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An early look ahead to The Great Yorkshire Show 2012

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February 23rd 2012

England’s premier agricultural show is getting set to open its gates for what will be a unique three days celebrating all that’s best about the countryside and British farming.

Shooter Steve Walton aims for the Olympics

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February 22nd 2012

Clay pigeon Shooter Stevan Walton from Redditch was eight years old when he first picked up a gun under the watchful eye of his father ...

The Mysterious Pirates of Portland

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February 22nd 2012

Are there really pirates’ graves at Church Ope Cove? Edward Griffiths grabs his cutlass and pieces of eight to find out more.

Ellis-Fermor & Negus, Derbyshire

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February 22nd 2012

NEED A FAMILY LAWYER – CHOOSE ONE THAT FITS AND SUITS YOU!

Send us your memories of royal visits in Lancashire and Lakeland

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February 21st 2012

Lancashire Life readers invited to share their pictures and memories of the Queen’s visits to our county

2012 Holly Holy Day 40th anniversary of Battle of Nantwich re-enactment

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February 20th 2012

Holy smoke! Roundheads, cavaliers, fire eaters and other historic entertainers converged upon Nantwich town centre to re-enact the Battle of Nantwich. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN COCKS

Search and Rescue Dogs training at Rothbury

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February 16th 2012

Dogs are invaluable but often overlooked members of search and rescue teams. Guy Kiddey joined them as they trained in the woods near Rothbury

Herts fire investigation dog, CC, sniffs out Facebook

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February 16th 2012

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s fire investigation dog CC has sniffed out his own Facebook page.

ToSouk - helping local artisans take their goods to the marketplace

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February 15th 2012

A group of local entrepreneurs have a social marketplace website to shop for everything hip and handmade

Make a grand Lancastrian romantic gesture this Valentine's Day

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February 14th 2012

This Valentine’s Day take a break from the supermarket roses and make a grand Lancastrian romantic gesture. Emma Alsop and Georgia Smith save you the hard work by listing their top ten

Make your special day extra special

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February 13th 2012

If you thought that hiring a country manor house exclusively for your wedding was just a pipedream, think again. Prested Hall in Feering has been offering this unusual and special experience to wedding couples for years

The Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool is shrugging off it's old image

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February 4th 2012

Fifteen years ago a BBC documentary gave Liverpool’s Adelphi Hotel celebrity status – for all the wrong reasons. What’s it like today? Mark Gilligan finds out

Free Village Market Event: Saturday, March 3

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February 2nd 2012

Do you hold a regular market in your community building or are you interested in starting one?

Take an Olympic ride at Lee Valley

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February 1st 2012

The Lee Valley White Water Centre is now open for its spring season, ahead of the 2012 Games. Don’t miss your chance to give it a go before the athletes do!

Olympics countdown: Paralympic soldier Nick Beighton's incredible story

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January 29th 2012

If you were putting together a modern day superhero, Nick Beighton from Shrewsbury would tick all the boxes ...

The Queen: Diamond days ahead

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January 28th 2012

Sixty one years ago exactly on February 6, in a remote part of Kenya, the young Princess Elizabeth received the news of her father’s death. The tour was abandoned, and Elizabeth flew back to Britain as its Queen ...

Recharge your car at County Hall

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January 27th 2012

Hertfordshire County Council has installed free electric vehicle charging points at County Hall in Hertford.

Bank House Farm, Glaisdale - Bunk Barn in the North York Moors

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January 26th 2012

Sell up, sell out or change direction. That was the dilemma facing North York Moors farmer Emma Padmore, as she explains

Daytrips to paradise - Childhood memories of Ainsdale

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January 25th 2012

Lancastrian Jean Hill shares her childhood memories of fun with family and friends on Ainsdale beach

Herefordshire's Jubilee celebrations

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January 20th 2012

Herefordshire’s celebrations marking the Queen’s 60 years on the throne will have a nautical flavour, says Sharon Chilcott