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• Lancashire Police is to launch the use of Live Facial Recognition, helping prevent and detect crime

  The first deployment is to take place in Blackpool on Friday, September 4, ahead of and during the Illuminations Switch On show.

• Wyre Council seek to clarify position over Fleetwood Ferry

  "Wyre Council is fully prepared to increase our financial contribution to meet our agreed share of the subsidy."

• Blackpool Transport shines a light on its Illuminations plans 

  Blackpool residents and visitors are being urged to plan ahead when travelling around the town ahead of the big Illuminations switch-on this Friday (September 4).

• Heritage Trams Speculation Addressed

  Blackpool Transport have issued a statement after social media speculation.

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• Badenoch To Set Out Plans To Raise Extra 10bn A Year For Defence

  Andy Burnham should take up plans for sweeping welfare cuts, and scrap the Chagos Islands deal, to raise £10 billion a year for defence, Kemi Badenoch will say in an intervention on military spending..

• Macron Tells King And PM Happy End Were Here After Bayeux Tapestry Tour

  French President Emmanuel Macron told the King and the Prime Minister that it has been a “happy end, we’re here” after a tour of the Bayeux Tapestry in London..

• Blacksmithing Returns To Gretna Green For First Time In 150 Years

  Blacksmithing returned to Gretna Green for the first time in more than 150 years, with the opening of a new forge..

• Tiger Woods Pleads No Contest On Reckless Driving Charge After Florida Car Crash

  Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge and his driving licence has been suspended for five years after a crash in which he was initially accused of driving under the influence..

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