Emma Stanley
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Chorley Apprentice star's pie shop closure prompts Burnham reply (opens the original)
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A pie shop owner who starred in The Apprentice has told Prime Minister Andy Burnham he is closing one of his three shops because of rising business costs. In a social media post directed at the prime minister, Paul Bowen, who owns Bowen Pies in Chorley, Lancashire, said the increase in employers' National Insurance was "the tipping edge" to him shutting the shop on Market Street, despite it taking £100,000 a year. "We were already trying to cover everything else going up. Then the government mad
Dad who hates sand in Sahara charity trek for children's hospice (opens the original)
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A dad who hates sand is trekking the Sahara Desert to raise money for the hospice that cares for his son. Andrew Privett, from Leyland in Lancashire, is one of 31 adventurers who are preparing to trek 30 miles (48km) across Morocco's Erg Chegaga Dunes over six days in November. They will face extreme temperatures, challenging terrain and long days beneath the desert sun, in the first overseas challenge for Chorley's Derian House Children's Hospice. Andrew, whose 12-year-old son Jacob is supporte
Couple surprise wedding guests with mini steam train ride (opens the original)
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A couple who met while working for a train company gave their guests a "complete surprise" at their wedding when they put on a miniature steam train to take them to the venue. Helen and Rory Appleton, from Golborne, near Wigan, have been together for 10 years and tied the knot at Bashall Barn in Clitheroe, Lancashire, last week. "Without the railway there's no me and Helen," Rory said, "So we felt it only natural to include some railway elements into the wedding." He said it was "absolutely bonk
Mum's surprise proposal on favourite Blackpool rollercoaster (opens the original)
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A mum-of-two said a marriage proposal on her favourite rollercoaster ride had been "extra special". Nicolle Henderson's fiance Derek Cowan popped the question on the Avalanche ride - a steel bobsled ride at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool. The couple, from Scotland, have been together for three years and the staff made sure they had the ride to themselves under the pretence that Derek, who is a mechanic, had been given permission to look at the ride's workings. "I wasn't suspicious because De
Blackburn murder arrest after two people found dead at house (opens the original)
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were found dead in a house in Blackburn. Lancashire Police said the bodies of a man and woman were found at the home in Hardman Street in the town at about 08:20 BST, and a man aged in his 40s had been arrested. The man and woman, who have not been named, were both pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they were unable to confirm the victims' ages but local residents told the BBC they were elderly. Police said a dedicated team o
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