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  1. Preston chief executive Peter Ridsdale clapping

  3. A area of peatland scorched and blackened by fire.

  4. A woman walks in a park with a black dog on a lead. Leaves can be seen scattered across the floor, with benches and play equipment seen.

  5. Shoppers on Church Street, Blackpool, on a sunny day with Blackpool Tower in the background.

  6. Councillor Stephen Atkinson standing outside County Hall in Preston smiling. He has short fair hair and stubble and is wearing a red rose badge on his navy blue suit jacket.

  7. No current ownership talks at Preston - Ridsdale

    Hemmings family 'totally committed' to Preston North End - Ridsdale

    Preston North End have met with six potential new owners over the past year, according to chief executive Peter Ridsdale.

    The Lilywhites finished 20th in the Championship this season, securing their status on the final day with a draw at Bristol City, as well as reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals.

    "We're not currently talking to anybody, I've probably met half a dozen people over the past 12 months - but as we are today none are at the table," Ridsdale told BBC Radio Lancashire.

    "I think most are shocked by how much it takes to invest in a Championship club."

    Preston have spent the past 10 seasons in the Championship and have been owned by the Hemmings family since 2010 when the late businessman Trevor Hemmings bought the club following a winding up petition by HM Revenue and Customs.

    "The days when the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker locally could afford to own clubs are long gone," said Ridsdale.

    "To be honest the days when millionaires could afford to own a Championship club are also long gone."

    To push towards the Premier League the former Leeds chairman itted North End will need significant outside investment.

    "If we are to match the aspirations of our ers then we need to be attracting some of the people who are buying into clubs in the Premier League or more recently Birmingham," he said.

    "Outside investment of a minority stake doesn't work - if you're going to buy a club you want to make the decisions."

    Peter Ridsdale was talking to BBC Radio Lancashire's Andy Bayes.

  8. Police custody image of David Shorrock with brown thinning hair and brown and grey beard wearing a grey top.

  9. Rydal Court in Morecambe, a red brick three storey block of flats with white windows and cars parked outside the front in a car park

  10. Worcestershire's Jake Libby

  11. Google streetview of Central Drive with Coral Island casino on left and shops on the right. Blackpool Tower rises above against a clouded blue sky

  12. Surrey's Bryony Smith

  13. Calvin Harrison bowling for Northants

  14. Google streetview of roads going to the shopping centre between hotels and a redbrick venue. Blackpool Tower can be seen rising in the backdrop

  15. Nottinghamshire's Lyndon James

  16. View from across the Lower Pool at RSPB Leighton Moss at the newly build Lower Hide.

  17. A close-up of a set of traffic lights in Preston. The red and amber lights are illuminated.

  18. Cars on a busy road with large trees either side

  19. Marcus Harris batting

  20. Coral Island amusement centre Blackpool promenade with Blackpool Tower in the background

  21. Bishop Campbell (left) has grey hair, metallic spectacles and a silver chain and is wearing a white clerical dog collar with a black shirt. Bishop Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV is wearing a black cardinal's soutane with red edgings and buttons, and a red skull cap. He has thin greying hair.

  22. A close up picture of the centipede on a cardboard box. It is a yellow/grey colour and has 15 pairs of legs which appear to have black stripes on them

  23. Exposed stone and bricks are revealed at Woodhead Reservoir, where the water level has lowered significantly. The water is surrounded by green hills, covered in trees.

  24. Cerys Vaughan

  25. Lewis McManus batting