Nick Lakin

Journalist based in the Lancaster area. People, politics, business, environment, music, travel,food etc! Occasional festival organiser. Dad of 2 scallywags.

[St John's Hospice @SJHospice]

Thankyou to @ribblerouser and @GuardianDigital for covering Rory's Hospice riff Challenge this week! https://t.co/oYmbLHvqr9

[𝚃𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 & 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜 @TheCrowMandala]

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New album from @TheCrowMandala out tomorrow, January 31, just in time for Brexit: https://t.co/FVhWYllbUH

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Really like this story from @WildlifeTrusts Marine Review 2019 and @GuardianDigital about a seal that commutes between The Isle of Man and Cornwall...https://t.co/CdQRMFLluf

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Labour's Cat Smith has held Lancaster and Fleetwood and Conservative David Morris has held Morecambe and Lunesdale...

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Preparing for results in Lancaster and Fleetwood and Morecambe and Lunesdale...

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Turnout for Lancaster and Fleetwood was 64.7%, with total votes coming to 45,348.

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Turnout for Morecambe and Lunesdale was 67.4 per cent, total votes - 45,448.

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Conservative candidate for Lancaster & Fleetwood Louise Thistlethwaite said the exit polls look “very positive” and that Brexit and “fear of Corbyn” were the main issues on the doorstep. She added the Labour majority in L&F is a big one to overturn...

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Erica Lewis, Labour leader of Lancaster City Council, said she is “not counting on anything at this point” adding “Mr Johnson wanted this to be about Brexit but so many people out there needed it to be about domestic policy”.

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Ballot boxes have now arrived from Fleetwood...

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BBC exit poll forecasts @CatSmithMP has an 89% chance of holding on to her Lancaster and Fleetwood seat...while @davidmorrisml is virtually certain (99%) to hold on to Morecambe and Lunesdale...

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The ballot boxes are arriving at Lancaster Town Hall and the count is getting underway for the Lancaster and Fleetwood and Morecambe and Lunesdale constituencies...

[James Mitchinson @JayMitchinson]

I have responded in good faith to Margaret. I do hope we are not too late to help people like her, so unfairly manipluated and discombobulated by cynical social media messaging driven by dark forces.

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#brexitcast with this deal, can the UK get better trade deals with other countries around the world (the US for example) than the benefits from trade that we already get within the EU?

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Never got round to sharing this on #Twitter, but with autumn here and winter fast approaching, have a look @TheQuietSite near Ullswater...#Hobbitholes https://t.co/gtQd37Dnpg

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@BBC6Music Toast - The Street Band. So much you can do with grilled bread! Not so easy to make at festivals though!

[Cumbria Views @CumbriaViews]

New Aerial Tramway 🚡 proposal from visionary Ian Hughes via @GuardianDigital Nick Lakin @ribblerouser Morecambe & Lancaster @MorecambeBID @MorecambeBayUK @edencommunities @edenproject @bellamysi @eden_media_team @MarkCDavies1 @LancashireCC @lancslep @LancsUniLEC @LancsUniLEC

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@Yorkie71 @GuardianDigital Words are definitely there but having issues with video, which essentially shows steam coming from Heysham 1...