bus station...
View ArticleSpeak up on roads plan
Villagers are being urged to make their voices heard as proposals for a huge new dual carriageway are put to the public.Highways England is currently asking residents for their views on proposals to...
View ArticleAre tattoos putting firms off hiring staff?
Workplace experts Acas have published new research on dress codes which shows that employers risk losing talented young employees due to concerns about employing people with visible tattoos. The new...
View Article£9,855 payback bill for ATM robber
A robber who was part of a gang that carried out terrifying armed raids in Preston, the Fylde and Lancaster has been ordered to pay back nearly £10,000 of his criminal gains.Philip James Fisher, 31, of...
View ArticleScarecrow festival hailed a big success
A Wyre village’s first scarecrow festival proved a huge success after raising more than £750 for a playgroup.Organisers of Hambleton Scarecrow Festival said some 96 scarecrows appeared in the village...
View ArticleOVERSTRETCHED: Paramedics hit out at ‘unbearable pressure’ on 999 crews
Paramedics have issued a severe health warning for their own 999 service after it was put on a life support system from Eastern Europe.Overworked ambulance crews across Lancashire say a decision to...
View ArticleNurseries ‘could close’ if free childcare hours double
Hundreds of nursery schools could be forced to close if the Government goes ahead with plans to offer parents 30 hours of free childcare, a teaching union has warned.Pre-schools in England would “cease...
View ArticleDancers celebrate success at season end
Fleetwood Royalettes dance troupe enjoyed one of its biggest successes for years in the an end-of-season championship event.The group emerged with a haul of 15 trophies at the Tameside Morris Dancing...
View ArticleTroll who called dead teenager a ‘monkey’ is rapped by court
An internet troll has been fined for posting an offensive comment online about a teenager who died in police custody.Rowan O’Connell, 23, of Back North Crescent, St Annes, added racist comments to a...
View ArticleMiss Peregrine film’s capital launch
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children finally hits the big screen on Thursday – and the film, which features scenes shot in Blackpool, was officially launched this week in London.Director Tim...
View ArticleThey are paranoid, and I am out to get them
The coppers in the new crime drama Paranoid (ITV, Thursdays, 9pm) are a bit of a rum lot.They have so many neuroses, it’s a wonder they get any detecting done when a GP and mum-of-one- gets brutally...
View ArticleBingo drink put woman over drink drive limit
Having a drink at a bingo session and then driving home cost a woman her job as a manageress.Nakita Holliday, a part-time pub worker, of John Street, Thornton, pleaded guilty to driving with excess...
View ArticleCannabis farm at warehouse
A man secretly allowed drug dealers to cultivate a £250,000 cannabis farm in business premises owned by his girlfriend’s father, a court has heard.Steven Dell, 34, of Waverley Avenue, Fleetwood, sobbed...
View ArticleNoisy row sparked fracas
An argument in a house where the walls were thin caused a row between neighbours.John Sweeney and his girlfriend were annoyed because the noisy argument next door had gone on for half-an-hour.Sweeney,...
View ArticleDead dolphin washes up on Lancashire beach
A Lancashire walker was shocked when he found a dead dolphin washed up on a beach this week.The shocking pictures were taken by Julian Heald on Knott End beach after making his way down from his home...
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