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Lyon's Lancashire loss leaves them last in county table

Four matches into Nathan Lyon's spell with Lancashire and his team are bottom of the English county league, without a win, after Wes Agar's Kent beat them.

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Jofra Archer confirmed in squad to boost England’s T20 World Cup defence

Bowler has recovered from long-standing elbow injury to be named in provisional 15-man squad for T20 World Cup that starts on 1 June

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Lancashire town locked down ‘after grenade donated to heritage centre’

Emergency services corden off large area of Darwen while army bomb disposal unit removes and destroys grenade

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Long, expensive county toil for new boys Boland & Lyon

Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland's first proper taste of county cricket has featured a lot of hard yakka and plenty of runs being taken off the Aussie luminaries.

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County cricket: Davies hits double century as Warwickshire pummel Durham

It was a punishing return to Division One for Durham on a day of muscular batting and big scores

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I’m not at Lancashire to take Tom Hartley’s place, insists Nathan Lyon

Nathan Lyon said he had not joined Lancashire to take Tom Hartley’s place in the team

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Lyon disappointed at CA cutting short his English stint

Spinning great Nathan Lyon is disappointed that Australian cricket chiefs have ruled he can't play a full season in England with Lancashire.

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Twenty Labour councillors quit party in protest at leadership

Group in Lancashire claim national party ‘wants to control anything that any councillor wants to say’

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Family pay tribute to boy, 16, killed in Lancashire farm buggy crash

Police appeal for witnesses after Hector Eccles came off the road in his Polaris Ranger on Saturday night

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Lyon's Lancashire stint cut by two matches

English county Lancashire have said that star Aussie Nathan Lyon will not be available for the full season as Cricket Australia seeks to limit his workload.

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Lady Henig obituary

Historian and deputy speaker of the Lords who chaired the Security Industry Authority

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Jenna Coleman To Star In BBC Studios' Crime Thriller The Jetty

Discover Jenna Coleman's captivating performance as rookie cop Ember Manning in The Jetty, a crime thriller series set in Lancashire, exploring complex the...

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Canal boats’ green image goes up in smoke

Letters: Frank Keightley responds to a travel article about narrowboating in Lancashire with a cautionary word about wood burners and diesel engines. Plus a letter from Prof John Whitelegg on other sources of particulate pollution

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EuroMillions: Winners of £61million jackpot initially thought they'd won £2.60

The lucky couple won a share of the £123 million jackpot, with another winning ticket having been bought in Spain

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TV tonight: Joe Lycett talks to Gary Lineker about his World Cup pitch poo

It’s part of the comedian’s campaign to stop water company sewage leaks. Plus, the Hairy Bikers look west to Lancashire for culinary inspiration. Here’s what to watch this evening

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What happened at Morecambe Bay? Lancashire cockle tragedy remembered 20 years on

Lancashire Police fear that gangs are still running riot, two decades after tragedy

The Independent UK

Lancashire police chief retires weeks after criticism over Nicola Bulley case

Chief constable Chris Rowley will step down from the role in March after a 31-year career with the force

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Blackpool Tower 'fire' is actually just orange netting, police confirm

LANCASHIRE Police have confirmed that there was no fire at Blackpool Tower when attending the scene.

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Strong R sound of some Lancashire accents in danger of dying out

Study finds rhotic speech that survives in pocket of east Lancashire around Blackburn becoming less common

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‘Fire’ at Blackpool Tower turns out to be flapping orange netting

Police arrest man on suspicion of breaching the peace after footage appeared to show landmark in flames

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Police reveal 'flames' seen at reported Blackpool Tower fire was orange netting blowing in wind

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to scene following reports of blaze, but have since confirmed there was no fire

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Lancashire accent may be lost ‘in the next few generations’, study suggests

The ‘strong r’ is becoming rare among younger generations in the North West, researchers have found.

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‘Textile zombie’ v fossil fashion: the battle to clean up the clothing industry in 2023

There was a huge rise this year in hyperfast fashion, with its huge carbon footprint and terrible waste. But from jeans grown in Lancashire to the popularising of repairs, it’s not all bad news

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Two men seriously hurt as McLaren car crashes into home then catches fire

The car crashed into a lamppost and then a home in Lancashire early on Saturday

The Independent UK

Lancashire back plans for external investment into The Hundred but not extension

Consultations over changes to the ownership model are ongoing between the England and Wales Cricket Board, the 18 first-class counties and MCC.

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