(Updated 22/4/10, quote from Anne Chapman addded): ASCO Supermarket Warrington, launched to great fanfare just five months ago and owned by the company approached by Lancaster City Council to take […]
Concerns for missing Morecambe man
(UPDATE: Mr Perry has been found safe and well, this reports retained for archival purposes): Police are appealing for information after a Morecambe man went missing while on his way […]
Green Bid to win Lancaster and Fleetwood
On the eve of the launch of their Election Manifesto, the Green Party has announced it is standing a record number of Green candidates to fight the General Election – […]
Miners Strike photographer has new Lancaster exhibition
Influential photojournalist Don McPhee, one of the great photojournalists of the last 30 years, is the subject of a new exhibition at the University of Cumbria’s Alexandra Gallery on the […]
County Council comfort on Link bridge backfires
The Environment Agency has given formal consent for the proposed new bridge over the River Lune at Halton that is part of the controversial M6 Link to Heysham – but […]
Police close Bolton-le-Sands drugs den
Police have closed the doors on a drugs den in Bolton-le-Sands, after Lancaster Magistrates granted the closure order last week. Magistrates heard how residents’ lives had been made a misery […]
Transition Festival at the Gregson
This coming Saturday (17th April) will be a big day for community organisation Transition City Lancaster, which is hosting a big, open free festival at Lancaster’s Storey centre on Meeting […]
Luneside East: The Cost So Far
Lancaster City Council has spent over £13 million on the stalled Luneside East development project to rejuvenate St. Georges Quay, virtual-lancaster has learned. It also faces the remote possibility that […]
Labour top gun visits Lancaster
With the General Election expected to be a close run between all major parties – and with local Greens predicting a strong vote for their candidate, Gina Dowding – it’s […]
Cross and medals stolen in raid on Lancaster Vicarage
Local police are appealing for information after burglars stole a cross and medals during a raid on a Lancaster vicarage. Burglars broke into the Priory Vicarage on Priory Close, Lancaster, […]