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Robots get a 'living skin' makeover thanks to researchers in Japan. Photo by 2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND /

Robots get ‘skin’ and ‘smiles’ in horrifying makeover

Professor Mohammed Munavvar (far right) and his team at work under the watchful eye of a worldwide medical audience [image: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals]

I'm a Lancs doctor and this is why a lung op I did was seen around the world

Damage to a snack bar after floods in Blackpool

25 of the best photos from 1983-1984 including the old boating pool

Professor Sheena Cruickshank. Photo: The University of Manchester

A community approach can chart the path to cleaner air

American professor Michelle Francl has claimed that we should be putting salt into our tea.

American professor claims a pinch of SALT makes the perfect cup of tea

Professor Matthew Paterson addressing the On Resilience launch event organised by Policy@Manchester. Photo: The University of Manchester

Ideas to strengthen national resilience exchanged at University of Manchester pu...

Professor Matthew Paterson. Photo The University of Manchester

UK government action needed to minimise geopolitical risks to reaching net zero

Peter Purves and Professor Andrew Ireland in the room where scenes for the Doctor Who missing episode recreation were filmed.

Doctor Who fans toast show’s 60th anniversary with former star

Professor Martie van Tongeren (right) and Professor Pierluigi Cocco addressing the All-Party Parl. Photo: The University of Manchester

Sleep crisis in North West discussed in Westminster and University of Manchester

Profound new research points to a startling link between our fast-food habits and a worrying decline in brain health. Image Sky News

Fast Food Brain Drain – UK's Takeaway culture under fire as mental health concer...

Blackpool paranormal investigator Stephen Mercer looking for ghosts at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool. The theatre is supposedly haunted by Charlie, who has been identified as the spirit of an audience member who threw himself to his death from the theatre balcony after being spurned by an actress. Charlie has been described as a cheeky ghost who plays pranks on performers. In the 1980s, a pantomime director told how he was sat in the upper circle of the theatre, close to where Charlie is thought to have jumped, when his shoulder was repeatedly tapped. Nobody else was around. There's also heightened spiritual activity is due to a ‘paranormal portal’ above the stage

Blackpool's creepiest ghost stories in 25 pictures

North Shore lift and boating pool in a sorry state

27 retro scenes to take you right back to 1982

A stock picture of a doctor

Parkinsons - thousands could develop disease due to common chemical

Miriam Margolyes has shared an update on her health following surgery

Harry Potter star rushed to hospital with infection

MasterChef’s John Torode is set to be honoured at Buckingham Palace on Thursday - Credit: Getty Images

Honours given out at Buckingham Palace today - including John Torode

Students across the Fylde Coast recently attended a STEM event at Bloomfield Road to discuss The Future of Our Fylde Coast by designing projects for the last few months as part of their ENTHUSE Partnerships. Pictured at the event (from left) Alfie Lewis, Maxwell Blunden and Noah Anderton from Roseacre Primary

Local schools come together to design the future of Fylde Coast

Eleven Blackpool and Fylde Coast schools came together to showcase their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) ideas to ensure a brighter future for the Fylde Coast.

Emma Downey

‘Die Hard’ actor Clarence Gilyard Jr died

‘Die Hard’ actor Clarence Gilyard Jr died

Adults with a ‘very laid-back attitude’ to money could cost them £1,631.16 per y...

The clocks will go back in the UK at the end of the month.

How putting clocks back could cost £400 extra on energy bills

Under the ironwork of Central Pier, the Hovercraft was ready and waiting for its inaugural run

9 rare scenes from the 70s when hover power linked Blackpool and Southport

John Hornyak, lead volunteer groundsman at Lytham Hall, will be among the speakers

Green Agenda Day aims to help residents to reduce their carbon footprint

Coronation Street characters Maxine and Ashley Peacock at Blackpool's World of Coronation Street in May 1997

Lost attractions in Blackpool: 10 images of the ones we remember the most

Jenn Ashworth at Half Moon Bay Heysham

Lancashire writer on cloning herself, awards, and Maxine Peake reading her work

There has been a reduction in the number of people on the waiting list for treatment at Blackpool Vic

Lowest number of patients on treatment waiting list since Covid hit

Huge changes planned for supermarket self-service tills to prevent thefts

A revolutionary new prostate treatment is being rolled out across the UK

Year 11 students, wearing face coverings, take part in a GCSE maths class at Park Lane Academy in Halifax, northwest England on March 8, 2021 as schools reopen following the easing of lockdown restrictions. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Only 17% of people can pass ‘world’s shortest’ three-question IQ test Isabella Boneham

Professor Phil Whyman

Fylde firms urged to take part in economic survey

Exterior of the square and new student centre at UCLan. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Lancashire firms asked about their work in the pandemic in survey to aid future ...

Pups have been falling seriously ill with sickness and diarrhoea after going on walks (Photo: Shuttersrtock)

Mystery illness plaguing UK dogs thought to be a coronavirus

Professor Michael Scott

Tickets available for Lytham St Annes Classical Association's lecture with Profe...

12 to 15-year-olds will start receiving their second doses of Covid vaccine in December (image: Getty Images)

Covid pass for young teens set to roll out in bid to make international travel e...

Dame Sarah Gilbert urged governments to approach the Omicron variant with caution (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine inventor warns next virus pandemic after Covid ‘could be more leth...

Professor Sir Michael Marmot will chair the new Health Equity Commission

Sir Michael Marmot's health challenge for Lancashire

If you are ill with a high temperature or fever you should wait until you are better before getting your flu jab (Photo: Shutterstock)

The rules on getting a flu jab if you have cold or Covid symptoms

A giant television over the A57 Motorway urges people to stay home on March 26, 2020 in Manchester, England. (Getty Images)

England unlikely to need ‘full-blown lockdown’ this winter, leading expert says

This the number of food items we'll lose if bees go extinct - from curry to bake...

Forget being two-faced – British adults can display up to nine distinct personal...

Doors leading to the Covid ward at Royal Preston Hospital.

Warning that potential autumn Covid wave could see 1,000 hospital admissions per...

Ben Miller starred as Professor T in a new ITV crime drama

Review: How ITV's quirky new crime drama Professor T could be added to the short...

According to the analysis, Blackpool is the most deprived local authority in England, and also experiences the lowest life expectancy in England for both males and females.

Chief Medical Officer seeks national strategy to improve health of coastal commu...

Locking down streets could be the way forward when it comes to containing outbreaks of Covid variants (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Entire streets could be locked down to stop spread of Covid variants, says exper...

Marco Simioni plays Marc Cory as he is surrounded by the dreaded Daleks.

Recreation of lost Doctor Who episode by Preston university wins award

Nick Burnham, principal of Cardinal Newman College in Preston, which has partnered with Lancaster University for the maths school venture. Pupils will be drawn from across Lancashire.

Lancashire to get specialist maths school for teens who 'live and breathe' the s...

Professor Peter Hughes after his first Covid jab at Blackpool's Winter Gardens

Professor hopes Covid jab boosts his prospects of a return to China

This is what a professional has to say about coping with lockdown anxiety (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to cope with anxiety about lockdown restrictions being lifted - advice from ...

The study will focus on patients with certain immunosuppressed conditions (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Effectiveness of Covid vaccines will be studied in people with cancer and other ...

Sending all kids back to school could raise R number to around 1 - according to a SAGE member (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Sending all kids back to school could raise R number to around 1 - according to ...

Symptomatic cases of Covid-19 are dropping by 94 per cent after two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study (Photo: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Symptomatic Covid cases drop by 94% after Pfizer vaccine - the latest study expl...

An arthritis drug could save 1 in 25 Covid patients - and reduce need for ventilators (Photo: Shutterstock)

An arthritis drug could save 1 in 25 Covid patients - and reduce need for ventil...

Bristol Covid variant ‘could infect people who have been vaccinated’ - what experts are saying (Photo: Shutterstock)

Bristol Covid variant ‘could infect people who have been vaccinated’ - what expe...

Kent Covid variant predicted to become the world’s most dominant strain (Photo: Shutterstock)

Kent Covid variant predicted to become the world’s most dominant strain

Symptoms included fatigue, headache and chills (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who have had Covid could be twice as likely to suffer vaccine side effect...

The UK is ‘past the peak’ of the latest Covid wave - what Chris Whitty said (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The UK is ‘past the peak’ of the latest Covid wave - what Chris Whitty said

‘No vaccine has ever been 100% effective’ - public warned to remain cautious even after receiving Covid jabs (Photo by John Sibley-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

‘No vaccine has ever been 100% effective’ - public warned to remain cautious eve...