23 Mar, 2020

This is how a mum from Walton le Dale overcame a difficult time and started a successful business from her Lancashire kitchen

A mum-of-three from Walton le Dale has turned a difficult time into an opportunity, starting a business of beautiful cakes from her own kitchen.

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These are all the train services cancelled today as new coronavirus timetable comes into force

Train services in Lancashire are being stripped back from today (Monday, March 23) due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Fleetwood and Lancaster MP Cat Smith 'feeling really unwell' and 'can't climb stairs without wheezing' after week of self-isolating

Fleetwood and Lancaster MP Cat Smith has said she is feeling unwell seven days after she reported her one-year-old son was 'showing symptoms' of coronavirus.

Slimmers shed their clothes for Cancer Research

Preston Slimming World members are helping to highlight the links between obesity and cancer, while raising cash for the charity

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Seven-year-old girl stabbed to death by stranger in Bolton Park

A woman has been arrested for murder after a seven-year-old girl was stabbed by a stranger in what police believe to be a random attack in a park.

Coronavirus: Bed-bound Bamber Bridge man with crippling illness makes heartfelt appeal during Covid-19 outbreak

A Bamber Bridge man who is bed-bound because of a crippling illness has made a heartfelt appeal to the public.

Sport Update

Training is halted: Preston North End squad maintaining fitness levels at home

Preston North Endâs players have been given time away from the training ground as the football authorities try and plan when the season can resume amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Preston North End kept waiting for 5,000th game landmark - that should have come against Derby County this weekend

Preston North End had been due to play their 5,000th league game on Saturday, becoming the first club in English football to do so.

How the season has progressed for Preston North End and their Championship rivals

The coronavirus outbreak has led to a halt in sporting proceedings across the UK, leaving a number of Championship clubs in limbo about their future.

And finally...

Highfield pupils pen messages of support to those trapped indoors by coronavirus fear.

Kind hearted pupils at a Blackpool school have been sending love and support to elderly residents

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