Cat Smith MP Lancaster & Fleetwood Cat Smith MP has backed calls for a new scheme to help thousands of families regain control of their finances as data from the […]
Modest Council Tax rise ahead despite continuing funding cuts
Lancaster City Council will increase its portion of Council Tax by around 10p a week to help to protect services in the short term, as cuts in central government funding […]
Rise in service veterans on our streets prompts questions from Morecambe MP David Morris
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris has challenged the government on the number of homeless military service veterans on the streets in the UK – and the response led us […]
New partnership aspires to support excellence in social work education and practice in Cumbria
Members of the new Cumbria-Lancaster Social Work Teaching Partnership: Front row from left to right: Jane Pye (Lancaster University), Sonyia Curran (Cumbria County Council). Back row from left to right: […]
Robbery at Heysham petrol station
BP Garage, Oxcliffe Road. Image: Google Local police are appealing for information following a robbery at a petrol station in Heysham. The incident happened shortly before midnight last night (Tuesday […]
2017 Moonlight Walk in aid of St. John’s Hospice has a superhero theme
The day before this year’s Lancaster Comics Day (11th June 2017) in Lancaster Library, local cancer care charity St. John’s Hospice are running their annual Ladies Only walk – which this year has a […]
Community Alcohol Partnership Launches in Lancaster
A Community Alcohol Partnership – the first in Lancashire – is to be launched in Lancaster this month in the Bulk Ward area to tackle underage drinking and anti-social behaviour. CAPs […]
Lancaster Vision group welcome Bailrigg Garden Village plan, calls for design competition
Lancaster Vision, a group attached to Lancaster Civic Society, has welcomed news of the go ahead for a new Garden Village centred on Bailrigg – and has suggested a competition for arhitects and designers to come up with a Masterplan for its look.
Gritters gear Up for Winter Weather in Lancashire
Lancashire’s gritters are gearing up to keep the county moving over the next couple of days. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for snow on Thursday and Friday this […]
Start planning your 2017 butterfly garden now
The Small Copper butterfly Last year was a pretty miserable one for garden butterflies. How many butterflies did you see fluttering around? The Big Butterfly Count results revealed the Gatekeeper, […]