Lancashire County, England News

MERSEYSIDE united to pay respects to our fallen war dead today. Moving services were held across the region to mark Remembrance Sunday, 70 years on from the start of World War Two.

Planners today look set to rubberstamp plans for 1,000 homes on the Group One site of the development.

LAKE COUNTY The holiday season is upon us and The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers for its Red Kettle Program.

ONE of Blackburn's most famous retailers is making a comeback - " a year after being shut by administrators.

A fugitive drug dealer is being hunted in Wigan. Peter Prendergast is known to have links with Orrell and officers from the neighbouring Lancashire force today appealed for locals to be vigilant.

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A murder hunt has been launched after a man's body was found behind a property in Lancashire.

Dramatic new evidence could free the businessman convicted of the 'beauty in the bath' murder, it was claimed last night.

PARENTS whose children may have been abused by nursery worker Vanessa George should be able to choose to know if their children were among her victims, a judge said yesterday.

A POLICE community support officer who groomed a 15-year-old girl hoping to get her into bed has been jailed for 15 months.

RESIDENTS in Burnley are being asked to say what changes they would like to see at historic Towneley Hall during the next five years.

A MAN was tonight charged over a robbery in which a security guard was shot. James Mulholland, 37, of Windermere Avenue, Accrington, has been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery over the incident in Preston Old Road, Blackburn, in December 2008 .

METROLINK's new tram will be making an appearance on the Bury line over the next few weeks - but passengers will not be able to board it just yet.

A passing milkman has been praised by the fire service after a serious house blaze in Chorley.

A small village in the north of England, Argleton, has been causing confusion with an air of mystery.

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A Lotto winner who is sitting on a A 2m jackpot after buying a ticket in East Lancashire is being urged to claim the prize.

A teenage girl was shot in the eye by a "faulty" air rifle which went off by accident, an inquest heard.

CORONATION Street star Kym Marsh has been named Celebrity Mum Of The Year. The actress and mother-of-two said it was a real honour to win the Bounty Celebrity Mum Of The Year 2009 Award, which was voted for by the public.

A FAMILY from hell has been evicted after making neighboursa lives a misery for the past three years.