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• Morecambe veterans group CEO steps down to become council Armed Forces champ

  A founder and CEO of a Morecambe group supporting Armed Forces veterans has stepped down from the role.

• Morecambe FC crisis: Lifeline for Shrimps as buyers "ready, willing and able to proceed"

  Further talks have taken place with would-be buyers of Morecambe Football Club in efforts to save the Shrimps.

• New landlord takes charge at Lancaster pub

  A new landlord has taken the reins at a popular Lancaster pub.

• Plans for Lancaster church to become 'event space and tourism hub'

  Vital roof repairs at a Lancaster city centre church have been completed and plans have been announced for its future as an "event space and tourism hub".

• Annual audit gives Morecambe Town Council thumbs up

  An auditor has given Morecambe Town Council a clean bill of health on its financial and governance procedures for 2024/25.

• Morecambe Festival Market 'needs to modernise' says councillor

  A councillor has called for the town's Festival Market to be modernised - saying it's had 'years of neglect'.

• 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

  Protesters will make sandcastles on Morecambe beach to put the spotlight on a growing epidemic of 'boring buildings'.

• 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

  Families can explore Morecambe on a 'magical trail' while helping to raise funds for a charity supporting young people with disabilities.

• 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

  Budding poets have a chance to have their work published and featured in the annual Morecambe Poetry Festival.

• Artists complete Lancaster slave trade memorial restoration

  Restoration work has been carried out on a memorial to enslaved Africans transported on Lancaster-owned ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade.

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

  Morecambe's popular 'Illuminations festival' will not happen in 2026 but organisers say it will be back the following year bigger than ever.