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  1. A general aerial view of Blackpool showing the tower and the town to the right, and the beach to the left with central pier. The sky is blue with a few white clouds.

  3. Shaun Whalley in action for Accrington Stanley

  4. Head and shoulders image of Mark Clifford in front of a plain grey wall. He has sandy hair parted in the middle and is wearing a checked suit and pale blue shirt

  5. Accrington Stanley scarf

  6. Clarets academy achieves Category One status

    Progressing into Burnley first team would be 'utopia' for academy players

    Burnley's academy has been awarded Category One status ahead of their return to the Premier League.

    Chris Casper, who was appointed academy manager six months ago and whose own son Charlie is in the academy, says the achievement is a big fillip to the club, shortly after they won promotion under Scott Parker.

    He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It will open a massive door for the games programme, recruitment of players and extra funding, so it's massively important for the club and testament to the staff and to the ownership who have backed us.

    "Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City are all going to rock into town next year. When we were Category One three or four years ago, the atmosphere on a matchday is a different level.

    "The pathway shows what you're trying to achieve and how you're trying to achieve it. It shows productivity, and Burnley's productivity over the last 20 years, with players coming through the academy to play in the first team, hasn't been very good.

    "Scott has been really good with the young players, takes a lot of interest in them, and they train regularly [with the first team], generally on the day before a game so he gets to see them.

    "There's a real desire to produce young players for our first team."

  7. Keaton Jennings

  8. Preston chief executive Peter Ridsdale clapping

  9. A area of peatland scorched and blackened by fire.

  10. A woman walks in a park with a black dog on a lead. Leaves can be seen scattered across the floor, with benches and play equipment seen.

  11. Shoppers on Church Street, Blackpool, on a sunny day with Blackpool Tower in the background.

  12. Councillor Stephen Atkinson standing outside County Hall in Preston smiling. He has short fair hair and stubble and is wearing a red rose badge on his navy blue suit jacket.

  13. No current ownership talks at Preston - Ridsdale

    Hemmings family 'totally committed' to Preston North End - Ridsdale

    Preston North End have met with six potential new owners over the past year, according to chief executive Peter Ridsdale.

    The Lilywhites finished 20th in the Championship this season, securing their status on the final day with a draw at Bristol City, as well as reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals.

    "We're not currently talking to anybody, I've probably met half a dozen people over the past 12 months - but as we are today none are at the table," Ridsdale told BBC Radio Lancashire.

    "I think most are shocked by how much it takes to invest in a Championship club."

    Preston have spent the past 10 seasons in the Championship and have been owned by the Hemmings family since 2010 when the late businessman Trevor Hemmings bought the club following a winding up petition by HM Revenue and Customs.

    "The days when the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker locally could afford to own clubs are long gone," said Ridsdale.

    "To be honest the days when millionaires could afford to own a Championship club are also long gone."

    To push towards the Premier League the former Leeds chairman itted North End will need significant outside investment.

    "If we are to match the aspirations of our ers then we need to be attracting some of the people who are buying into clubs in the Premier League or more recently Birmingham," he said.

    "Outside investment of a minority stake doesn't work - if you're going to buy a club you want to make the decisions."

    Peter Ridsdale was talking to BBC Radio Lancashire's Andy Bayes.

  14. Police custody image of David Shorrock with brown thinning hair and brown and grey beard wearing a grey top.

  15. Rydal Court in Morecambe, a red brick three storey block of flats with white windows and cars parked outside the front in a car park

  16. Worcestershire's Jake Libby

  17. Google streetview of Central Drive with Coral Island casino on left and shops on the right. Blackpool Tower rises above against a clouded blue sky

  18. Surrey's Bryony Smith

  19. Calvin Harrison bowling for Northants

  20. Google streetview of roads going to the shopping centre between hotels and a redbrick venue. Blackpool Tower can be seen rising in the backdrop

  21. Nottinghamshire's Lyndon James

  22. View from across the Lower Pool at RSPB Leighton Moss at the newly build Lower Hide.

  23. A close-up of a set of traffic lights in Preston. The red and amber lights are illuminated.

  24. Cars on a busy road with large trees either side

  25. Marcus Harris batting