Art: Nick Miller Lancaster’s writer’s group Spotlight is to host more of its Writing Surgeries next month. Whether you are just starting out or have been writing for some time, whether […]
Lancs County Council defers fracking decision 8 weeks
Tractor procession of farmers against fracking arriving at County Hall today At the same time that a moratorium on fracking was being announced in Scotland, Lancashire County Council’s (LCC) Development […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 28th January to 5th February 2015 by Peter Clarke
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 […]
Fracking battle heats up: leaked Osborne letter shows plan to force permits through
Conservative Chancellor George Osborne Cuadrilla will be seeking a deferment to the decision on their Fylde fracking applications at tomorrow’s meeting of Lancashire County Council’s (LCC) Development Control Committee. The […]
Missing Glasson wind surfer’s body found
Police officers searching for missing 61-year-old wind surfer Giles Stothert recovered a body on Middleton Sands this morning. Police were called at around 4.45pm on Sunday 25 January to Glasson […]
Catch the Northern Lights with your iPhone, thanks to Lancaster University project
Updates on the best opportunities to spot the Northern Lights in the UK are now available on a mobile phone app developed in association with scientists at Lancaster University. It […]
Mateusz Otfinowski sentenced to life
Mateusz Otfinowski Mateusz Otfinowski, 23, of Lord Street, Morecambe has today been sentenced at Preston Crown Court to life imprisonment for the rape of two women and for trespass with intent […]
Head in the Sands – MP Morris calls again for a Bay Tunnel
Morecambe Bay BAE Systems announced in December that Costain, who won the County Council construction contract for the Heysham-M6 Link road, have won a further contract in a £300m+ scheme […]
Big Garden Birdwatch in Williamson Park This Weekend
Everyone can help with the 2015 Big Garden Birdwatch at Williamson Park on Sunday 25th January 2015. If you are an early riser, why not get along along between 8.00 and […]
Witnesses sought after dogs kill pet chihuahua in Morecambe
(Updated 22:15): Virtual-Lancaster received reports earlier today of an 85-year-old woman who was walking her tiny chihuahua yesterday morning on Hampsfell Drive, Westgate, when she and her dog were approached […]