Matthew Calderbank
Matthew Calderbank
Chief Reporter for Lancashire Post / Blackpool Gazette
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The scene of the crash in Blackpool Road after a police chase through the streets of Preston on Monday evening (April 21)

Watch: Car crashes into crossing after police deploy 'stinger'

Police say the vehicle was pursued by officers for over 20 minutes, with the driver often speeding through residential areas and taking risky manoeuvres.

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The scene in Berry Lane, Longridge this morning (Friday, March 14)

Ram-raid thieves smash digger into Co-op and steal cash machine

I'm 13 and my friends call me Mary Poppins because of the way I dress

Matt Horsfall, 39, scaled the rocks forming the waterfall at Dockber Farm near Sawley in Lancashire when he was attending the Beat-Herder music festival. He ignored a 'do not enter' sign which warned of "sharp rocks" and said the "water is poison" to pose for a video

I fell off a waterfall during a music festival. I nearly died.

The Honda Acty micro-van was flipped onto its side in Clifton Road, Fleetwood at around 3.40am on Tuesday (January 22)

Video: Vandals tip van onto side in social media stunt

The man has been identified after a year-long investigation. His body was found on December 7, 2023, in a field in Dean Brook, near to Horrobin Lane in Rivington

Mystery of dead man found in field solved after 12 month investigation

Paul Fiddler died after a tree fell onto his Citroen van on the A59 at Longton

Storm Darragh: Falling tree kills football coach driving on busy road

A doorbell camera captured the breast cancer charity worker saying "hope you get it" to a woman who chose not to donate

'Hope you get it!' Cancer charity worker caught saying the unthinkable

Wetherspoons explains why dogs are banned from its pubs

John Cowen in Episode 6626 of Countdown which aired on Channel 4 on July, 19, 2017. Credit: Channel 4 / ITV Studios Entertainment

Countdown champ charged with stabbing opponent at chaotic tournament

Police bodycam footage has revealed the moment John Robinson, 31, was arrested in Blackpool

Bodycam footage shows moment rioter is nabbed by police

The driver of a Citroën C1 travelling the wrong way on the M55 in Lancashire on September 26.

Watch: Pensioner drives wrong way on motorway forcing driver to swerve

Watch dashcam footage of the moment a driver has to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with a pensioner driving the wrong way down the motorway.

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Jamie Pearson, 27, was found unresponsive in the disabled toilets of the emergency ward at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Friday, August 16

"My suicidal son went to A+E for help but he died in a toilet"

Jamie Pearson, 27, was found unresponsive in the disabled toilets of the emergency ward at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Friday, August 16. Credit: Max Fox / GoFundMe

Man killed himself in A&E toilet while waiting to be seen at hospital

Gila Brown, 27, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene in Gorton Street, North Shore at around 9.30am on Thursday morning

Family pay tribute to 27-year-old mum found dead inside old ambulance

At one point his distraught colleagues thought PC Ashley Aspinall might die at the scene

"I thought I was going to die": Cop relives brutal attack in video

Stephanie Thorpe, from Farnworth in Bolton, worked with special needs children and her partner Carl and baby boy Alfie paid tribute to her as an ‘ 'amazing, funny and irreplaceable' mum

Tributes paid to 'loving' mum who died after going to music festival

The tragedy happened in the Lake District on a school trip

Tragedy as boy, 16, drowns on school trip to Lake District

George Fenlon with baby daughter Clara Georgia, who was born just weeks before he died (Courtesy Melissa Fenlon / SWNS)

Holidaymaker jailed for killing expectant dad in attack

Emergency workers near the village of Masca, Tenerife, where the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, continues. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire

Jay Slater search party finds British holidaymaker trapped in gorge

The mother of a British teenager who has gone missing during a holiday in Tenerife said having to search for her son has been “horrendous”

Watch mum of missing Tenerife teen Jay Slater's first video interview

Liam Bain was jailed after a court heard his bizarre behaviour left residents feeling intimidated, depressed and afraid leave their homes. Some even considered moving house to escape him.

Watch: Man terrorises residents dressed in Spiderman mask

Ian Gilheaney was jailed for 2 years and 4 months after leading police on a 'hair-raising' chase around the streets of Accrington

Watch: 'Hair-raising' police chase like something out of GTA

The out-of-control driver nearly mows down schoolchildren in the adrenaline-fueled getaway - watch below.

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Emergency services were called to the scene in Dickson Road, near Bute Avenue, Blackpool where the victim was attacked with a knife behind a row of Promenade hotels at around 8.45pm on Saturday

Man in hospital after seafront stabbing

Going, going...gone. The car was left to sink below the waves on Cleveleys beach. Pic credit: Susan Santoro

Going, going, gone: £35k car lost to sea after being stranded on beach

Mandy Holmes sadly died after falling from a bridge over the M6 at Barnacre, near Preston on Tuesday, April 23

Mum dies after bridge fall

Ben Longton, 18, feared he would ‘die if he fell asleep’ after he spent nine hours trapped alone in a snowy canyon following his 32ft (10m) fall on Scafell Pike.

"I knew if I fell asleep I would die" says teen trapped on mountain

Ellis Gibbs, 17, died in hospital after a crash involving his motorbike and a Toyota Aygo car in Garstang Road, Catterall at around 2.05pm on Wednesday

"He was my special boy": Mum's tribute to son, 17, killed in crash

An 18-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, criminal damage (the dogs), ABH (the woman), disqualified driving and driving with no insurance

Out-of-control biker kills two dogs

Shiz, a popular Penwortham barber, is still struggling with the emotional and mental trauma of his ordeal, as he begins rebuilding his life

I nearly killed myself after paedophile hunters mistakenly targeted me

A fire has broken out at the new civil service offices at Talbot Gateway in Blackpool this morning. Picture credit: Tanya Leeming

New £100m government offices on fire

Tommie-lee Gracie Billington, 11, died on a sleepover at a house in Greenset Close in Lancaster, Lancashire on Saturday, March 2

Inquest into death of boy, 11

Tommie-lee Gracie Billington, 11, from Preston, died in an incident at a home in Greenset Close, Lancaster on Saturday

Boy, 11, dies at sleepover

Blackpool youth football coach Aaron Clark jailed for 16 years for raping girls under 13

Football coach raped girls under 13

The 11-year-old died suddenly at a home in Lancaster on Saturday (March 2)

Boy, 11, found dead

The 'metallic-looking orbs' were filmed over Blackpool on Monday (February 12)

Watch: Spinning UFOs caught on camera

Cody Chitty's problems began when he moved to Lancashire

Teen used angle grinder in bizarre ping pong game with schoolgirls

David Beckett, 50, and a 17-month-old girl were killed in the tragic crash in Hesketh Lane, Tarleton on Sunday morning (February 4)

Dad died with baby in crash

Killer, William Wilkinson (pictured right in CCTV image), has been jailed for murder after killing and dismembering the body of his neighbour Edward Forrester (pictured left). Pictures: Lancashire police. Pictures: Lancashire police

Killer dismembered neighbour's body

Layton with his mum Stacey Bailey

Boy, 8, died playing outside home

Blackpool rapper Millie Bracewell who has been criticised for pushing plastic media discounts

Millie B: TikTok rapper slammed for trivialising cosmetic surgery

Pedestrian fights for life after rush-hour crash

Police and fire crews near the scene at the estuary in Lytham before dawn on Tuesday (January 9).

Woman's body found in estuary

The cannabis farm was growing across four floors in the Blackpool hotel

£400k cannabis farm inside seaside hotel

A woman in her 50s was found with serious head injuries in Plungington Road, Preston at around 11pm on Monday (December 11)

Man held for attempted murder as woman in 50s is seriously hurt

A major incident has been declared at Blackpool Victoria Hospital after a power cut led to the evacuation of the maternity and children's wards. (Credit: Blackpool Gazette)

Major incident declared at hospital and maternity ward evacuated

Tributes have been paid to 61-year-old Mary Percival who collapsed and died after a fight broke out at Bar 19 in Queen Street, Blackpool at around 5.15pm on Sunday (October 15). Mary has been described as an "incredibly loving and compassionate woman, with a heart of gold that touched the lives of everyone who knew her".

Tributes to woman aged 61 'with heart of gold' who died after bar fight

Blackpool hotel electric shock death - 10-year-old victim named

Ahmed Karwan Abdulla, 36, and his three-year-old daughter Dunya were last seen on April 10 in the Promenade area of Blackpool

Police ‘extremely concerned’ for missing dad and daughter, 3

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