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  Morecambe FC staff have been paid outstanding wages owed to them for June as Panjab Warriors arrived for their first full day as club owners.

• Skip company director sentenced after illegal waste storage led to major blaze at Lancaster industrial estate

  A former director of a skip company which burned down on a Lancaster industrial estate has been sentenced on charges relating to illegal storage of controlled waste.

• Demolition work announced for £100m brewery site revamp in Lancaster

  Demolition of dilapidated buildings will take place to prepare for a £100m revamp of a former brewery site in Lancaster.

• New project will create film imagining Morecambe's future

  A new project will celebrate the history of Morecambe entertainment and cinemas - while also imagining the future for the town.

• Lancaster boy injured when hit by police car completes cycle ride for children's hospital

  A teenager from Lancaster who suffered a serious brain injury when he was hit by a police car has cycled 58 miles to thank the hospital that saved his life.

• Date announced for next Eden Project Morecambe public meeting

  The latest in a series of public meetings about plans for the Eden Project Morecambe has been announced.

• Council officers say 130 new homes near Bay Gateway should get green light

  Planning officers have recommended that a controversial new housing scheme near a residential area in Torrisholme should be given the green light.

• Car park monitoring cameras set to be installed in Lancaster

  Cameras to monitor entry and exit to Lancaster city centre car parks are set to be installed.

• Morecambe FC sale completed

  It has been announced that the long-awaited sale of Morecambe Football Club has been completed.

• Morecambe FC crisis: National League approves Panjab Warriors takeover

  The National League says Morecambe FC's suspension will be lifted and they could play again as early as next weekend - but only if a deal to sell the club is finalised.

• VJ Day services held in Morecambe, Lancaster and Carnforth

  Services have been held to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ (Victory in Japan) Day in World War Two.

• Lancaster shoplifter jailed and banned from city centre for five years

  A man from Lancaster has been sent to prison and banned from entering the city centre for five years after being convicted of shoplifting offences.

• Lancaster family stuck in France after planes clip wings at Manchester Airport

  A Lancaster man says there is ‘confusion and no information’ at an airport in France after two planes collided at Manchester.

• 'Summer Escape' day in Lancaster will celebrate creativity of young people

  A day to celebrate the creativity of young people of the Lancaster and Morecambe area will be held in the city this summer.

• Rescue team helps injured woman on shore at Silverdale

  Rescue teams have been called out to help an injured woman on the shore near Silverdale.

• PHOTOS: Pride as Lancaster and Morecambe students receive A level results

  Students from the Lancaster and Morecambe area have been congratulated on their A Level results.

• Pay-and-display plans revealed for Lancaster Park and Ride

  Motorists may have to pay to use the Park and Ride car parks near a Lancaster motorway junction, under new proposals.

• Morecambe FC crisis: "Agreement reached in principle" over sale of club

  An agreement has reportedly been reached over the sale of Morecambe FC - and a Shrimps fans group has called it "a significant step forward" in the long-running saga.

• Light Up Lancaster will illuminate city ‘in the blink of an eye’

  The popular free light-art trail, Light Up Lancaster, returns to the city centre in November.