Motorist captures terrifying near miss with campervan on M6 near Preston

Aug 5, 2020

Good afternoon,

I hope you are all well and have remembered your brolly.

With most of Lancashire facing downpours and some flood warnings today, you'd be forgiven for forgetting this is summer.

You'll be unsurprised to hear one Lancashire village has even been given an unwanted accolade for record rainfall!

Today we share a video which captures the heart-stopping moment a motorist is forced to swerve out of the way of an undertaking campervan on the M6 near Preston.

In further road news, a key link road has quietly opened after years of delays.

And the post-lockdown decimation of the high street continues with both WHSmith and William Hill making swingeing cuts to staff and shops.

Plus new lockdown rules impacting the north of England became law last night and we explain what that means.

If you are feeling nostalgic for the good old days we continually share retro and nostalgia - here we look at what Lancashire looked like in 1972.

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Enjoy your day.

Nicola Adam, deputy editor Lancashire Post

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