Recently added articles from Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England):
Fraud couple forced to pay back cash.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A married couple who defrauded a firm out of more than half a million pounds were today ordered to sell off their assets to pay [pounds sterling]127,000 of their ill gotten gains back to their victims. David Walsh, 39, and his wife Carolyn, 43, will have to sell their plush ...
Fire destroys historic pier.
Jul 28, 2008 ... The Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare has been destroyed by fire. Firefighters fought to tackle the flames on Monday, but they quickly took hold of the partly-wooden structure and within a couple of hours the main pier building was completely wrecked. Avon Fire and ...
Man dies in train station horror.
Jul 28, 2008 ... A man was killed when he was hit by a train at a railway station in Lancashire. The man, who has not been named, was struck by the 17.08 Virgin Lancaster to Birmingham New Street service as it arrived at Leyland station at 5.45pm on Sunday. The incident is not being ...
Abortion figures on the increase.
Jul 28, 2008 ... Young girls under 18 underwent more than 200 abortions on the NHS in Preston last year, new figures revealed today. And the overall number of terminations carried out in Central Lancashire is rising. Between April 2007 and March 2008, 1,385 NHS-funded abortions were ...
Schools test delay 'totally ludicrous'.
Jul 28, 2008 ... Thousands of Lancashire youngsters have finished school for the summer without knowing their SATs results. At least 52 headteachers at primary and secondary schools across Lancashire are still waiting for all or some of their pupils' results, union chiefs say. Now, ...