Pandemic

Preston Crown Court Judge Guy Mathieson tells defendant don't use Covid as an excuse to sell drugs

Don't use Covid as an excuse to sell drugs in Lancashire, warns judge

Even five years on, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt in the classroom

This year’s GCSE candidates 'some of the worst affected by pandemic'

Jack Morrison and Marcus Mollinga, co-founders of Zooki

My rugby injury led to a £20m business - now I supply Harrods

This year's GCSE takers will still get extra help in three exams

The three GCSE exams pupils will still get Covid-era help in

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Watch: Rachel Reeves to make case for free trade at IMF talks

Coastal homes are taking longer to sell in 2025

I'd do anything to have a sea view! Coastal homes sell slower in 2025

Rightmove have released a new report on how the housing market has changed since Covid-19

Study shows Lancashire coastal homes take much longer to sell in 2025

Lockdowns may have long since passed, but their impact is still being felt in UK schools

5 ways children’s education is still being impacted by the pandemic

A lone goose in the middle of Parliament Street, York, at midday on a Saturday as the streets are empty from the normal tourist traffic during the Covid lockdown in March 2020

Five years on: 26 eerie photos show deserted streets during lockdown

Five years since the first Covid lockdown in the UK, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt

Five remarkable ways the Covid pandemic forever changed life

School attendance can play a big part in a pupil's outcomes

1 in 5 pupils 'persistently' missing school - why it matters for GCSEs

The Covid Memorial Wall in London.

COVID-19 Day of Reflection: What and when is the Day of Reflection?

Lancashire plasterer Jordan Allen, who exaggerated his business’s turnover to secure a maximum-value Covid loan, has been sentenced. Credit: Getty

Lancs plasterer jailed for exaggerating turnover to secure max loan

Cases of HMPV have been surging in China.

HMPV symptoms to look out for - and should we be worried?

Totto's, Fleet Street, Preston, as pictured in 2018

Beloved former city centre restaurant set to be turned into flats

Cash

I always use my card but my mum gets stressed when she can't use cash
Cash or card? It’s a question many of us will hear most days, but will the option be around for much longer?
Jack Marshall

City Church, Preston

Church "plagued" by drug use, loitering and hiding of weapons

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

Mason Boyle in the army in Cyprus in 2019

I lost my nan while deployed & the winter fuel payments cuts scare me

One responder said she’d only go back into the office if she could bring her dog

I'd only go back to working in an office if I could bring my dog!

Carl Morris baked for many celebrities including Neil Diamond and Rod Stewart

I was chief baker on the QE2 & I baked for Neil Diamond & Rod Stewart

A total of 17 Wetherspoons branches are up for sale, with 14 already under offer.

Full list of Wetherspoons pubs set to close across the UK

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

Sam Fender at Boardmasters 2024

Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

Sam Fender at Boardmasters 2024

Sam Fender warms crowd with powerful performance at Boardmasters

If you test positive for Covid it's recommended that you try to stay home. (Photo: Pexel/Andrea Piacquadio)

Covid rules if you test positive as cases rise in the UK

We’re almost becoming a victim of our own success - we need a new base
A local cricket club is seeking a brand new facility to help meet the growing demand for the sport in its locality.
Craig Salmon

Microbiology. Picture posed by model.

"Double-running" Blackpool doctor cleared of misconduct

Blackpool Illuminations

World-famous Blackpool Illuminations wins top prize at national awards

Special measures to make sure students sitting major exams weren't unfairly impacted by the pandemic have gradually slowed down (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Do pupils still get Covid consideration in exams? All you need to know

Ben Horne, who lost his nose when his dog ripped it off while trying to save him from a seizure has undergone ten reconstructive surgeries - using bones from his ribs.

Dog mauled off man's nose while trying to save him from seizure

Lucy Shepherd, 26, took her nan, Rita, 93, to surprise her best friend, Jean Wood, 94, who she hadn't seen since 2018.

Watch: Touching reunion of life-long pals after 6 year 'Covid' break

(Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

UK pubs face crisis as 80 closed per month in 2024 alone

The McDonald's on Friargate

Plans submitted to give Preston city centre McDonald's a facelift

Ribchester Arms

Takeaway counter plans for popular Lancashire gastropub

Patrick Grant attends The RHS Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea on May 20, 2024. Credit: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Who is Patrick Grant, Lancs star of the Sewing Bee starting tonight

Sam Elliott-Black founder of Sam’s Naturally Handmade.

I lost my dad and job during Covid but now I have won a business award

L: Nathan Wood. R: Nathan's Waterloo Road colleagues Jason Manford (top) and Adam Thomas (right). Credit: submit and BBC

UCLan graduate secures role in Waterloo Road alongside Jason Manford

In Lancashire, 3,975,000 of 56,277,000 school sessions were missed (Credit: PA)

Nearly 33,000 students are regularly missing school in Lancashire

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A growing number of parents are now choosing home education because they feel the current school system cannot meet the needs of their children (Credit: Jena Backus)

Thousands of children home-schooled in Lancashire

Tickets on sale this week for new vampire musical coming to Lancashire

New data has revealed the Lancashire primary schools with the highest reading, writing and maths scores for 2022-23 (Credit: Google)

The 12 Lancashire schools rated best for reading, writing and maths

Breast screening uptake in Greater Preston remains below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show

More than 5,000 women in Preston have missed 'vital' breast screening

Maisie the Lurcher on arrival to the vet.

Dog who was the thinnest ever seen by the RSPCA is living best life

Concerns as unauthorised absences at schools in Blackpool rocket

Concerns as unauthorised absences at schools rocket

The researchers analysed data from 365 hospitals (Image: Adobe/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

167,000 people caught Covid in hospital during England's second wave

Meet the horror-movie obsessive who now makes thousands of pounds a month with her creepy make-up looks.Natasha Jane Wood, 28, studied special effects makeup at Bolton University in 2019.

This horror-movie obsessive now makes thousands from her creepy looks

Medical staff wearing FFP3 face masks. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

NHS 'structural racism' led to staff not being heard on PPE

Meet Strictly contestant Krishnan Guru-Murthy - reveals why he joined

Kirkham Grammar School pupil Jessica Zhou celebrated her A Level success today

Kirkham Grammar School students praised for excellent A Level results

Preston Prison

3 Lancashire prisons visited by inspectors - here's what they found

One in seven pupils persistently absent from Lancashire primary schools

High number of primary pupils persistently absent in exposed

Prince and Princess of Wales with their three children

Reason why Prince Louis is yet to join parents on royal tour revealed

NHS Digital figures show around 410 people resigned from their posts at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, with 85 nurses and health visitors choosing to leave their jobs in the year to March.

Hundreds of NHS workers in Preston quit their posts last year