A new movie celebrating Morecambe Bay released on DVD and launched at Morecambe’s Platform venue next month. This event, hosted by award winning heritage film director Chris Abram, is very […]
Morecambe MP calls for alternative to possible job cuts to Police Community Support Officers
Hot on the heels of Lancashire Constabulary’s announcement of possible redundancies for all Police Community Support Officers in the county (see news story), Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris has […]
Cuts Casualties? All PCSOs placed ‘at risk’ by Lancashire Constabulary
After the government’s massive cuts announcements earlier this week, the real and potential casualties of the Comprehensive Spending Review are already beginning to rise, with all Lancashire’s Police Community Support […]
Wanted man may be in Morecambe area
Wanted: William Robert Leech, who may be in the Morecambe area. Hot on the heels of news of a successful arrest of a wanted man comes an appeal from York […]
Wanted man arrested after months at large
Wanted Heysham man Joseph Almond, who failed to appear at Preston Crown court in July (see news story) was arrested at Beacon Fell, Longridge on the 13th October 2010 and […]
In Review: Dancing at Lughnasa (Lancaster Footlights)
Set two miles outside the Donegal village of Ballybeg in 1936, Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa is a sad play. And this sadness is rendered particularly poignant through dramatic irony: […]
More freedom for Councils on transport – or will they take the blame for service cuts?
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris challenged the Government on its commitment to public transport this week – especially buses – asking what the Department of Transport is doing to […]
Lancastrians Protest Public Spending Cuts as Job Losses Loom
About 300 demonstrators flocked to a Lancaster Town Hall yesterday evening to protest public spending cuts. The gulf between rich and poor grew considerably wider yesterday as massive cuts to […]
Crime generally continues to fall in Lancashire, but sexual and drug offences rise
On the day after the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced swingeing cuts to public services, including the police, Home Office crime statistics released today show that Lancashire is still a […]
“Serious Challenges” ahead for local university as cuts announced
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria has warned that Higher Education faces “serious challenges” after Coalition government announced cuts for the sector. The Chancellor George Osborne has announced […]