More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Thursday
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Remaining mainly dry but with the possibility of showers.
It is likely to get cold into the evening and overnight, with frost and a few mist patches possible. Lows of 3C.
A 17-year-old moped rider has been injured after crashing with a van in Morecambe.
Image source, GoogleThe girl suffered minor injuries when she was struck while travelling towards Torrisholme Road at about 21:40 yesterday.
The van failed to stop at the scene and made off in the direction of Torrisholme Road.
Police are appealing for anyone with any information to contact them.
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A recycling shop is to open in the new year to reuse goods that usually end up at landfill sites.
Image source, GoogleLancashire County Council is appealing for good quality items for the shop, which will be based at Preston Household Waste Recycling Centre and be open from mid-January.
The development will see potentially useful things saved from being thrown in the skips at the Tom Benson Way facility in a bid to reduce the amount of landfill waste.
Items will be checked, cleaned up and repaired if necessary before being put on sale.
The county council is appealing for items such as armchairs, beds, bookcases, and games.
Quote Message"We're opening the shop to increase the amount of waste we re-use in Lancashire. It's great to recycle, but it's even better to reduce the amount we throw away in the first place.
Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet member for environment, planning, and cultural services
A woman has been left "horrified" after finding at least 30 insects inside a bag of Tesco's own-brand rice.
Image source, Jade WhittakerJade Whittaker found the bugs, some of which were hatching eggs, in the sealed bag on Monday after buying it from the Hill Street store in Blackburn.
Ms Whittaker, 21, who is eight months pregnant, said: "It was grim... They were crawling everywhere."
Tesco apologised and suggested they were "harmless" household pests. She was offered a £5 "goodwill" voucher.
Taxi drivers are calling on police to take immediate action following a spate of vandalism , externalinvolving objects being thrown at cars.
The first female to steer Fleetwood RNLI's lifeboat went out on her first call out yesterday following a request by the UK Coastguard.
Image source, RNLIAngela Sanderson, whose job it is to be at the helm of boat, took the lifeboat along with other volunteers to help two fishing vessels.
Both were taken back to shore safely.
Lancashire County Council has announced that it will make up to £500,000 available to ease winter pressures on the county's hospitals.
The fund is part of a series of measures introduced by the county council to tackle winter pressures, which include increased staff capacity over Christmas and the New Year.
Lancashire's hospitals will be monitored on a regular basis by a social care team to identify immediate actions that can speed up the discharges of patients from hospital.
Where these actions require additional funding, trusts will have immediate access to money the county council has set aside.
Quote MessageIt's a measure of how seriously we take this issue that we have identified this funding at a time when the county council is facing an unprecedented financial challenge.
Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services,
With Storm Barbara set to move across the British Isles, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has advised that the latest forecasts indicate a high probability of gales and severe gales which have the potential to disrupt sailings, external on December 23 and 24.
BBC Sport
Morecambe director Nigel Adams has resigned from his role at the League Two club, citing a lack of communication from owner Diego Lemos.
Image source, Getty Images"I do not feel I have been given sufficient financial information from the majority shareholder to allow me to perform my duties," Adams said.
Chairman Peter McGuigan has told the BBC he is "very concerned about the situation at the club and he has tried to contact the owner without success".
The Shrimps are 19th in the table.
Organisations on the Fylde coast are set to benefit from £4.32m to help improve healthcare.
Image source, geographThe aim of the funding, announced by NHS England in May, is to improve the care people receive, prevent ill health and save funds to safeguard services.
On the Fylde coast this is happening through providing services that support people to manage their conditions better in the community, reducing the risk of a hospital admission.
Quote MessageWe’ve made substantial progress to date in transforming how local people, who often need the most help to stay well, receive the care they need. This investment is a significant endorsement of that progress and in the potential of our future intentions.
Peter Tinson, Chief Operating Officer at NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG
A 65-year-old woman's bank cards have been stolen while she was asked about a tree in her back garden in Lancaster.
Image source, GoogleShe opened the door to a woman who asked to see the tree in Shakespeare Road at about 16:00 yesterday.
While distracted, another person went into the house and stole credit and bank cards.
Anyone with information is being urged to contact police.
Lancashire has been chosen as one of a number of areas to receive money to prevent young people from becoming homeless.
Image source, Getty ImagesPrime Minister Theresa May and Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announced the county will receive £735,000 as part of a £50m pilot programme for 28 areas across the country.
The programme will trial new approaches to identify young people at the greatest risk of homelessness and improve support for teenagers.
As well as this funding, Blackpool will also receive more than £600,000 to join up homelessness services across the Fylde Coast with a new partnership that will help people accessing housing make an easier transition into employment support.
A schoolgirl has raised almost £1,000 for Cancer Research and donated 12 inches of her own hair, external to the Little Princess Trust.
An investigation is under way into the cause of a fire at a derelict school in Padiham.
Image source, GoogleFour fire engines and crews were sent to the former Ivy Bank High School on Byron Street at about 20:00 last night.
They found the blaze on the second floor of the four storey building.
No one was injured
Christmas smokers in the county are being urged to think about the risks that secondhand smoke can have on young children.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Quit Squad, delivered by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and funded by Lancashire County Council, is encouraging households this Christmas to ensure that their homes are safe from smoke.
The organisation is highlighting the dangers of secondhand smoke for children, who have less well-developed airways, lungs and immune systems.
It says passive smoking also places adults at risk of the same diseases as smokers, including cancer, and suggests households make a 'smoke free pledge' this Christmas.
