3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (268+ words) Two councillors on their way to watch a late-night World Cup match chipped in to help emergency services after a street pole collapsed into a garden wall. The incident happened after 10pm last night (June 19) in Casterton Avenue, Burnley, when an…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (209+ words) A Porsche was seized after an office used by fraudsters was shut down by police. Operating from a rented office in Blackburn, criminals purchased stolen personal data online and used it to target some of the most vulnerable members of…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (244+ words) A Lancashire man who preyed on two girls under the age of 13 has been jailed. Lee Lomas, 47, of no fixed abode, was charged with the rape of one of the girls and inciting sexual activity with the other. He was…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (399+ words) Friends and teachers of schoolboy Noah Donohoe cannot explain his behaviour before his death, an inquest has heard. Brenda Campbell KC, representing Noah's mother Fiona Donohoe, took retired PSNI Detective Constable Curran, who worked on Noah's missing persons case, through…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (571+ words) A prisoner who took his own life at a Lancashire prison had recently been under monitoring after suffering a drug-induced psychosis, an ombudsman's report has found. Alexander Rodgers, 49, was found dead in his cell at HMP Wymott on October 24, 2024, and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (369+ words) Virgin Money is rolling out domestic abuse safe spaces at 42 of its branches, including Preston. The confidential areas are designed to offer a private environment within the bank where people can discreetly access support and contact specialist charities. Virgin Money's…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (538+ words) The victim of a man jailed for nearly three years says she feels heard after years of abuse. The woman, in her 40s, was in court to see James Scriven jailed for two years and nine months for coercive and controlling…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (243+ words) A vigil was held this evening in memory of Preston Davey, on what would have been the murdered baby's fourth birthday. The 13-month-old died in July 2023 at the hands of teacher Jamie Varley, 37, his adoptive father from Blackpool. Varley, adopted'Preston'Davey…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (210+ words) Sailors on a Russian warship fired a warning shot at a yacht that came near it in the English Channel, the Press Association understands. The incident, at around 11. 40am on Tuesday, is understood to have involved the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (875+ words) The captain of a Russian shadow fleet vessel carrying 98, 000 tonnes of oil which was intercepted by British troops in the English Channel has appeared in court charged with breaching sanctions. Indian national Ajay Pant has been charged with directly or…...