Lancashire panto star Ted Robbins says sorry for on-stage comments

'SORRY' Ted Robbins

7:00pm Tuesday 10th January 2012

COMEDIAN Ted Robbins has apologised amid claims he upset a child with learning difficulties on stage during panto.

New Lancashire waste plants fail to meet recycling demands

3:59pm Wednesday 7th December 2011

WASTE plants dealing with Lancashire’s rubbish are being penalised after failing to meet recycling targets – just four years into a £2billion deal.

Preston woman who fell from Blackburn car park is named

TRAGEDY Police and ambulance behind Blackburn shopping centre where a woman died

10:29am Wednesday 7th December 2011

A MOTHER who jumped off the top of a multi-storey car park after losing custody of her daughter has been named at the opening of an inquets into her death.

Preston woman who fell from Blackburn car park had lost custody battle

TRAGEDY Police and ambulance behind Blackburn shopping centre where a woman died

12:00pm Saturday 3rd December 2011

THE woman who plunged 90ft to her death at the Mall in Blackburn had lost a custody battle for her daughter just hours before, it has emerged.

Preston woman dies after 90ft fall from Blackburn Mall car park

TRAGEDY Police and ambulance behind Blackburn shopping centre where a woman died

9:20pm Thursday 1st December 2011

UPDATE: A woman plunged 90ft to her death in Blackburn town centre this afternoon.

Four arrests in Lancashire VAT fraud probe

5:44pm Tuesday 29th November 2011

FOUR people have been arrested during early morning raids in Lancashire today.

Blackburn poppy tin thief jailed for a year

JAILED Carl Mason

2:20pm Wednesday 23rd November 2011

A PRESTON thief has today been jailed for 12 months for stealing poppy tins in Blackburn.

Lancashire mum wins award for diabetes website

1:00pm Tuesday 22nd November 2011

A mother from Preston who was inspired to develop a website after her 10-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes has won an award.

Gotcha! Blackburn poppy tin thief caught

THIEF AT WORK Carl Mason caught on CCTV at the Santander bank moments before he stole the Poppy collection box

9:00am Monday 21st November 2011

A ‘DESPICABLE’ thief has been caught and is facing jail – thanks to an appeal in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Licence review for Lancashire club which staged kids' cage fights

3:10pm Thursday 17th November 2011

No action should be taken against a Lancashire club where two boys aged eight and nine grappled with each other in a cage, a licensing committee was urged today.

'Massive hike' in Preston parking charges

'Massive hike' in Preston parking charges

4:31pm Monday 14th November 2011

SHOPPERS and workers visiting Preston have been stung with the second-biggest hikes in off-street car parking charges, according to figures out today.

Lancashire solicitor writes thriller crime novels from real-life cases

10:00am Thursday 10th November 2011

A TOP prosecution solicitor who uses Lancashire as a backdrop for his crime thriller novels has struck a six-figure deal with a major publisher.

'Unknown white powder' risk for Lancashire drug users

10:18am Wednesday 9th November 2011

DRUG users in Lancashire are risking their health by snorting a host of unknown white powders – after the street drug mephedrone was banned.

Lancashire train delays after signalling problem

11:12am Monday 7th November 2011

A signalling problem near Preston led to delays on Lancashire's rail network this morning.

11 vehicles involved in M6 crash in Lancashire

9:25am Sunday 6th November 2011

SIX people were injured in a 11 vehicle horror crash on the M6 motorway in Lancashire.

Blackburn MP welcomes John Lewis Tithebarn decision

7:00pm Thursday 3rd November 2011

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has welcomed a decision by John Lewis to pull the plug on a massive department store at the centre of Preston’s Tithebarn development.

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust reveals new biofuel vehicle

IDEA Stephen Beardwell

2:09pm Wednesday 12th October 2011

A HEALTH trust has found an innovative way to run its vehicles on biofuel thanks to the efforts of an employee.

Longridge step-dad turns sleuth to retrieve stolen bike

‘POLICE WORK’ Ian Johnson and his step-son Sam, right, with Sam’s friends Jonathan Shaw – who has his bike back – and James Brunton-Whittle

11:10am Wednesday 5th October 2011

A STEP-DAD has turned detective after criticising the police response to a mugging.

Man who killed his mum in Lancashire to be detained indefinitely

DETAINED Kieran Gallaghe

9:54am Wednesday 5th October 2011

A man who attempted to cut out the heart of his mother has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for her manslaughter.



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