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• Firefighters called to outbuilding fire in Morecambe

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• Appeal after death of badly injured puppy found in cage at Lancaster riverside

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• Residents invited to attend Remembrance Sunday services across Lancaster district

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• Payphone on Lancaster street stages photo exhibition as its last hurrah

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• Residents to help create new remembrance display for Morecambe train station

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• Plans go in for 'phase 2' of housing development at village near Carnforth

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• Illegal cigarettes and vapes valued at £3,000 seized from Lancaster shop

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

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

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• New houses and care home at Slyne are approved again

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