Graffiti train gang jailed for eight months
(Wed 04/05)
Graffiti vandals who carried out a six-year £250,000 campaign against the railway including parts of Liverpool were jailed for eight months.
Five held by police in Sellafield nuclear terror alert
(Tue 03/05)
Police are quizzing five men that were arrested in a security alert near the huge Sellafield Nuclear Power Station in Cumbria.
Tributes paid to tragic Lancashire schoolboy killed in zip wire horror fall
(Wed 27/04)
Tributes have been paid to a Lancashire schoolboy killed in a horror fall from a zip wire in a North Wales adventure park.
Tributes paid to war photographer Tim Hetherington killed in Libya
(Thu 21/04)
The British film-maker killed in a mortar attack in Libya was a public schoolboy who tuned his back on life of privilege to work with suffering humanity, it emerged today.
Lancashire baker creates Royal tribute to Wills and Kate
(Tue 19/04)
A Lancashire baker has immortalised Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton as three ft figurines made out of sugar-paste.
Susan Boyle delighted with new Lancashire dummy
(Tue 19/04)
Singing sensation Susan Boyle has come face to face with herself at Madame Tussauds in Lancashire.
Lancashire man scoops £2 million on the Lotto
(Wed 06/04)
A man from Burnley has quit his job and plans to see the world after becoming the latest Lotto millionaire.
Footprint led to arrest of brutal hammer killer in Lancashire
(Fri 11/03)
A killer who bludgeoned to death an elderly good samaritan in a frenzied hammer attack was quickly trapped thanks to police who remembered the type of trainers that he wore.
Lancashire couple in double death riddle at Morecambe
(Fri 04/03)
detectives are investigating a double death riddle of a couple whose bodies were found at their bungalow home in Lancashire.
Lancashire-born woman tells of Christchurch earthquake devastation
(Wed 23/02)
A Lancashire-born woman living in New Zealand has spoken of her shock at the devastating earthquake which rattled Christchurch on Tuesday.
Speed limits can't be left to local "NOMSORS" say drivers
(Mon 21/02)
The leader of a motorists campaign group has slammed the NOMSOR - Not on My Stretch of Road - attitude of residents and councillors.
Mummy's boy Brits are 'turning Italian' - survey
(Mon 21/02)
British men have started copying their Italians conterparts in the notorious phenomenon of "Mammismo" a new survey reveals.
Lancashire butcher jailed for life over alleyway murder
(Fri 28/01)
A Lancashire butcher who slit the throat of his estranged wife's lover in an alleyway has been caged for life.
"Honour an element" in gruesome Lancashire murder
(Thu 27/01)
A Blackburn man has been found guilty of murder in a frenzied stabbing driven by "rage, jealousy and revenge" against his victim.
Bad weather means poorer milk, research claims
(Mon 17/01)
Wet summers and cold winters have led to cows producing milk that is lacking in vital nutrients but high in saturated fat, scientists are warning.
