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People call for Burscough Curves to be reinstated

The curves were removed in the 1960s

Liverpool Echo

Weary resignation among passengers as rail strikes begin

Little sign of predicted chaos, and some people supportive of strikers while others critical

The Guardian - UK

Pub landlady filmed singing about drugs while cellar is used as spice factory for prisoners

Lorraine Jackson, 51, allowed her pub in Preston, Lancashire, to be used as a factory sending spice to prisoners after being filmed dancing on a beer keg singing about double dipping drugs

Daily Mirror

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Tory councillor suspended over 'gutter politics' attack on ex-deputy mayor battling illness

Preston ward councillor Liam Bones has been suspended from North Tyneside Council's Conservative group after claims made about former Labour leader Jim Allan

Chronicle Live

Drugs smuggled into HMP Northumberland disguised as solicitors' letters sold for up to £900 per sheet

Preston landlady Lorraine Jackson allowed her pub to be used as a base for an illicit drug operation linked to the prison

Chronicle Live

Glasgow TransPennine cancellations and delays amid staff shortages with 13 services affected

A total of 13 TransPennine services have been delayed or cancelled today (May 27) amid staff shortages which has seen many trains leaving and entering Glasgow Central become affected.

Glasgow Live

Greater Manchester's railways in chaos after 'incident' in Lancashire blocks 'all lines'

Problems are hitting Wigan and Bolton in our area

Manchester Evening News

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Tories launch investigation into 'evil' tweet about young girls smelling 'creamy'

TORIES in Preston have launched an investigation into a tweet that said 16-year-old girls have a “buttery, creamy, slightly sweet smell that is…

The National (Scotland)

Tweet on Tory candidate’s account says teenage girls smell ‘buttery and creamy’

‘What did I just read?’ responds one women’s rights activist to comment on Twitter of Preston Conservatives’ Jonty Campbell

The Guardian - UK

Inferno tears through former Odeon cinema as thick black smoke billows

The blaze is the third fire in Preston in the space of a week

Liverpool Echo

Huge clouds of smoke can be seen for miles after blaze breaks out at former cinema and nightclub in Preston

Dramatic videos from the scene show thick clouds of black smoke over Preston city centre for the third time in a week

Manchester Evening News

'I weigh 35 stone and I'm terrified I'll die waiting for weight loss surgery'

38-year-old Laura Davies from Preston is too big to fit in her own bathtub and after missing out on weight loss surgery once she's now terrified she'll die waiting for it

Daily Mirror

Urgent appeal launched to find 14-year-old boy missing for eight days

Nasim Sweeting, from Preston, was last spotted at 2.40pm on 3 May in Ashton-on-Ribble - police are extremely concerned about him

Daily Mirror

Young couple found dead days apart as heartbroken man 'couldn't live without' girlfriend

Gardener Craig Daffern, 35, had told friends he 'couldn't live without' his girlfriend Jenny Shanley after she was found dead, an inquest at Preston Coroner's Court heard

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Manchester Evening News

What are the Preston Council elections 2022 results?

Seats were available in wards Ashton, Brookfield, Cadley, City Centre, Deepdale, Fishwick and Frenchwood, Garrison, Greyfriars, Ingol and Cottam, Lea and Larches, Plungington, Preston Rural East, Preston Rural North, Ribbleton, Sharoe Green and St Mathews

Daily Mirror

Police launch urgent hunt for missing girl, 14, after she vanished overnight

Teenager Reah Hall was last seen on Thursday in the North Park Drive area of Blackpool and has links to Preston. She was last seen at 8.30pm

Daily Mirror

Distraught mum learnt of son's death when friend texted 'when's the funeral?'

Robert Lee Wareing was found dead in a Preston flat on November 1, last year, but his mother was not told by police and found out through a text message from a friend

Daily Mirror

Builder slams customers who called him 'cowboy trader' saying he's 'lost everything'

Michael Brennan from Preston, Lancashire, claims he has lost his business and his family after customers slammed him on social media for faulty work which saw them lose thousands

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Edinburgh Live

East Lothian Election 2022: New town residents will have first chance to vote

The loss of council leader Willie Innes will be felt across the Preston, Seton, Gosford ward he represented for more than three decades as voters turn out for the election next month

Daily Record

Hero mum desperately tried to save children from house fire before they died

Lorena Gabriela attempted to lift her youngsters to safety after the blaze took hold of the Preston home 'in seconds', witnesses recalled.

Manchester Evening News

Girl, 3, and boy, 5, killed in Lancashire house fire named as neighbours describe heart-breaking battle to save family

Louis Desiré were tragically killed in a fire in Preston as mum Lorena Gabriela tried to save them

Daily Mirror

Preston house fire: Hero mum tried to throw children to safety before they died

Children Louis, 5, and Desiré, 3, were tragically killed in a house fire in Preston, Lancashire, last Friday as frantic mum Lorena Gabriela tried to save her two children

The Independent UK

Preston fire: Girl, 3, and boy, 5, die after family trapped in burning building

Lancashire Police investigating cause of blaze

The Independent UK

Girl, three, and boy, five, die after house fire

Emergency services were called to the address in Preston at about 8pm on Friday following reports of a house fire with several people trapped inside.

Manchester Evening News

Two children die in hospital after devastating Preston house fire

A girl, aged three, and a boy, aged five, have tragically passed away after their medical intervention was withdrawn

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