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Welcome to your daily round-up from the Lancashire Post.

Here are some of today's top stories.

• 🚨 The funeral of a local farmer shot dead in a field in Lancashire has been held. A 29-year-old man remains on bail while Lancashire Police continue their investigation into the incident.
• 🔵 Preston-born hometown hero Freddie Flintoff returned to our screens last night with the second season premiere of hit BBC show Field of Dreams - here’s what viewers had to say.
• 🔵 Fast food giant McDonald’s has closed one of its Preston restaurants for five weeks while it undergoes a modernisation refurbishment, in line with other refurbished McDonald’s in the city.

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