1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (122+ words) Mark Milner, who has links to Blackburn and Burnley, was last seen on Canterbury Street at midnight on Saturday, January 31. He is described as 5ft 4in tall, of a slim build, with short, dark hair and a dark goatee. He was last…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (317+ words) Data shows 11,345 such cases were recorded during 2025, two thirds more than in 2022 - a rise that Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw says is down to the force's "proactive approach to arresting offenders. He said that the increase was in…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (348+ words) Florin Ajudanu, described by police as the former owner of the "F1" drugs line, was sentenced to four years in prison at Preston Crown Court on February 9. Ruslans Stromanis, 41, of Crompton Place, Blackburn, was sentenced at the same hearing to two…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (506+ words) Daron Pickstock, 43, from Chorley, and Lee Horton, 58, from Ilkley, died following the incident at Castlefields Industrial Estate in Bingley on October 29, 2020. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found serious failures in risk assessment and safe systems of work by…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (646+ words) A team from the care watchdog made a visit to Sutton Grange in Greaves Hall Lane, Banks, following a tip-off about staffing levels, medicines management systems and moving and handling practices. The home provides accommodation for people who require nursing…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (85+ words) Man wanted after "879 of calculators stolen from Ryman store in Lancaster'Lancashire Evening Post Lancashire Police said a man entered Ryman's on Ashton Walk at around 5.15pm on December 18 before a number of calculators, valued at "879, were taken Officers say enquiries are…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (193+ words) Emergency services were called to Ribble Hall student accommodation on the University of Lancashire campus in Victoria Street at 1.15pm on Thursday (February 5). Officers found the body of 19-year-old Carla Georgescu, a second-year student, inside one of the flats. Nathan Owens,…...