Quarry plan could end young deaths

Plus: Police officer's indecent images and jaw-dropping fire details emerge

Hello and welcome to today’s edition of The Lancashire Lead. I send this having just returned from a weekend in Belfast - what a place that is to visit.

The edition starts with a look at a potentially life-saving planning application. In Appley Bridge, near the border of West Lancs and Wigan, the former East Quarry attracts scores of young people wheneve…