Metal thieves have once again been targeted by Lancashire police as part of a nation-wide crackdown on scrap metal theft. The operation, codenamed Operation Starling, saw officers from Lancashire Constabulary […]
Lancaster off-licences and bars reprimanded for teen alcohol sales
Staff in several Lancaster and Morecambe off-licences and bars have been issued with fines after failing to make ID checks and selling alcohol to youngsters. Officers in the north of […]
Coronation Field developer's next target?
(Updated 15th March) As outrage grows over the actions the Property Trust and its destruction of trees in Freeman’s Wood on Lancaster’s Marsh, despite legally-binding Tree Preservation Orders (see news […]
Energy advice day to help locals save on their bills
Home Energy Service group LESS are holding a community energy advice afternoon at St. Lukes in Skerton on Thursday 15th March 2012. The event aims to help people to to […]
Lancaster landlord gets fine for putting family at risk
A Lancaster landlord has been fined for putting the lives of a family at risk by failing to arrange an annual gas safety check. Carole McMillan, 57, was prosecuted by […]
Roger Wilson at the Gillow on Thursday
Roger Wilson – at the Gillow this week This Thursday (15 March) the extraordinary folk musician Roger Wilson returns to Lancaster’s Robert Gillow pub – an immensely talented guitarist, fiddle player and […]
What’s It All About, Alfie?
Vicky Binns as Annie and David Ricardo-Pearce as Alfie A Coronation Street favourite who was killed off in the soap’s dramatic tram crash in 2010 finds a new lease of […]
Five years for Bolton-le-Sands Spar robber
Jason Durney A Liverpool man has been jailed for five years following a robbery at a shop in Bolton-le-Sands where customers and staff were threatened with a Stihl saw. 23-year-old […]
Catastrophic damage to 'protected' Freeman's Wood – photos
Environmental damage at Freeman’s Wood As our pictures below, taken today, show, there have been multiple breaches of the legally binding Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) which should have protected the […]
Counting the cost of the Burger: Lancaster University data unveiled
The UK could considerably reduce its carbon footprint if more of us switched to a vegetarian diet, according to new research by Lancaster University. The report ‘Relative greenhouse gas impacts […]