Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Morecambe. The incident happened on Thursday 12th May at the Shrimp roundabout at around 4.50pm. A disagreement broke out between two […]
Appeal following fail to stop collision in Lancaster
Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in Lancaster in which a car failed to stop. Around 5.25pm on Wednesday 11 May, a Honda Logo was travelling along Church […]
This week at the Grand: Girl Traffic
Sneaking into the Grand Theatre this Friday is the ‘local heat’ of the Miss England pageant. You won’t find the Miss Morecambe & Lancaster competition listed on the Grand’s website. […]
Lancaster Guardian offices to close?
(with thanks to Sue Parish): Media web site HoldtheFrontPage reports Johnston Press is proposing to close the Lancaster Guardian’s office in Common Garden Street with the loss of three jobs […]
County Council to run consultations on M6 Link changes
Artist’s Impression: How the new bypass will look. Lancashire County Council will be holding additional public consultations on design changes to the Heysham-M6 Link. The latest consultations will update local […]
Music and poetry, please: Spotlight Club line up announced
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 […]