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'I'm 100 years old and believe the secret to my long life is my love of gin'

Beatrice Peters turned 100 on Tuesday and celebrated the milestone birthday with a drop of gin and a telegram from King Charles III at the care home in Preston, Lancashire

Daily Mirror

Blind man 'in near miss with freight train' after falling onto railway tracks at station

A blind man who was travelling from Glasgow to Manchester is suing after he fell onto the tracks just moments before a high speed freight train approached the spot.

Glasgow Live

Blind man fell onto the tracks at Manchester Piccadilly as freight train approached

Abdul Eneser is taking legal action against Network Rail, alleging there was no tactile paving on the platform's edge

Manchester Evening News

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Voices of Preston's Windrush generation – when I first arrived, I said: 'Really? I thought there were no slums in this place!'

From the earliest arrivals of what would become Preston’s “Windrush generation”, the status of the Caribbean diaspora was hotly contested in this post-industrial Lancashire town, as elsewhere. Discrimination and prejudice dogged the daily lives of people from the Caribbean who made their home here.

The Conversation

Man attacked by friend's five dogs who began to 'eat' him and 'tore his ears off'

Henry Sherridan from Preston said the five eight-stone dogs were 'riled up' at the time when he began shouting, and pounced on him tearing his ears off and leaving him close to death

Daily Mirror

Pie 'superfan' travels from Kent to Lancashire to spend £150 on pies

The pies from Gornalls bakery are the stuff of local legend

Manchester Evening News

Huge delays on M6 and M61 on bank holiday weekend

There are delays of more than 30 minutes on the M6 near Preston and tailbacks on the M61 from Chorley

Manchester Evening News

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Kelly-Ann May Sinclair jailed for at least six months for interfering with body of overdosed friend Blake Riley

Kelly-Ann May Sinclair — who helped arrange the disposal of her overdosed friend Blake Riley's body at Preston in Queensland — will spend at least six months in prison for interfering with a corpse.

ABC News

New picturesque coastal path lets you walk from Liverpool to Preston

A new section of the King Charles III England Coast Path is now open

Liverpool Echo

Dad spends £20k on WW2 bunker with submarine door after wife says he 'deserves man cave'

Dad-of-three David Massey, 41, converted his garage into a 1940s-inspired hideaway, complete with submarine doors and a whisky bar, so he can reminisce about 'happy times'

Daily Mirror

Dad spends £20,000 on ‘man cave bunker’ complete with submarine doors

David Massey spent £20,000 building a man cave in the style of Winston Churchill’s bunker with real submarine doors and reinforced steel walls

Wales Online

Nurse 'broke down' after getting call on sister's wedding day

Kaitlyn Booth was preparing for her sister's wedding when she received a phone call

Liverpool Echo

The incredible story of Sunderland's journey to the play-offs on a dramatic Championship final day

Sunderland's win at Preston set the stage for an incredible day of drama as the Black Cats clinched a Championship play-off place

Chronicle Live

Election results from Preston local council election 2023 count in full

Council seats were up for grabs in areas including Ashton, Brookfield, Cadley, City Centre, Deepdale, Fishwick and Frenchwood, Garrison, Greyfriars, Ingol and Cottam, Lea and Larches, Plungington, Preston Rural East, Preston Rural North, Ribbleton, Sharoe Green and St Mathews

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Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray gives latest injury update on Dan Ballard

Dan Ballard will not feature against Watford this weekend and is a doubt at this stage for the final day trip to Preston

Wales Online

Swansea City news as club charged by FA for Preston brawl and under-21s score brilliant team goal vs Sheffield United

The latest news from the Swansea.com Stadium

Liverpool Echo

Mastermind behind £150m fraud empire moved fake designer clothes through Liverpool

Arif Patel tried to steal £97 million through VAT repayment claims

Daily Record

Mastermind behind £150m fraud empire convicted after Scots cops find fake goods

Arif Patel's empire was brought to an end by Scottish police officers when his criminal gang were caught with fake goods on the A74 in Dumfries and Galloway.

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"I didn't feel I needed to remove the dish from your bill"

Daily Mirror

Fire breaks out at Jaguar car dealership as nine engines and drones battle blaze

Shocking photos show the Inchcape Jaguar and Land Rover dealership engulfed in flames as a huge pillar of smoke rises into the sky while locals are urged to keep their windows closed

Daily Mirror

'Ray of sunshine' woman, 38, found dead after vanishing while going for 10-minute walk

Rachel Jackson, 38, went missing from Preston, Lancashire, on Friday night. Family and friends are comforting each other after her sister confirmed the sad news she had been found dead

Evening Standard

Police find body in search for woman who vanished during 10 minute walk

Rachel Jackson, 38, was last seen in the Wadham Road area of Avenham, in Preston, at 7pm on Friday

Manchester Evening News

Police searching for missing Didsbury woman who vanished after going out for a walk have found a body

Rachel Jackson, 38, from Didsbury, was last seen around 7pm on Friday, March 31

Manchester Evening News

Police 'very concerned' following Manchester woman's disappearance

Rachel Jackson, 38, was last seen in Preston, Lancs on Friday night

Birmingham Post

Large solar farm plan outlined for land east of Hull

49.9MW scheme proposed between Bilton and Preston close to an existing development

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