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• LISTEN: Tourism champs hail Eden Project and Tour de France as huge for Morecambe Bay area

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• Donation helps college pan ability football team to play in national championships

  A college football team can play at the national championships thanks to a donation from a charity set up as the legacy of a Lancaster school.

• LISTEN: Meet the new manager of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe

  A new general manager has been appointed at Morecambe's famous art deco Midland Hotel.

• LISTEN: Main contractor to build Eden Project Morecambe to be announced this month

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• £1.2m of funding for flood defence schemes in Lancaster district announced

  Almost £1.2m of funding has been announced for a number of flood defence schemes and upgrades in the Lancaster district.

• Morecambe Bay hospital trust unveils new painless blood test

  Patients with learning disabilities and needle phobia are benefiting from a painless new form of blood sampling pioneered by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.

• Thousands raised to help boost return of Lancaster Music Festival

  A crowdfunder has been launched to help fill the city's streets and spaces with music and dance at the returning Lancaster Music Festival.

• High street computer games shop in Lancaster closes down

  A popular high street computer games store in Lancaster city centre has shut its doors.

• LISTEN: Carnforth actor wins Hollywood and Paris awards for horror film role

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  A leading councillor has spoken about potholes in the Lancaster and Morecambe area as more concerns emerged about the state of the roads in Carnforth.

• Burger King takeaway in Lancaster city centre closes down

  Lancaster's Burger King outlet has shut its doors after three and a half years.

• Morecambe lifeboat crew reunite dog lost on sands with owner

  Morecambe’s lifeboat crew were called out over the weekend to find a dog who had become separated from its owner on the sands.

• New Morrisons Daily supermarket opens in Morecambe

  A new mini supermarket has opened on a main road between Morecambe and Lancaster.

• Council investigate after derelict food trailer found dumped in Lancaster layby

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• Man charged after pedestrian died in Morecambe hit and run

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