Ormskirk

The victim was left "permanently disfigured" by the attack on a service between Liverpool and Ormskirk.

West Lancashire Council warns other services may have to be cut as a way of balancing its budget.

West Lancashire Council has to scrap its plans to close two swimming pools after losing a key vote.

The Miyawaki method means woodland grows to its full scale in about 30 years instead of 200 years.

Cholangiocarcinoma, a type of liver cancer, has a "dismal" five-year survival rate, says a charity.

It would cost more than £1m to keep the pools in Ormskirk and Skelmersdale open, a council report says.

Police commend the "bravery" of two victims who were teenage girls at the time.

Trust House Lancashire says it helped more than 1,000 people last year, aged between four and 77.