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• Heysham sports centre's delight at gym donation by hotel group

  A hotel group has helped a Heysham sports and community centre get fit for the future with a special donation.

• Tribute to Frankie Taylor - the man Muhammad Ali said was robbed of Olympic gold

  An Olympic boxer from the Lancaster and Morecambe area who went on to become one of the UK's most respected sport journalists has died, aged 82.

• INTERVIEW: "I worry for the future of festivals" says Morecambe regeneration head

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• Thieves target Lancaster allotment used by cancer patients

  A Lancaster-based cancer and bereavement charity's allotment site has been targeted by thieves.

• Police crackdown on caravans parked illegally on Morecambe Promenade

  Police have cracked down on caravans parked obstructively on Morecambe Promenade.

• INTERVIEW: Beyond Radio's youngest presenter chats to new interim CEO of Lancaster youth charity

  Our youngest presenter Lucy C has been interviewing - or interrogating (!) - the new interim head of a Lancaster youth charity who helped her get started in radio!

• Morecambe FC crisis: Fans rally round to offer support to playing staff

  Morecambe FC fans have shown support for their team by clubbing together to raise money for a treat for the players.

• South Cumbria’s sickest patients could be treated permanently at Royal Lancaster Infirmary

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• Full Monty star receives Doctorate from Lancaster University

  A novelist, dancer and movie actress, who starred in The Full Monty and Oliver Twist, was awarded her Doctorate this week by Lancaster University.

• Two people taken to hospital after road crash in Carnforth

  Two people were taken to hospital after being freed from a vehicle following a crash in the centre of Carnforth.

• Police warning after motorists film aftermath of horror M6 crash near Lancaster

  Police have warned motorists after footage circulated online following a road crash near Lancaster in which nine people were injured.

• Arrest after police drugs raid on Lancaster estate

  A man has been arrested after a police drugs raid on a Lancaster housing estate.

• Morecambe Kite Festival set to take flight

  Kites great and small will fly high at Morecambe Kite Festival.

• Sex offender who groomed and exploited child jailed for six years

  A sex offender who groomed a child has been jailed for six years for offences dating back to when the victim was 12 years old.

• Man arrested on suspicion of GBH after two people injured at house in Lancaster

  A man has been arrested after police were called to reports of an assault at a house in Lancaster.