Local MEP Sir Robert Atkins has called for a better labelling regime for processed foods after it emerged that food packaged as “Made in Britain” could contain Irish pork caught […]
Happy Birthday, Spotlight!
Lancaster’s regular poets, writers and other performers event The Spotlight Club celebrates its 13th birthday on Friday 19 December at the Yorkshire House. Top of the bill for the 150th […]
New Credit Crunch Initiatives Announced for Local Business
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has just hosted an event with senior regional representatives from the major banks operating in the North West in an effort to co-ordinate support […]
Council to launch new sustainable communities strategy
The Lancaster District Local Strategic Partnership will be launching its new Sustainable Community Strategy on Friday (12th December) at The Platform in Morecambe. The strategy sets out the long term […]
In Review: Philip Fawcett’s Piano Recital at St. Peter’s Cathedral
A Review by Humble Sam When our forefathers erected the first churches of Europe to worship God, they were certainly unaware that one day exceptional musicians would perform profound pieces […]
Powering Up New Video Art…
Heysham Power Stations are playing an integral part in Liverpool’s Year of Culture, with the sites featuring in a new video installation by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark frontman Andy […]
Ghost stories and ghastly tales at the Ashton Memorial
Join the staff of Williamson Park (if you dare!) for a spine-chilling evening full of shocks and scares, ghost stories and local scary tales on Saturday 20th December, with a […]
Citizen to Close?
Hot on the heels of the closure of the Lancaster offices of the Lancaster Citizen last month (see “When is a Local paper no longer Local?”) comes the news that […]
Centros Campaigners To Plead Not Guilty
Four Lancastrians will plead not guilty to the charge of Aggravated Trespass on Thursday after being arrested following a protest at the offices of Centros, the development company behind the […]
Local Publisher Seeks Submissions
Local publisher Flax, which is back by Lancaster Litfest, is gearing up for new series of digital anthologies to be published throughout 2009, and they’re hoping they’ll build on the […]