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Lancashire students warned of loan scam email

3:14pm Friday 3rd September 2010

STUDENTS are being warned to be on their guard after reports of a ‘student loan’ scam email

Carnforth historian finds hoard of Roman coins near Arnside

BURIED TREASURE: Historian John Harrison with his metal detector

7:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A METAL-detecting historian has made an exciting discovery of rare Roman coins at a South Lakeland caravan park.

£10.98m cuts unveiled by Lancashire County Council

5:16pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

JOBS look set to be in jeopardy across Lancashire children’s homes and young people’s services as part of a major cuts package.

Incidents up for life-saving North West team

3:10pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

PATIENTS in life-threatening emergencies in the North are getting more help in the first few critical minutes thanks to a dedicated community first responder desk.

Lancashire Council of Mosques chair to fight £9k benefit theft charge

IN COURT: Salim Mulla

9:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010

ONE of Lancashire's most prominent community leaders is being prosecuted for alleged benefit fraud.

Arnside rail viaduct repairs 'painful but imperative'

Arnside rail viaduct repairs 'painful but imperative'

5:23pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

COMMUTERS face four months of delays when a £12million scheme to repair Arnside rail viaduct starts.

Arnside Viaduct to be closed for four months

7:20pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

COMMUTERS face four months of delays when a £12 million scheme to restore Arnside rail viaduct starts.

George waits for a kidney

3:17pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

In 2007, George Scattergood was working as a chef in Arnside when he started suffering from cramps in his legs.

Grange medical centre gets go-ahead

1:34pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

A MEDICAL centre is set to be built in a prime location in Grange after plans were given the green light.

44 Lancashire Police warrant cards went missing

ID: A warrant card

1:17pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

AT LEAST 44 police warrant cards have been lost by, or stolen from, Lancashire officers in the past two years.

Reopening sparks hopes for Carnforth pool future

‘STAY AFLOAT’: Coun AFLOAT’: Coun Peter Williamson (right), with Francoise Nott and worried swimmers

5:58pm Thursday 26th August 2010

IMPROVEMENTS to a threatened north Lancashire swimming pool have sparked fresh hopes that the facility will survive budget cuts.

£150,000 raised at Sheridan Suite charity dinner

7:20pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

A North West MEP was among those who helped raise a staggering £150,000 for the Pakistan Flood Relief over the weekend.

Retirement home for Lancashire police horses

WORK HARD: A police horse

4:00pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

THE mounted police unit has set up a ‘retirement fund’ for its horses once their careers are over.

Dallam School - Year 11 GCSE Results

4:22pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

Year 11 – Grades A*-G J. Abbit 11; O. Adair 6; V.Armstrong 10.5; G.Ashton 6.5; D.Badenoch 11; E. Barker 9.5; E. Barker 10.5; G. Beaumont 10.5; B. Bellis 7.5; E. Bousfield 10.5; N. Bownass 7.5; T. Bradfield 8; C. Bray 8; V. Brooks 11;A. Brown 5; E. Brown 7.5; T. Butler 3;B. Byram 8.5; J. Campbell 6; T. Cardwell 11; T. Carling 10.5; J. Catchpole 11; S. Cherry 10.5; S. Chesters 10.5; Y. Chiu 7.5;A. Clegg 10.5; M. Cole 6; C. Connelly 9.5; A. Cook 6; N. Cooper 9.5; A. Crabtree 8; C. Cronk 10; J. Dixon 7; J. Dougan-McGill 7; C. Drummond 9.5; E. Edmondson 10.5; K. Edmondson 8.5; A. Ellis 5; A. Escolme 9.5; F. Evans-Jeanrenaud 10.5; J. Fallows 9.5; M. Fern 11; A. Field 10.5; A. Foulkes 2; R. Foxcroft 10.5; A. Franklin 8.5; B. Gardner 9.5; K. Garner 8.5; R. Goodfellow 10.5; K. Gott 10.5; K. Graham 8.5; T. Hagel-Leak 7.5; J. Hague 6.5; E. Hampsey 9.5; S. Harper 8.5; L. Harrison-Dowding 9.5; A. Hartley 11; R. Hodgkiss 7.5; G. Hodgson 10.5; L. Hogarth 10.5; J. Hones 9; S. Howsley 4; S. Hughes 1;R. Hurst 7; R. Hutchinson 7; L. Ibbetson 10.5; C. Jackson 5; P. Jeffs 10.5; T. Jewell 5; A. Jones 9.5; K. Jones 8.5; M. Kidd 9.5; C. Kwok 7.5;W. Kwok 10; H. Kwong 10.5; J. Laisby 10.5; E. Lea 8; G. Lee 11; S. Lee 9.5; Y. Leung 10; H. Lightley 9.5; H. Little 10.5; D. Lloyd 6; L. Looker 9.5; S. Looker 5; K. Lowther-Edwards 8.5; B. Lycett 11; S. Lyde 9.5; J. Lydiate 9.5; M. Lyon 10.5; M. Macdonald 10.5; K. Macfarlane 7; C. Mak 10.5; C. Mak 8.5; L. Mariani 7.5; K. Marsden 8.5; T. Maudsley 11; Z. Maxfield 8.5; L. Mayfield 10.5; D. Mckeown 10.5; C. McQuillan 8.5; B. Mcrae 7; N. Mitchell 10.5; G. Morgan 10.5; C.Nash 9; J. Naylor 9; F. Newcombe 10.5; A. Noon 8.5; C. Norman 6; L. Oversby 8; E. Park 8; C. Parker 10.5; C. Parker 10.5; J. Parry 9; E. Peach 10.5; I. Pearson 9.5; S. Peat 10.5; L. Pepper 10.5; A. Pinder 10.5; G. Pritchard 10.5; N. Procter 7; J. Quinn 9.5; C. Rees 10.5; M. Reynolds 10.5; N. Rose 4; B. Salter 8.5; T. Settle 10.5; G. Shaw 8.5; D. Shepherd 9.5; M. Shuttleworth 8.5; D. Simpson 9.5; S. Simpson 10.5; C. Skitt 9.5; B. Skyrme 7; I. Smith 8.5; A. Stephens 7; C. Stewart 8; G. Stewart 9.5; E. Stott 10.5; J. Taylor 9.5; J. Taylor 9.5; M. Taylor 1; S. Taylor 9.5; J. Taylor-Crozier 10.5;J. Thedham 9.5; K. Thompson 10.5; N. Thorpe 9.5; C. Threlfall 8; C. Tidman 7; S. Till 10.5; E. Tough 10.5; O. Tsang 10; J. Turnbull 2; I. Usherwood 2; A. Waite 11; C. Waldie 9.5; J. Walker 10.5; D. Walsh 7.5; J. Walton 10; H. Wardlaw 11; M. Wareham 9.5; N. Watts 8; T. Watts 10.5; T. Westley 8.5; R. White 7.5; E. Whitehead 9.5; J. Whittam 8; A. Wieclawska 10.5; G. Willard 10.5; C. Williamson 6; B. Wilson 10.5; M. Winder 10.5; R. Winters 10.5; L. Wise 9.5; A. Wood 10.5; A. Wood 11; G. Woodend 9.5; H. Woods 2; S. Wright 9.5; W. Yuen 7.5.

Carnforth High School - GCSE Results

2:41pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

A*-C grades

Wings School, Milnthorpe - GCSE Results

12:02pm Tuesday 24th August 2010

Year 11 - A*-G (A-C) S.Anderson 3; S. Brooks 3; E. Butterworth 9 (8); B. Coates 9 (5); R. Crossland 9 (8); M. Dixon 9; P. Edgar 7 (5); C. Ellis 8 (1); S. Neath 9 (1); D. Nunney 9 (6); A. Oates 9 (7); S. Roberts 9 (1).

Lancashire crackdown on school run parkers

NO PARKING: Parents who stop on zigzag lines could be fined by traffic wardens under new rules

8:30am Monday 23rd August 2010

EDUCATION chiefs have declared war on parents who drop their children off directly outside the school gates — by giving traffic wardens the power to issue fines.

Speed cameras in Lancashire to stay on our roads

DRASTIC MEASURE: Coun Tim Ashton

9:42am Tuesday 17th August 2010

THE man in charge of Lancashire’s roads has revealed he rejected the opportunity to switch off all of the county’s speed cameras.

Heavy rain warning for Lancashire

5:52pm Thursday 12th August 2010

THE Met Office has warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms in parts of Lancashire this evening.

Lancashire Muslims begin Ramadhan fast

2:07pm Wednesday 11th August 2010

MUSLIMS across Lancashire are starting their Ramadhan fast from today.

Duke of Lancaster soldiers capture Taliban town

ACTION: Troops from Somme Company, the 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment preparing to board RAF Chinooks

3:13pm Tuesday 10th August 2010

NORTH West soldiers have seized a key enemy stronghold from the Taliban after an 11-day mission in Afghanistan.

North West ambulance response times 'too slow'

OPPOSITION: Union bosses have hit out at the targets faced by ambulance crews

1:42pm Tuesday 10th August 2010

THE North West Ambulance Service is one of the slowest in the country for response times to life-threatening emergencies.

Mixed picture on Lancashire parking fines

1:32pm Tuesday 10th August 2010

THE number of parking tickets dished out in parts of Lancashire has almost doubled, according to figures.

Motorists face South Lakeland roadworks disruption

2:52pm Monday 9th August 2010

MOTORISTS in South Lakeland are set for widespread disruption over the next month due to roadworks.

Lancashire farmers quizzed over cloned embryos

5:20pm Saturday 7th August 2010

LANCASHIRE farmers have been sent legal notices asking them to guarantee their products are not derived from cloned embryos, it has emerged.

Plans to cut Lancashire fire automatic alarm call-outs

10:38am Thursday 5th August 2010

LANCASHIRE's fire chiefs have been told they could be putting lives at risk after unveiling drastic plans to cut automatic alarm call-outs.

North West soldiers seize Taliban stronghold

North West soldiers seize Taliban stronghold

2:50pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

WITH VIDEO: Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment soldiers have helped drive the Taliban out of the Sayedebad area of southern Afghanistan.

Lancashire roads boss: Speed cameras will be cut

REVIEW: Speed cameras

1:30pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010

THE MAN in charge of Lancashire’s highways said he was ‘absolutely sure’ the number of speed cameras on the county’s roads would be reduced.







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