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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Marc Waddington

    Fresh sighting of missing Bolton girl Lillia, 13 (opens the original)

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    Police have received fresh CCTV of a girl who has been missing from home for a week. Lillia, 13, from Bolton, was last seen by her family last Friday, but was seen later that evening in Manchester's Picadilly bus station, and at the Trafford Centre the following day. Officers who have been handing out hundreds of leaflets to try to locate Lillia have now released new footage of her at a McDonald's restaurant in Piccadilly from Sunday at about 20:20 BST. Greater Manchester Police Ch Spt Int Helen

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Marc Waddington

    Police had councillor's fingerprints on hate mail but dropped case (opens the original)

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    Police had fingerprint evidence linking a high-profile councillor to a poison pen letter up to 12 months before he went on to target another politician in a "persistent and wicked" hate mail campaign. Well-known Liverpool anti-poverty campaigner Gerard Woodhoue, 63, was given a community order last year for harassing ex-Lord Mayor Christine Banks – who he had known for 50 years – with anonymous letters and cards in the post between 2023 and 2025. But the BBC has learned that although an investig

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Marc Waddington

    Family says man killed in train crash was 'centre of their world' (opens the original)

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    The family of a man who was killed when the van he was driving was hit by a train on a crossing have said he was "the centre of their world". Simon Gettings, 55, was killed when the supermarket delivery van he was driving was hit by a Northern train in Burscough, Lancashire, on Saturday at about 15:00 BST. The family of the Southport married father-of-two said he had retired as a teacher after 25 years "so he could spend more time" with them. A British Transport Police (BTP) investigation into t

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Marc Waddington

    Fears over Burscough 'high risk' crossing after train crash death (opens the original)

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    An investigation is continuing into how a delivery vehicle and a train collided on a crossing, killing a van driver. The incident happened off Martin Lane and Whitehouse Lane in Burscough, West Lancashire, on Saturday at about 15:00 GMT, when a train from Southport to Manchester collided with what is understood to be a supermarket delivery vehicle. People living in the area have told the BBC that it was not uncommon for the gate on the crossing to be left open at times by people using it. The cl

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Marc Waddington

    Mum says family 'lucky to be alive' after Burscough train crash (opens the original)

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    A rail passenger has told how she feels "lucky to be alive" after her train crashed with a van, killing the delivery driver. Sophie Cassidy was travelling in the train when it hit a van on a railway line. The van driver died at the scene in Burscough, West Lancashire, just after 15:00 BST on Saturday. The 26-year-old's daughter was hit by flying glass when the door to the Northern train driver's compartment sheered off its hinges in the crash on the Wigan Wallgate-Southport train. The mother-of-

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