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Ten MPs gifted Euros tickets from betting firms
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton is among MPs who received football tickets worth more than £3,000 each.

Council votes against reviving City of Culture bid
Calls for Lancashire County Council to resurrect its 2025 UK City of Culture bid are rejected.

Man stabbed after confronting masked car thieves
A man aged in his 30s remains in hospital after he was stabbed in the head and stomach on Thursday.

Phone box saved in mobile-hating villager tribute
Eric Dewhurst was well-known for using the red phone box in the village where he lived all his life.

Man stole £48k 'without remorse' to fund high life
Wayne Skinner spent the money on luxury holidays, nights out and Ed Sheeran tickets.

North West leads housing boom with prices up 15%
Official figures show property prices also rising rapidly in Scotland, Wales and the North East.

Nine held in murder and shooting investigations
Police raid properties in Manchester, Oldham, Bury and Pendle over a shooting and a murder.
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Ten MPs gifted Euros tickets from betting firms
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton is among MPs who received football tickets worth more than £3,000 each.

Council votes against reviving City of Culture bid
Calls for Lancashire County Council to resurrect its 2025 UK City of Culture bid are rejected.

Man stabbed after confronting masked car thieves
A man aged in his 30s remains in hospital after he was stabbed in the head and stomach on Thursday.

Phone box saved in mobile-hating villager tribute
Eric Dewhurst was well-known for using the red phone box in the village where he lived all his life.

Man stole £48k 'without remorse' to fund high life
Wayne Skinner spent the money on luxury holidays, nights out and Ed Sheeran tickets.

North West leads housing boom with prices up 15%
Official figures show property prices also rising rapidly in Scotland, Wales and the North East.

Nine held in murder and shooting investigations
Police raid properties in Manchester, Oldham, Bury and Pendle over a shooting and a murder.

Council votes against reviving City of Culture bid
Calls for Lancashire County Council to resurrect its 2025 UK City of Culture bid are rejected.

Man stabbed after confronting masked car thieves
A man aged in his 30s remains in hospital after he was stabbed in the head and stomach on Thursday.

Phone box saved in mobile-hating villager tribute
Eric Dewhurst was well-known for using the red phone box in the village where he lived all his life.
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Copyright: GoogleThe rider, a man in his 50s from Blackburn, was pronounced dead after the collision on Jack Lane, Wigglesworth, near Skipton, at about 11:10 BST on Wednesday
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The car driver, a woman in her 60s from the Ribble Valley area of East Lancashire, suffered from shock. A passenger in the car, a woman in her 80s, received hospital treatment for a leg injury not believed to be serious, police added.
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