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

Here are some of today's top stories:

🔵 The public have been urged not to approach a man who is wanted by police in connection with a kidnapping in Preston.

🔵 A man accused of having a terrorist-style pipe bomb while on the run from jail has refused to face a judge in Preston.

🔵 Illegal tobacco products worth around £12,000 if sold as genuine were seized from two shops in Preston.

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