Gorden Park inquest hears evidence
An inquest has heard Gordon Park accessed a report into the prison suicide of Harold Shipman before being found dead in his own cell.
Councillors to decline Preston Bus Station proposal
An offer from a local businessman to buy Preston Bus Station for £1 and redevelop it is set to be declined by councillors.
Lancashire sham marriage gang sentenced
Two people are jailed for taking part in sham marriages arranged by a Vietnamese nail bar owner – but the ring leader is still at large
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Family campaign for pub glass ban
The family of a man from Lancashire who died after he was attacked with a bottle are making a fresh appeal to ban glass from pubs and clubs on the anniversary of his death.
Phillip Sherriff from Scorton near Garstang died after a night out in London. One year on, our reporter Mel Barham went to meet Phillip's widow Jane.
New Bottle Stop campaign appeal one year on
The family of a man from Lancashire who died after he was attacked with a bottle are making a fresh appeal to ban glass from pubs and clubs on the anniversary of his death.
Phillip Sherriff from Garstang died after a night out in London.
A 10k run will be held next month in his village in Lancashire to raise money to keep the campaign going.
For more information on the campaign, please visit www.facebook.com/bottlestopnow or for information on the 10k run visit www.bikesandbarrows.co.uk.
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Gorden Park inquest hears evidence
An inquest has heard Gordon Park accessed a report into the prison suicide of Harold Shipman before being found dead in his own cell.
Read the full storyCouncillors to decline Preston Bus Station proposal
An offer from a local businessman to buy Preston Bus Station for £1 and redevelop it is set to be declined by councillors.
Read the full storySham marriage gang jailed
A gang has been jailed after a 'sham marriage' web unravelled when one of the brides took her boyfriend on honeymoon, instead of her new husband.
Amanda Nolan was one of five people sentenced today for their involvement in fake weddings at Blackburn Register Office.
The bogus ceremonies were held to help immigrants settle illegally in the UK.
Our Lancashire reporter Amy Welch has the story.
Lancashire sham marriage gang sentenced
Two people are jailed for taking part in sham marriages arranged by a Vietnamese nail bar owner – but the ring leader is still at large
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Sham marriage gang members sentenced
Five members of a gang from Lancashire have been sentenced over a sham marriage scam.
They were convicted of committing an act of deception to facilitate non-EU nationals to remain or enter the UK.
The charges relate to three sham marriages, which took place between October 2008 and October 2010 at Blackburn Registry Office and the Whitehall Country Club in Darwen.
The gang members and their sentences are:
- Amanda Nolan, 28, of Windsor Road, Blackburn; 44 weeks suspended for 2 years
- Jason Proctor, 40, of Princes Street, Blackburn; jailed for 10 months
- Kevin Donnelly, 34, of Thwaites Road, Oswaldtwistle; jailed for 10 months
- Denny Wallace, 22, of Preston New Road, Blackburn; 36 weeks suspended
- Gemma Nelson, 28, of Whalley New Road, Blackburn; 36 weeks suspended
Police continue search for prisoner on the run
Police are continuing to search for a convicted murderer who is on the run from prison in Lancashire.
Brian Lynch went missing on Thursday during a day release visit to Preston on Thursday and hasn't been seen since.
The 44-year-old was jailed in 1988 for the killing of 21-year-old Chi Yeung Yip in Clayton, Manchester.
Anyone with information should phone 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Operations postponed because hospitals 'too busy'
Hundreds of patients have had operations postponed at two of the region's hospitals because they are too busy.
Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital have cancelled non-urgent appointments.
They say they are admitting 50 more people a day than they would normally expect. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals trust said staff leave and training had been cancelled to help cope with the demand.
Nail bar owner 'at centre of sham marriage web'
A Vietnamese nail bar owner who was the "spider at the centre of a web" of sham marriages is on the run, a court heard today
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