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Queen shakes hands with McGuinness during historic visit

The Queen meets Martin McGuinness

4:41pm Thursday 28th June 2012

The historic handshake between the Queen and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, together with his words of blessing as they said goodbye, have been hailed as a watershed moment for Anglo-Irish relations.

Comedian Peter Kay's Jubilee stage outfit made in Rawtenstall

Comic Peter Kay on stage

9:53am Tuesday 5th June 2012

Comedian Peter Kay told the Queen his Beefeater stage costume for last night's Jubilee concert had been made in East Lancashire.

Gallery: Jubilee beacons lit in East Lancashire

The beacon is lit at Clitheroe Castle

9:08am Tuesday 5th June 2012

THOUSANDS of people across East Lancashire have celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with the lighting of beacons.

Photos with the Queen at Blackburn street party

4:35pm Monday 4th June 2012

ONE HUNDRED and twenty neighbours partied underneath 300m of bunting in Beardwood Fold, Blackburn.

VIDEO: Remembering the coronation

4:06pm Monday 4th June 2012

Residents of Haslingden Hall and Lodge care home talked to LT reporter Simone Yates about their memories of the coronation.

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The changing times of the Queen's reign

12:37pm Friday 1st June 2012

As part of our special series of Diamond Jubilee features, JESSICA CREE asked six local celebrities to look back at a decade which shaped their life during the reign of Her Majesty Elizabeth II

We celebrated the coronation in so many ways

A fancy dress parade through Burnley

2:42pm Thursday 31st May 2012

CRICKET matches and concerts, fireworks and fairs, were all on the agenda when the people of East Lancashire mirrored a nation’s joy at the crowning of Queen Elizabeth ll.

How we celebrated Elizabeth II's coronation

The Telegraph front page on the eve of the coronation

2:34pm Thursday 31st May 2012

THE Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, prompted joyous celebrations across every town and village of East Lancashire.

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Celebrations from all over East Lancs

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How are YOU celebrating the Diamond Jubilee? Full list of all the Jubilee events in East Lancashire

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