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• Your guide to Heritage Open Days in Lancaster

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

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• Music festival held in Lancaster raises more than £2,000 to help prevent suicides

  A festival held in Lancaster to promote the importance of mental health ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day has raised thousands.

• Lancaster choirs named as finalists in Lancashire Choir of the Year

  Three talented choirs from Lancaster have been chosen as finalists for the popular Lancashire Choir of the Year 2025 singing competition.

• Key figures behind hit TV crime drama The Bay to give talk in Lancaster

  A free talk in Lancaster will reveal how hit Morecambe-based TV crime drama The Bay is rooted in the real-life experiences of police.

• Ovarian cancer campaign to visit Lancaster

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• Lancaster antiques centre to appear on Salvage Hunters on TV

  A popular antiques showroom in Lancaster city centre will feature on television show Salvage Hunters later this month.

• Morecambe man admits causing death of taxi passenger by dangerous driving

  A Morecambe man has admitted causing the death of a taxi passenger by dangerous driving.

• Morecambe FC celebration event raises more than £5,000 for the Shrimps Trust

  A special Morecambe FC celebration event at the Winter Gardens raised more than £5,000 for the Shrimps Trust.

• Father and son with cancer to parachute jump for Lancaster hospice

  A father and son who both have cancer are planning a tandem parachute jump to raise funds for St John's Hospice.

• Fire crews tackle fence posts fire in village near Lancaster

  Fire crews were sent to tackle fence posts fire in a field at a village near Lancaster last night.

• Motorists warned to expect delays on M6 due to central barrier replacement

  Motorists travelling through Lancaster on the M6 are being warned to expect delays next week.

• Lancaster teacher banned from profession for life after assaulting pupil with additional needs

  A teacher who assaulted a student by repeatedly hitting him against a wall has been banned from the profession for life.

• Venue boss 'humbled' by level of support as developers and MP have say on demolition plans

  Management of a Lancaster music venue, developers and the city's MP have spoken out after hundreds of people objected to its demolition.

• Lancaster Wetherspoon pub reopens after £2.4m upgrade

  A Wetherspoon pub named after one of Lancaster's most famous sons has reopened following a £2.4m revamp.

• Launch of new Lancaster and Morecambe youth musical theatre group

  A new youth musical theatre group has been formed in the Lancaster and Morecambe area led by a team with a wealth of experience.

• Jobs and Careers Fair to be held in Morecambe

  Jobseekers and those looking for a new career can meet with employers face-to-face in Morecambe later this month.

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