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Boy killed after electric shock at Blackpool hotel named for first time

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Smirking Blackburn crook who 'thought he could traffic drugs with impunity' fled
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Names and faces of the thugs, perverts and drug empire leaders jailed in
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All the zero, one and two star food hygiene ratings in September
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Across Lancashire, six businesses have been given a zero, one or two star rating
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Shein is touring the UK with pop-up 'pink bus' shop near Lancashire
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AsdaAsda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Aldi urgently recall food products and issue
'do not eat' warning

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light show in the north west, you know

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to the seaside resort in with a full-on north west illumination extravaganza?
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Blackpool Illuminations hope not enough as traders 'being left behind' in
post-summer struggle
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"They talk about Blackpool being left behind - we're being left behind inside
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AccringtonHyndburn's £5m National Lottery bid to transform Market Chambers into
arts and culture centre

Hyndburn Council is seeking the cash to remodel the inside of the Market
Chambers in Accrington
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Wilko confirms dates first Lancashire stores will close this month
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Stores including Burnley, Nelson, Accrington and Southport will be closing in
the next few days while no dates have been confirmed for Lancaster, Preston,
Cleveleys and Skelmersdale
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Former Accrington nightclub to be turned into 14 flats
Accrington

The club – formerly the Voodoo Lounge and Opium, had been hit by a fire in 2004
and by vandalism, fire safety and licensing issues in 2006 and 2017 and again in
2019
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Teenager arrested over £200k cannabis farm found in Accrington shop
Accrington
250 plants were removed and that an 18-year-old man has been arrested.
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BLACKBURN NEWS

DarwenControversial application to add 'granny' annex to village barn receives
big list of objections

There are several issues that objectors are concerned about
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Blackburn discount shop failed to declare true sales and owed HMRC £250k when it
went bust
Blackburn
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Irfan Banglawala was banned from running companies over his role in County Road
Discount Store
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Smirking Blackburn crook who 'thought he could traffic drugs with impunity' fled
to Spain and Mexico
Courts

Christopher Ashurst has been jailed for ten years
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Grade II Blackburn church to be rebuilt as 'innovation hub' after being
destroyed by fire
Blackburn

The artist’s impressions show how St John’s Church in Victoria Street in
Blackburn town centre will look when it has been rebuilt as an ‘innovation hub’
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Issa brothers deliver 'solid trading performance' in 2023 with £335m gross
profit
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Zuber Issa spoke after the EG group published its Quarter Two trading results
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BLACKPOOL NEWS

BlackpoolMidwife recruitment drive at Blackpool Victoria Hospital as two percent
of new mums fail to get one-to-one care

Currently staffing levels at Blackpool Victoria Hospital mean two per cent of
women giving birth fail to get one-to-one care
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Boy killed after electric shock at Blackpool hotel named for first time
Blackpool

An inquest is set to open into the boy's death
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Fylde residents' horror as sky 'rains maggots' on doorsteps, driveways and
street
Fylde
1
Some residents have said it was 'raining maggots' as they appeared from nowhere
in homes on Monday
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Desperate search for missing Blackpool girl Macie Cartledge who disappeared
after school two days ago
Blackpool

The schoolgirl was last seen in the Darley Avenue area of Blackpool
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Bid to make dog exercise field permanent in Anchorsholme
Blackpool

A fresh application will go before Blackpool Council
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BURNLEY NEWS

Burnley'I’m being made to fee like a c***': Burnley dad claims he was 'sacked
over phone charger row with boss'

Jack Heys claims that he was sacked when he asked his boss for phone charger to
allow him to use his mobile map to drive to a job
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Burnley social housing provider to host drop in service for tenants
Burnley

"Calico in Your Community is a real attempt to reach out to people and show that
we are committed to changing the way things are done for the better"
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look like
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Wilko confirms dates first Lancashire stores will close this month
Wilko

Stores including Burnley, Nelson, Accrington and Southport will be closing in
the next few days while no dates have been confirmed for Lancaster, Preston,
Cleveleys and Skelmersdale
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Teen who died in Burnley canal named locally as family and friends pay
heartbroken tributes to 'darling boy'
Burnley
Preston McNally has been described as someone who "made every person laugh" and
will be "forever in our hearts and forever 16"
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LANCASTER NEWS

LancasterHighest Point organisers announce Big Christmas Day Out event at
Lancaster's Williamson Park

"We're working on bringing an exciting Christmas event to Lancaster this
December"
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Fears growing for missing girl last seen in her school uniform
Lancaster
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Lancashire Constabulary said Macie is known to have connections to Blackpool,
Heysham and Wigan
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Lancaster Green Party councillor apologises over 'banter' on Tory Confessions
Instagram account
Lancaster
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"It was upsetting to learn that what I considered to be banter with 'Britboi69'
was perceived as bullying"
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Blackpool Illuminations isn't the only spectacular light show in the north west,
you know
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to the seaside resort in with a full-on north west illumination extravaganza?
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Special Frontierland task force will plan future of abandoned Morecambe theme
park
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The site has been derelict since closing as a theme park more than 20 years ago
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MORECAMBE NEWS

MorecambeSex offender sent to jail over Morecambe café assault - and police
already want to know about his next crime
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"Should you witness similar incidents involving Andrew Phimister after his
release, please contact us"
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look like
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Lancashire - how accurate do you think they are?
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Paris Fury says 'it's getting close' as she washes all baby blankets
Paris Fury

The 33-year-old's due date is fast approaching
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Millie Radford shows 'feud' with mum Sue is over with adorable story on
daughter's third birthday
The Radford Family
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Millie took to Instagram to share a picture of Ophelia's princess-themed party
and mum-of-22 Sue then re-shared the same post
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Thieves swipe 3ft tall Elvis statue in Morecambe shop burglary as police launch
appeal
Morecambe
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The Elvis statue was stolen during a burglary in Nelson Street, Morecambe, and
'was of great sentimental value to the owner'
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PRESTON NEWS

PrestonFear Factory Live's new Preston location with horror maze opening in old
bar

Getting ready for Halloween!
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Hope for Friargate as end of long running road closure finally in sight
Preston

The plans have run dramatically over schedule
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Preston thug who used girlfriend as a 'human punchbag' has his sentence cut
Preston
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Kyle Tunstall abused the woman throughout their relationship
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Preston teenager hid knife use to stab beloved family man in tragic case of
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The girl helped to dispose of the murder weapon
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