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• Morecambe FC Community Foundation awarded £216,000 National Lottery grant

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• LISTEN: New week-long Morecambe Comedy Festival announced

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• Lancaster supermarket legend celebrates 90th birthday

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• Nursery planned for disused school house in Lancaster

  Plans have gone in to convert a disused Lancaster school house into a nursery.

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• Two Lancaster vape shops ordered to close

  Two vape shops in Lancaster city centre have been ordered to shut after they failed multiple Trading Standards inspections.

• Team raises £32k for Morecambe charity in trek across dramatic landscapes of Iceland

  An intrepid team from a Morecambe-based charity has successfully trekked across Iceland raising more than £32,000 for children and young adults with disabilities.

• Morecambe businesses raise their biggest concerns during talks with MP

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• Case against man accused of impersonating police officer dismissed

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• PHOTOS and VIDEO: Fencing goes up around Eden Project Morecambe site

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• Packed programme planned for return of Lancaster Music Festival

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