Here’s the Robert Gillow folk listings for June 2008 Thursday 5 June: Hard Times Hard Times comprises Andrew Service (bass), Gordon Johnston (banjo, mandolin, guitar) and Laurie Johnston (everything) – […]
Bypass Gets Go Ahead
The Secretary of State has decided to give planning permission for the Heysham-M6 link road. A decision on funding the road (estimated to cost around 160 million) will be made […]
Smith Fury on Post Office ‘Consultation”
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP has savaged the post office and the government for their handling of the latest round of unwelcome Post Office closures and called for a parliamentary debate […]
Balfour Beatty Prosecuted
Big business is not immune from local planning enforcement. Lancaster City Council has successfully prosecuted one of the country’s largest companies for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice […]
Lancashire Post Offices Closure Plans Announced
This is the full list of Lancashire Post Offices that may face closure in the latest round of cuts announced today by the so-called “People’s Post Office”. Lancaster and Morecambe […]
John Otway back at the Platform
John Otway and his band will be performing at The Platform in Morecambe on Friday 8 February. John became notorious back in 1977, after an appearance on the the BBC’s […]
Council Could do More for Cycling
Welcoming news of new government funding for cycling, local transport expert and local councillor John Whitelegg says there are things that could easily be done to encourage more cycling in […]
Speed limits unchanged one year on
Despite supporting the introduction of a district-wide speed limit on residential roads early last year, little seems to have been done to implement it by local politicians. Last January, a […]
Lancaster in (Tourist) Demand
Lancaster City Council is preparing to launch its tourism brochures for 2008 and judging by requests made for them via its tourism website, they’re already in great demand. Featuring a […]
Lawson’s Field Update
The City Council’s cabinet will be voting on whether to go ahead with selling off fields at Lawson’s Bridge (view a PDF map; view an aerial photo) on Tuesday 22 […]