Will Morgan

Local Democracy Reporter @ Lancashire Telegraph.

Former Senior Reporter across the Daily Mirror, MEN, and GloucestershireLive. Retired pastry chef.

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And I also wrote about why the Local Government Reorganisation is forcing some councils to carry out financial modelling for a future when they won't exist:

https://t.co/euYPJMRWs7

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'Andy's mandate is clear, and now it is time for Keir Starmer to outline his plan for an orderly transition of power'

Read what East Lancashire MPs told me about Burnham's Makerfield win here:
https://t.co/A7q4vlzGPe

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ICYMI

On a more local level, I've also been writing about a fairly crazy traffic plan that could see people in Burnley unable to attend church when the Clarets are playing at home:

https://t.co/J9gGxeynPQ

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Front page of the Lancashire Telegraph on Wednesday📰

#TomorrowsPapersToday

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Blackburn's @AdnanHussainMP has successfully put a halt on the controversial 70ft warehouses planning decision that was due to be made in Chorley tonight, after appealing to the Secretary of State to step in.

Read more:
https://t.co/OJAuLKZKtv

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On the BBC too
Why a quarter of Blackburn and Darwen children are using drug-laced vapes - BBC News
https://t.co/IYtr5jz8gB

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I spoke to public health experts about the worrying trend of teens using THC and Spice vapes, they said the numbers were 'very high' but weren't surprised.

You can read the full story in today's @lancstelegraph, or here:
https://t.co/1TUuWFF8AG

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Front page of Thursday's Lancashire Telegraph 📰

#TomorrowsPapersToday @Will__Morgan

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ICYMI: Front pages of Monday's Bolton News and Lancashire Telegraph 📰

Today's edition of The Bolton News contains a free supplement celebrating Wanderers' Wembley victory!

It's also the first front page byline for @Will__Morgan, our new LDR!

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My write up of what went down at Hyndburn Borough Council last night -

Labour holds onto Hyndburn amid calls to end borough's ‘toxic’ politics https://t.co/9nsmEsKkyy

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@HyndburnCouncil They will be ruling as a minority administration, with Tory group leader Zak Khan laying out how the opposition parties were unable to form a coalition due to how far apart they are politically

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Cllr Munsif Dad has been re elected as Leader of @HyndburnCouncil, with his Labour Party holding a 17 of 35 seats on the council. He pledges more investment and to make all HMO applications go through the planning committee

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Cllr Stewart Eaves has also been elected as his deputy

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Hyndburn Council have just elected Labour Cllr Noordad Aziz as the mayor for 2026/27, at its annual meeting where it will decide who will run the borough

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@PetronillaHusb1 No problem, will look into it.

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Trump also decided to pardon scores of Jan 6 insurrectionists, many of whom fought police and hunted US politicians through the halls of Congress, this time from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office

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I am running the Mirror's live updates on Trump's inauguration overnight, so if you missed the 45th and 47th POTUS signing executive orders live on air from a comically tiny desk, check it out.

https://t.co/5C8pMqMOaE

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The desk in question

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My full write-up for the Mirror homepage this morning:

https://t.co/VwqKlO4OE9

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Trump said: "They're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats, they're eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what is happening in this country and it is a shame."

https://t.co/6IOhvysvl6