Ann Wilson, aka Ann the Poet. Photo: Richard Davis (http://www.totallywired.com) This month’s Spotlight Club – a regular eclectic feast of poetry, performance and music – features South Cumbrian-based poet Ann […]
New Booths Approved for Scotforth
Lancaster City Council’s planning committee approved a new Booths supermarket development application on 3 May, to be built on Lawson’s Bridge field in Scotforth. It was considered alongside another bid […]
Taxi Drivers claim ‘Browbeating’ by Local Authority during holiday
All 109 Hackney cabs in the Lancaster Council area received a letter before Easter requiring them to report to the Council’s Vehicle Maintenance Unit in Morecambe for inspection on Thursday […]
The Procurement Zone
This Virtual-Lancaster reporter notes that Shoe Zone, the shoeshop in Marketgate, is selling very high heeled (2″+) fashion shoes in sizes for little girls aged 6 and upwards in their […]
Heysham Link will make our traffic problems worse, Professor warns
Former city councillor John Whitelegg, a Professor of Sustainable Transport, has hit out angrily at claims from the construction company, Costain, that the proposed M6 Link will improve the economic […]
Interview: Jo Gillot
Not long ago now Jo Gillot quietly self released her second EP of songs, The Lido. Named after the Ruislip waterhole which inspired it, the seven track EP takes the […]
Police appeal after Lancaster Co-op theft
Police are appealing for information after money was stolen from the Co-op on Chapel Street last month. At around 5:24pm on the 19th April, three men entered the Co-operative food […]
iPhone thieves sought
Lancaster Police have issued CCTV images of two men they want to speak with after an iPhone 4 was stolen from the Orange shop in Lancaster on Thursday 28th April […]
Appeal for witnesses after Good Friday fight on Millennium Bridge
Lancaster are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a fight on Millennium Bridge in Lancaster on Good Friday. (22nd April 2011) At 2.30pm police received reports of up to […]
Lancaster and Morecambe Local Election Results
(Last Updated 07:36 7/5/11) The final result for the local elections sees the Labour Party gaining the most councillors – 23 in all – but no one party has overall […]