Photo: Doctor Alex Mustard (yes, that’s name of the seal, apparently) Wildlife in North West England’s seas is facing a serious threat, warns The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and […]
Morecambe teenager in prison after assaultng police officer
A Morecambe man has been jailed for four years and 10 months for a vicious attack on a police officer earlier this year. 19-year-old Jamie Joss, of Needham Avenue, Morecambe, […]
£500 worth of cannabis seized following Lancaster drugs raid
Police seized £500 worth of cannabis after executing a drugs warrant at a house in Lancaster. Officers swooped on the property in Beaumont Place, Lancaster, shortly before 2.00pm on Wednesday […]
Firework Spectacular a record success, say Council
(Updated 1633 8/11/11) Record numbers turned out to enjoy Lancaster’s Firework Spectacular on Saturday, 5th November – which perhaps contributed to some considerable disappointment about the management of event, noted […]
Clean up local bathing water, council urges
Lancaster City Council is calling for everything possible to be done to improve the quality of bathing water in Morecambe Bay ahead of the introduction of new water quality standards. […]
Police appeal after fatal collision in Hambleton
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A588 yesterday. At around 2.40pm yesterday afternoon (Sunday 6th November) police received reports of a collision between a silver […]
Kettled on Quay Meadow: City Fireworks spark health & safety overkill
Hundreds of Lancastrians who came out to see the City Fireworks ‘spectacular’ trudged home disappointed last night after being subjected to a frenzy of health & safety regulation that saw […]
Public Services under discussion as cuts continue to bite
“The impact of the cuts on public services in this district is and will continue to be significant” — Council leader Eileen Blamire As government cuts in public funding continue […]
Quake Up Call for Lancashire
(adapted from report on SchNews) On the same day that an anti-fracking protesters held a ‘frack mob’ outside the Shale Gas Environmental Summit in London organised by the Global Warming […]
Heysham Wind Farm decision delayed
Lancaster City Council is waiting for the developer of proposed new wind turbines in Heysham to carry out further assessments before reaching a decision on a planning application. Peel Wind […]