Animal and plant species are becoming extinct 1,000 times faster than the natural rate according to the United Nations. Lancashire is playing its part in the battle to tackle this […]
Sport Relief Mile at Salt Ayre Sports Centre
Our City Council is urging people to don their running shoes in support of a national charity. On Sunday 21st March, the council’s Salt Ayre Sports Centre will be hosting […]
Lancaster International Women's Day 2010: Exhibitions
The 2010 Lancaster International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations kick off today as two exhibitions of women’s art open in the City Centre. Things my Mother Didn’t Tell Me (12 Feb […]
£7000 of vodka seized during raids on off-licences
Police have seized over £7,000 worth of potentially illegally bought vodka following raids on off-licences in Morecambe. Officers from Morecambe’s neighbourhood policing teams swooped on shops on Wednesday morning as […]
New Down's Syndrome group launches in Lancaster
A new Down’s Syndrome Family and Carer’s Group has just launched in Lancaster for families and carers of people with Down’s Syndrome. The first meeting is on Sat 6th March […]
In Review: It Snows (Dukes Senior Youth Theatre)
In a February still down to below zero every night, with too-recent memories of trudging down the road with other similarly shapeless people, all avoiding the lethally icy pavements, it’s […]
Sat Nav Crime Spree prompts Police warning
Local police are advising the public to remove valuable items from unoccupied vehicles after a spate of thefts in the area. A number of vehicles have been broken in to […]
In Review: My Mother Said I Never Should
Now showing until Saturday 27 February 2010, the Dukes’ production of ‘My Mother Said I Never Should’ is a beautifully and cleverly interwoven observation of women’s lives over three generations. […]
Local jobs threat as Ethel Austin goes into administration
Liverpool-based retail chain Ethel Austin and sister chain Au Naturale has gone into administration, putting local jobs at risk in Morecambe and Lancaster. This is the second time Ethel Austin […]
Lancaster Nursery School Rated ‘Outstanding’
Lancaster’s Appletree Nursery School has been rated as ‘outstanding’ and described as ‘providing exemplary care’ in a newly-released Ofsted report. The nursery school, which is co-located with Appletree Childrens’ Centre […]