Image: Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council has won a prestigious national award for giving a new lease of life to a historic the Crook O’ Lune East Viaduct bridge […]
Funding boost for Lancashire food banks
County Councillor Azhar Ali Lancashire County Council has handed out £150,000 to help people who cannot afford to eat, with some £6000 made directly to local organisations. The money has […]
Couples can convert civil partnerships into marriages
Lancashire couples in a civil partnership now have the choice to convert it into a marriage. From this Wednesday (10th December 2014), couples across the UK will have the option […]
County Council Invites Views On Further Savings Options
Lancashire County Council’s cabinet was presented with a revised set of budget options yesterday, setting out how the council could achieve its savings target by April 2018. Senior council officers presented a […]
Lancashire schools archives now available online
Image courtesy Lancashire County Council Detailed records of Lancashire schools from between 1870 and 1914 are now available online in a major project to digitise history. Lancashire’s archives join over […]
Lancashire County Council’s Library Closure Denial, spends fortune on County Hall canteen
Photo: Alexandrr P. Kapp As government cuts to public services continue to bite, the Labour-led Lancashire County Council is considering all manner of service reductions – and the spectre of […]
Red Rose County to become first White Ribbon county
Jennifer Mein (centre) with White Ribbon Ambassadors from participating organisations. Participating councils are: Hyndburn Borough Council, Rossendale Borough Council, Lancaster City Council, Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council, Borough […]
Bridge sections delivered safely to site as work continues on the newLink Road to the M6
Bridge sections that will form the new bridge structure known as Folly Railway Bridge, part of the £123 milkion M6 Link scheme to Heysham, have been delivered to the Costain […]
Lancaster city centre traffic changes to start soon
Vehicles displaying precinct permits parked in New Street at the second entrance to Lancaster Library. Photo courtesy of Robert Wade Traffic regulations are to be changed in Lancaster city centre […]
Fracking poses risk to public health says County Council assessment
Toxic seepage: Cuadrilla’s original drilling site at Preece Hall Farm (photo taken before site was shut down) Last Thursday Lancashire County Council considered the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on Lancashire’s […]