BBC's Waterloo Road: School for ScandalRochdale has chalked up another TV success - but not everyone is cheering. Jeannette Slavinski reports READ MORE » 
The Royle YachtPreston's Jo Royle is happiest at sea but it's not all been plain sailing. Pictures: Mark Lloyd
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By Royal Appointment Cedric Robinson is the longest serving Queen's Guide to the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay
Interview: Paul Mackenzie
Photographs: Kirsty Thompson
THE tragedy of February 2004 when 23 Chinese cockle pickers lost their lives was a reminder to everyone of just how dangerous Morecambe Bay can be. And no-one knows the bay better than Cedric Robinson, who has worked on the sands all his life and, after 45 years in the job, is now the longest serving Queen's Guide to the Bay.
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Salmon FishingHugh Hornby rows out into the Lune estuary and tries to net a salmon in an age old way READ MORE » 
Across the Lakes
Under the silvery light of a full moon a creature stalks the tops of the Lake District fells. But fear not, it’s likely to be photographer Henry Iddon.
When he tired of seeing the traditional photographs of the Lakes, mountains and views, he found a new way of looking at the region: in the dark. And these stunning pictures prove it’s not as daft an idea as it sounds. READ MORE » 
Bill Bryson, Champion of EnglandBILL BRYSON found fame as a travel writer and he is still on the move. After 10 years in journalism he wrote the first of his shelf full of best-sellers and he is now president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. READ MORE » 
Holiday for hounds and dogs
WHEN Lee Southern bought a dog she didn’t
realise it would change her life forever. For
Bronte, a dalmation puppy, was the inspiration
behind the formation of a million pound business. READ MORE » 
Wonderful Wigan
MY grandma used to say ‘it's people from Wigan
that want’ when every Christmas during my
childhood I would point at toys demanding ‘I
want that’. To this day I don't really understand where the
phrase came from and a recent visit proved there was no
substance to it. READ MORE » 
| Sylvia’s growing concernSYLVIA Hopwood’s life has been lived backwards. At an age when most people are thinking of spending more time with their slippers, she got her first job.
‘One thing was for certain,’ says 74-year-old Sylvia. ‘I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life sitting by the fire. I also realised at a late stage that pensions are for real – I needed to earn a living.’
But this remarkable woman didn’t just get a job – she create one for herself and she was so successful she created employment for others by launching The Recycle Works READ MORE » 
Tarleton's success is growingThe rich soil from the marshes helped this traditional Lancashire community to develop into an attractive place to live and work. Mike Smith reports READ MORE » 
Where was the Lord Mayor of London Born?Good Lord - he’s from Burnley!
John Stuttard’s journey from Lancashire lad to Lord Mayor of London involved driving a pink Rolls Royce. Emma Mayoh reports READ MORE » 
Boules in CrostonCroston is the unlikely stronghold of a favourite French pastime have his bonfires. 'People liked to hear what we were doing and more people started to come along. The Midge Hall liked the idea and built a pitch - called a piste - and more pubs have followed suit since then. READ MORE » 
Sailing in LancashireHow three Lancashire people are riding on the crest of a wave Words: Emma Mayoh READ MORE » 
Footsteps of Fenton
As I made my way up the narrow spiral staircase, my
lightweight camera bag scraped on one wall, my
elbow on the other. How, I wondered, had
Rochdale photographer Roger Fenton got up here a
century and a half before me with his heavy, woodenbodied
camera, tripod and all the other paraphernalia of
early photography? READ MORE » 
Adele Hall hen rescue
ADELE Hall rescues battery hens. But this woman is
no balaclava-clad, graffiti-spraying activist. She
belongs to the Battery Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT),
an organisation set to give battery hens a new lease of life
when they have passed their egg-laying prime. READ MORE » 
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