Mark Cullinan Chief Executive Lancaster City Council Earlier reports on the following incidents posted in June 2011 were removed from the internet by both Virtual Lancaster (“‘Taxi’ called for Chief Exec […]
Councillors query Storey accounts discrepancies
See update 6/11/12 below; Council Comments In October this year, the city council forfeited the lease of the Storey Creative Industries Centre Ltd (SCIC), and took possession of the Storey […]
Teenager has stomach removed after drinking ‘nitro’ cocktails.
A Lancaster sixth-former had to have emergency surgery at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary after drinking two cocktails containing liquid nitrogen at Oscar’s Wine Bar on George Street in Lancaster last Thursday […]
More Music Presents: Public’s gig choices at the Hothouse
Claude Deppa Some of the UK’s most acclaimed musicians will be performing at Morecambe’s newest music venue this autumn. Acts including award-winning jazz vocalist Ian Shaw and Roddy Woomble, lead […]
Lancashire Police & Crime Commissioner Candidates
Afzal Anwar, Tim Ashton and Clive Grunshaw On 15 November Lancashire will vote to elect its first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) with the successful candidate announced the following day. […]
New Council Tax Benefit Schemes – Your Views Sought
Under Government plans, Council Tax Benefit is due to be abolished in April 2013 and local councils have been told to develop new localised replacement schemes. The Government has also […]
In Review: A Taste of Dickens – Grand Theatre
Michael Nunn Lancaster Theatre Productions: A Taste Of Dickens An Evening of Rehearsed Readings to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) Devised, written and directed by Michael […]
In Review: Sue Seddon – Mrs Dickens Presents…
Mrs Dickens Presents.. A Performance of Monologues by Mrs Catherine Dickens written and performed by Sue Seddon at St John the Evangelist Church, Lancaster as part of Lancaster’s Heritage Open […]
In Review: Seditius, Durge and The Fighting Keegans. ECP Promotions
Seditius ECP Promotions presented Seditius Durge The Fighting Keegans At the Yorkshire House, Lancaster Thursday 6 September 2012 £3 Reviewed by Reza Mills It’s a miserable wet and cold Thursday […]
Council Leader responds to Storey questions
Council Leader Eileen Blamire As we reported in last week’s e-newsletter, virtual-lancaster is trying to find out how the Council’s £90,000 loan to failing company SCIC in December 2011 came to […]