Shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla says it has spent nearly £9m with suppliers as it finishes off its second horizontally drilled well at its site at Preston new Road near Blackpool.

Daughter #2 is 16 today.

My first act today is to give you a postcard impression of the Drury Lane’s Theatre in London, for the first production here took place during this week in 1663.

Jason Walker rolled back the years with a spot of vintage poaching to ignite Chorley's promotion dreams as his goal slayed Stockport County in the first round of the play-offs

Glen Chapple knows he has a tough selection call to make when Lancashire welcome back James Anderson for the next two County Championship matches.

There is a ‘high possibility’ of Preston landing long-term target Ryan Ledson in the near future after missing out on him in January.