Local charity CancerCare will be holding a Charity Art Auction this Friday 16 July in Lancaster Town Hall’s Ashton Hall. The show is open for viewing from 6.30pm with the […]
Bounce into Summer: Trampolining and Gymnastics on offer
Lancaster will be getting a definite bounce into its step as the new City of Lancaster Gymnastics & Trampolining Club (formerly SmartAc) is holding a Launch Show on Friday 25 […]
Asco: Council’s response on Cushman & Wakefield contract.
The Virtual-Lancaster special report, “Bending Lancaster City Council to Its Will: The Asco File” posted on 24 May asked the City Council to answer 5 questions about its involvement with […]
Gagged Councillors can’t say ‘Asco’.
Lancaster City Councillors are afraid to say the word ‘Asco’ for fear of being dragged before the Standards Committee. The Committee met today to determine the fate of Cllr Jon […]
Cty Council launches Air Quality Consultation in Carnforth
Lancaster City Council is inviting comments from members of the public on its draft Air Quality Action Plan for Carnforth. This follows the declaration of an Air Quality Management Area […]
County Councillor Resigns After Winter of Discontent
Lancashire County Councillor (Conservative) Keith Young has resigned from the LCC Cabinet, where he was the Member for Highways and Transport, just days after news that the Department for Transport […]
Champion Gymnast Beth Tweddle to Visit Heysham High
Elizabeth Tweddle MBE, The most successful British gymnast of all time is to visit Heysham High School for a morning of inspirational talks with the students. Beth was 2009 World […]
Heysham 3 Reactor Proposals Fall into Black Hole
With a £4 billion ‘black hole’ recently discovered in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (DCA) budget, the chances of a third nuclear reactor at Heysham are becoming increasingly remote. In a […]
The End of the Road: Lancashire County Council Cuts Link
Lancashire County Council (LCC) has finally halted work on the much-maligned Heysham Link Road scheme following a further written warning from the Department for Transport (DfT). The letter outlined the […]
New Lancaster Allotments get ‘Off The Ground’
Work is underway to create a new community allotment site on Ambleside Road on the Ridge Estate in Lancaster. The ‘Off The Ground’ project is being managed by LESS (Lancaster […]