Lancashire
‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis
A day at Blackburn magistrates court highlights the confusion after closures in Blackpool and Preston
Helen Pidd North of England editor
30, Nov, 2023 @9:45 AM
King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations
Exclusive: Duchy of Lancaster changes investment policy amid questions over how money collected from dead people is used
Maeve McClenaghan, Rob Evans and Henry Dyer
25, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
King’s estate facing questions over £14m in ‘bona vacantia’ not donated to charity
Duchy of Lancaster says money it collects from dead people goes to charity after costs and ‘obligations’, raising questions about sum yet to be donated
Maeve McClenaghan, Henry Dyer and Rob Evans
24, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
King’s estate collecting assets of the dead is ‘bizarre feudal remnant’, says Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester mayor is calling on government to launch consultation on Duchy of Lancaster’s use of bona vacantia
Maeve McClenaghan, Rob Evans and Henry Dyer
24, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens
Exclusive: Assets of thousands of people in north-west England used to upgrade king’s property empire via archaic custom
Maeve McClenaghan, Rob Evans and Henry Dyer
23, Nov, 2023 @5:46 PM
How royal estates use bona vacantia to collect money from dead people
Latin term meaning ‘vacant goods’ relates to people who die without a will or known heirs
Rob Evans, Maeve McClenaghan and Henry Dyer
23, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM
‘He would turn in his grave’: the dead whose assets went to King Charles’s estate
For those who die with no will or heirs in parts of England, the king’s estate claims their assets. Here are some of their stories
Maeve McClenaghan, Henry Dyer and Rob Evans
23, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM
Diver in Nicola Bulley search caused ‘false alarm’ to family, report says
Police tell review into investigation that Peter Faulding made statements ‘at odds’ with theirs, causing confusion among public
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
21, Nov, 2023 @5:11 PM
David Upton obituary
Other lives: Editor, writer on Lancashire evening newspapers and freelance theatre critic across the north-west of England
Mark Seacombe
16, Nov, 2023 @12:28 PM
Lancashire county council criticised for not fixing pothole blamed for cyclist’s death
Coroner says Harry Colledge, 84, would probably be alive if council had acted on warnings about 87-metre-long crack in the road
Matthew Weaver
15, Oct, 2023 @4:29 PM
Young country diary: What’s this hiding on the coastline? | Aisha
Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: After skimming stones into the sea, we saw a rock pipit – but it was so well camouflaged we nearly missed it
Aisha
23, Sep, 2023 @10:01 AM
Carnivorous plants return to Lancashire peatland after 100 years
Insect-eating sundew plants among 17,500 reintroduced as part of carbon-sequestering conservation scheme
Patrick Barkham
14, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM
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