Tributes are paid to music-mad teenager Lewis Biddlecombe, revelers call for light switch-on for New Year's eve, bargain store announces it will open before Christmas, and football get their kit off for fundraising calendar.
School staff are in the money after shock win in the Euromillions, hospital pays out after admitting it failed to spot a fault with an elderly man's pacemaker, and food banks appeal for donations in the lead up to Christmas.
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