Local dog owners are being offered the chance to have their animals chipped for free as part of a push to get people to be more responsible with their pets. […]
Dales Bus launches summer Sunday service from Lancaster
A new bus service to the Yorkshire Dales from Lancaster is now running every Sunday and Bank Holiday (including Jubilee Tuesday) until 21st October 2012. The Northern Dalesman bus leaves […]
Heysham cabbie Dave turns author
One thing cabbies the world over aren’t short of are stories — usually about us, the fare-paying public. And while most of us simply want to get from A to […]
National Family Week – fun in the Parks
Lancaster City Council is encouraging families to get together to celebrate National Family Week. There are lots of things to do for all the family from 30 May until 5 […]
City Council Bites £17m Bullet over Market Closure?
(Updated 26/5/12): Yesterday’s meeting of Lancaster City Council agreed to compensate Lancaster Market traders in order to empty and close Lancaster’s Indoor Market. Whether the Council will continue its lease […]
Admission of Freemen and Freewomen of the City: Invitation
The Court of Admission 2011 Lancaster City Council is delighted that 2012 will introduce a major change to one of its most long standing traditions, when women can be admitted […]
It’s Our City call for council veto on Centros ‘sweetheart’ deal
The Centros ‘Arc’ development in Bury St Edmunds First published: 18/5/12 updated 23/5/12 A packed meeting at Lancaster Town Hall last Tuesday learnt about the new Centros proposals for the […]
Do you have the mettle to become a Special?
Northern Special Officers: left to right, Special Inspector Ruth Gardner, Special Sgt Simon Tracey, Special Sgt Jonathon Wilkin, Special Sgt Nick Harding, Special Constable Phillip Metcalfe and Special Constable Stephanie […]
County visitors warned on possible – if rare – danger of snake bites
Photo: Marek Szczepanek, via Wikimedia Poisons experts at the Health Protection Agency’s specialist commissioned National Poisons Information Service — the poisons advisory body for frontline medics — are advising people […]
Morecambe woman assaulted and robbed at knifepoint – in her own home
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 64-year-old woman was terrorized and robbed in her home in Loweswater Drive, Morecambe on Thursday afternoon (17th May 2012). At […]