Australian strong lady Charmaine Childs as “Betty Brawn” thrilled the crowd in Lancaster’s Marketgate on Bank Holiday Saturday by showing her unique talent for picking up men. She hefted her […]
Meet Your New North West MEPs 2014
Three Labour, three UKIP and two Conservatives were elected as MEPS for the North West last night (full results here). The North West vote share was Labour, 34%, UKIP 27%, Conservatives […]
European Parliament Elections 2014 – North West Results
The Members of the European Parliament for the North West UK elected in May 2014 are: Conservative: Jacqueline Foster (re-elected), Sajjad Karim (re-elected), Labour Theresa Griffin, Afzal Khan, Julie Ward […]
Local Council By Election Results May 2014
Two by-elections for vacant seats on Lancaster City Council took place yesterday (Thursday May 22). Green Party Candidates Abi Mills (Scotforth West) and Jack Filmore (University) both took seats previously […]
12,000 new homes locally? Council launches major planning consultation
Forecast Methodology. Turley The Lancaster district should make plans for an additional 12,000 new homes over the next 20 years to meet housing needs fuelled by an increasing population and […]
Looking Back on Market Square: A ‘Sneak Peek” at Lancaster Library’s Exhibition
A post-war image of Market Street leading to Market Square circa 1946. The centre of the square is still accessible to cars. The Square was pedestrianised in the 1970s Lancashire’s […]
Ban old tyres on public vehicles, urges county council
Vehicles which provide a service to the public such as coaches and taxis should not be allowed to use tyres which are more than 10 years old, according to Lancashire […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 21st to 29th May by Peter Clarke
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and reviews. This is a good period […]
Lancaster University in traditional Chinese Dragon boat race
A team of 20 Lancaster University students, staff and community members braved the heavy rain and wind to take home 2nd place at the North West Confucius Institute Dragon Boat […]
Lancaster city centre improvements take shape, famous Horseshoe set to return to rightful place
Resurfacing works partly funded by European Union finance to revive the heart of Lancaster city centre are well underway as part of a £1 million investment to reinvigorate Market Square […]