As Lancaster City Council prepares to consider not one but two supermarket proposals next week, campaigners are again reminding us of how the ‘system’ works in the favour of some […]
Open house at Melling sheltered housing
Lancaster City Council is holding an open day at Melling House Sheltered Housing Scheme for people to have a good look round before applying for a place. A number of […]
Fake DVDs seized from Morecambe Market stall
PC Rob Brookbanks and PCSO Philip Meeks with some of the counterfeit DVDs seized from a Morecambe Market stall at the weekend. Police seized over 800 counterfeit DVDs from a […]
Gillow lands top folk act Gren Bartley for May line-up
Gren Bartley Lancaster’s Robert Gillow has lined up more fine folk music for May, and we have the full details. Included in the line up is top act Gren Bartley, […]
Morecambe Council condemns Heysham Link as “completely inappropriate”
Geoff Marsland says the proposed M6 Link is “completely inappropriate” Morecambe Town Council has voiced its opposition to the planned Heysham M6 Link, passing a strongly-worded resolution against the proposed […]
Counting the Cost of ‘Big Oil’
Oil’d from Chris Harmon on Vimeo. Last year’s Gulf Oil Spill released 205 million gallons of oil — such a huge amount, it’s hard to get your mind around. To […]
Police appeal after fires on Heysham Barrows
Police are appealing for information after a number of small fires were started on Heysham Barrows on Monday. It is believed there were around seven or eight separate small fires […]
LitFest brings new storytelling to Lancaster
Lancaster LitFest is bringing some of the country’s most spellbinding storytellers to Litfest in a partnership with London’s Crick Crack Club. On offer is the chance of a literary trip […]
Scotforth supermarket plans set for inspection
A design for Commercial Estates Projects proposed supermarket and hotel complex on the A6, south of Lancaster. Lancaster City Council’s Planning and Highways Regulatory Committee will consider separate proposals by […]
Morecambe man convicted of child sex offences
Peter Barber was convicted for child abuse last year – but media coverage resulted in more victims coming forward Peter Barber, a man who groomed four youngsters over a period […]