The 2010 Lancaster International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations kick off today as two exhibitions of women’s art open in the City Centre. Things my Mother Didn’t Tell Me (12 Feb […]
In Review: My Mother Said I Never Should
Now showing until Saturday 27 February 2010, the Dukes’ production of ‘My Mother Said I Never Should’ is a beautifully and cleverly interwoven observation of women’s lives over three generations. […]
Lancaster Nursery School Rated ‘Outstanding’
Lancaster’s Appletree Nursery School has been rated as ‘outstanding’ and described as ‘providing exemplary care’ in a newly-released Ofsted report. The nursery school, which is co-located with Appletree Childrens’ Centre […]
Subtext: Call for Volunteers
Subtext, Lancaster University’s alternative fortnightly e-newsletter, faces closure unless new volunteers can be found to join its team. The popular e-newsletter, targeted mainly at staff and post-grads, launched in December […]
Ofsted: Top Marks for Cumbria Uni's Lancaster Pre-School Centre
Ofsted has completed a glowing report on the University of Cumbria Pre-School Centre in Lancaster stating that “The very experienced and skilled staff group have an excellent knowledge of each […]
In Review: Experimentality – Photography Competition and Exhibition
Peter Scott Gallery13 January to 6 February 2010 Review by Helen, Events Editor I was excited by the prospect of a photography exhibition entitled ‘Experimentality’. This showing of “photographic responses […]
Binmen: 'We're coming as soon as we can'
Lancaster City Council’s refuse workers are doing their utmost to empty bins and recycling boxes which were missed in the recent spell of severe weather (see news story). Anyone with […]
"Help us find our missing puppy" £200 reward.
The James family in Skerton are having a sad Christmas as the children’s 13 month old puppy, Jazz (see picture) went missing on 11 December. Jazz is a Lhasa Apso […]
Lancaster Vigil Message to World Leaders: Make a ‘Real Deal’ for the World on Climate Change
A group of over 30 people held a vigil on the steps of Lancaster’s old Town Hall on Saturday evening. Nearly 100 passers-by added their candles to send thoughts and […]
Changes to Christmas Refuse Collections
Lancaster City Council is suspending collections of green garden waste for the week of 21 – 26 December and will be collecting non-recyclable waste instead. The change is being made […]