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Rustic panache: Stunning 22-room barn conversion on the market for £895,000

Ostensibly, to say you live in a barn these days is very much a boast rather than an admission. Barn conversions are all the rage owing to the fact that barns are large, nicely made out of brick, and usually situated in gorgeously rural settings. We all love a barn conversion.

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Virgin is one of the partners involved in the action

Legal action launched by rail partners barred from applying for West Coast Main Line franchise

The partners behind the inter-city West Coast Main Line have begun legal action against the Department for Transport after being barred from applying for the new franchise.

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Pupils from Corpus Christi Catholic High School in Preston are benefiting form careers advice from local industry

Lancashire businesses asked to give up an hour to help put pupils on the right career path

A campaign has been launched to try it get business leaders more involved in careers education.

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Four in a row for Lancaster agency named in region’s top 50

Digital Marketing agency SQ Digital has been named in the Prolific North Top 50 Digital Agencies for the fourth year in a row.

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The 10 best rated electricians on TrustATrader.

Here are Lancashire's 10 best electricians according to TrustATrader

These Lancashire electricians are the best-reviewed on the site.

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The four-storey property has over 30 rooms including a self-contained one bedroom first floor flat.

Four floors of perfection: towering seafront mansion with a gym and cinema yours for £1.5m

All homes have unique features, little diamond selling-points which really make them pop. Some have nice gardens, others are modern but compact 21st century flats. Some are huge and spacious, while others are cosy and rustic. To each their own. But every now and again, one house has it all, and this four-storey St. Annes super-mansion is just one of them.

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Si Bellamy, head of Eden Project International, Prof Adam Beamont, Eden Trust trustee, David Morris MP, transport minister Nus Ghani MP and 'Edward Benthall, Eden Trust chair.

Government minister visits Morecambe to see plans for Eden Project North

Plans continue to progress for an Eden Project to be developed in Morecambe, and the scheme was the subject of a government visit to the town.

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TV Masterchef opens restaurant in Morecambe

A former Masterchef contestant has created a new restaurant in part of a Morecambe pub.

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HS2 will initially run between London and Birmingham

HS2 should have started in the North and needs a rethink, say peers

HS2 needs a major rethink and should not go ahead without a new assessment of its business case, a group of peers has warned.

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The proposed plans for commercial space near Carnforth

New Carnforth development plan would create 90,000sqft of employment space off Junction 35 of M6

An additional 90,000 sqft of employment space could be coming to Carnforth on land adjacent to the new Porsche Centre.

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An artist's impression of the proposed energy recovery facility in Heysham

Proposed Heysham waste powered energy facility would run 60,000 homes

Plans to develop an energy recovery facility in Heysham have been submitted to Lancaster City Council.

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The West Coast Main Line runs through Lancashire

Summer disruption to Lancashire train services on West Coast Main Line

Trains to and from Lancashire on the West Coast Main Line will be disrupted over a fortnight this summer.

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Ian and Alfie Armour at Box Tree Farm in Wennington

BMX pump track plan for camping pod site near Lancaster

Plans to convert farmland in a Lune Valley village into a BMX pump track have been submitted to Lancaster City Council.

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The Lancaster University team of (from second left) Dan Ashton, Aura Zhao and Yang Du, with Simon Harrison, Enterprise Programme Manager for Lancaster University, after winning the Bronze Award.

Lancaster University trio collect award at international challenge

A trio of skilled Lancaster University Management School students showed their business nous to impress judges and earn high recognition at an international competition.

Education

New Lancaster interior design firm launched for ‘any budget’

A new interior design company catering to clients who live “one pay packet to the next” has been launched in Lancaster.

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Ladies' fashion retailer Select goes into administration

A fashion chain has become the latest casualty of the economic crisis on our high streets.

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The bargain of the Millennium: 19th-century three-bedroom cottage up for auction at £139,000

Everyone loves a bargain. It's in our nature to enjoy the prospect of getting a sliver of extra value for our hard-earned money - it's like a bonus cherry on top of that something sweet and tantalising which you were already committed to paying for anyways. But when it comes to life's more important purchases - cars, football players, a new six-pack of underwear - bargains are fewer and further between. Enter: this eye-poppingly good-value 19th century cottage up for auction with a starting price of just £139,000...

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