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A 17-year-old girl was pronounced deceased at the scene after emergency services were called to the Kendal Calling festival site at 2.13am on Sunday (August 2)

Police update after teenager dies at Kendal Calling music festival

Budget beauty retailed Bodycare is returning to its empty storefront on The Moor, Sheffield, after the chain collapsed into administration in September 2025. It is returning as 'Bodycare+', and will feature "digital screens, demonstration zones and creator spaces."

Lancashire's Bodycare announces its return to the high street

The Original Factory Shop in Garstang will cease trading this month

The Original Factory Shop’s debts revealed ahead of Garstang closure

Drivers with NCP fines in Sussex have been encouraged to pay and appeal as normal, after the company went into administration. Photo: Construction Photography/Avalon

Over 20 NCP car parks to close as operator falls into administration

Parking symbol of an NCP car park.

NCP car parks in Lancashire as operator falls into administration

The Original Factory Shop in Garstang will cease trading this month

Sadness as closure date announced for the Original Factory Shop

TOFS in Clitheroe

TOFS staff make plea to customers as company goes into administration

Mr Newby has reassured fans that it will be “business as usual” until the right successor is found.

Basil Newby responds to fears Funny Girls has entered administration

Left: (l-r) Farida Isaji, Helen Lucking, Rosemary Johns and Shakeela Bi. Right: Napthens Winckley Square office

"Another significant coup": Major Preston law firm announces expansion

Majority of jobs at packaging distribution firm saved after sale

Family firm to turn vacant site into car showroom, creating 90 jobs

Pizza Hut has revealed the locations of 68 restaurants that are closing down, after its dine-in business collapsed into administration

Pizza Hut names the 68 restaurants shutting down across the UK

All 13 Chorley GP surgeries ranked by how helpful their receptionists are

Chorley GP surgeries ranked by how helpful their receptionists are

Blackburn’s Poundland store will close permanently soon

Town loses another high street staple as bosses announce store closure

A Preston based music retailer appears to have shut down without warning.

Preston music retailer appears to shut down, leaving customers in dark

‘Today could be the final one for Morecambe FC’ says finance expert
A leading football finance expert has decried the perilous situation at Morecambe FC, claiming that the main issue in football governance is that ‘everything is driven by short-term self-interest.’
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Morecambe's survival fight has taken another twist Photo: Tony Marshall/Getty Images

Morecambe owner says he will dismiss club board amid administration row

Alufold Direct, Blackburn

Up to 100 jobs lost as window & door company goes into administration

The fintech company has secured over £25 billion in client assets under administration

Ad Feature Trading 212 becomes UK’s fastest-growing investment platform

Customers in a branch of Carpetright in 2017 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Popular carpet stores to reopen as UK expansion grows – full list

Olympic Champion Joe Fraser launches gymnastics club in Lichfield, UK

Ad Feature Olympic champion Joe Fraser launches UK gymnastics club

Moss Side Lane, Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PE | 4-star hotel | 4.4 out of 5 (967 Google reviews) | "Beautiful place, great rooms, fab location."

Historic wedding venue & hotel put up for sale by administrators

The Mill at Conder Green

Wedding venue goes into administration -£1.4m slashed from price

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Fashion firm set to close 35 stores this weekend - full list

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Fashion brand closes 23 stores after administration - full locations

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UK fashion retailer faces administration and major store closures

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DIY brand to acquire five Homebase stores in deal - list of locations
The retailer has snapped up five Homebase stores - with new-look shops coming soon 🛠️
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Plumbs, Preston

240 jobs saved as textile firm Plumbs is bought out of adminstration

The Shankly Hotel Preston has been on the horizon for the best part of a decade - but there is still no news of an opening date and now it is not even clear how many bedrooms there will be

Update issued on landmark building's transformation saga

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Former DIY brand stores saved as deals reopen 23 locations - full list

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High street brand saved from administration - UK stores to remain open

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British fashion brand to launch online store after high street closure

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The full list of closed CTD Tiles stores as 268 jobs lost

A woman walks past a Ted Baker store in Covent Garden, London (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Full list of 31 Ted Baker stores to close - with over 500 jobs at risk

HLH was founded in Preston by Harry Parkinson in 1953 and its distinctive green and white lorries are a familiar sight on roads and motorways around Britain. The business is still owned by the Parkinson family.

Breaking 130 jobs at risk as haulage firm goes into administration

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John Lewis flooring company collapses - customers won't get refunds

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Beloved retailer returns with five new stores and plans for more

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Tycoon nears rescue deal for high street chain amid store and job cuts

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Major retailer files for administration, with 1000s of jobs at risk

More than 400 jobs have been saved after a raft of companies across a manufacturing group were sold out of administration (Credit: Shutterbug75)

400 jobs saved as Lancashire-based group sold out of administration

Two Body Shop stores in Lancashire are set to close after the chain tumbled into administration earlier this month (Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Two Body Shop stores in Lancashire set to close

Lancashire companies are owed omore than £4million after high street shop Wilko collapsed and was placed into administration.

Wilko owes Lancashire firms including Graham and Brown more than £4m

Wilko has announced the date of the final store closures

Breaking Wilko reveals dates for final store closures following its collapse

Wilko reveals when both of its Preston stores will close

Wilko reveals exact dates when both of its Preston stores will close

A shopper walks past a Wilko store in Putney on September 12, 2023 in London.

Wilko set to close 111 more stores next week - full list of shops

Shoppers walk past a Wilko store in Putney on September 12.

Wilko: Full list of 71 UK stores that will become Poundland

Wilko has released a list of 52 stores closing this week

Full list of 52 Wilko stores set to close this week

52 Wilko stores will close next week

Breaking Full list of 52 Wilko stores to close next week as chain collapses

Wilko suspends redundancies amid last minute rescue bids

Breaking Wilko temporarily stops redundancies amid last minute rescue bids

A general view of the Wythenshawe branch of Wilko on August 04, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom. The privately-owned company has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators after it failed to find emergency investment.

Wilko: New bid for flailing chain after it fell into administration

Shoppers are being warned of a Wilko scam

Wilko shoppers issued urgent warning over fake websites scam

Wilko launches huge money-saving sale

Wilko launches huge administration sale with 1000s of reductions

Thousands of jobs are at risk as retailer Wilko confirms collapse.

Wilko ‘could be saved’ by rival discount chains according to experts

Wilko collapses into administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Wilko collapses into administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk

The hotel development has been paused for more than a year

Investment group say they have been named in error over £15m hotel development

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