Remembering "true Northern Powerhouse" Beccy Barr

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Hello and welcome to today’s edition of The Lancashire Lead. We start with the very sad news of the death of journalist turned firefighter Beccy Barr.

Beccy, from Lancaster, enjoyed a hugely successful career which started in Blackpool, took her to New York and then BBC North West Tonight before she decided on a drastic change and followed in her dad’s …