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Sarah Lucas and Lisa Gildert, partners at Lilac Tree Interiors, Home & Gifts, Walton-le-Dale

Preston shop fears closure as owners make heartfelt plea to customers

Inside the Winter Lodge last year

Festive return set for Preston's only 'Christmas bar'

Sam Haworth, 39, of Martinfield Road, Kingsfold, was arrested on Monday (August 10) after officers became suspicious of a car in Lindle Lane at around 3pm on Monday (August 10)

Preston man, 40s, struck by car and left fighting for life in hospital

The beloved 56-year-old died suddenly at his home at Bryars Farm in Lea following a suspected heart attack on Friday, October 16. He was an immensely popular figure in Preston and beyond, and widely respected for his fundraising for local charities and good causes.

Pete Marquis funeral plans to include televised screening & wristbands

Jeremy Clarkson, born April 11, 1960, attended Repton School and is best known for presenting Top Gear and The Grand Tour alongside Richard Hammond and James May. He is a trained journalist and regularly writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun. He has also hosted the revived ITV show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Jeremy Clarkson behind huge rise in applications to Myerscough College

Brockholes Nature Reserve from above

Brockholes from above - see flagship nature reserve like never before

Jordan Longworth, 24, racially abused a petrol station worker and spat on the faces of two police officers

Man spat at police and racially abused petrol station worker

Preston Magistrates' Court

Who's in Preston Magistrates - Wednesday's cases, names and offences

Traffic is at a standstill at Charnock Richard this morning (Wednesday, November 4)

M6 crash causing 70 minute delays and 6 miles of congestion - updates

Traffic and Travel

Appeal launched for cat injured in suspected hit-and-run

Rishton railway work

Travel warning: Full railway closure and M65 lanes restrictions

Manchester Airport

Plane travelling from Manchester to Murcia in Spain gets bomb threat

Police at the scene in Flensburg Way in Leyland on Monday evening (November 2)

Man left with serious injuries after Flensburg Way crash in Leyland

A 23-year-old man was arrested in Morecambe on suspicion of drink driving.

Police update after woman jumps from M61 bridge and lands on lorry

Alan Williamson.

Family pays tribute to man who died in crash outside university

Latest News Headlines

Parkers Arms and Freemasons at Wiswell named among the best pubs in Britain 2026

Two Ribble Valley pubs named in Britain's top 100
Two very different pubs making their mark.

A stall of counterfeit clothing in Ormskirk Market

More £30K of fake goods seized from just three Ormskirk Market stalls
Lancashire County Council has asked the public to report fake products when they spot them.

Edie King

Meet the Lancashire 9-year-old quickly rising to the top of farming
A star of the future.

As part of our Lancashire Post 140 galleries , we're celebrated the Lancashire primary schools that achieve the very best results across our county

LEP 140: Lancashire's 14 best primary schools as term resumes
As the autumn term resumes, we’ve turned our attention to education for our next set of ‘Lancashire’s best’ galleries, this time celebrating our primary schools.

Preston Magistrates Court

Who's been sentenced across Lancashire Magistrates Courts
Here are some of the cases heard at Preston, Burnley and Lancaster Magistrates Court recently and the results.

Crime

Research commissioned by the NSPCC found that one in five of the 2,558 UK parents polled said they knew a child who had experienced online blackmail. Photo posed by model

Warning as online 'sextortion scams' target Preston teens and adults

David Burland, 59, of Pope Lane, Preston is charged with ten counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a private place and possession of a controlled drug

Update on Preston man investigated for alleged cocktail bar sex assault

Preston Magistrates' Court

Who's in Preston Magistrates - Tuesday's cases, names and offences

High Court London

Decision in ‘famous’ man’s injunction bid due

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

'He ruined my life' says underage sex assault victim

The funeral directors said the recent actions of a former employee have left the team 'devastated'

Funeral directors 'devastated' after 'appalling' actions of ex worker

Weather

A flood alert has been issued for the coast between Fleetwood and Blackpool, with high tides expected to bring a risk of flooding on Monday evening and again on Tuesday.

Breaking Lancashire flood alerts as high tides threaten coastal area

While the Met Office weather warning doesn't cover Lancashire, the county will experience strong gales.

Preston wind gust forecast: hour by hour

Business

Poundland

'Not good enough' Government action as Poundland staff fear for jobs

Be part of the Christmas scene in this display at Dobbies.

First look at Dobbies' Preston Christmas displays for 2026

‘Desperately needed’ affordable homes the only type of property on new estate

Politics

The Preston City Council-owned building is one of those where remedial works are under way to make it weatherproof - but a decision is yet to made on which properties will get a share of the Derelict Buildings Fund

How Preston will pick which derelict buildings benefit from cash boost

The building, on Queen Street in Chorley, will be extended as part of its conversion into apartments

New town centre apartments for building that ‘could have been an HMO’

The Little Knowley Farm site in Chorley had been earmarked for housing in the future

Almost 150 homes approved for Chorley farmland to prevent 'something far worse'

There have now been six months of food waste collections in Preston

Council reveals how well Preston households are doing with food waste recycling

UK Trending

Fern Brady reveals UK's biggest housemate icks

Brits biggest houseshare 'icks' revealed

1 in 3 are choosing to spend their weekends cooking

Brits ditch nights out for home cooking

Brits spend nearly four days a year handling ‘life admin’ for others on their phones

Brits spend nearly four days a year on phone life admin

Miniature billboards, shop signs and railway adverts were installed throughout Bekonscot Model Village and Railway

Bekonscot Model Village goes big on itsu Jumbo Spring Rolls

It's estimated shoppers will splash out £170 more than they did last year

Consumers will spend an average of £304 this Black Friday

Joy Cullen gave up her job as her hip pain pre-surgery was too severe

NHS patients choose to travel further for surgeries under scheme

Environment

Ribble Valley Council steps up fly-tipping crackdown

Ribble Valley Council cracks down on fly tippers

Rivington Reservoirs

Lancashire drought status downgraded

People

The Blue Anchor in Bretherton has reopened under new management.

19 wonderful pics as dog-friendly pub reopens with mouth-watering dishes
A popular, dog-friendly pub in Lancashire has reopened its doors under new management.
Emma Downey

Mary Brown, a Preston children's author and teaching assistant at Moor Nook Community Primary School, poses with her two books.

Preston teaching assistant prepares for release of second book

The front of the property

This 4 bed near Preston is the perfect blank canvas

The Prept. Foundation is expanding its food education programme in Lancashire.

Charity brings hands-on food education to Lancashire schools

Top left clockwise: Aziz Ibrahim, The March Violets, Sky Valley Mistress, Swell, and The Rolling People

The Ferret prepares for five nights of star-studded live music

Education

University of Lancashire student and graduate launch business with support from Business School mentors

Preston student turns bill-splitting frustration into business startup

The 15 best performing Lancashire secondary schools

LEP 140: Lancashire's 14 best secondary schools as half-term ends

The University of Lancashire’s library on its Preston campus. You cna see the current disabled access door on the right.

University of Lancashire seeks permission to extend its library

The Sandylands team.

Primary school looking for help to fill in 125 years of school history

Professor Anna Williams (centre) getting filmed for True Crime Channel’s UK Forensic Breakthroughs

Uni of Lancashire professor reveals role in solving murder case on TV

The kitchen at The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School had to close last week amid reports of rats.

Rat concerns at Preston primary school closes kitchen

Health

Croft House, Freckleton

CQC inspectors demand Freckleton care home makes improvements

Euxton Park Care Home

Euxton care home told to improve by CQC - here's what they found

Lila Marsland, 5.

Five-year-old Lila Marsland dies hours after hospital discharge

Penwortham man Taras Daneliuk is supporting the University of Lancashire's Call for KIT initiative

Penwortham cancer survivor urges others to take bowel screening test

Opinion

Graham and Chloe

Lancashire dad's powerful essay on his terminal cancer diagnosis

In a powerful essay and without pulling any punches, 46-year-old Lancashire dad Graham tells his story of living with a terminal cancer diagnosis from scanxiety...

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This is how the late William Chapman who sadly lost his life after entering a tiger enclosure should be remembered - and how his grieving parents want to remember him

This is how William Chapman should be remembered

Lancashire Post editor Nicola Adam (left) with crime authors Gytha Lodge (bottom right), Jenny Blackhurst (top left) and Caz Frear (top right) at the Preston Crime Fiction Festival on Saturday

Why Preston's first Crime Fiction Festival was a hit

Tragic animal rescuer took his own life after online abuse Emma Downey

Emma Downey

Vibes turn to jibes: Prime Minister Andy Burnham left his first Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons yesterday, after a score draw with leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch (photo, PA)

How new PM Andy Burnham got on in his first Prime Minister's Questions

Make the most of the sunshine on a day out in Lancashire

Reflecting on a Lancashire summer to remember

Overseas, mobile emergency alert systems can be used to let communities know about evacuations, or impending disasters like floods or fires (Photos: Adobe Stock)

Burnham's wildfire alert: crying wolf?

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