Cat Smith Cat Smith, Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood, has written to the Prime Minister demanding that he apply for flood relief funds from the European Union. “Across […]
Market Square Trees: An Open Letter to Lancaster City Council's Labour Cabinet
Dear Lancaster City Council Cabinet Members We have read the documents relating to the proposal to cut down the trees that you will be discussing next week (news story here) […]
Primary school applications are about to close
Online applications – the quick, easy and secure way to apply for primary school places for autumn 2016 – are about to close at Lancashire County Council‘s website. The online […]
Petition Protesting Proposed Tree Removals in Market Square Gathers Pace
(Updated 12th January): A petition launched to protest the proposal to chop down trees in Lancaster’s Market Square has already attracted over 500 signatures since it was launched at the […]
Marathon Manic Ivory Playing Promised at the Robert Gillow!
Left to right: Landlord Mark Cutter, and pianists Andy Whitfield, Jack Spencer, Bill Roberts and Bill Wilding. Photo by Barrie Marshall A twelve hour piano playing session will take place […]
City Council Pays Out over £66,000 to Storm Desmond victims so far
Photo: Cat Smith More than £60,000 has been paid to residents affected by Storm Desmond in December. Lancaster City Council has made payments totalling £66,500 to 133 people in the […]
City Council seeks views on skate park provision
Lancaster City Council has launched a major new survey to help identify whether there is adequate provision in the district for wheeled sports including skating and BMX riding. The city […]
Independent Lancaster Looks Ahead, putting Lancaster Floods Behind It
It’s been very nearly a full year since Independent Lancaster first launched its Loyalty Card and it’s now grown to over 60 businesses supporting the card and hundreds of local […]
Lancashire Libraries an “Easy Target” when it comes to Budget cuts, say campaigners
The campaign to fight library closures is growing across the UK – but like many other councils, it seems Lancashire County Council has joined others in seeing possible closures as […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for the 6th to 14th January 2016
For up to date local cinema links and day-by-day listings of what’s showing on local screens every week visit the Virtual-Lancaster Cinema Page. Read on for the weekly round-up, and […]