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  A journalist with a lifelong interest in the sea and a former Heysham shipping boss have launched a podcast dedicated to the maritime industry.

• Lancaster children get life-saving advice at 'Crucial Crew' water safety event

  More than 150 children from primary schools across Lancaster have been learning how to stay safe around reservoirs and rivers.

• Crews tackle house fire in Heysham

  Firefighters were called to a house fire in Heysham.

• Police appeal after 20 motorbike thefts in 30 days in Lancaster and Morecambe area

  Police are looking for a gang suspected of 20 thefts of vehicles - mainly mopeds and small motorbikes - over the last month.

• Truck driver jailed for causing death of six-year-old Lancaster girl

  A man has been jailed after a six year old girl from Lancaster was fatally struck by a flat-bed truck as she stepped off a bus in Bilsborrow.

• Former Morecambe Football Club co-chairmen break silence after shock resignation from board

  Two Morecambe FC former co-chairmen have issued a statement after resigning from the board of directors.

• Royal Lancaster Infirmary ward closed to visitors due to norovirus outbreak

  Visiting has been suspended on a ward at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary due to a norovirus outbreak.

• Morecambe Football Club stalwarts resign from board

  Morecambe FC stalwarts and the former co-chairmen have resigned from the board of directors.

• Heysham coffee shop couple take over Morecambe craft ale bar

  A couple who run a coffee shop and wine bar in Heysham have announced they have also taken over a craft ale pub in Morecambe.

• Morecambe seafront cafe reopens

  A popular seafront cafe in Morecambe has reopened under new management.

• Eighty new houses in Halton recommended for green light

  Council officers have backed plans for 80 new homes in Halton amid an ongoing major shortfall in new housing across the Lancaster & Morecambe District.

• More than 600 knives recovered in area including Lancaster district as part of police national crackdown

  623 knives were recovered by Lancashire Police in the division that covers the Lancaster district as part of national knife crime awareness week.

• Extra urgent NHS dental appointments now available in Lancaster district

  Extra appointments are now available for people in the Lancaster district need urgent or unscheduled dental care.

• New wellness cafe opens in Lancaster city centre

  A new wellness cafe has opened its doors in Lancaster.

• Lancaster Poundland store set to close

  The Lancaster branch of Poundland is on a list of stores to close across the UK.

• Dad's marathon fundraiser 40 years on from baby son's cot death

  A dad is set to take on the London Marathon in memory of his baby son who died from cot death 40 years ago.

• Morecambe FC owners break ties with public face of takeover over suspected terrorism link

  The man who fronted Panjab Warriors' takeover of Morecambe Football Club has been sanctioned by the UK government over accusations of his involvement in terrorism in India.

• Lancaster BID releases five-year plan to boost city centre ahead of new year vote

  A group championing Lancaster businesses has announced a five-year plan aiming to win support to continue its work in the city centre.

• Crews tackle electric bike garden shed fire in Lancaster

  Firefighters have tackled a fire in a garden shed containing an electric bike.

• Lancaster firefighter reflects on the night Storm Desmond devastated city on tenth anniverary

  A firefighter who was on the front line when Storm Desmond caused extensive flooding to Lancaster has been reflecting on that night on the weather event’s tenth anniversary.