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• Lancaster nurse whose husband was captured by Taliban hopes to inspire students

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• Police bust ‘sophisticated cannabis cultivation’ operation in empty Morecambe town centre building

  Police uncovered what they described as ‘sophisticated cannabis cultivation’ in an empty Morecambe town centre building this week.

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  The future of a popular music festival in Morecambe is in doubt amid a row with a council over a grant payment.

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  The British Empire Medal will be presented to a band leader from Morecambe next month.

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• Popular Morecambe fabric and gift shop returns as pop-up on Prom

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  Dates have been announced for an event where residents can help shape the experience inside the new Eden Project Morecambe.

• Police announce that body found on beach is missing man from Morecambe

  The body of a man who went missing from Morecambe has been found on the beach at Bolton-le-Sands.

• Burst pipe leaves Carnforth and Bolton-le-Sands residents without water and forces school to close

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