All news by author: Susan Newton

Businesses in a Lancashire market town are suffering due to never-ending road works - with one shop now being forced to shut down due to reduced footfall of customers

When Aimee Mendel took sodium valproate to manage her epilepsy, she was told there was only a slightly greater chance than the average pregnancy that her baby would develop cleft palate or Spina Bifida

Jeff Walker, from Blackpool, died on Christmas Day last year while on holiday in Australia - but while fiancée Donna Jones and his family were attending a memorial, their home was burgled

The circus has been a staple of the Blackpool Tower and the resort, for many years, but a dark secret lies beneath in the depths - and even wild animals were kept captive inside

Rawtenstall, in Rossendale, was named as an improving town on The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live list last year but residents have mixed views

UK seaside towns are always a hit with holidaymakers but there's one popular town where locals run to 'hide' during the peak seasons such as Easter, summer and Christmas

Kirsten Martin, 38, began developing crippling stomach pains over the Christmas period with no signs of improvement - before tragically dying less than two weeks later

Lee Penrose, from Lancashire, was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) at only 31-years-old - now he will embark on the treacherous challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

EDF Energy customer Mel is classed as 'vulnerable' due to living with fibromyalgia and was left feeling degraded when a customer service worker was heard calling her 'entitled' while contesting a £4,500 energy bill

The Woodier family have been living in the former vicarage of St Oswald’s Church on Lancaster Road, Knott-End-on-Sea for six years but at the end of September they were given notice to vacate

Howard Don has genetic haemochromatosis (GH), a condition caused by a person's body building up too much iron. One of the main treatments for GH is removing blood, a treatment Don calls "medieval'

Louise Chambers, from Preston, told how her foot "felt a bit heavy on the clutch" while she was driving on a family holiday and went to see a doctor where she was told she had terminal cancer

Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, is now full of charity shops, barber shops, nail and tattoo bars, according to residents, but it was once a popular tourist destination

Eleanor Williams was jailed for more than eight years at Preston Crown Court for lying about being being a victim of a grooming gang in Barrow, Cumbria

Millie Radford has accused her 22 Kids and Counting star parents of making money out of their grandkids after claiming the couple did not take all of their grandkids on holiday to Florida

Amanda Jane had gone to the popular restaurant with her daughter for a meal to celebrate Mothers' Day, but the pair were left horrified by the cleanliness of the bathroom

Julianna Bransden was showing flu-like symptoms on New Year's Eve, but the following day her condition got worse and she was taken to hospital, where doctors found she had sepsis

A number of residents have said that Amazon delivery drivers let themselves into homes in order to drop off parcels, rather than waiting for people to come to the door

Aden Franks has called Morrisons 'ridiculous' after he claims his local store in Leyland turned him away 35 minutes before closing because he was trying to shop with a trolley

Casey Singleton, 22, only learned she'd had a stroke when when she visited a physiotherapist and was told to see a doctor immediately after experiencing blurred vision