Hot ticket: local Labour parliamentary candidates Amina Lowe and Cat Smith join the ‘No Health Sell-Off’ campaign Community campaigners ‘No Health Selloff at Morecambe Bay’ have written to Morecambe Bay […]
Local photographer Barrie Marshall captures ‘Beauty in Decay’ at Williamsons
Local photographer, jazz clarinet virtuoso and poet Barrie Marshall has a keen interest in local buildings and heritage architecture, as his friends at the popular ‘Lancaster Past & Present‘ facebook […]
Shake Rattle and Roll! It’s the ‘Tutti Frutti’ Festival
Get your glad rags on in the last weekend of July and head to the Platform in Morecambe to celebrate the 1950s at this year’s Tutti Frutti Festival. This year’s […]
‘Be Prepared’ for the magnificence of the Lancaster Canal
Ten members of Kendal’s Trefoil Guild (Guiding and Scouting for adults) assembled at Crooklands landing stage last Wednesday evening for an interesting evening sail on the Lancaster Canal Trust boat […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 9th to 17th July by Peter Clarke
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 […]
Local Community Radio project granted broadcasting license
Following a decision earlier this week by the Ofcom Licencing Board, Proper Community Media (Lancaster) Ltd are pleased to announce that they have been granted a 5 year FM radio […]
Over 5,000 objections to Cuadrilla’s fracking site application. Cuadrilla applies for second test site
Roseacre residents express their views on fracking Over 5,000 objections have been lodged with Lancashire County Council against Cuadrilla’s application to drill at a proposed site on agricultural land at […]
Labour candidate seeks to abolish letting fees
Cat Smith, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, has backed Labour plans for a better deal for those renting their homes privately. In an Opposition Day debate […]
Council services affected by as unions get set to protest at cuts and ‘poverty pay’ on 10th July
A number of public sector unions nationally have elected to take strike action on Thursday 10th July, expected to be the largest day of strike action for two years, in […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 2nd to 10th July by Peter Clarke
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 […]