15 of the quirkiest and most unusual stories which Lancashire people loved and read the most in 2022

These stories are the ones which everyone was talking about this year – from pink pigeons and ‘Banksy’ murals to Chorley cakes made in Burnely and a stand-off over a McDonald’s breakfast.

It’s by no means an exhaustive compilation but these are the stories which were read the most online and you read them here first. And if you didn’t catch them first time round, now’s the chance to find out the quirkiest and most unusual stories covered by our reporters, in what has been a packed 2022 for news.