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• Police issue drug warning after three deaths in Morecambe and Carnforth

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• Lancaster to celebrate life of city's groundbreaking inventor

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• Carnforth residents set to pay less Council tax to town council

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• Lancaster and Morecambe School Aid music festival taking a break in 2026

  Organisers of a music festival raising funds for local schools said the event will not take place this year.

• Morecambe Town Council proposes 2.46 per cent rise in Council tax share

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• Lancaster City Council proposes 2.99 per cent rise in Council tax share

  Lancaster City Council is proposing to increase its share of Council tax by 2.99 per cent.

• Shrimps Trust call for ownership communication in open letter to Morecambe FC chairman

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• Appeal after man dies following collision in Forton

  Police are appealing for witnesses and footage after a man died in a collision in Forton.

• Free bike marking event to take place in Lancaster

  An event to improve bike security takes place in Lancaster next month.

• Lancaster drivers to be fined under new powers if they attempt dangerous manoeuvres

  Drivers in Lancaster will be fined if they attempt unlawful manoeuvres, under new powers being rolled out for enforcing moving traffic offences at a dangerous junction.

• Arrests made and drugs seized in Morecambe police operation

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• Family pays heartbreaking tribute to Lancaster University student found dead on Christmas Day

  The family of a Lancaster University student whose body was found in woodland on Christmas Day have paid tribute to an "incredibly intelligent and caring young man".

• Chair of board who will decide how £20m West End funding is spent announced

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• Council crackdown reveals no breaches of licencing rules in Lancaster venues

  A council crackdown has revealed no breaches of licencing rules across dozens of pubs and clubs across Lancaster and Morecambe.

• Lancaster MP calls for clarity over future of under threat day centre

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