Millbrook’s Leyland facility, formerly Leyland Vehicles’ technical centre, is celebrating 40 years of operation this year. Throughout its history the Leyland site has been at the cutting-edge of commercial vehicle testing and development, and remains i…
Tributes have been left this week to remember loved ones in Hyndburn who have recently passed away.
Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones.
We have gathered the messages posted this week in …
A former police officer who terrorised California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades has pleaded guilty to murders attributed to a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer.Joseph…
Bamber Bridge lies just to the south of Preston, now connected by urban sprawl from the Lancashire city, but a community with its own strong identity. It’s referred to locally as Brig, and though there’s a strong following for nearby Preston North End,…
John Wood · 26 June, 2020
The John Lewis Partnership is planning to build a dedicated biomethane gas filling station to enable its largest heavy goods vehicles to use a low-carbon alternative to diesel.
Alongside this, the Partnership ha…
A HOUSING association which provides homes across East Lancashire is making use of bold new strategies to tackle unemployment in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and is calling on the government to do similar.Together Housing Group provides several e…
A dedicated biomethane gas filling station will open at the John Lewis Partnership’s head office in Bracknell later this year, the company has announced today (18 June).
The business’ first on-site gas filling station, built in conjunction with French…
Major British Firm Will Be Switching Total of 4,800 Vehicles to Cleaner Alternatives
UK – During lockdown the man in the street, or more probably indoors, is unlikely to have worried where the daily bread came from or how it got there, but that situati…
The John Lewis Partnership is building a dedicated biomethane gas filling station and placed an order for 143 gas trucks, to be in operation by the end of 2020, to enable its largest heavy goods vehicles to use a low-carbon alternative to diesel.
The …
This week we are looking at 2005. Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in these pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: More pictures from 2005
Tag Rugby action from the 2005 Youth Games at Stanley Park in Blackpool. At back, left to right, are Bain…
These pictures show the aftermath of a crash as Top Gear’s Paddy McGuinness careered off the road in a Lamborghini at high-speed.
Pictures from the scene in North Yorkshire show the £250,000 supercar being taken away on the back of a recovery truck.
No…
A poster opposing the landfill plan at Parbold Hill
More than 1,000 objections to the landfill site have been sent to Lancashire County Council, which is yet to set a date for determining the planning application.
The campaigners, who have been obj…
With New York City poised to reopen after more than two months in coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew imposed amid protests of police brutality and racial injustice.But fearing a spike in virus cases caused by those mass gathering…
STREETS across Bolton did not have their wheelie bins emptied after the recycling truck broke down.
Burgundy and beige bins were not collected on more than 50 streets.
The council is hoping they will be able to empty the bins in the coming days.
It has…
The facility was told back in January that it could tee-up a major revamp which will see its greens and fairways raised in order to create a more challenging playing experience.
As part of the plans, which also see nine disused holes on the course b…