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 […]
Bringing the House Down – Literally!
Going, going, gone! Workers this week demolished a house on the corner of Torrisholme and Oxford Roads in Skerton to make way for a larger BP garage. Planning permission was […]
Government, Business Brace for North West Downturn
Minister for the North West Beverley Hughes has met business leaders from across the North West to spell out the measures being taken by the Government to ensure that the […]
Looking Back on Poulton’s Past
Take a glimpse of Morecambe’s past with the ‘Looking back on Poulton-le-Sands Calendar 2009’. Poulton Neighbourhood Management, a Lancaster City Council regeneration scheme, has produced a calendar for 2009 with […]
Train Strain: Smith Challenges Hoon
The Secretary of State for the Department for Transport Geoff Hoon has agreed to meet with Morecambe and Lunesdale MP Geraldine Smith to discuss changes to local train times which […]
Tod’s Talk on Art at the Storey
The Storey Institute has been a bit of a Lancaster gem for a long time, providing the people of Lancaster with creative inspiration in one way or another for over […]