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Fresh starch: how TikTok helped spark a baked potato revival in the UK

Customers are coming to Preston’s Spud Bros from as far away as Australia thanks to a revival of the humble jacket potato on social media

The Guardian - UK

Teenage star of Freddie Flintoff BBC One documentary dies in car crash

Umar Mahmood and passenger Adam Bodi died after the collision in Preston

Evening Standard

Teenager who appeared in Flintoff’s Field of Dreams killed in car crash

Umar Mahmood, 18, died alongside Adam Bodi, 16, his former schoolmate, when car hit trees in Preston

The Guardian - UK

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Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain review – it’s astounding he gets gangsters to open up this much

Why did the Godfather live in a caravan park in Preston? Kemp traces the links between Italian and British hard men … then heads to Italy for a fascinating and revealing encounter

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: festival season climaxes with Sting, the Manics and Sugababes live

All the action from the Radio 2 weekender in Preston. Plus - French drama Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime continues to grip and disturb. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Sentencing of Blackpool rioter televised from court

Watch as rioter Roger Haywood is sentenced in Preston on Friday 16 August, for taking part in the violent disorder that erupted in towns and cities across the UK.

The Independent UK

The Championship managerial merry-go-round waits for no Football Man

In today’s Football Daily: One game in and one EFL managerial casualty

The Guardian - UK

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Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour: release date, interview and everything we know

Freddie Flintoff takes his cricket team of Preston lads to India in BBC series Freddie Flintoff's Field on Dreams on Tour.

WhatToWatch

Jamie Hawkesworth: The British Isles review – enigmatic vignettes thick with nostalgia

The Preston Bus Station photographer finds drama in the quotidian, creating a chronicle of UK life through unusual closeups and lavish landscapes

The Guardian - UK

Sting, Manic Street Preachers, Snow Patrol, Travis and more to play BBC Radio 2 In The Park festival

“I’ve never been to Preston in my life” says Sting, as he's announced as one of the headline acts at BBC Radio 2's In The Park festival in the city

Louder

Train derails on major route between England and Scotland with 'do not travel' alert issued

Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express have issued ‘do not travel’ notices

Evening Standard

Forget Lyon, go to Preston: How Lancashire forged a sublime food scene to rival the best in France

With pockets rich in Michelin stars, rural Lancashire is up there with the Basque country and French foodie regions, says Chris Moss – here’s why it should be in every food lover’s travel plans

The Independent UK

Storm Jocelyn hits UK with 71mph gusts, bringing more travel chaos

Second storm in days is expected to build as trains suspended and drivers advised not to travel in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Longest Line Of Iconic Red Telephone Boxes To Be Transformed Into Art Installations

Preston's historic telephone boxes, damaged by vandals, will be restored with contemporary lights and graphic art

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The Guardian - UK

‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis

A day at Blackburn magistrates court highlights the confusion after closures in Blackpool and Preston

The Guardian - AU

The Eighty-Six festival: why the Melbourne tram line that inspired Courtney Barnett is throwing a party

Local and international acts including Built to Spill, Bright Eyes and Warpaint will cram venues along the 86 route for a new festival that showcases the city’s long musical lineage

The Guardian - UK

Not magical, certainly a mystery: my five-hour train trip became an 11-hour viral ordeal. No wonder people fly

Our plight when a rail firm cancelled our train mid-journey and sent us all to Scotland by taxi sparked a national debate – as it should, says stand-up comedian James Nokise

The Independent UK

Hundreds left stranded after Avanti train cancelled mid-journey

The train, travelling from London to Edinburgh, was aborted three hours into its journey

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‘No one knew anything’: rail passenger’s 11-hour London to Edinburgh odyssey

Comedian James Nokise tweets long train and taxi journey after track fault that also stranded school group

The Independent UK

Train passenger describes ‘insane’ 11-hour journey to Edinburgh

Avanti West Coast ordered taxis for hundreds of passengers on Monday night after a train from London to the Scottish capital terminated at Preston.

Daily Mirror

Fleetwood Town owner jailed for 13 years over £15m fraud as club makes statement

Andy Pilley, who took over the League One club in 2004, learnt of his sentence at Preston crown court on Tuesday afternoon having been found guilty of four different charges relating to the sale of energy supply contracts

Manchester Evening News

Drivers stuck for HOURS after huge tanker overturns and spills 20,000 litres of milk all over M6

The collision closed the M6 in both directions and caused travel chaos on nearby roads and motorways

Daily Mirror

Major motorway closed after gallons of milk spill onto carriageway after tanker crash

The M6 - the longest motorway in Britain - was shut in both directions between junction 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and junction 32 - the M55 link - following the accident

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley’s partner shares theory about what happened before she died

Paul Ansell tells inquest in Preston, Lancashire his partner was an ‘incredible’ mother to her two children

Daily Record

Nicola Bulley inquest shares 14 revelations about her death

The inquest which was held at County Hall, Preston, has helped to shed light on the events leading up to the death of the mortgage advisor in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire.

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