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Church bans hymn books amid coronavirus outbreak
The Catholic church in Lancashire introduces measures to "reduce possible transmission" of the virus.
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Church bans hymn books amid coronavirus outbreak
The Catholic church in Lancashire introduces measures to "reduce possible transmission" of the virus.

Man who killed cat with concrete slab jailed
Carl Dyson dropped the paving stone on the cat twice to "make doubly sure", magistrates are told.

Take a look inside new book-share bus scheme
Blackpool Transport's route 5 service is now operating with a community book-share scheme on board.

Murder-accused teenager 'easily led'
Teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck died after "severe compressive force directed at the neck".

Boy, 11, taken driving to 'get him off gaming'
The child's family had become "fed up" with his constant playing of Grand Theft Auto, police said.

Northern rail team given 100 days to produce plan
The Transport Secretary says it will take time for the changes to take effect in the north.

Fire crews tackling large toy business blaze
Thick black smoke can be seen across Marton in Blackpool as 50 firefighters tackle the blaze.
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Church bans hymn books amid coronavirus outbreak
The Catholic church in Lancashire introduces measures to "reduce possible transmission" of the virus.

Man who killed cat with concrete slab jailed
Carl Dyson dropped the paving stone on the cat twice to "make doubly sure", magistrates are told.

Take a look inside new book-share bus scheme
Blackpool Transport's route 5 service is now operating with a community book-share scheme on board.

Murder-accused teenager 'easily led'
Teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck died after "severe compressive force directed at the neck".

Boy, 11, taken driving to 'get him off gaming'
The child's family had become "fed up" with his constant playing of Grand Theft Auto, police said.

Northern rail team given 100 days to produce plan
The Transport Secretary says it will take time for the changes to take effect in the north.

Fire crews tackling large toy business blaze
Thick black smoke can be seen across Marton in Blackpool as 50 firefighters tackle the blaze.

Man who killed cat with concrete slab jailed
Carl Dyson dropped the paving stone on the cat twice to "make doubly sure", magistrates are told.

Take a look inside new book-share bus scheme
Blackpool Transport's route 5 service is now operating with a community book-share scheme on board.

Murder-accused teenager 'easily led'
Teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck died after "severe compressive force directed at the neck".
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Read moreUniversity sets up special training system for ultrasound
The University of Cumbria is setting up a new training course to help deal with a shortage of of trained sonographers, the staff who perform ultrasound scans.

Special training rooms will be set up at hospitals in the Morecambe Bay area and the Ellsemere Port Hospital, and an existing simulation room will be used as well, with university and clinical staff travelling between the locations.
Charles Sloan, who leads on medical sciences at the university, said some hospitals had fewer than half the sonographers they needed, and overall the NHS was 9% short.
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