Phil Chandler with Clare Long Summers, the local Green Party’s 200th member. Photo: The Green Party IT Manager and Morecambe resident Phil Chandler has been selected by North Lancashire Green Party […]
MPs pressure David Cameron to release uncensored Fracking Report
A total of ten MPs have now called for DEFRA’s censored ‘Shale Gas Rural Economy Impacts’ report to be released in full, including four MPs from David Cameron’s own party. Last […]
Friends of the Earth film reveal passionate opposition to Fracking across Lancashire
Take Action Now. Keep Lancashire Frack Free. from Friends of the Earth EWNI on Vimeo. Friends of the Earth has released a video documenting the views of Lancashire people on fracking, […]
Morecambe businesses consider BID for the town
The former Morecambe Visitor offices, part of the proposed BID area When is a tax not a tax? When those that pay it also get to say what it’s spent […]
Hunt Continues for Missing Aimee
Update: Aimee Challenger was found on 16th January 2015 safe and well. This story is retained only for archive purposes. Police are appealing for information about Aimee Challenger, a 15-year-old […]
Gregson calls for members to attend AGM
The Gregson Community Association (GCA) and the Gregson Community Club’s (GCC) AGMs were due to take place on Sunday November 23rd. Unfortunately, not enough people turned up and both meetings […]
Greens say No More Cuts to the Arts
Councillor Chris Coates After confirmation that the Labour Party will not cancel £83 million of Conservative Party cuts to the national Arts budget made in recent years, local Green Party […]
Local Cinema Round-Up for 14th to 22nd 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 […]
Civic Society to profile Lancaster’s “Renaissance Man”, architect and reformer Edmund Sharpe
Edmund Sharpe Lancaster Civic Society is to host a talk by local historian Jim Price on architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer Edmund Sharpe, “Lancaster’s Renaissance Man” in […]
Local pressure mounts for Infrastructure Bill changes that will speed fracking and remove local input on major planning projects
A Mass Lobby of Parliament to protest at the Infrastructure Bill now making its way through the Commons will take place on 14th January – and many local campaigners will […]