Lancashire County councillors have been receiving messages from all over the world urging them to reject Cuadrilla’s applications for fracking exploration at their meetings this week. The New York State […]
Recommendations Published on Shale Gas Planning Applications
Lancashire County Council has published its officers’ recommendations on the applications by oil and gas company Cuadrilla to explore for shale gas at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood, by […]
Lancaster & Morecambe Rail Users Group launch new website
Lancaster & Morecambe Rail Users Group (LMRUG) has launched its new website – lmrug.org. It shows what the group is doing and the opportunities and the challenges rail users will face […]
Psychology research team studies meat-eaters
Dieticians and nutritionists issue repeated warnings about the very common effects of overeating meat on health. Climatologists warn that animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of all human-induced greenhouse […]
Police investigating boy-pack sexual assault on 14-year-old girls in Morecambe
Police are investigating a sexual assault against two 14-year old girls in Morecambe. The incident happened at around 3.15pm on Saturday afternoon, May 16th on a cycle path between Trimpell […]
Labour's Cat Smith takes Lancaster & Fleetwood seat
Cat Smith Labour’s Cat Smith has snatched the Lancaster & Fleetwood seat away from previous incumbent Eric Ollerenshaw (Conservative) with a margin of 1,265 votes. The vote for Lancaster and […]
Post Office investigates suspected Morecambe election mail tampering
One of the leaflets found in Newlands area of Lancaster The Royal Mail is investigating a complaint that some leaflets sent to them from the national Green Party election campaign […]
TUC invite Lancaster to May Day March and Rally tomorrow
Lancastrians will be celebrating International Workers Day with our traditional May Day Parade and Rally tomorrow, Saturday 2 May 2015. Organised by Lancaster and Morecambe TUC this annual event is […]
New ‘Sing Your Heart Out Cancer Choir’ starts in May
A new singing group is being launched in Lancaster for people who have cancer or who have had experience of the disease. The ‘Sing Your Heart Out Cancer Choir’ aims […]
Consultation on Lancaster transport plan extended to 22 May
Lancashire County Council is giving people more time to have their say on a new transport plan for Lancaster which could see travel in the district transformed over coming decades. […]