A 53-year-old man has suffered a serious foot injury following a collision in Lancaster. Police were called by the Ambulance Service around 5.30pm yesterday (24th October) following reports of an […]
Protests over Barclay’s ownership of fracking company
Lancaster anti-fracking campaigners are so angry that Barclay’s Bank is financing fracking in Yorkshire through its subsidiary company Third Energy that they joined with visiting activist group Reclaim the Power on Friday […]
13-yearold boy assaulted on Lancaster bridge
Police are appealing for information after a teenager was attacked by a man in Lancaster. Sometime between 1.30pm and 1.40pm on Sunday (16th October 2016), the victim, a 13-year-old boy, […]
Sanctuary: Yoga Festival planned to raise money for refugees
Sara Bailey & Rebecca Ellis A wide-ranging yoga festival aiming to raise cash for refugees will take place at Halton Mill on Saturday 19th November from 9.30am until 4.30pm. Leading […]
HS2 Route threatens ancient woodlands
Photo: WTML As if the much-despised plans to frack Lancashire weren’t bad enough in the government’s bid to industrialise our countryside, the ridiculously-expensive HS2 train line looks to threaten the […]
Quay Meadow discoveries to go on display in Lancaster
The Lancaster and District Heritage Group will be on display in Lancaster’s St Nicholas Arcades Shopping Centre from tomorrow, Friday 14th October, to the 28th November 2016. The display will […]
Bus Users’ Group Meets as service cuts bite and doubts are raised about Lancaster’s new Park & Ride scheme
Original image via Stagecoach (Mash-Up via Internet) The next Lancaster District Bus Users’ Group meeting is at 2.00 pm in Lancaster Library, on 20th October, announced as local press report […]
‘Cuadrilla men followed us and filmed our children’, parents claim
Tina Rothery At a well-attended meeting at Lancaster Friends Meeting House yesterday, Lancaster residents started organising the local response to Secretary of State Said Javid’s recent decision to allow Cuadrilla […]
Police forces unite in country’s largest rural policing operation
Dozens of police officers and volunteers took part in a major clampdown on rural criminals last week. Operation Checkpoint is the largest rural policing operation of its kind in the […]
2015 Winter Flood Stories inspire powerful new Lakes Festival Comics Exhibition, “Five Bridges”
Art by Mike Medaglia for the “Five Bridges” floods exhibition Ahead of Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival this weekend (14th – 16th October), some of the event’s Exhibitions are now open, with others to […]