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• New all-weather sports pitches at Heysham get green light

  Plans for new multi-use sports pitches in Heysham have been given the go-ahead.

• Lancaster hospital bosses take extra measures to cope with pressures on services

  The Trust that runs the Royal Lancaster Infirmary says it's taking additional steps to maintain safe services and cope with growing demands.

• New houses and care home at Slyne are approved again

  A new housing and care home scheme at Slyne has again been given planning permission.

• Fire crews rescue foal stuck in mud near Bay Gateway

  Fire crews were called out to rescue an animal trapped in mud on land near to the Bay Gateway.

• New housing on Lancaster city centre car park gets thumbs up

  Plans to build houses on a Lancaster car park have been approved despite claims that "it isn't the right site or the right time".

• Skerton High School and Mainway housing plans move forward

  A new approach to delivering much-needed affordable homes in Skerton has been approved by Lancaster City Council.

• Our guide to local public bonfire events and fireworks displays

  Here is a list of some of the local bonfire night events and fireworks displays announced for this November.

• Chance to meet your neighbourhood policing team across Lancaster district

  A mobile police station will be set up at various location across the Lancaster district this week.

• ‘Close call’ as man rescued from quicksand in Morecambe Bay

  A man had to be rescued from quicksand in Morecambe Bay over the weekend, in what emergency teams described as a ‘close call’.

• Morecambe man given 15 year sentence for causing death of taxi passenger by dangerous driving

  A Morecambe man has been jailed after admitting causing the death of a taxi passenger by dangerous driving.

• LISTEN: Light Up Lancaster set to illuminate city once again

  Lancaster's celebrated festival of light will return for three days of magical illuminated artworks.

• Halloween What's On Guide

  It's spooky season and here are some of the ghostly goings-on throughout the Lancaster and Morecambe Bay area.

• LISTEN: Lancaster school pupils and The Thick of It writer team up on time travel film

  Pupils at a Lancaster school and an Emmy-winning writer have joined forces once again - this time to make a film about time travel.

• Lancaster and Morecambe stage school wows audiences in London's theatreland

  Musical theatre students from Lancaster and Morecambe have performed in the heart of London's West End.

• Talk on 'China's Sea Power and UK Security' to be held in Lancaster

  World-leading experts will gather in Lancaster next month to examine the expansion and global implications of China’s maritime power and its significance for UK security.

• Theatrical scavenger hunt coming to secret locations in Morecambe

  The streets, buildings, nooks and crannies of Morecambe will be the stage for an undercover scavenger hunt.

• Owners reveal more on plans to tidy up eyesore Morecambe alleyway

  Owners of a derelict alleyway overlooking Morecambe seafront have revealed more on their plans after a long-awaited revamp was approved.

• Lancashire leaders meet to tackle violence against women and girls

  Leaders from across Lancashire have joined forces to tackle violence against women and girls across the county.

• Man handed ban from Lancaster city centre

  A man has been given a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from Lancaster city centre.

• Teacher from Carnforth sentenced after admitting incidentally assaulting child

  A teacher from Carnforth has been sentenced for non-recent sex abuse on a female student.