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'Deliberate' caravan fire in Blackpool

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A photo of the stopped car posted to Twitter by Lancs Road Police.

Driver "may face disqualification" after being caught at the wheel on his phone

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Verne Troyer. Photo: PA.

Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer has died aged 49

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Photo: John Stillwell/PA Wire.

Lancashire care provider seeks rescue plan after financial pressures

Business

NATIONAL NEWS: Swimming pool where three-year-old boy drowned issues statement about incident

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Frustration after damage causes partial closure of Blackpool's tram network

Transport

REGIONAL NEWS: Motorcyclist killed in wall collision

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REGIONAL: "Unconscious" diver pulled from water in the Lake District

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David Lloyd gym in Leeds

REGIONAL NEWS: Boy dies in gym swimming pool tragedy

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The Swift Hound is set to close and could now be demolished, papers said

New £7m bingo hall plans are set for pub site in Blackpool

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'Deliberate' caravan fire in Blackpool

Crime
A photo of the stopped car posted to Twitter by Lancs Road Police.

Driver "may face disqualification" after being caught at the wheel on his phone

Crime
Handout CCTV still dated 22/05/17 issued by Greater Manchester Police of Salman Abedi on the night he carried out the Manchester Arena terror attack

REGIONAL: "He's evil. Simple as that," says the cousin of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi

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Anthony Dean

Police search for missing man Anthony Dean

Crime

Have you seen missing man William Hope?

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Transport More Transport >>

Frustration after damage causes partial closure of Blackpool's tram network

Transport
A photo of the scene posted by Assistant Chief Constable Terry Woods.

M6 closed following "serious injury collision" involving car and lorry

Transport
Aston Martin Vantage

First drive: Aston Martin Vantage

Transport
Speed limits are set for a reason

Half of drivers think speeding is acceptable, poll finds

Transport

Education More Education >>

School trip has a chilly reception

Education

Teachers meet to discuss cuts to funding

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Armfield Academy is on course to open in September with three classes: Reception, Nursery, and Year Seven

Project update: New cohort chosen as building work continues at Blackpool school

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Mereside & Clifton Children's Centre

Blackpool children's centres to be affected by £1m cuts

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Lancashire care provider seeks rescue plan after financial pressures

Business
The line between Bispham and Little Bispham was closed at around 6:20am this morning due to overhead wires on the tracks, with replacement bus services in placerunning from Starr Gate to Fleetwood.

Frustration after damage causes partial closure of Blackpool's tram network

Transport
The Swift Hound is set to close and could now be demolished, papers said

New £7m bingo hall plans are set for pub site in Blackpool

Blackpool
Updated artists impression of a proposed new conference centre for Blackpool.

Chief quizzed on trams, shops and child poverty

Business

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Chief quizzed on trams, shops and child poverty

Business
Coun Rob Fail is the new leader of Wyre's Labour group

Labour leader in blast over council policy

Politics
Lytham Library has been closed since September 2016

Lytham library plan launched by friends group

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Mereside & Clifton Children's Centre

Blackpool children's centres to be affected by £1m cuts

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Thunder and lightning is expected in the yellow area.

YELLOW WEATHER WARNING: Lancashire avoids the worst of overnight thunderstorms

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Labour's shadow business and energy secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey speaking to campaigners at the Preston New Road fracking site

Labour "will ban fracking" says shadow energy secretary

Business
Pupils from Northfold CP school and volunteers from Care for Cleveleys install ashtrays on Victoria Road West

Crafty pupils stub out cigarette litter

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Kate Seed, left, with Shaun Clarke and Kelly O'Neil

Sandwich shop owner chooses to help environmental by joining ReFILL scheme

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Health More Health >>

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Fylde coast woman in ‘constant discomfort’ Commons hears during debate on vaginal mesh implants

Health
Josh Landmann training for London Marathon

Team Josh ready to hit streets of London

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Gary Taylor in hospital after he was diagnosed with a rare schwannoma tumour in 2016. Photo credit: Gary Taylor/PA Wire

'Inspirational' man with feeding tube to run London Marathon

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The Shyte home page. The name is an acronym for 'seriously helps you to energise"

Canadian chocolatier Shyte goes viral for hilarious name

Offbeat
Alexa Sterchele with her parents

Toddler is caught on camera having a spot of difficulty with the word 'goldfish'

Offbeat
Bruce Goodridge took this picture of a blow-up doll during a beach clean in St Annes. He said it was 'something a bit different'.

Blow up doll is one of ‘strangest finds ever’ on St Annes beach

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Michael Parkinson with Judi Dench on his show in 2004

Parky: Men feel under threat for the merest indication they might be flirting

Offbeat

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Pam and Emily with their runner bean chutney in the new BBC2 show Top of the Shops with Tom Kerridge

Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge - A flop from top to bottom

TV and Film

REV RON GREENALL: Pictures capture a real revolution

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Rev refs April 2 2018

REV RON GREENALL: Iron theme to my latest memories

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