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

Here are some of today's top stories:

🔵 Schools and nurseries went into lockdown after reports of a man armed with a knife.

🔵 An inquest has been formally opened into the death of Jack Piper-Sheach, a 10-year-old boy who tragically died after an electric shock.

🔵 Here are the best and worst universities in the North West, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.

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