Lynette Horsburgh

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Mitchell |Lynette Horsburgh

Andy Mitchell & Lynette HorsburghBBC News, LancashireThe mother of a five-year-old girl who requires a ventilator to breathe and has facial paralysis said her daughter "definitely had a smile on her face" when she went for a swim at a children's hospice. Sophia, from Warton in Lancashire, has Moebius syndrome - a rare condition which, among other symptoms, takes away the chance for those with it to smile.

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Marc Waddington

A stalker who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended prison sentence. Kyle Shaw's "persistent campaign" saw him send abusive messages and a "menacing" threat to Miss Ballas as well as her friends and colleagues. Liverpool Crown Court heard the 37-year-old thought Miss Ballas's late brother, David Rich, was his father.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Emily Holt

A mum has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her child, who was found in a woodland close to a theme park more than a quarter of a century ago. Joanne Sharkey, 55, of Liverpool, denied murdering her baby boy, whose remains were discovered close to the Gulliver's World theme park in Warrington, Cheshire, on 14 March 1998.

Jan 7, 2025 | yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh

Patients at Royal Liverpool University Hospital's accident and emergency unit are facing waits of up to 50 hours. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has declared a "critical incident" due to "exceptionally high demand" on services and urged people to only go to A&E in a genuine medical emergency.

Dec 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Paul O'Gorman |Lynette Horsburgh

The deadline for energy firm Cuadrilla to plug in the UK's only two shale gas wells has passed with questions remaining on whether it has been completed. The site on Preston New Road, near Blackpool, was the country's first horizontal fracking site but after more than 120 tremors were recorded during drilling the controversial process was banned in 2019. Fracking sparked lengthy protests from environmentalist groups and local communities in Lancashire.