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CCTV footage released after 70,000 pints of Guinness stolen in brazen heist

Detectives investigating the theft of more than 70,000 pints of Guinness worth £115,000 have released CCTV footage of two men they wish to speak to. Around 880 barrels were stolen when two HGV trailers were taken from a depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, on Monday 31 August. Footage shows two lorries…

The Independent UK

‘My son was everything you are not’, mother tells killer of ex-prison officer

Elias Morgan shot Lenny Scott outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

The Independent UK

Former inmate found guilty of ‘revenge’ killing of prison officer

Lenny Scott, 33, was shot by Elias Morgan, 35, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

Evening Standard

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Smoke billows across M58 as two fires break out hours apart

The blazes broke out in the same area

Liverpool Echo

Man appears in court charged with murder of teen Dylan Bragger

The 15-year-old was stabbed to death in Skelmersdale on Thursday, June 28

Liverpool Echo

Man charged with teenager’s murder in Lancashire

Felipe Figueiredo, 28, is accused of fatally stabbing 15-year-old ‘gentle giant’ Dylan Bragger in Skelmersdale

The Guardian - UK

A community woke to a senseless murder as they ask an-all important question

A murder investigation has been launched after Dylan Bragger, 15, was stabbed to death last night

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Tributes paid to 'gentle giant' teen who was stabbed to death in savage attack

Lancashire police were called to Digmoor Road in Skelmersdale at around 9 pm on Thursday, June 29, following reports of a stabbing.

Daily Record

Men who set up illegal streaming of Premier League matches jailed for 30 years

A Skelmersdale man was jailed for five years and two months

Liverpool Echo

Suspected drug dealer named as man, 41, in custody

It comes after officers raided properties in Skelmersdale and Kirkby

Liverpool Echo

Man, 20, killed as Audi smashes into tree and another fighting for his life in hospital

A 20-year-old man died and another was injured when an Audi A1 collided with a tree in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, at around 10.45pm on Friday night

Daily Mirror

Woman in agony taken off NHS waiting list after medics get her weight wrong by SIX STONE

Jennifer Newby, 29, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was in crippling pain for months before being taken off the NHS waiting list after doctors recorded her weight wrong by six stone

Daily Mirror

The bloodthirsty vigilantes who murdered a young dad - but made a colossal mistake

"What they did in February last year was nothing short of atrocious"

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

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Liverpool Echo

'Ring of steel' to stop city gangsters taking over town's underworld

Senior officers say there is a direct line between low-level anti-social behaviour in children and falling prey to hardcore criminals

Liverpool Echo

Downfall of 'Latvian Pablo Escobar' as 'Jimmy Line' drug ring smashed

Detectives have vowed a crackdown on drug dealers in Skelmersdale

Manchester Evening News

Gang who murdered and mutilated innocent dad to be sentenced next month

The men wrongly suspected Christopher Hughes of a knifepoint rape

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

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Liverpool Echo

Concern for man, 20, who hasn't been seen in almost a month

Police said Jordan often visits places in Kirkby and Skelmersdale

Liverpool Echo

Beloved daughter, 18, will be 'dancing forever' after tragic death

Macie Jayne Vella was found at her dad's home in Skelmersdale

Daily Mirror

UK town ruled by teen 'gangs' where mums are too scared to let their kids out at night

Parents of youngsters in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, have banned their kids from going out at night because of the gangs of teenagers roaming the streets who recently attacked a cinema

Liverpool Echo

Only cinema in town could close thanks to 'tearaway yobs'

"Local businesses are suffering because of the conduct of these feral kids and local residents are scared to visit these places at night"

Liverpool Echo

Town's 'only entertainment' under threat of closure thanks to yobs

Groups of teenagers are reportedly causing misery in the town

Liverpool Echo

NPL West Roundup: Bootle get first win in eight as Widnes struggle

A round up of all the games in the NPL West

Liverpool Echo

Public warned not to approach this man if they see him

Detectives want to speak to Warren Williams after a man was shot and seriously injured

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