Summary

  • Latest updates on Friday 29 June

  1. Will T20 Blast still provide the thrills?published at 16:26 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    With the launch of The Hundred on the horizon, the T20 Blast begins on Wednesday with the aim of providing fireworks of its own.

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  2. Boundary shake-up to bring changes on Merseysidepublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A changed map could bring small but possibly significant changes to the area's representation.

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  3. Allott to leave director of cricket rolepublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Former Lancashire and England bowler Paul Allott is to step down as the county's director of cricket.

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  4. Supercar seized by police at seaside car meetpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    The black McLaren was seized after hundreds of vehicles descended on a car meet.

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  5. 'Super-spreader' warning for Euro 2020 fan zonepublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Concerns are raised about hundreds of fans gathering in an area where Covid cases are surging.

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  6. Men jailed for killing former mayoress in crashpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Former Bolton mayoress Gay Wharton died after being struck by a car as two men were apparently racing.

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  7. Biker fights for life after police pursuit crashpublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    The man in his 20s came off a motorbike on Sunday and is in a critical condition in hospital.

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  8. Labuschagne steers Glamorgan to victorypublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne hits an unbeaten 63 as Glamorgan chase down 188 to beat Lancashire in Cardiff.

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  9. Wallace and Gromit set for 'cracking' statuepublished at 07:27 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    The much-loved animated characters will be cast in bronze in their creator's birthplace of Preston.

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  10. Glamorgan need 51 runs to beat Lancspublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Glamorgan need a further 51 runs to win against Lancashire with seven wickets and two days' play remaining.

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  11. Boy, 14, arrested after girl raped at reservoirpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    A girl was attacked at Hollingworth Lake on Wednesday afternoon, police say.

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  12. Health chief wants vaccine walk-ins for all adultspublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Lancashire's public health director wants permission to increase the vaccine rollout in the county.

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  13. New £210m AI computing centre 'will help business'published at 11:56 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    The centre will be led by IBM and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, a minister says.

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  14. Cyclist killed in crash was adored, family sayspublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    Charlie Lewis who died in a crash in Gorton, Manchester was an adored dad, his partner says.

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  15. Nineteen wickets fall as fans return to Glamorganpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    19 wickets fell on the first day between Glamorgan and Lancashire as fans return to Sophia Gardens

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  16. Three fined after Covid test teacher harassmentpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    Two women and a man, who said Covid-19 was "a lie" and broke lockdown rules, are fined £2,000 each.

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  17. Man held over fall death released without chargepublished at 08:33 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    The death of a woman who fell from a building is no longer being treated as suspicious, police say.

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  18. 'Long Covid means I constantly smell rotten meat'published at 08:22 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    Sally McCreith, 31, says her distorted sense of taste and smell has "turned her life upside down".

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  19. Shut county's schools amid Covid rise, says unionpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Lancashire has 10 areas in the top 20 worst-affected by coronavirus cases in England.

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  20. PC jailed for selling police intelligencepublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    Mohammed Malik, 37, sold sensitive data while working for Greater Manchester Police, a court hears.

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