A MOTORBIKE was seized yesterday evening after being driven in an anti-social manner.Police officers say that the motorbike was seen on Longton Street, Blackburn on Monday May 31.
Officers from Blackburn Neighbourhood Policing Team seized the bike and …
Going northbound on the motorway between junction 31 (Preston, Blackburn and A59 Clitheroe) and junction 31a (Preston East and Longridge), there was a two lane closure in place just after 3pm.
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As Virginia prepares to legalise adult possession of up to an ounce of cannabis from July 1, drug-sniffing police dogs from around the US state are being forced into early retirement.This follows a trend in other American states where legalisation has …
THESE two great photographs from our archives show that Turton Council was taking its responsibilities to ensure the area’s footpaths were kept free of weeds very seriously.
The year was 1955 and the council staged a photocall on Belmont Road for its n…
A BANKRUPT East Lancashire man fraudulently secured £26,000 credit for a dissolved business then claimed the debtor was a man in Malta.Neil Maloney, 45, from Oswaldtwistle, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for two years, for fraud offenc…
A manhunt is under way after thieves stolen tobacco and cigarettes worth thousands of pounds from the back of a supermarket lorry.
The theft took place at around 10am last Friday (May 14) when a Tesco heavy good vehicle had been driven up the A585 Flee…
Firefighters had to to cut the roof of his wrecked Audi to release him before paramedics rushed him to Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
He was injured after his Audi was involved in a crash with an M&S lorry on the northbound M6 between ju…
There are delays of up to an hour on the M6 tonight
Earlier this afternoon two lanes were closed on the M6 northbound near Longridge tonight after a lorry overturned.
There were severe delays in the area and tailbacks of up to five miles,…
A TRUCK driver was stopped by police after reportedly being spotted using a mobile device.
Police ordered the driver of a DAF truck to pull over on Emblem Street in Bolton today.
Officers said that the driver was unable to produce a print out of a tach…
Two Leyland teenagers have been praised for their quick-thinking after they woke up to a fire inside their home this morning (Monday, June 7).
Dylan Painter, 15, and his 13-year-old sister Reigan had to act fast when a tumble dryer burst into f…