Lancaster Market Square with outdoor market, circa 1900. Image courtesy Lancashire County Museum Service An ongoing exhibition of photographs showing the changing face of Lancaster’s Market Square will open at […]
City Council under Scrutiny: Is it Up to Scratch?
Is there an issue affecting you and your community that you would like to see Lancaster City Council look into? If so, Lancaster City Council wants to hear from you. […]
Morecambe Carnival 2015 opens applications for floats
Float Entries for Morecambe Carnival 2015 (MC15) are now open. The application form is here on the event’s official site. Morecambe Carnival 2014 had a fantastic turnout, with an estimated […]
Dukes New Patron Sarah Lancashire scoops a BAFTA
Dukes patron Sarah Lancashire Just weeks after The Dukes revealed that popular actress Sarah Lancashire had been appointed its first Honorary Patron she has added a touch of lustre to […]
Lancashire County Council calls for Robin Hood Tax to rebalance economy
County Councillor Gina Dowding Lancashire County Council has become the 50th British local authority to agree to lobby Government to sign up to the Financial Transaction Tax. The motion was proposed at […]
Seaside Awards for Morecambe’s beaches
Lancaster City Council has again scooped a top award that places two of Morecambe’s beaches among the best in the UK. Seaside Awards recognise and award beaches in England that […]
Lancashire supports Dementia Friends campaign
Lancashire County Council is supporting a national campaign to encourage people to become ‘Dementia Friends’. This week is National Dementia Week and with more than 7,600 people registered as having […]
Don’t forget to vote
Lancaster City Council is reminding people to go out and vote in this week’s European elections. The city council is administering the poll for the European elections in the […]
New website makes it even easier to share car journeys
A revamp to the website for Lancashire’s car-sharing service has made it easier than ever to find someone to share your journey, petrol and parking costs. Sharedwheels.co.uk currently boasts almost 4,500 […]
Storyteller Ben Heggarty conjures new dreams for “First Friday” in June
Internationally renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, writer of The DFC‘s Mezolith and Will Scoggins Skull strips, returns to Lancaster on Friday 6th June and slips behind the lights into the dark side of fairground, where you risk getting more than […]