County Councillor Azhar Ali, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing, is supporting a national event aimed at making people aware of food poverty. The event, called The […]
April Poets returns to the Storey
April Poets – poetry with a touch of class and a dash of music – is back at Lancaster’s Storey Auditorium on Thursday 10th April, 7.30 pm The line up […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 2nd to 10th April 2014 by Peter Clarke
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. Three new releases come to […]
Local Greens invite you to debate Europe
North Lancashire Green Party are holding a Public Meeting at the The Friends Meeting House, (next to Lancaster Train station) to discuss the future of Europe and its importance in […]
New figures show effect of Bedroom Tax in Lancaster
Cat Smith notes Labour is pledge to scarp the “Bedroom Tax”. Nearly 600 households in the Lancaster district have been hit by the Government’s Bedroom Tax, new figures show, a […]
Lancaster University team warns wetter winters may increase river pollution
Image courtesy Lancaster University Warmer, wetter winters could lower the quality of our rivers, according to warnings from Lancaster University environmental scientists. As farmers try to cope with waterlogged soil, […]
Councillors quit, by elections announced
Josh Banccroft Two vacancies have arisen on Lancaster City Council following the resignation of two Labour Party ward councillors. Councillors Paul Aitchison (University Ward) and Josh Bancroft (Scotforth West) have […]
Work starts on improvement plan for Williamson Park's woodland
Work has started on the first phase of a management and improvement plan for Williamson Park’s historic woodland. The aim of the project is to restructure the woodland to increase […]
Dynamo launches campaign for new Heysham-Lancaster off-road cycle route
Dynamo – The Lancaster and District Cycle Campaign have launched a campaigning for a direct off road cycle route between Heysham and Lancaster, which will be along existing footpaths and […]
County Councillors hear other side of the Fracking argument
Councillors from across Lancashire representing both County and district councils were offered a different view about Shale Gas than previously heard in County Hall, with a presentation by John Ashton, […]