Tag: Lancashire
Manchester Arena attack brother handed longest term ever
The brother of the Manchester Arena attacker has been sentenced at the Old Bailey, and will spend at least 55 years in...
Athlete wins fight over major supermarket trademark infringement
A High Court ruling found Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Waitrose Ltd and Scratch Meals Ltd guilty of trademark infringement of a small health-meal...
TRAGEDY: Two bodies found in search at sea for missing brothers
Muhammad Azhar Shabbir was 18 (left) and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir was 16 (Picture: Lancashire Police)
Two bodies...
Miss Manchester finalist: “I wanted to represent girls who look like...
A warm-hearted, big-smiled final year dentistry student is flying the flag for South Asian girls in the final of this year's Miss...
COVID-19: Bradford and Greater Manchester in tighter restrictions
Separate households have been banned from meeting indoors from midnight tonight in Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire including...
Blackburn mosque ‘will not face police investigation’ over 250 at funeral
Police have confirmed that they will not investigate a breach of coronavirus rules after around 250 people attended a funeral service.
A stiff fine: Doc having affair admits prescription fraud for free...
A court heard how a married fertility consultant wrote fake prescriptions to get packs of free Viagra to boost his performance in...
“We begged for it to be shut down’ say ...
Food factory workers say the site they worked at has seen 237 cases of coronavirus, and claim they had begged bosses to...
Bradford & Rochdale on Covid-19 “back in lockdown” watchlist
A highlighted map, produced by Public Health England (PHE), shows for the number of cases per 100,000 population, Bradford, Rochdale, Barnsley are...
Rajeev recovered from coronavirus, now his plasma could save lives
People from Asian communities who have recovered from COVID-19 are more likely to have the antibody-rich convalescent plasma which can save lives,...
Thousands sign petitions to replace slave trade statues around the UK
Hundreds of petitions have been started on petition platform Change.org to replace statues and signs of slave traders, colonialists and imperialists since...
Green number plates for electric cars will appear this autumn
Pure electric vehicles will be given distinctive ‘green’ number plates in a move that may help owners of the cleaner vehicles access...
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Katie Hopkins permanently removed from Twitter for violating policy
Controversial rightwing commentator Katie Hopkins has had her Twitter account permanently suspended. The platform said she violated their “hateful conduct” policy.
#YouAreNotAlone: “Culture is never an excuse for domestic abuse…”
Victims of domestic abuse reminded that help and support available
The stories of domestic abuse towards women and...
TURBOCHARGED: Troy Autopoint’s been revving it up for over 55 years
A family-run garage has been tending to vehicles from the everyday commercial van to beefy supercars since 1965.
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Manchester’s iconic Trafford Centre on the verge of collapse?
Owners of the Trafford Centre have warned that the shopping centre could be forced to shut if rescue talks with lenders fail.
Combatting Covid-19 by land, sea and air
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It’s often in the midst of a crisis our profound need for...
Innocent: Law student shot whilst shopping was not intended target
Police have said that a 19-year-old law student tragically killed in a shooting in Blackburn was an innocent victim.
