Matthew Calderbank

5 days ago | lep.co.uk | Matthew Calderbank

Barton Grange is in talks with a national chain over the sale of its award-winning garden centre. The Barton Grange Group has confirmed it’s seeking a deal with Blue Diamond, the UK’s largest chain of garden centres, over the sale of the garden centre off its A6 between Preston and Garstang. The two companies are in exclusive talks about a potential sale, which would also include Barton Grange’s wholesale plant nursery (Garden Centre Plants Ltd).

5 days ago | lep.co.uk | Matthew Calderbank

Plans have been submitted for 350 new homes at the former Camelot Theme Park site in Charnock Richard. Story Homes is seeking planning permission from Chorley Council for a new residential development on the site, situated close to the M6. The outline planning application includes up to 350 new homes, with 50% affordable housing for eligible local people. The developer said the new builds would “represent a significant contribution towards meeting local housing needs”.

5 days ago | msn.com | Matthew Calderbank

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5 days ago | lep.co.uk | Matthew Calderbank

A man has been jailed after brutally raping two women on the streets of Blackburn. Slawomir Klimek, 33, was jailed for 22 years for the horrific attacks after he was found guilty at Preston Crown Court last week. Lancashire Police described him as a “dangerous predator” who raped two women in a two week period - and continued to rape one of his victims as she screamed for help, and later played dead, in a desperate attempt to get him to stop.

5 days ago | blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Matthew Calderbank

A man was found dead inside a public toilets on Blackpool Promenade at the weekend. Emergency services were called to the scene, close to The Wedding Chapel on the seafront at around 1pm on Saturday. Paramedics found a man in his 40s unresponsive and he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Police taped off the stretch of Prom while the man’s body was recovered. Lancashire Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be passed to HM coroner for examination.