🔵 Controversial TikTok 'star' Ellis Matthews deported back to UK

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🔵 Controversial Lancashire-born TikTok 'star' Ellis Matthews has been deported back to the UK after spending eleven weeks stuck in a Thai prison, following Visa issues and TikTok trolls accusing her of child abuse.
🔵 The UK Government has called out a number of Lancashire-based businesses for failing to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage. Check out the local wall of shame here.
🔵 Revised plans to partially demolish a 225-year-old Preston pub – leaving a substantial part of it standing for alternative future use – will be considered by councillors next week.

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