Police are appealing for information after a 67-year-old woman was attacked and burgled at her home in Morecambe. The incident happened at around 11.45 pm on Tuesday 28th July, when […]
Local Group Spotlight: The Hornby Occasionals
A scene from HMS Pinafore, performed by the Hornby Occasionals The Hornby Occasionals are a 32-year old operatic society which performs a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta each year in the […]
New Freemen and Freewomen Celebrated in Lancaster
The mayor of Lancaster, Coun Jon Barry, and chief executive of Lancaster City Council, Mark Cullinan, with the city’s new Freemen One of Lancaster’s most historic traditions was celebrated last […]
Lancaster’s Spotlight writers group Arts Council funding axed
Flashback: James Wood on stage at a Spotlight event at the Yorkshire House in March 2005 The team behind Lancaster’s popular writing and performance group, Spotlight, have been left reeling […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 29th July to 6th August 2015
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. […]
Bees under threat as Government relaxes pesticide ban
Photo: John Freeman Just as Lancaster’s Beekeepers were getting deserved media attention for introducing newcomers to their craft, celebrating their much-admired work, came wider news interest in our best-known pollinators. […]
Morecambe man still missing
Police are continuing to appeal for information that could help in finding Leon Gee, who is missing from home in Morecambe. Gee, 21, left his home address on Euston Road […]
Government U-turns on promise to protect heritage wildlife reserves from fracking
Map of Cuadrilla’s Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence for the region of Lancashire (PEDL165) Philip Mitchell of North Lancs Green Party reports to Virtual Lancaster that, despite an earlier commitment […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 22nd to 30th July 2015
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. […]
Man, 21, missing from home in Morecambe
Police are appealing for help to find a man who is missing from home in Morecambe. Leon Gee, 21, left his home address on Euston Road at around 5am on […]