Local jazz couple Sue Parish and Jon Moore (pictured) will be closing their popular and long running series of Tuesday night jazz sessions at the Robert Gillow Pub by bringing […]
Lancashire anti-frackers march on landowner’s home
Around 2000+ protesters assembled yesterday (Saturday) at the site on Preston New Road near Blackpool where Cayman Islands company Cuadrilla proposes to start hydraulic fracking. Watch video On Thursday Secretary […]
Government forces fracking onto Lancashire
Demonstrators protesting today’s decision The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid today allowed Cuadrilla’s appeal against the county council’s decision to refuse permission for fracking at the […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 5th to 13th October 2016
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 author AS Chambers steps from the shadows at Lancaster Library this Hallowe’en
A.S.Chambers, Lancaster’s master of the macabre, will be making a special appearance at Lancaster Library this Hallowe’en weekend. On the 29th October he will be holding a one off event, […]
Coming Soon: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival!
The fourth Lakes International Comic Art Festival will run from 14-16 October 2016 in Kendal, Cumbria, celebrating great comic art from across the world – and the full details for every […]
Lancaster wheelchair users blocked by high kerbs, Councillor finds
Mary Kinane blocked at the kerb Local Green City Councillor Jon Barry and Disability Activist Mary Kinane have begun a series of walkabouts in Lancaster to help highlight the plight […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 28th September to 6th October 2016
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 […]
Could you be a Councillor and stand for what you believe in?
Lancashire County Council is asking people to consider if they could be a councillor ahead of next year’s county elections – and had organised two events in Preston in October […]
Independent review confirms funding cuts will put Lancashire County Council in the red to meet legal provisions
Lancashire County Council has published an independent review of its finances which confirms that thanks to Tory government funding cuts, its long-term financial position is not sustainable, even if it […]