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Councillor apologises after claiming Blackpool looks like 'Chernobyl' wasteland

Cllr Paul Hayhurst, of Lancashire, compared the seaside town of Blackpool to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Pripyat that exposed thousands to radiation poisoning

Daily Mirror

Final text Brit dad sent before dying with family while hiking – but it never made it

Jonathan Gerrish, 45, who was originally from Lancashire, wife Ellen Chung, 31, their one-year-old daughter Muji and the family's dog, Oski, were all found dead in the Sierra National Forest in California last August

Daily Mirror

Dad's warning to parents after son, 12, killed while playing on the stairs

Martin Davis from Lancashire has called on other parents to keep an eye on their children and to be aware that accidents can happen when they are least expected after the tragic death of his son Logan

Daily Mirror

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Beach could see new huts based on Lancashire neighbour

Liverpool Echo

Warning over 'tar balls' washing up along Merseyside and Lancashire coast after oil spill

People are being told not to remove them from the beach

Manchester Evening News

Storm Dudley: Thousands of homes without power as 80mph winds batter north of UK

Storm Dudley has knocked out power in towns and villages throughout Lancashire and Cumbria, with nearly 1,700 households in Wigan, Greater Manchester, also without electricity

Daily Mirror

Chief executive leads MBO at nursery group to exit administration and save 250 jobs

MiChild which operates 16 children’s nurseries and preschools around Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire

Birmingham Post

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'Sonic boom like earthquake' shakes UK homes as jets and anti-submarine plane scrambled

A "sonic boom" was heard in Lancashire, as well as Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire - with some fearing there might have been an earthquake

Daily Mirror

Team GB star Dave Ryding recalls years of skiing tears ahead of solo shot at salvaging Britain's Winter Olympic Games

The pride of Pendle honed his craft on his local dry ski slope but was not the only regular visitor - with local sheep often leaving their mark on the Lancashire facility in northern England

Wales Online

Liverpool warned of threat from Rafa Benitez Everton target against Burnley

Ahead of Liverpool's trip to Turf Moor, the ECHO speaks to Lancashire Telegraph Burnley columnist Andy Greaves to get his view

Liverpool Echo

$David Frost joins Tory MPs in calls for return of fracking in UK$

David Frost joins Tory MPs in calls for return of fracking in UK

Letter in favour of shale gas extraction is another indication of party battle over environmental issues

The Guardian - UK

Angry parents hit out after school bans meat and tells them to pack veg lunches

Barrowford Primary School in Lancashire introduced the policy to try and educate children about the environmental impact of eating meat, but it has proved to be extremely controversial

Daily Mirror

Girl, 7, traumatised after BB gun pellet hits her below eye on market trip

Joanne Davies said daughter Lillie-Mai, seven, has been left scared to leave the house and woke up screaming and vomiting the evening after the incident at Accrington Market, Lancashire

Daily Mirror

County to get speed cameras that also catch red-light jumpers

Lancashire will bring in the cameras in two locations at first

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Pub owner hits back at 'baffling' review over gravy after guest left healthy tip

Lee Shepherd, the owner of Feilden's Arms, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, said a review was "baffling" which attacked the gravy and the stuffing yet the guest still left a "healthy tip"

The Independent UK

UK’s only shale wells to be abandoned in end to fracking controversy

Energy company Cuadrilla said the Oil and Gas Authority had ordered the horizontal wells to be plugged and abandoned at Preston New Road, Lancashire.

The Guardian - UK

Fracking firm Cuadrilla to permanently abandon UK shale gas sites

Firm sets out plan to seal two shale gas wells in Lancashire two years after government shutdown order

Daily Mirror

Excited groom-to-be gets wedding date tattooed on hand - then £4,000 venue closes

Michael Crane, 37, and his fiance Linda Brown, 42, were among dozens of couples left in the lurch when Best Western Park Hall Hotel in Lancashire unexpectedly shut on Monday

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Liverpool Echo

Call for 'action' over Liverpool Council-linked police investigations

'Time is of the essence' for investigations that led to arrest of former Liverpool mayor and Chief Executive, say opposition leaders

Daily Mirror

Dad furious after daughter, 12, told to 're-enact Hillsborough crush at school'

Children in a drama class at St John Fisher Catholic High School in Wigan, Lancashire, were allegedly told to re-enact people being crushed and dying during the Hillsborough Disaster

Daily Mirror

Pregnant nursery worker sacked after bosses asked if keeping baby was a 'good idea'

After successfully suing Stepping Stones Nursery in Hoddlesden, Lancashire, Darci Topping has been told she can expect a "significant" settlement following the employment tribunal hearing

Daily Mirror

Dad dies after 'permanent headache that wouldn't go away' turns out to be tumour

Karl Griffith, from Penwortham, Lancashire, had never had a day off work when he was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumour, despite being initially told by doctors he was just stressed

The Independent UK

Nursery worker who told bosses she was pregnant week after starting asked if keeping baby was a ‘good idea’

Darci Topping, 23, successfully sued the Stepping Stones Nursery in Hoddlesden, Lancashire for pregnancy discrimination and unfair dismissal

Manchester Evening News

'Insta-worthy' cake firm Finch Bakery opening in Manchester's Harvey Nichols

Great news for cake fans as the cult Lancashire bakery business, owned by twin sisters Lauren and Rachel, heads to Manchester for the first time

Manchester Evening News

How house prices in Greater Manchester compare with Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside

We look at the cheapest and most expensive areas to live across the north west region

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