A fraudster who pocketed £9,000 after claiming he was too afraid to leave his house had been filmed protesting on a lorry for over 24 hours during an anti-fracking protest.
John Knox, 33, of Liverpool, was found guilty of benefit fraud at Preston Crown…
Benefits cheat, 33, pocketed £9,000 after claiming he was too afraid to leave his house but was filmed climbing on to lorries during an anti-fracking protest
John Knox, 33, scaled lorries as part of anti-fracking protests in…
A WELL-known eco-warrior, said to be too afraid to leave the house alone, has been found guilty of benefit fraud after being filmed jumping on a lorry at an anti-fracking protest.
John Knox, 33, had insisted to benefits chiefs that even the most basic …
A MILKMAN was nearly run over by a thief who stole his van during his early morning round.
John Jolley was delivering milk in Westhoughton morning when his Toyota Dyna was taken.
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Stewart Reynolds and Kevin Jones founded their first business when they were still sitting together in class at Trinity School.
More than 20 years on, the pair are still in business together – running a fast-growing global tech company with the ambitio…
Young mother who was feeling ‘bored and isolated’ transforms her family’s fortunes by becoming an Instagram influencer and bagging £20,000 worth of freebies
Octavia Lamb, 25, has gathered 24,500 Instagram followers in the last ye…
ONE of the main roads out of Clitheroe has been closed after a water tanker struck a grade II listed stone bridge this morning.
Highways bosses have put a major diversion in place after a vehicle demolished a 20-metre section of Edisford Bridge, which …
A WORKMAN had a lucky escape after the forklift truck he was driving burst into flames.
The operative had been unloading pallets from a new low-loader at the Tetrosyl plant in Heap Bridge on Monday afternoon when he noticed flames were erupting from un…
George MacKay has praised Sir Sam Mendes as a “masterful” director and said making 1917 was “like doing a filmed play”.
He told the PA news agency: “It was such a privilege working with Sam – I’ve never met anyone or worked with anyone who has an under…
Matthew Calderbank
Published: 09:02 Wednesday 08 January 2020
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