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Huge cannabis farm discovered at four-storey house in Ramsbottom

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Football club looking for new home after spate of pitch fires

Man taken to hospital after crash leaves car on its side

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Crausby supports Labour policy to ban fur

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Respite centre retains 'good' rating after CQC inspection

Northern Mayors ask rail staff to reconsider strike amid passenger disruption

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Celebrating the life of Alice Foley who felt she was 'tolerated but not accepted' as she fought for the rights of women

Paramedics to strike again over banding dispute

'Dangerous' falling branches leave mother scared to let children in garden

Concern for missing 21-year-old man

Shopkeeper hit with community order after illicit tobacco find at convenience store

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Licensing chiefs hit taxi driver duo with suspensions

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Community kitchen 'still in limbo' two months after becoming homeless

Man wanted for conspiracy to murder

Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash in Bolton

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Increasing concern for woman missing from home

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Oasis shut in the Market Place

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New employment hub proposed for Westhoughton

Bury's four most wanted — June 20, 2018

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Blackburn Christmas to get German Market flavour

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Super gran aged 82 is gearing up for abseil

'My escape from the hell of North Korea' - Bury-based refugee reveals all

Mental health crisis leaves police officers looking after ill patients

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Music festival puts 300 young people in the spotlight

Meet the volunteers who are going the distance with the fight against litter

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Police try to find men after thefts from shops

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Have you seen Michaela?

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REVEALED: Number of children on waiting list for dental operations rises

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Heartbroken mum features in documentary about deadly 'choking game'

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Tributes to East Lancashire's first Asian mayor after death

One in five miss out on first choice high school

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Cancer screening days potentially saved 100 lives

Terrified woman checks CCTV to see man breaking into building where she was alone at night

School children enjoy reading festival

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Organisers are busy cooking up town's food festival

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Decision on town centre junction safety to be reviewed

Former LibDem councillors go from 'Free Independent' to Labour

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MP to hold two advice surgeries on Friday

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Networking event for armed forces and veterans

Siblings tackle epic challenges after dad's cancer diagnosis

Radcliffe artist's works to go on display at library

Concert celebrating the best in film music

Diddymen took to the stage in Bolton in 1990

Stars of stage enjoy the red carpet treatment

Maxine Peake's Queens of the Coal Age to get stage premiere next week

Man gunned down in Unsworth named

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Man arrested after gun fired at convenience store

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Teenager dies after suspected hit-and-run

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Population in Blackburn with Darwen predicted to FALL in next 10 years

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Shed destroyed by fire in suspected arson

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Warning issued after another 'nuisance' fire at derelict school

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House proud residents slam council for letting estate down

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Unused Bolton Council buildings 'costing thousands' says Cllr John Walsh

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Qureshi supports medical cannabis use and calls for debate on full legalisation

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Young schoolboy injured after being hit by car in Westhoughton

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PREVIEW: What's coming up at the full meeting of Bolton Council tonight

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Cubs camp out 500ft feet high at the top of Blackpool Tower

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Heart wrenching diary of human trafficking victim

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Parents' anger over teacher suspension

Planners refuse extension of BBC man's historic family home

Fairfield Hospital spends £1.78 million to cover nursing vacancies

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Burnley thief in court for raids on Turf Hotel and Boot Inn

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Free travel on the Metrolink

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Sport

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LIVE: Blackburn Rovers Championship fixtures 2018/19

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Blackburn Rovers Championship fixtures for the 2018/19 season

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Lewis Travis has become 'ten times the player' at Rovers

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Burnley boss Sean Dyche has already told his players to put the success of last season behind them and focus on preserving Premier League status

Bettering last season a 'challenge' for Dyche

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Gordon Harris scores Burnley's goal in the defeat in Hamburg

Jimmy Robson on the Clarets' first European adventure

Corry Evans started twice for Northern Ireland during the recent internationals

Rovers' international quartet to be handed extra time off

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Sport

FIXTURES: Accrington Stanley kick-off life in League One at home

FIXTURES: Accrington Stanley kick-off life in League One at home

Stanley skipper Conneely relishing the big League One occasions

Mike Garlick is excited to see Sean Dyche take Burnley into Europe this season

Battle of Britain a 'game to relish' for Clarets chairman

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Burnley's seventh place finish took them to Europe for the first time in 51 years

Dyche ready for Europe challenge 'up the road'

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Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes is looking forward to the Europa League clash with Burnley

Burnley tie is 'fantastic', says Aberdeen boss McInnes

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Sean Dyche's Burnley will face Aberdeen in the Europa League

Clarets face Battle of Britain in the Europa League

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Iceland held Argentina to a draw in their opening World Cup game

Iceland to assess Gudmundsson ahead of Nigeria game

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Nine youngsters have signed up as first-year scholars with Rovers

Rovers hoping scholar intake can see Academy continue to flourish

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National sport

Fulham v Derby County – Sky Bet Championship – Playoff – Semi Final – Second Leg – Craven Cottage

Next season’s EFL fixtures – the talking points

Frank Lampard File Photo

Lampard starts Championship campaign at Reading

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

I could leave Chelsea in search of first-team football – Loftus-Cheek

Napoli v Manchester City – UEFA Champions League – Group F – Stadio San Paolo

Football rumours from the media

Alex Hales

Alex Hales aware his England spot is under threat despite recent ton

Steve Holland, left, and Gareth Southgate

Holland rates Southgate favourably against some of best in Europe

Scott Borthwick

Somerset make Surrey pay for asking them to bat first

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Lancashire CCC

Alex Davies is looking forward to resuming wicket-keeping duty for Lancashire sooner rather than later

Alex Davies keen to get the keeping gloves back for Lancashire

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Athletics

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Mo Farah first to cross the line at the Cutty Sark in London's newest half marathon

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Leigh Centurions

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National news

Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford with their newborn daughter

New Zealand premier welcomes newborn girl ‘to our village’

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a change in culture in the NHS (Neil Hall/PA)

Hunt: NHS ‘blame culture’ must change to help prevent repeat of Gosport scandal

Stonehenge

In Pictures: Crowds gather for summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge

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Dixons Carphone posts profits plunge in wake of major cyber attack

Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern gives birth to baby girl

Artist's impression of an asteroid

US stepping up Earth’s protection from asteroids

David Lammy

Windrush 70th celebrations will be bittersweet because of scandal, says Lammy

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