- KFC fans go wild as crowds pack Preston’s Flag Market for free foodby lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 5, 2025 at 7:54 am
They couldn’t wait to claim a claim a free limited-edition KFC and SpudBros jacket potato
- Blackpool Tower and Madame Tussauds set to see major change in ‘bold move’by lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 5, 2025 at 7:39 am
Council bosses say the change will represent a ‘new era’ for the resort
- Family of missing Jordan Johnson-Doyle fly to Malaysia after police updateby lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson, Ben Haslam) on June 5, 2025 at 7:09 am
The 25-year-old hasn’t been heard from since Tuesday, May 27, while backpacking in Asia
- He tried shoving drugs up his bum when police came knocking at his doorby lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson, Adam Everett) on June 5, 2025 at 6:45 am
Trevor Jevons and his flatmate Martin Pilson operated a “significant scale” drugs hotline
- Indian restaurant forced to close down over ‘obnoxious smell of curry’by lancslive@reachplc.com (Neil Shaw, Ravi Meah) on June 5, 2025 at 5:59 am
One restaurant popular with locals will serve its last dish this month after losing a court battle over the strong smell wafting from its building
- ‘Skin condition left me looking like an alien – miracle product saved me’by lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:55 am
He had an adverse reaction to dermal fillers
- Pervert who could become ‘real danger to kids’ walks free from courtby lancslive@reachplc.com (Susan Newton) on June 5, 2025 at 5:45 am
Connor Pearce-Sugden was caught with hundreds of vile images of young children
- Children’s home plan for family house set for green light despite concernsby lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 5:30 am
Lancashire County Council’s children’s services department has also objected
- ‘Game-changer’ new pensions rules to give savers ‘more income’by lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:15 am
Some people say it does not go far enough, though
- Major DWP Universal Credit free school meals eligibility change announcedby lancslive@reachplc.com (Steven Smith) on June 5, 2025 at 5:06 am
The Government has announced a key change to who is eligible for free school meals
- Car wash takeaway plan rejected over healthy eating concerns for kidsby lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 5:00 am
Council planners said the proposed hot food cabin would be ‘detrimental to the health of young people’
- Labour ‘unusual’ WASPI decision update amid concerns it ‘undermined’ Ombudsmanby lancslive@reachplc.com (Nicholas Dawson) on June 5, 2025 at 4:37 am
The Ombudsman recommended payouts ranging from £1,000 and £2,950 for the WASPI women
- Major cabinet reshuffle in Lancashire sees Labour’s youngest member get promotedby lancslive@reachplc.com (Bill Jacobs) on June 5, 2025 at 4:30 am
There’s some big changes in the top team
- Lancashire businesses to have say over radical council map shake-upby lancslive@reachplc.com (Paul Faulkner) on June 5, 2025 at 4:00 am
All 15 existing local authorities are set to be abolished and replaced with a handful of new ones
- Unique Blackpool hotel where you can cuddle cats in bed and play arcade gamesby lancslive@reachplc.com (Alice Sjoberg) on June 5, 2025 at 3:24 am
This Blackpool hotel offers free arcade games and cuddles with cats in bed, and with seriously reasonable prices, swathes of tourists are adding it to their bucket lists
- ‘I had stage four lung cancer but now I’m disease free after medical miracle’by lancslive@reachplc.com (Izzy Hawksworth, Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 4:09 pm
Jeff Cook has hailed the ‘wonderful life-saving drug’
- Identical twins celebrate 100th birthday and share simple secret to long lifeby lancslive@reachplc.com (Isobel Williams, Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 4:01 pm
Bill and Jack Casey were born 10 minutes apart in 1925
- 201 arrests and 2,095 deadly weapons recovered in crackdown on knife crimeby lancslive@reachplc.com (Jon Macpherson) on June 4, 2025 at 3:43 pm
Officers flooded knife hotspots and executed stop searches and weapon sweeps
- Union leaders react to Reform ‘Doge’ unit visit and issue ‘fight’ warningby lancslive@reachplc.com (Paul Faulkner) on June 4, 2025 at 3:21 pm
“The only way they’re going to [achieve their aim] is by sacking people and cutting services”
- He was enjoying a night out with friends, then shouted ‘Oh God’ and collapsedby lancslive@reachplc.com (Susan Newton) on June 4, 2025 at 3:04 pm
The 22-year-old was thought to have died almost immediately