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Riots occur in response to a previous mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside. The right-wing English Defence League was present in front of a mosque, despite not having existed for over a decade.
2024-07-30

A body believed to be missing 19-year-old Jay Slater from Lancashire, United Kingdom, is found near where he was reported missing in Tenerife, Spain, after a 28-day search.
2024-07-15

Fracking for shale gas begins in the United Kingdom for the first time since it was suspended in 2011 after being linked to a series of earthquakes. Cuadrilla Resources say they will spend at least three months fracking two horizontal wells in Lancashire.
2018-10-15

Thousands of far-right activists attend a protest in London, United Kingdom amid a recent crackdown on far-right activity on social media. Guest speakers included former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, "Vice" magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes, and UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Gerard Batten.
2018-05-6

Heavy rain from the fifth officially named storm of the season leads to serious flooding across Lancashire and Yorkshire in northern England.
2015-12-26

2013 meat adulteration scandal: Britain's Food Standards Agency says that 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary and labelled as beef has been discovered in Lancashire.
2013-03-22

Strathclyde Police warns against use of the legal intoxicant "Annihilation" (or "Mary Joy"), which has previously been noted in the Shetland Isles, Lancashire and Tyneside.
2012-10-8

An earthquake occurs in Blackpool, Lancashire: a company, Cuadrilla Resources, suspends gas drilling operations.
2011-06-1

Details emerge of contacts between the far-right English Defence League and extremist U.S. groups such as the American Tea Party in a "war on Islamification".
2010-10-10

67 people are arrested and several people are injured during a clash between members of the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism in the town centre of Bolton, UK.
2010-03-20