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Welcome to your Bank Holiday Monday round-up from the Lancashire Post.

Here are some of today's top stories.

• 🔵 More than 100 jobs will be created at pubs across the North West as Heineken UK announces a huge investment into its Star Pubs division.
• 🔵 A woman previously banned from Home Bargains, caught on camera opening up a bag of biscuits and spitting them in an worker's face, has been jailed for assault.
• 🔵 Preston's highly-anticipated 'Weekender' festival arrived in the city to rapturous applause from a sold out crowd - did you attend? Take a look at our fabulous photo gallery from the Preston Weekender 2025.

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