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 […]
Eric Morecambe Day gets 23rd July date
The triumphant return of the Eric Morecambe statue to the Morecambe sea front is being followed up with work on the fundraising plans for the ‘Eric and Ernie’ Wall Art […]
Golden Arches on their way for Lune McAqueduct?
Site of proposed McDonald’s Planning permission has been granted for a McDonald’s drive-thru takeaway and two-storey restaurant with parking on Caton Road adjacent to the A6 Canal Aqueduct and just […]
County Council planning report recommends refusal of fracking applications
Jerusalem builded here: An artist’s impression of a proposed Lancashire fracking site Lancashire County Council’s Development Control Committee will spend Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 January, from 10am at County […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 21st to 29th January 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 […]
Snow expected in Lancashire tonight
Photo courtesy Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is advising people to be prepared for snow following a Met Office yellow warning across the north west this afternoon (Tuesday 20 […]