Lancashire Evening Post

The Lancashire Evening Post, often referred to as the LEP, is a daily newspaper located in Fulwood, a neighborhood in Preston, Lancashire, England. The British Library records that its inaugural issue was released on October 18, 1886.

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Lancashire school pupil performs at Glastonbury Festival

1 day ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

A Lancashire school pupil has joined the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and the 1975 by performing at Glastonbury Festival 2025. In an extraordinary twist of fate, talent, and timing, Stonyhurst College pupil Bergie, a Music Scholar in Lower Grammar (Year 9), found himself performing at the Glastonbury Festival 2025 – before an exclusive audience on its spectacular opening night. How did that performance come about?
5 things to do this week in Central Lancashire & Fylde Coast

1 day ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

Senior reporter Aimee Seddon with her entertainment guide to five things to do this week in Central Lancashire and the Fylde Coast - the first of July. PrestonFirst up in Preston, the National Festival Circus rolls into Grimsargh for a one-day-only fundraising event on Saturday, July 5.
"I am 100% a morning person": Bolton star Sara Cox reveals her energy boosting tips

2 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

Boltonian broadcaster and author Sara Cox has revealed her morning routine and what energy-boosting habits she couldn't live without. Despite not being on the early morning radio breakfast shift, a lie-in is still an alien concept toBBC Radio 2 Drivetime host and self-proclaimed morning person Sara Cox , who is always up with the larks. "I am 100% a morning person," the 50-year-old broadcaster and author told PA. "That is where my energy is.
The Lancashire secondary schools with the lowest GCSE English and maths results

2 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

Take a look below at the 15 secondary schools in Lancashire that had the lowest GCSE English and maths results last year as 2025 exams have come to an end.
Lancashire based firm Daniel Thwaites issues statement after being named as having underpaying staff

3 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

The major Lancashire based hospitality firm Daniel Thwaites has spoken up after it was revealed they had underpaid staff.
“He’s paved the way for us": Tommy Fury on being a traveller & the influence of his family

3 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

The reality star and boxer Tommy Fury has opened up about his personal life and career in a new exclusive interview. Just yesterday, former World's Strongest Man, Eddie 'THE BEAST' Hall launched his debut podcast ‘The Good, The Bad & The Beast’, which promises to reveal the mindset of champions through deep dive interviews with extraordinary beasts; uncovering what drives those who achieve the impossible.
I was locked in Thai prison for months after TikTok trolls accused me of child abuse

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

Controversial TikTok star Ellis Matthews was deported back to the UK last week after she found herself locked up in a filthy Thai prison cell - and the distraught Lancashire mum was forced to leave her four-year-old son behind. The 34-year-old ‘mum on the run’, from Bamber Bridge, gained notoriety after fleeing the UK while pregnant four years ago to start a new life in South-East Asia.
Honorary Lancastrian Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu to release her first ever book

3 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

Honorary Lancastrian Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu has revealed she is releasing her first ever book this summer. Turkish born actress turned reality Ekin-Su is best known for appearing on a variety of well known TV programmes.
18 Lancashire firms named and shamed for underpaying staff

3 days ago | lep.co.uk | Aimee Seddon

Lancashire companies are amongst those named and shamed by the government for underpaying staff. 18 firms from across Lancashire who failed to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage have been named by the Department for Business and Trade and HM Revenue & Customs. A newly released investigation by HMRC, which was conducted between 2015-2022, revealed that 518 employers across the country underpaid nearly 60,000 workers, and have since repaid more than £7.4million.
Paedophile caught by undercover cops wanted to pay for child abuse with gift cards

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

A dangerous sexual predator who wanted to witness the abuse of a child in exchange for payment via gift cards has been jailed. David Mitchell thought he was messaging somebody else with a sexual interest in children but was in fact speaking to a police officer. The 57-year-old, from Leyland, "openly stated a preference for victims as young as eight" to the undercover officer, before he was arrested at his home on February 17.