A MECHANIC has launched a fundraiser after he was crestfallen when all of his tools were stolen from his van. Lee Harrison, 38, who runs LMH Auto Services, came home from working as a doorman in the early hours of Sunday to find his van doors open and all of his tools missing. He is unsure of the exact value of the tools as he has been collecting them since he was 15, but believes that they could have amounted to almost £20,000 worth of equipment. Lee, who lives in Higher Croft, Blackburn, is heartbroken that not only had he, as a self-employed mechanic, has lost all of his tools he has spent his life collecting, but that this has left him unable to work until he can buy enough of them back.
A MECHANIC has launched a fundraiser after he was crestfallen when all of his tools were stolen from his van. Lee Harrison, 38, who runs LMH Auto Services, came home from working as a doorman in the early hours of Sunday to find his van doors open and all of his tools missing. He is unsure of the exact value of the tools as he has been collecting them since he was 15, but believes that they could have amounted to almost £20,000 worth of equipment. Lee, who lives in Higher Croft, Blackburn, is heartbroken that not only had he, as a self-employed mechanic, has lost all of his tools he has spent his life collecting, but that this has left him unable to work until he can buy enough of them back.
1/1 The youth defendant in the Alison McBlain murder trial has said one of his co-defendants threatened to kill him if he told police about the events of that fateful night. The 17-year-old, who was 16 at the time of Alison s death and cannot be named for legal reasons, told the jury at Preston Crown Court that on November 19 2019, he was a back seat passenger in the Fiat Punto that hit Alison and victim Christian Rivers, along with Kaylib Connolly, Dean Qayum and Joshua Titterington.
Alison McBlain Giving evidence, the teen said co-defendant, Titterington, who he knew but was not friends with, had threatened to kill him if he grassed to the police .
Driver behind the wheel A MOTORIST within the BB12 postcode has racked up four times the number of allowed of penalty points on a licence according to the latest figures. The DVLA publishes statistics by postode area - the digits that come before the space in the full postcode and it shows that that 112 drivers in East Lancashire had at least 12 points on their licence. The highest offender was from the Fence, Sabden Fold, Simonstone, Padiham or Higham area with 48 points to their name. Here is the Drivers can be disqualified from driving if they amass more than 12 points within three years, with repeat offenders banned for up to two years.