Today we are dealing with tragedy within our community following the death of nine-year-old Jordan Banks.
He was just playing football at 5pm last night when he was struck by lightning and killed during an unexpected storm.
No child should be in danger while doing what he loves at teatime and today all thoughts are with the youngster's family and friends for their unbearable loss.
Jordan was a selfless child who has featured smiling in our pages during his charity efforts for a mental health charity.
It was not his time to go, and the community is already pulling together to help a family who is enduring the unimaginable.
When an activities coordinator visited the care home she works at on her wedding day to show off her beautiful white dress, she didn't know that staff and residents had prepared a surprise celebration.
Spanish detectives are investigating claims Preston man Andrew 'Ed' Walch, who was stabbed to death in Tenerife on Thursday, was the 'aggressor' rather than the victim of a suspected burglary.
A volunteer from Deepdale who was shunned by his family for his sexuality has now been nominated for the National Diversity Awards in the Positive Role Model category following his dedication to charitable causes and raising awareness of mental health struggles.
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