Students from the University of Cumbria have been putting on free sports coaching sessions for local youngsters on the Lancaster (St. Martins) campus. Sam Williams, Tom Underwood, Andrew Findlay and […]
Half Term Holidays: No Time to Be Bored!
Lancaster City Council is offering a variety of activities during the April and May school holidays (Monday, April 6 – Friday April 17, excluding the bank holiday weekend) and (Tuesday […]
Centros does the chicken run
Local Greens say they are “unsurprised” by the announcement from developer Centros that it will not appear in an independent public inquiry to address the soundness of its proposals for […]
Centros pulls out of Canal Corridor Planning Inquiry
Developers Centros have announced they will not appear at the forthcoming public inquiry into the proposed Canal Corridor development scheme, leaving an already financially troubled City Council to stump up […]
Centros Scheme: Objections Deadline Looms
(Updated 8/3/09): The deadline to submit objections to the proposed Centros development for Lancaster’s Canal Corridor is Monday 9th March. Developers Centros have not yet submitted their case, but the […]
Dome, Citizens Advice and Toilets Gain Cuts Reprieve
Lancaster City Council set its revenue budget for 2009/10 this week, with a Full Council Meeting reversing an earlier decision to close Morecambe Dome, keeping open all but two public […]
Heysham Wind Turbine Plans Revealed
Lancaster City Council has received a planning application to erect two wind turbines and ancillary equipment on land to the north of the existing BT Radio Station mast at Fanny […]
Labour Group Has Own Budget Plans for Council
Lancaster City Council’s Labour Group has revealed it is making a last minute attempt to set a budget that it says will be fair to the whole district and which […]
Toilet Closures “Inconvenient”, say Conservatives
Carnforth ccouncillor Tony Johnson has condemned proposals by the Council to close rural toilets. “An alliance of the Greens and the Conservatives on Lancaster City Council have ‘saved’ the community […]
City Council Faced Bankruptcy, Says Barry
The government and the national media are crowing about the “good news” regarding low council tax rises — expected to average at around 3% across the UK as a whole. […]