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

Here are some of today's top stories:

🔵 A schoolboy was taken to hospital with two broken legs after being knocked down on his way home.

🔵 A beloved teacher who taught generations of children at schools in South Ribble has died at the age of 78.

🔵 A popular pub has closed with 'immediate effect' less than a week before Christmas, according to its landlord.

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