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• Lancashire prepares for local government shake up

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• Government defends Guild Hall response

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• Appeal after two die following collision near Wrightington hospital

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• Preston waste review begins

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• Ruling Reform group backs Farage’s resignation

  The Reform UK group that runs Lancashire County Council says Nigel Farage has done “the right thing” by quitting as an MP to trigger a parliamentary by-election.