About Theatre – a group of local actors/friends – have teamed up to stage the first ever performance in the Lancaster district of Stephen Sondheim’s Putting it Together musical review […]
Draft Air Quality Action Plan launched
Draft Air Quality Action Plan launched (Press Release, Lancaster City Council): Lancaster City Council has taken another step towards cleaning up air quality in Lancaster. On Tuesday the council’s cabinet […]
Highway Code cracked: more than 40 rules changed!
Following a high-profile campaign from the Cyclists Touring Club, the Government has agreed to amend the Highway Code to improve cyclists’ safety and to encourage drivers to take more care […]
Centros Miller in action
Report by John Freeman: We thought you might be interested in these pictures from Bury St Edmunds courtesy of Bury Free Press, where developers have ridden rough shod over local […]
Do the Maths
I see that the latest issue of Labour’s Bulk Rose newsletter has quoted the Centros Miller ICM poll as stating that of those Lancaster residents aware of the proposals, 61% […]
Sun, sea, sand and cycling – the order of the day in Morecambe
Sun, sea, sand and cycles were the order of the day in Morecambe yesterday (Sunday) when hundreds of people arrived by bike to join in the fun at the official […]
Out with the Local Plan, in with the Core Strategy
In line with government planning reforms, the current Lancaster Local Plan is being replaced by a Core Strategy, which will be submitted to Government on 4 May 2007 and is […]
Let Your Fingers do the Recycling
If you want to recycle your old Yellow Pages directory, given that the recycling box collectors have rejected it, then give it to a schoolkid. Over the next seven weeks, […]
High Court strikes down planning committee “perceived impartiality” fallacy?
(Thanks to Max for this item): Outside and critical observers of local democracy have long had a problem with the idea that councillors on planning committees should not say or […]
Have your say on open space, sport and recreation facilities in Lancaster
Lancaster City Council has recently appointed specialist sport and leisure consultants PMP to look into how open space, sport and recreation facilities can be best used. The study is required […]