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SHOCKING: Lancashire county council - You Need To See This

Councillor becomes first politician in the country to defect from Reform to Labour

A Reform councillor has decided to leave the party, saying he had seen ‘first-hand’ how it ‘simply doesn't have a serious plan’

The Independent UK

Concerns about Southport attacker’s ‘extreme views’ raised when he was 15

An assessment by a support worker noted Axel Rudakubana was at risk of being involved in ‘left-wing extremist behaviours’.

Evening Standard

Thousands of civil servant passwords leaked online as experts warn of ‘serious risk’

A cyber security expert warned that the data could be exploited for phishing attacks and ‘pose significant risks’

The Independent UK

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Space Age Fleetwood Radar Training Station up for auction for £50k

The Grade II-listed retro futuristic beachfront building dates from the Sixties and was an important part of midcentury maritime history

Evening Standard

How the NHS was born in Greater Manchester - and the lives touched by that day

A milestone in history

Manchester Evening News

Ingenious way dad shames council over huge pothole - using his giant six-foot son

Brits are regularly complaining about potholes damaging their cars, and one man who was frustrated by the inaction of his local council decided to shame it by getting his six-foot son to stand inside

Daily Mirror

Pensioner spent weeks in hospital after falling off kerb no one can see

The kerb is part of a £3.4 million project but the council has said changes will have to be made after "recent incidents"

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'Our street has such a bad pothole problem my house crumbles when lorries drive by'

Lee Boardman lives in Up Holland, West Lancs, and says Lancashire County Council's failure to repair the road surface is effectively resulting in house being torn apart

Daily Mirror

Richard Pennycook, Colliers and Express Solicitors: The 13 latest North West hires and promotions

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions across the North West

Birmingham Post

Councillors battle it out to become Labour MP candidate for key 'red wall' constituency

The seat is currently held by Chris Clarkson who became the constituency’s first ever Conservative MP as the Tories romped to a landslide victory in 2019

Manchester Evening News

Neighbouring towns where hopes and dreams are miles apart

The people of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale may well have different priorities but they all want an MP who will listen to them

Liverpool Echo

New bus service will 'open up' vital 'opportunities' for cut off town

The 319 Trainlink will run between Skelmersdale Concourse, Kirkby railway station and Kirkby bus station for onward transport links into Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Tony Bellew 'nearly lost car with three kids in it' after hitting potholes

The former boxing champion demanded the local council "sort its roads out"

Liverpool Echo

Neighbours fear planned medical incinerator is 'a disaster waiting to happen'

Protests groups claim the incinerator could pose health risks for those living nearby

Liverpool Echo

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Butcher pulls off hilarious set of pranks on roadworks outside his business

Stephen Hallworth decided to 'lighten the mood' after the lane-blocking hole went unfilled for a week

Manchester Evening News

Butcher pulled 'hilarious' prank on United Utilities after they left lane-blocking hole outside his shop

"The traffic lights were putting everyone down in the dumps, so we were trying to lighten the mood, and it went down very, very well"

Liverpool Echo

Public will be able to speak on controversial incinerator plans after council row

Plans to open a hazardous waste incinerator plant have attracted controversy

Liverpool Echo

The 'forgotten' town that is about to make national headlines

With a by-election and a new MP on the way, the struggles and hopes of Skelmersdale could be pushed into the national limelight

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Liverpool Echo

Former Liverpool Council chief among four men charged in criminal investigation

Ged Fitzgerald was arrested in 2017 as part of Operation Sheridan probe

Daily Mirror

Mum fuming after daughter told she's not allowed to use school bus as it's 'too full'

Sienna Botham's mum, Marika is furious that her daughter will have to get a public bus that doesn't stop near the secondary school she's due to start next month - and worries she won't be safe

Liverpool Echo

Mum's grief as son, 14, drowns in quarry after 'dare' goes wrong

Diane Fowler has opened up on the death of her son who drowned in a quarry during a day out with his friends

Liverpool Echo

Owner of quarry where teenager died makes desperate plea

The quarry is a source of attraction during hot weather

Manchester Evening News

Anger as flooded quarry still hasn't been drained despite three tragic deaths

"Drain it off, make it into a facility rather than a death pool and a magnet that it is to children now."

Liverpool Echo

Skelmersdale train station bid rejected in 'cruel joke' decision

The Department for Transport has rejected a bid to fund a new station and rail line

Daily Mirror

Chilling moment dad was told daughter 'wasn't breathing' before she died of peanut allergy

Megan Lee, 15, had the devastating asthma attack after she ate a takeaway which contained peanuts at Royal Spice takeaway. The food caused a horrific reaction which resulted in her death

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