Cuadrilla drilling rig at Banks in Lancashire Controversial fracking company Cuadrilla currently have an application lodged with Lancashire County Council to extend the time allowed for their exploratory testing in […]
More roads being planned behind closed doors?
Not content with the white elephant that is the increasingly costly-looking Heysham Link, local councils could be looking to build even more roads in Lancashire, rather than invest in more […]
Lancaster City Council warns: Serious Service Cuts ahead
Council leader Eileen Blamire says Council on “cliff edge” as it faces further budget cuts Lancaster City Council is facing a bleak financial future with £3.5million in savings needing to […]
BBC Jazz Award winners featuring Portishead members to play Morecambe
One of the heavyweights of the contemporary jazz world, Get The Blessing, will be playing at More Music’s Morecambe venue the Hothouse on Saturday 12th October from 8.30pm. The band […]
Lancashire Police launches student safety pages
Lancashire Police have launched social media pages on both Facebook and Twitter to help improve the safety of the local universities’ students. The social media work is part of Lancashire […]
Furious Faerie captured for new Dukes exhibition
Faerie Tail, one of the photographs currently on exhibition at The Dukes. Image © Adrian Jones A faerie with attitude is captured on camera at The Dukes gallery in Lancaster […]
Dukes and Age UK Lancashire 'Journeying Together' project gets new funding
A pioneering project to help people with dementia and their families enjoy films, theatre and the arts in Lancaster has received a funding boost. Journeying Together is a unique collaboration […]
Lancaster Police partners with Blades St Mosque for community footie match
Moghuls FC and Lancaster Police Teams before the game Lancaster Police and the city’s Blade Street Mosque came together last night to play a community football game. A team of […]
DECC online survey – high-level nuclear waste dump under Lake District?
Nuclear waste flasks bound for Sellafield Last week’s news of a derailment on the Manchester – Barrow line of a train carrying flasks contaminated by radioactive waste (but not full, […]
Lancaster publisher documents history of Blackburn Orphanage
Lancaster-based Fleetfoot Books has just published James Dixon’s Children by Melanie Warren, offering an insight into the origins of Blackburn Orphanage. James Dixon, born in 1855, was the founder of […]