Lancaster City Council is launching ‘Ideal Choice Homes‘, on 19th October. Choice-based lettings is the brand new way the Council will be letting council accommodation in the Lancaster district. If […]
Cannabis seized in Lancaster searches
Cannabis with an estimated street value of £500 and hundreds of pounds in cash was seized by police in Lancaster yesterday (7th September). A man was searched on Westbourne Road […]
Monday Full Moon brings Chinese Mooncake Festival 2011
Lancaster and Morecambe Chinese Community Association and Help Direct invite you to experience Chinese culture at the Mid-Autumn Mooncake Festival next Monday; a popular traditional Chinese Harvest festival celebration, held […]
Heritage Open Days Festival begins – access all areas
Heritage Open Days is a 4-day festival running until this Sunday 11 September celebrating England’s architecture and culture. Visitors are allowed free access to interesting properties that are either not […]
Morecambe Seaside Festival this weekend!
Visitors to Morecambe will be in for a special treat this weekend as the popular Morecambe Seaside Festival gets underway. This excellent Festival is the star of the local season […]
Sponsor Mary Kinane’s ride for a local hydrotherapy pool
Lancastrian Mary Kinane is planning a sponsored pillion ride to help raise money for a hydrotherapy pool to be provided locally. Pain Relief Does chronic pain affect you, a family […]
Appeal after Lancaster man assaulted in Blackpool 'road rage' incident
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted during a ‘road rage’ incident in Blackpool. Around 4.45pm on Friday 26th August, a silver VW Golf had stopped at […]
Dock of the Bay Festival really is Somethng for the Weekend
The Dock of the Bay Festival takes place this weekend at Glasson Dock (10th and 11th September), a community site festival with camping and introducing the Melodrome — a beautiful […]
LitFest 2011 line-up announced, Jon Ronson to headline
Get ready for Litfest11 – the best ten days of the year! The Litfest programme has arrived hot off the press – and a PDF is avaialable now from the […]
Lancaster's Carol Birch on Booker Shortlist
Our heartiest congratulations to popular Lancastrian author Carol Birch, who has had her latest novel, ‘Jamrach’s Menagerie’ shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize (see full shortlist here) And the […]

