Lancaster District Community and Voluntary Solutions have launched the nominations stage for the Lancaster District Volunteer Achievement Awards 2010. Local people are invited to nominate individual volunteers under two categories; […]
McGuinness fights hard to maintain top six position
Local man John McGuinness put in a battling performance at Thruxton on Sunday when he finished ninth in round 2 of the Metzeler National 1000cc Superstock Championship. The Padgetts Honda […]
HANA Calls Public Meeting over Proposals for Heysham 3
Heysham Anti-Nuclear Alliance (HANA) is hosting a public meeting about plans for the construction of a new nuclear power station at Heysham. The meeting will take place at the Gregson […]
Closure fears for Homeless centre
The Lancaster Guardian: reports that Lancaster District Homeless Action Service (LDHAS) in Edward Street could close, leaving homeless people without a vital resource. The Centre, which costs some £130,000 a […]
Council's potential retail partner ASCO closes Warrington store
(Updated 22/4/10, quote from Anne Chapman addded): ASCO Supermarket Warrington, launched to great fanfare just five months ago and owned by the company approached by Lancaster City Council to take […]
Concerns for missing Morecambe man
(UPDATE: Mr Perry has been found safe and well, this reports retained for archival purposes): Police are appealing for information after a Morecambe man went missing while on his way […]
Green Bid to win Lancaster and Fleetwood
On the eve of the launch of their Election Manifesto, the Green Party has announced it is standing a record number of Green candidates to fight the General Election – […]
Miners Strike photographer has new Lancaster exhibition
Influential photojournalist Don McPhee, one of the great photojournalists of the last 30 years, is the subject of a new exhibition at the University of Cumbria’s Alexandra Gallery on the […]
County Council comfort on Link bridge backfires
The Environment Agency has given formal consent for the proposed new bridge over the River Lune at Halton that is part of the controversial M6 Link to Heysham – but […]
Police close Bolton-le-Sands drugs den
Police have closed the doors on a drugs den in Bolton-le-Sands, after Lancaster Magistrates granted the closure order last week. Magistrates heard how residents’ lives had been made a misery […]