This weekend sees Juicafe, Lancaster’s smoothie and Milkshake cafe on Lower Damside Street, celebrate its second birthday. The cafe will be running special offers all weekend… and look out for […]
Campaign Group Delight at Canal Corridor Plan Inquiry
News that plans for the development of Lancaster’s Canal Corridor will go to public inquiry have been met with delight by campaign group It’s Our City . Folowing calls from […]
Public’s views sought on Conservation Areas
Brookhouse. Photo by Glyn Shentall. Used with kind permission. © All rights reserved. Lancaster City Council has begun an assessment of its 37 conservation areas, beginning with those in Bolton-le-Sands, […]
It’s National Rabbit Week!
National Rabbit Week starts tomorrow (24th) and the Hutches & Crutches Pet Centre in Bolton-le-Sands has been in touch to let us know they will be running a number of […]
“Winter Vomiting” Advice Re-Issued
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West has repeated its plea to people with norovirus infection (winter vomiting) not to attend GP surgeries or hospital Accident and Emergency Units, to […]
Cash Boost for University of Cumbria
It’s just been announced that Britain’s newest academic centre for learning, the University of Cumbria, has secured £26m over the next eight years, bringing hundreds of new jobs to the […]
Get your hands on some special spuds!
We can all name our favourite potato-based feasts – hot salty chips, fluffy steaming baked spuds, or the first fresh salad ‘taters’ of the year. But how many varieties of […]
Honorary Alderman Dies
Honorary Alderman Arthur Briggs MBE, who was 101, has died. Mr Briggs, was elected to represent the Bolton-le-Sands ward in 1973 and served until 2003.passed away on Monday (January 19) […]
Welcome Stories Reveal Lancaster’s diverse community
A new web site, Welcome Stories, has just gone live, detailing stories from local people about their experiences of ‘welcome and belonging’ in the Lancaster and Morecambe District. Over the […]
What Secrets are Our MPs Hiding?
Update: The Guardian reported today that Gordon Brown announced the withdrawal of a plan to keep details of MPs’ expenses secret at Prime Minister’s Question Time, following the collapse overnight […]

