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Fracking
Don’t frack with us: meet the victorious activist ‘Nanas’ of Lancashire
After almost 1,000 days camping out in a field near Blackpool and obstructing fracking operations, the ‘Nanas’ have seen o…
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as firefighters battle a wildfire raging on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
The blaze erupted late on Thursday along the northern tier of the San Fernando Valley as powerful Santa Ana winds swept …
When Charlotte Rich tied the knot, her day was full of surprises.
As the daughter of a haulage company owner, ever since she was a little girl Charlotte had dreamed of a big truck to escort her to her wedding.
Nathan and Charlotte Harrison ‘Photos: …
A Kent man accused of helping to smuggle dozens of Vietnamese into the UK has gone on trial in Cornwall.
Jon Ransom, 63, of Coats Avenue, Sheerness, on the Isle of Sheppey, denied assisting unlawful immigration to an EU country when he appeared at Trur…
POLICE have warned of “rogue traders” thought to be targetting elderly homeowners.
Officers appealed to residents in Breightmet after a man was confronted by someone who knocked on their door and claimed to be offering landscaping services.
Rogue trade…
Highways bosses are to explore the possibility of securing government funding for multi-million pound repairs to a series of bridges on a major road in Lancaster.
If work on the structures on the A601(M) does not go ahead, it is feared that weight res…
A RECOVERY van which was picking up an ‘unroadworthy’ car was also taken off the road by police.
Lancashire Road Police tweeted about the incident where officers took action on a Red Volkswagen Golf.
But officers got two for the price of…
Graffiti artist Banksy says he has been forced to open his own homeware store following a legal dispute involving a greeting cards company.
The new store, called Gross Domestic Product, will span the windows of a former south London carpet shop and sel…
Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear-capable missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing on Tuesday as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a military parade that showcased its emergence as an inc…
The copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by the judge in its landmark obscenity trial has been acquired by the University of Bristol.
DH Lawrence’s book will be housed along with personal papers, notes and correspondence relating to the 1960 case by Si…
