Lancaster City Council is calling for everything possible to be done to improve the quality of bathing water in Morecambe Bay ahead of the introduction of new water quality standards. […]
Police appeal after fatal collision in Hambleton
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A588 yesterday. At around 2.40pm yesterday afternoon (Sunday 6th November) police received reports of a collision between a silver […]
Public Services under discussion as cuts continue to bite
“The impact of the cuts on public services in this district is and will continue to be significant” — Council leader Eileen Blamire As government cuts in public funding continue […]
Quake Up Call for Lancashire
(adapted from report on SchNews) On the same day that an anti-fracking protesters held a ‘frack mob’ outside the Shale Gas Environmental Summit in London organised by the Global Warming […]
Heysham Wind Farm decision delayed
Lancaster City Council is waiting for the developer of proposed new wind turbines in Heysham to carry out further assessments before reaching a decision on a planning application. Peel Wind […]
Morecambe Bay Shellfish beds closed after sewage concerns
Local shellfish beds have been closed after United Utilities’ outfall pipe from Morecambe’s wastewater treatment works at Middleton became inoperable due to sandbank movement. As a result an old outfall […]
Mutliated sheep found in Gressingham
Police are appealing for information after four sheep were found mutilated in woodland at Gressingham near Lancaster on Tuesday 1st November. The sheep carcasses were found dumped about ten meters […]
Can we do without banks?
Banks are discredited, say Lancaster’s Green Party. They do nothing to encourage responsible attitudes to money and ignore the needs of the poorest. Is there any alternative? That’s the issue […]
Morecambe Road crash prompts police appeal
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision between a car and motorbike outside Lancaster and Morecambe College on Saturday 22nd October. The collision took place at around […]
Comdeian Mark Steel’s In Town
Comedian Mark Steel will make Lancaster and the quirks of similar small towns and cities the butt of his jokes when he appears at The Dukes on 3rd December. Based […]