Teen arrested after bomb scare: Stories you might have missed at the weekend

May 9, 2022

Adam Lord

Audience Editor

Hello,

Every Monday we’ll fill you in on what you might have missed at the weekend.

A 16-year-old has been arrested under the Explosives Act after parts of a homemade bomb were discovered in Chorley.

Neighbours were evacuated and surrounding roads cordoned off by police when a “suspicious object” was discovered.

Elsewhere, news of a landmark Leyland pub wanting to create a beer garden at the front as well as the back got you talking.

A viral video was the hot topic of PNE’s final-day win against Middlesbrough with more than two dozen visiting fans filmed hitching a lift to a Preston pub in the back of a police van. Lancashire Constabulary say there are now investigating.

As for on-field matters, Scott Sinclair has confirmed his PNE departure while there was a fond farewell to stalwart Paul Huntington.

Thanks for reading,

Adam

adam.lord@ nationalworld.com


	Teenager arrested in Lancashire after police and Army bomb squad evacuate street - this is what they discovered

	A 16-year-old has been arrested under the Explosives Act after parts of a homemade bomb were discovered in Chorley.

Plans to re-open an old blocked up railway tunnel under the busy A6 near Garstang for pedestrians and cyclists have been ditched.

The former Frontierland site in Morecambe is one of the council’s top priorities for action this year.

A landmark town centre pub wants to create a beer garden at the front as well as the back.

A new ‘fine dining’ experience opens in the heart of Penwortham today as the eagerly awaited Vinro restaurant welcomes its first diners this evening.

More than two dozen visiting Middlesbrough fans were filmed hitching a lift to a Preston pub in the back of a police van today (Friday, May 7).

Scott Sinclair has announced that he is leaving Preston North End.

Preston North End fans got a final chance to see their side in action ahead of the summer break.