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Football is never an excuse to end up in custody - police issue warning to pub-goers ahead of England match
They issued the warning ahead of tonight’s match.
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Hospitality staff at 10 Lancashire hotels failed to recognise potential child sexual exploitation incident
10 hotels failed to recognise a potential child sexual exploitation incident.
Police issue statement on why M6 in Chorley was shut overnight in both directions
The motorway was shut overnight.
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Under-fire bar bosses say cutting late-night music hours 'would close the business'
'Hearing the thumping bass beat has been torture' - neighbour
Closure order granted for Nelson shop after 'continued criminality and ignored warnings'
The shop has been warned about activity including selling vapes to children
He wanted to check the doorbell camera but the hours that followed were terrifying
Adam Elford-O'Dowd has been jailed for three years and two months
Hyndburn death notices and funeral announcements from this week
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Blackpool and the Fylde College college plans new teaching block as Bispham campus expands
The new unit will “support a range of educational, training, and operational uses”
Andy Burnham HMRC income tax plan could leave two million workers jobless, watchdog warns
Andy Burnham has hinted there is "room" to raise taxes
"Incredibly proud" - founders of Chorley's biggest taxi firm reflect on 36 years as new owners are announced
The company began in 1990 with a single house phone line.
Tiny Corgi surprises farmers by herding 1,200 sheep on Cumbrian farm
She may be small, but seven year old Corgi Daphne plays a big role on her family’s farm, helping move flocks of up to 1,200 sheep.
The Much Hoole pub landlord who took 600 lives - including last woman ever hanged, Ruth Ellis
“All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment convince me that in what I have done I have not prevented a single murder.”
'Laughter, memories and magic' Funny Girls celebrates 32 years of memories and magic in Blackpool
Funny Girls in Blackpool marks its 32nd anniversary with heartfelt thanks for decades of memories and magic.
Lancashire sportswear firm Milano Pro-Sport enters liquidation
The long-time supplier of leotards to the British Gymnastics team is set to cease trading
New nursery for 'dozens of children' planned for former Preston convent
The operator of the proposed facility says there is a “strong demand” for places.
Lancashire will swelter in heatwave for another week but water bosses have no plan to introduce a hosepipe ban
Despite temperatures hotter than Indonesia, water bosses say a hosepipe ban is not on the horizon.
Police on scene as woman cyclist injured after crash involving car on Central Avenue in Buckshaw
The crash happened in the last hour with the cyclist being treated at the scene.
Fire crews currently on scene of huge blaze near farm in Ormskirk in 30 degree temperatures
No-one is thought to have been injured in the fire.
Burscough fire LIVE updates as thick black smoke plumes seen near farm
This is an ongoing incident
Ann Widdecombe found dead at Devon home as murder investigation launched
Devon and Cornwall Police were called to an address in Haytor on Thursday morning following the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe