Updates on Friday 10 February
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Mostly dry overnight, although there will be a few light showers of sleet or snow, which could settle over the Pennines. A cold night with a widespread frost.
Cold and cloudy again but it will be windier than Friday, especially on exposed coasts and hills.
Top temperatures will only reach 5C.
A former Butlin's Redcoat who became an internet sensation by signing carpool karaoke is fundraising to release an album.
Ted McDermott, 80, from Blackburn, suffers from Alzheimer's and was signed by the Decca record company to release a version of the song You Make Me Feel So Young, which was released last year.
His family are trying to crowdfund in order to release the album.
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Blackburn boss Owen Coyle has revealed they missed out on signing four players in January, and confirmed Lucas Mugni and Paul Caddis are both on trial.
Image source, Rex FeaturesRennes defender Dimitri Cavare and Watford defender Juan Paredes were both loan targets for the Championship club.
Coyle, 50, also confirmed they tried to sign Lens defender Abdoul Ba, as well as Toronto Whitecaps' Giles Barnes.
Rovers football director Paul Senior had said funds were available to spend in the transfer window.
A local councillor in South Ribble who commented on an offensive tweet aimed at Labour MP Diane Abbott has been suspended.
Alan Pearmain added a comment to a post of an ape wearing lipstick saying: "Forget the London look, get the Diane Abbott look" in December.
The deputy chairman of the South Ribble Conservative Association tweeted: "Nice lips kid. But a shade too much rouge".
A Conservative party spokesman said: "His comments are completely unacceptable".
"He has been suspended from the party, pending an investigation."
Mr Pearmain told BBC Radio Lancashire he would speak to Ms Abbot if she wanted to talk about the situation.
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England player Alex Scott "would've loved the opportunity to have a competition like this when I was younger".
What's she talking about? The FA People's Cup - the country's biggest free five-a-side competition which gives you the chance to make your way to Wembley.
"When I was younger, playing in a football cage, the dream was always to play at Wembley," adds Scott.
"The FA People's Cup gives anyone the opportunity to sign up to a local team in your area. You don't have to rely on your mates.
"It's a chance to meet different people, socialise in different environments. It's more than just signing up, you can get so many benefits from it."
So what are you waiting for? Sign up for the FA People's Cup, external - but hurry as the deadline for entries is the 19 February!
New American-style caps are set to replace Lancashire Police's traditional custodian helmets and peaked caps.
The new style of headwear has already been adopted by a number of forces across the country.
Police said the baseball cap is part of an updated uniform and has a level of protection built in.
Helmets will still be used for ceremonial purposes.
A few bright spells are possible this afternoon, especially in the west of the region.
Mostly dry overnight, although there will be a few light showers of sleet or snow, which could settle over the Pennines. A cold night with a widespread frost.
Lows tonight down to -1C.
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The race to the Premier League title is hotting up, as is the battle to remain in English football's top division.
Image source, Getty ImagesBurnley host current leaders Chelsea on Sunday, with the Clarets having one of the best home records of any team.
Try BBC Sport's Premier League predictor tool to work out where Sean Dyche's side will finish.
A man is due to appear in court accused of sexually abusing girls as young as eight at a care home.
The offences relate to alleged incidents involving four girls aged eight and 16 at Harris Children’s Home in Preston in the 1970s.
The home, which was in Garstang Road, closed in 1982.
Christopher Hartley, 56, of Denham Avenue, Warrington, is accused of attempted rape, seven counts of indecent assault and four counts of inciting a girl to commit an act of gross indecency.
He has been summonsed to appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court on 23 February.
A woman who has travelled to Syria to fight so-called Islamic State has said she is "willing to die" in the battle against the militant group.
Image source, ReutersKimberley Taylor (not pictured) has joined other women fighters on the front line in Raqqa
Kimberley Taylor, from Blackburn, told the Guardian, external she joined Kurdish forces known as the YPJ in March last year.
The 27-year-old, who is on the front line in Raqqa, said fighting IS was for "humanity and all oppressed people".
She is the first known woman from the UK to successfully travel to Syria to join the fight against IS.
Anti-IS forces have been trying to recapture Raqqa since it became the group's defacto capital in 2014.
This little chap has been spotted by a keen-eyed RSPB photographer in Lancaster.
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Burnley signing Ashley Westwood says he felt "rescued" after agreeing a return to the Premier League from Aston Villa on transfer deadline day.
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The 26-year-old former Crewe trainee joined the Clarets for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
The midfielder spent four-and-a-half years at Villa, who were relegated from the top flight last season.
CCTV images have been released of a man wanted after a 10-year-old boy was threatened with a knife during an attempted robbery in Waterfoot.
Image source, Burnley PoliceThe boy was sat in a car with money his 19-year-old sister had withdrawn from a cash machine when a man tried to grab it in Burnley Road East at about 09:30 on Sunday.
They managed to push him out of the vehicle and he fled empty handed.
Police are appealing for information.
Quote MessageThis must have been a terrifying incident for the young boy and his sister and they were both extremely brave to have fought the man off.
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The family of a well known Padiham mum and grandma, who battled a cruel disease until her death in September last year, are organising a fundraising day in her memory., external
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Lancashire pair Liam Livingstone and Saqib Mahmood have both signed new contracts at the club.
Image source, Rex FeaturesBatsman Livingstone, 23, has agreed a new deal until 2019 after averaging over 50 last season and hitting two centuries in the County Championship.
Fast bowler Mahmood, 19, made his Red Rose debut last year and his new contract is until 2018.
