Burscough

Bradley Shipstone-Walsh died after an unsecured fireplace surround fell on him while playing at home.

The daughter of a woman who lost everything in a house fire praises the "amazing" community response.

Cattle egrets eat grasshoppers, ticks and crickets, feeding from the ground disturbed by livestock.

Sixteen primary schools have joined the Pot Gang scheme which aims to teach children life skills.

The beauty spot, which drew 140,000 visitors last year, said "strict" protection measures were in place.

Further cases of bird flu are detected near Penrith in Cumbria and near Bedale in North Yorkshire.

Martin Mere Wetland Centre says a possible case of bird flu relates one of the collection birds.