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Family of teenager killed in M6 smash pay tribute to 'priceless gift'

Alex Tyson was tragically killed in the early hours of Sunday on the M6 near Preston when a Ford Fiesta collided with a lamppost.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester University offer students £2,500 to live off campus after 'unprecedented' accommodation demands

UoM have also secured accommodation in Liverpool and Preston

Manchester Evening News

Man fighting for life after falling off 50ft roof during protest over benefits payments

Joseph McAteer, 36, fell from the roof of the former Fishergate Baptist Church in Preston, Lancashire, while protesting against the DWP and is now fighting for his life

Daily Mirror

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Steve Morison plays down goal drought concerns after Cardiff City draw fresh blank and pinpoints key moment in Preston stalemate

Cardiff have now gone three games without finding the net

Wales Online

'Sweetest' boy, 5, has rare disorder that means stepping outside to play could kill him

Albie Tilford, from Preston, Lancashire, was diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disease which means he has just one working lung and playing outside in the fresh air could kill him

Daily Mirror

Man dies in police custody after crashing car through fence in Melbourne's north

Victoria Police says a man attempted to confront officers after crashing a car into a Preston front yard and "appeared to become unresponsive" while he was being restrained.

ABC News

Trainee nurse almost cut in half by fairground ride was given 0 per cent chance of survival

Doctors at Royal Preston Hospital doubted she would recover from her catastrophic injuries.

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Love Island's Ekin-Su is unrecognisable working as a shot girl in Preston before finding fame

It has been revealed that Ekin-Su worked as a shot girl while studying at university in Preston before becoming and actress

Daily Mirror

Police investigate suspicious fire in Preston, urging anyone with information to come forward

Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that broke out in a building containing vacant shops in Melbourne's north.

ABC News

Freddie Flintoff's delight as 'Field of Dreams' protege Adnan is granted asylum to stay in UK

Adnan, 16, was given an anxious wait on his future when appearing in 'Field of Dreams', but now the man behind the show Freddie Flintoff has revealed the youngster has been granted asylum.

Daily Mirror

Love Island winner Ekin-Su used to go by different name, former boss reveals

New details of the Turkish actress have emerged from her days working as a shot girl while living in Preston, Lancashire

The Independent UK

Woman almost cut in half on fairground ride was given 0% chance of survival

Chloe Austin was airlifted to the major trauma centre in Preston, Lancashire, after she was thrown from a fairground ride and caught underneath its mechanism in August 2021

Daily Mirror

Dog cruelty on the rise since Covid pandemic as RSPCA gets 10 calls of abuse per hour

In 2021, the RSPCA received 92,244 reports of dog cruelty – a 16% rise in one year. Victims include French Bulldog Bruce, who was found burnt in a bush near a park in Preston, Lancs

Daily Mirror

Young dad threatened by loan shark and sent troubling messages before taking own life

Cain Dutton from Preston was rushed to the Royal Preston Hospital after he was found unconscious on March 15 where he was resuscitated, but he went into cardiac arrest the next day and was sadly pronounced dead

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Manchester Evening News

Person dies after being hit by a train near Wigan

Emergency services were scrambled to the scene

Daily Mirror

Parents' joy as baby weighing less than a can of baked beans survives against odds

Weighing just 14oz, less than a tin of baked beans, Oliver was the lightest baby born at Royal Preston Hospital to live. Doctors said the chances of him being born alive were as small as he was

Daily Mirror

Holly Bradshaw crashes to earth from her Olympic high at World Championships

A year after the highest high of winning bronze in Tokyo, the Preston-born star suffered every pole vaulter’s nightmare on the first day of the World Athletics Championships

Irish Mirror

Newlyweds devastated as wedding dog dies after being left in 'unbearably' hot van for two hours

Ffion James and Ben Hill from Preston, made their beloved pug Luna the guest of honour and had arranged for her to stay at kennels before joining them on their honeymoon

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Bride devastated as wedding dog dies after being left in hot van for two hours

Ffion James and Ben Hill from Preston, made their beloved pug Luna the guest of honour and had arranged for her to stay at kennels before joining them on their honeymoon

The Guardian - UK

Freddie Flintoff: from Ashes hero to cricket’s class warrior

Sometimes vulnerable, other times ebullient, now Preston’s most celebrated son has a mission on home turf

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the black-hearted enigma that is Ghislaine Maxwell

A grimly compelling documentary about the convicted former socialite. Plus: Freddie Flintoff tries to convince Preston teenagers to play cricket. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Lancashire firefighters urge students to stop burning textbooks

Book burning has become a tradition for students finishing exams and it has prompted fires in Preston

Liverpool Echo

People call for Burscough Curves to be reinstated

The curves were removed in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Weary resignation among passengers as rail strikes begin

Little sign of predicted chaos, and some people supportive of strikers while others critical

Daily Mirror

Pub landlady filmed singing about drugs while cellar is used as spice factory for prisoners

Lorraine Jackson, 51, allowed her pub in Preston, Lancashire, to be used as a factory sending spice to prisoners after being filmed dancing on a beer keg singing about double dipping drugs

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