Man stabbed multiple times in Preston robbery

A mental health hospital in Blackpool has increased security after a man sparked a major alert by driving menacingly towards the front gate.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 57-year-old man died following a serious collision in Lancashire.

Lancashire's fleet of gritters will be out in force again tonight as the county looks set to be hit with another wave of artic blasts.

If there was a word to best sum up Preston North End boss Alex Neil, ‘intense’ would probably do that nicely for those who know the Scotsman or watch him from the stands at Deepdale.

Honours were even at the Globe Arena as both sides claimed a point from a hard fought, physical encounter.

This proved to be the proverbial game of two halves with Hoppers coming back from what looked like an irretrievable deficit at half time.