The weather may be not so good but the vehicles on display should brighten your day at Motorfest. With over 300 cars including vintage, modern and racing there should be a favourite for everyone. Coronation Park is full of cars and stalls and sadly puddles from the rain but a coat and umbrella will allow you to have some fun.
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A local resident has started a consultation to try to reduce the number of accidents on the County Road/A59 in Ormskirk. The junctions by the Fiveways pub and the Hayfield Pub are well know accident hotspots, whilst the junction by Yew Tree Lane is also problematic. In December 2017 69-year-old John Roberts died after a crash involving a his BMW
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Police are seeking information after a 45-year-old convicted sex offender has gone missing at an address in Clitheroe on August 2. He has also failed to attend probation appointments. Norman Ormerod was convicted of making indecent images of children in 2011 and 2015. Ormerod has links to Lancashire and Cumbria and may have travelled to the North Yorkshire or Humberside
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School Lane and Carr Lane will be closed for around four weeks whilst gas repairs are carried out. The bridge over the Liverpool to Leeds canal will be inaccessible as there is a large hole in a road leading up to it. A post on Facebook Group Burscough Community Forum has implied quite a few drivers are ignoring the road
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Ormskirk residents are being challenged by Bike hire scheme Bike & Go to help them find the most Instagrammable bike ride in the region. This is part of a project to uncover the UK’s most social media-worthy cycle routes. The #Instacycleroutes guide will celebrate the bike rides with the best photo opportunities in England and Scotland – the two countries
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A female cyclist died following a collision in Aughton, Ormskirk on Sunday. Police were called to Bold Lane at around 13:05 on Sunday August 19th following reports of a serious collision involving a cyclist and a Ford Ka. Despite the best efforts of the North West Ambulance Service, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Air Ambulance, the
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Police have closed Bold Lane in Aughton. The road was closed around 3pm and we are awaiting confirmation on what caused the closure, but witnesses have suggested it was a crash. Police have two cordons in place, one by Ledson Grove and another by Sandy Lane/Beech Road. Please avoid the area until the police re-open the road.
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