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'Such a loss to our community': Residents express anger over sudden closure of Post Office

"We don’t want the heart of “the village” to vanish. We need to stand up and fight for it."

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AI-powered smart trolleys rolled out at Preston supermarket in UK first

The trolley's touchscreen displays a running basket total

Lancashire Evening Post News

Prisoner found hanged in cell was 'agitated', inquest is told

An “agitated” prisoner was found hanged in his cell

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Blackpool Illuminations U-turn confirmed for this year's display

'It was a disgraceful decision to put Bispham in the dark'

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Laughing arsonist's disgusting prison protest

Aaron Foster is already serving two life sentences

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'Deeply unpopular' plan for homes on village farmland is refused after hundreds object

But developers wanted more time to look at council's latest info

Lancashire Evening Post News

Children have nowhere to play and residents can't sleep at night due to rat invasion

Residents have been left suffering fear and anxiety after their gardens became infested with rats

Lancs Live - News

Andy Burnham backs tribunal into nuclear tests which 'possibly contributed' to Darwen dad's death

'They sent us into nuclear fire, watched us get sick, and then burned the paper trail'

Lancashire Evening Post News

Girl arrested after causing chaos on Preston railway tracks

The incident caused havoc with delays yesterday.

Lancashire Evening Post News

Dream comes true as brave five-year-old Lancaster girl meets her Gruffalo hero

A brave five-year-old diagnosed with a rare life-threatening blood condition has seen a lifelong dream come true.

Lancs Live - News

Johnson & Johnson proposes £4.13bn talc settlement to end legal fight

A High Court case in the UK is ongoing

Lancashire Evening Post News

Heartbroken loved ones say final goodbye to tragic mum Kerry Coombes as funeral takes place in Higher Walton

The 33-year-old mum was tragically killed in a train crash last month.

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Dad's heartbreak over 'devastating impact' on daughter after she was raped by predatory paedophile

'The consequences of this trauma are present in every corner of our lives'

Lancashire Evening Post News

'Every child will be celebrated' - new performing arts programme for SEND kids to launch in Fulwood

"Every child deserves the opportunity to feel confident, valued and successful” says the founder of a new SEND performing arts programme coming to Preston.

Lancashire Evening Post News

Predatory Preston paedophile who was already a registered sex offender given 20 year sentence for raping child

He was already a registered sex offender when he carried out the sexual abuse.

Lancs Live - News

Disgraced gran stole £23k from care home resident and splurged it on trip to petting zoo

"It was an unusual arrangement to say the least"

Lancashire Evening Post News

Police issue statement after altercation at The Talbot pub in Chorley

The man was seen driving away with ladders on the roof.

Lancs Live - News

Lancashire council's role in dog microchip study that finds just one in 10 strays could be reunited with owner

The law requires all dogs to be microchipped

Lancashire Evening Post News

Apartment conversion plan for Preston's Miller Arcade set to get the go-ahead

The empty levels of the precinct would be turned into residential properties.

Lancs Live - News

Kemi Badenoch urges the public to support prisons being built in their area

A new prison is set to be built near Leyland