A charity fundraiser who stole £24,000 from the disabled children’s charity she worked for has been jailed for 15 months. Fiona Barnes, 55, was so desperate to avoid prison she […]

A prolific burglar who raided a house in Preston and stole a laptop containing a masters’ degree student’s work has been jailed for three years. Elona Green, 34, was high […]

An irate neighbour lost his temper and stabbed a man because he was angry when water bombs had been thrown at his freshly cleaned windows, a court has heard. Jason […]

The mother of a murdered teenager has been ordered to remove tributes from her son’s grave, in the week which marks the anniversary of his death. Jon-Jo Highton, 18, was […]

A man who groomed a schoolgirl via Blackbery Messenger for five months before raping her in woods near Preston North End’s stadium has been jailed. Declan Cross, now 20, met […]

A pub-goer has been banned from his favourite boozer after he floored another man he saw him talking to his date at the bar. Robert Sneddon had been celebrating a […]

A man chased a stranger down a Preston street with a meat cleaver after throwing him out of his girlfriend’s house. Callum Major, 27, was angry the man had returned […]

The former charity fundraiser at the troubled SPACE Centre has admitted stealing £25,000 from the charity’s coffers. Fiona Barnes, 54, fled the charity in July 2012 when it emerged she […]