Coronavirus UK: Manchester and Lancashire could be plunged into strictest Tier 3 lockdown

Greater Manchester and Lancashire could be the next regions to be put under the Government’s highest tier of new local coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Ministers, councillors and medical experts are expected to hold a ‘gold command’ meeting today to discuss moving the North West areas up from tier two to three. As the three-tier Covid-19 alert … Read more

Doctor, 49, and her schoolgirl daughter, 14, are found dead in house fire in Lancashire

Murder probe is launched after doctor, 49, and her schoolgirl daughter, 14, are found dead in house fire in Lancashire Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and Vian Magrio, 14, were found dead in Burnley Police discovered evidence of fire and smoke inside their house on Thursday Lancashire Police opened a murder inquiry while the deaths … Read more

Lancashire Force orders officers to IGNORE NHS Covid app – and told can only put on personal phones

Lancashire Force orders its officers to IGNORE the NHS Covid app if it tells them to self-isolate – as thousands of police are told they can only download it onto their personal phones (which many don’t carry on duty) NPCC urges police to install app only on own person phones, not work ones Some constabularies … Read more

Davinia Taylor puts her Marbella villa on the market for £15.5M as she eyes return to Lancashire  

Davinia Taylor has put her lavish Marbella villa on the market for an eye-popping £15.5million (€16.9million).  The former Hollyoaks actress and toilet roll heiress, 42, who played party girl Jude Cunningham on the soap from 1996 to 1998, is said to be returning to the UK to settle in Lancashire after years in the sunshine.  The … Read more

Lancashire ‘will be placed under Covid curfew TOMORROW’

Lancashire is set to be placed under a coronavirus curfew tomorrow, reports suggest, as revellers in Newcastle enjoy one last night on the town before their own restrictions come into play.  Drinkers have flocked to watering holes in the North East this evening after Matt Hancock confirmed the region would be hit by a 10pm … Read more

Bride-to-be’s mum says she ‘can’t afford to put any weight on’ in Say Yes To The Dress Lancashire

A priest’s feisty mother told her daughter she ‘couldn’t afford to put any weight on’ as she tried on a very clingy gown in Say Yes To The Dress Lancashire. In tonight’s episode of the TLC show, priest Gemma, who usually conducts other people’s weddings, is about to become the bride – and she’s looking … Read more

Lancashire boy, 15, is pushed off his bike by a man in a passing car 

‘He could’ve been killed’: Terrifying moment boy, 15, is pushed off his bike by a man in a passing car Dashcam footage shows Ford Fiesta trying to aggressively pass two cyclists A man reaches out of the left hand side and pushes them off of their bikes Incident was captured on a country lane in Rivington, … Read more

Desperate hunt for two teenage boys, 16 and 18, who vanished in the sea off Lancashire coast

Coastguard launch desperate hunt for two teenage boys, 16 and 18, who vanished in the sea off Lancashire coast Search resumes for 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old man off Lancashire’s coast  The pair went missing near St Annes Pier in Lytham St Annes on Saturday at 7pm A 15-year-old boy managed to swim to shore and … Read more

Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors

New lockdown for the north: Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from TONIGHT after repeated rule breaches led to spike in new Covid cases Councils going back into partial lockdown are Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle Mr Hancock said it is ‘with a heavy heart’ that the measures were … Read more

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s parrot sparks confusion on London to Lancashire train

The Speaker of the House of Commons’ pet parrot Boris has taken to squawking ‘order order’ and ‘lock the doors’ on the London to Lancashire train.  Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who took over as speaker from John Bercow in November, drives or takes the train up to his constituency in Chorley, North west England, every week. … Read more