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• Annual audit gives Morecambe Town Council thumbs up

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• Morecambe Festival Market 'needs to modernise' says councillor

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• Council apologises for delay as refurbished tennis courts reopen in Lancaster

  Public tennis courts in Lancaster are now open again after complaints that they were still closed after refurbishment.

• 'Bland Castles' will be made on Morecambe beach in protest against boring buildings

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• Morecambe FC crisis: Shrimps suspended from National League - reaction

  The chair of a Shrimps supporters group and the town's MP have spoken out after Morecambe Football Club was suspended from the National League.

• Morecambe charity launches 'magical trail' for families this summer

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• Morecambe FC crisis: Shrimps suspended from National League

  The National League has announced it has suspended Morecambe Football Club.

• Business owner joins 'bobbies on beat' in Morecambe in anti-social behaviour crackdown

  A Morecambe business owner has joined police officers on patrol as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the town.

• Lancaster University staff speak out on plans to slash hundreds of jobs

  Staff have hit out over plans for job cuts at Lancaster University.

• Morecambe FC crisis: National League threatens "further sanctions" amid fears for future of club

  Morecambe FC faces a crunch meeting over its future after the National League said "further sanctions" could be brought against the club.

• Family's loving tribute to Lancaster man as police continue murder probe two years on

  The family of a man found dead in his flat in Lancaster have paid tribute to him as police continue to investigate his murder two years on.

• INTERVIEW: Residents step up campaign against new homes on Green Belt near A6

  Residents worried about the future of two villages have handed a petition to Lancaster City Council against plans to build up to 200 houses in fields near the A6.

• Complaints over "troubling" lack of mobile phone signal in central Lancaster

  Residents are fuming at ongoing mobile phone signal issues in central Lancaster.

• Comp offers chance to be part of Morecambe Poetry Festival

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• Morecambe Baylight festival taking a break but will return in 2027

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