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A DRUG dealer has been ordered to pay back more than £8,000 or face further time in jail.

A MAN was threatened and hit over the head with a chair before three robbers stole his bike.

MORECAMBE and Lancaster residents will not be able to call Westmorland General Hospital’s main telephone number between 11pm on Tuesday, February 21 and 2am on Wednesday, February 22.

THIEVES tried to pull a cash machine from a wall using a car but fled emptyhanded.

A BIN amnesty could be held by town hall chiefs in an effort to save cash and help avoid the introduction of charges for replacement bins and recycling boxes.

A FORMER care home worker who launched a knife attack, injuring three people, has been jailed for five years.

EXACTLY one month after the shock closure of Verdes restaurant in Lancaster, an Italian couple have re-opened the premises for business this week, creating up to 12 jobs.

A CHILDREN’S home in Over Kellet will be expanded to house three additional children and permanent staff, despite objections by the parish council.

A LANCASTER woman has cooked up a storm after making it to the finals of the MasterChef TV show.

SCHEMES worth £2.6m aimed at improving the Lancaster district could be put on hold if a judicial review delays council plans to sell land to Booths supermarket.

POOR admissions planning at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary is harming the hospital’s emergency department, according to the care watchdog.

LANCASTER dance gymnastics group Revelation took one of the top prizes in the Furness Charity Challenge North West talent competition final at the Lancaster Grand Theatre on Saturday.

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A young man suffered a brain haemorrhage and was in a coma for a month after falling through his employer’s roof as he tried to fix a leaky skylight.

ITEMS of antique jewellery were found amongst a haul of stolen property recovered by police.

POLICE have named the 46-year-old man from Morecambe killed after a crash on Kendal bypass last night.

Labour’s plans to hike council house rents to raise funds to build new homes have been given the go-ahead.

A LANCASTER resident has called on the city council to use its powers to ensure a derelict house is brought back into good repair.

STAFF from the Abbeystead Estate, near Lancaster, rubbed shoulders with royalty at a glitzy 21st birthday party organised by the Duke of Westminster for his son.