- Skeleton star 'proud' of torch role
- Pc denies racial abuse after riots
- Talks avert Jubilee strike at BBC
- Boy, seven, dies after house fire
- Father's call over friendly fire
- Killer told he may never be freed
- Energy reforms to push up costs
- Girl's killer jailed for 16 years
- Inflation falls to 26-month low
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Cash for play area
A NEW play area in Morecambe will benefit from funding from a community-led regeneration scheme.
Bowling green shelter set alight
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire involving a bowling green shelter at a park.
Burglars’ hopes go up in smoke
WOULD-BE burglars got a smoky surprise after breaking into a Morecambe video store.
Lancaster has new Mayor
THE next Mayor of Lancaster officially donned her robes at a special ceremony on Friday, May 11.
Together We Can help Syria
THREE friends have set up a charity to raise money to help the people of Syria which is currently in the midst of violent conflict.
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Morecambe and District News
Having a Ball at our awards night
THE sun came out for the Sunshine Ball on Friday night as The Visitor, local businesses and the people of Morecambe joined together for a fantastic charity event.
Town’s cinema bought out by Vue
IT’S business as usual at all Apollo cinema sites, including Morecambe, after a buyout by Vue Cinemas, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Man preyed on students
A MAN who tried to kiss students against their will has been handed a 12-month community order.
3 commentsTown council re-elect chair and vice-chair
MORECAMBE Bay Independent councillor David Kerr has been re-elected as the leader of Morecambe Town Council.
Petition to bring back bandstand
NEARLY 1,000 music lovers have signed a petition hoping to bring a bandstand back to Morecambe.
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Lancashire News
Charity remembers Bee Gee Robin
Tributes have been paid to singer Robin Gibb, from the Isle Of Man, by a children's charity which he supported before losing his battle to cancer.
Charity attacks 'unequal' England
A charity has described England as one of the most unequal countries in the western world as research showed an "alarming disparity" between the richest and poorest neighbourhoods - of which five were in Liverpool - in the country.
Voyeur exhibit at Biennial festival
Art lovers will be invited to "become a voyeur" at an exhibition in Liverpool of infrared photographs showing couples having sex in a Japanese park.
Boy, 11, 'lived in old coal bunker'
A mother and stepfather forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker inj Blackpool, a court heard.
Man charged with widower's murder
A man from Liverpool has been charged with the murder of a 40-year-old widower who was found stabbed to death at his seaside flat in Brighton.
National News
Skeleton star 'proud' of torch role
Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams said carrying the Olympic torch was an "amazing feeling".
Pc denies racial abuse after riots
A Scotland Yard officer has denied racially abusing a suspect after the summer riots.
Talks avert Jubilee strike at BBC
The threat of a strike by BBC journalists and technicians over the Diamond Jubilee weekend has been removed after talks over pay.
Boy, seven, dies after house fire
A seven-year-old boy who was taken to hospital following a house fire has died, police said.
Father's call over friendly fire
The father of a young soldier who was accidentally shot dead by a comrade while on active service in Afghanistan has called for "lessons to be learned" from the tragedy.
Columnists
EXTRA-TIME: Lancaster City’s college link more vital than ever
In the face of further budget cuts, ADAM LORD looks at why the link between Lancaster City and Myerscough College has never been more important.
British-made is a healthy alternative
I HAVE really enjoyed watching the Mary Portas programme about the decline of British manufacturing and her efforts to try and make a change to this.
2 commentsSurprising help to ease varicose veins
FIRSTLY, I would like to thank everyone who attended or supported the Natural Health Show at the Platform in Morecambe on April 15.
Entertainment
Book review: Empire: The Leopard Sword by Anthony Riches
The Empire strikes back as historian and novelist Anthony Riches takes up the thrilling story of imperial fugitive Marcus Valerius Aquila, fighting as a centurion while on the run from the deadly forces of ancient Rome.
Book review: Citizen Sailors by Glyn Prysor
For those of us who did not live through the Second World War, our perceptions of the conflict are based primarily on school text books, the accounts of later generation historians and the fiction of a thousand films and novels.
Tales from the Dales
WRITER, author, columnist, poet, a man with no less than four honorary doctorates, plus another quartet of fellowships – and a man who is the past president of the School’s Library Association, and president of the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama.
Professor gives public lecture
A NOBEL Prize winner involved in the first ever mapping of the human genetic code is to give a public lecture in Lancaster.
Six-man band’s sheer Magnetism
A CAPELLA stars The Magnets promise to leave you gobsmacked when they bring their glorious harmonies and jaw-dropping beatboxing to the Platform.
Health and Beauty
Professor gives public lecture
A NOBEL Prize winner involved in the first ever mapping of the human genetic code is to give a public lecture in Lancaster.
Vomiting bug strikes again
A NUMBER of wards at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary have been shut due to another outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.
British-made is a healthy alternative
I HAVE really enjoyed watching the Mary Portas programme about the decline of British manufacturing and her efforts to try and make a change to this.
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Dementia project given green light
DEMENTIA sufferers are to benefit after a pilot project was given the go ahead.
Surprising help to ease varicose veins
FIRSTLY, I would like to thank everyone who attended or supported the Natural Health Show at the Platform in Morecambe on April 15.
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