Last week’s Easter Hope Festival in Dalton Square certainly brought plenty of smiles to many Lancastrian faces. Here’s some pictures of the event, courtesy of local photographer Alan Phillips. Lancaster […]
Free Comic Book Day comes to Lancaster
First Age Comics co-owner Mark Braithwaite in the new Moor Lane store The annual, international Free Comic Book Day arrives in Lancaster this Saturday (3rd may)… but at an all-new […]
European Parliamentary Elections: North West candidates confirmed
The full list of candidates for the forthcoming European Parliamentary Elections has been published and the candidates are listed below. Eleven political parties will contest the elections on Thursday 22nd […]
Society’s fixation with children’s weight can be counterproductive, Lancaster University researcher warns
Dr Garrath Williams A preoccupation with obesity could harm children’s overall health and wellbeing, claim researchers. Childhood Obesity: Ethical and Policy Issues argues that the stigmatisation of childhood obesity may […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 23rd April to 1st May by Peter Clarke
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. This period sees a couple […]
Police hunt Scale Hall burglar who robbed elderly woman
Police are appealing for information after an elderly woman had her purse snatched from her home in Scale Hall, Lancaster. Around 3.00pm on Wednesday 16th April, a man approached the […]
Lancaster ‘s Past recalled in new Dukes exhibition
St. Annes Church, Moor Lane, circa 1950 – now The Dukes. Take a stroll down Memory Lane on your next visit to The Dukes gallery in Lancaster. To coincide with […]
Friends of Greaves Park campaigner to fight Scotforth by-election for Greens
Abi Mills and Natalie Bennett. Image: Lancaster Green Party The Green Party has selected Scotforth resident Abi Mills as its candidate in the upcoming Scotforth West local council by-election. Abi […]
Dukes steps back to the turn of the 20th Century for “The Life and Times of Mitchell & Kenyon”
Here are a selection of production shots for The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon which runs at The Dukes in Lancaster from 19th April until 10th May and […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 16th to 24th April 2014 by Peter Clarke
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. New releases during this period […]