National Rabbit Week starts tomorrow (24th) and the Hutches & Crutches Pet Centre in Bolton-le-Sands has been in touch to let us know they will be running a number of […]
“Winter Vomiting” Advice Re-Issued
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West has repeated its plea to people with norovirus infection (winter vomiting) not to attend GP surgeries or hospital Accident and Emergency Units, to […]
Cash Boost for University of Cumbria
It’s just been announced that Britain’s newest academic centre for learning, the University of Cumbria, has secured £26m over the next eight years, bringing hundreds of new jobs to the […]
Get your hands on some special spuds!
We can all name our favourite potato-based feasts – hot salty chips, fluffy steaming baked spuds, or the first fresh salad ‘taters’ of the year. But how many varieties of […]
Honorary Alderman Dies
Honorary Alderman Arthur Briggs MBE, who was 101, has died. Mr Briggs, was elected to represent the Bolton-le-Sands ward in 1973 and served until 2003.passed away on Monday (January 19) […]
Welcome Stories Reveal Lancaster’s diverse community
A new web site, Welcome Stories, has just gone live, detailing stories from local people about their experiences of ‘welcome and belonging’ in the Lancaster and Morecambe District. Over the […]
What Secrets are Our MPs Hiding?
Update: The Guardian reported today that Gordon Brown announced the withdrawal of a plan to keep details of MPs’ expenses secret at Prime Minister’s Question Time, following the collapse overnight […]
Council “Wastes Money” on Centros Inquiry
Green councillors have condemned Lancaster City Council’s proposal to spend £100,000 on the Centros public inquiry into the canal corridor development (see news story) at a time when the Council […]
In Review: Vivid Arts at Lancaster Library
It was very dark and very, very wet and miserable at 7pm last Saturday, 17th January 2009. A truly wretched evening. And I had no idea what to do. Should […]
Standing Up To Hatred
This year’s local Holocaust Memorial Day Candle-lighting Commemoration will take place on Thursday 29th January 2009 at 6.30pm in the Peace Garden, Lancaster Town Hall. This year the theme of […]