Lancaster Maritime Museum has partly reopened to the public after being closed for essential maintenance and to repair flood damage caused last winter. This attraction, based at the former Custom […]
Flood recovery advice takes to the streets
Specialist advisers will be hitting the road later this month to help homeowners and businesses in the Lancaster area that were flooded as a result of Storms Desmond and Eva […]
Are you ‘open for business’?
Photo: Cat Smith Lancaster businesses affected by the winter floods are being encourage to add themselves to a Government sponsored online visitor information map to show they are open for […]
Flood-hit Lancaster charity shop opens at church
The Venerable Michael Everitt, the Archdeacon of Lancaster (right), cuts the ribbon to declare the shop open assisted by shop manager Faye Smyth and the Vicar of Lancaster, The Revd […]
New scheme launched to help “flood proof” properties in Lancashire
Photo: Cat Smith The Government has announced details of a Flood Resilience Grant Scheme to help householders and businesses make their properties more resistant to future floods. Under the scheme, householders and […]
Lancaster MP Cat Smith demands PM apply for EU flood relief funds
Cat Smith Cat Smith, Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood, has written to the Prime Minister demanding that he apply for flood relief funds from the European Union. “Across […]
City Council Pays Out over £66,000 to Storm Desmond victims so far
Photo: Cat Smith More than £60,000 has been paid to residents affected by Storm Desmond in December. Lancaster City Council has made payments totalling £66,500 to 133 people in the […]
Independent Lancaster Looks Ahead, putting Lancaster Floods Behind It
It’s been very nearly a full year since Independent Lancaster first launched its Loyalty Card and it’s now grown to over 60 businesses supporting the card and hundreds of local […]
Funding confirmed to help flood-hit homes and businesses, but anger grows over government delays on affordable insurance scheme
Photo: Cat Smith Photo: Nick Wilkinson Lancashire County Council has received confirmation from government that funding will be available for residents and businesses hit by the recent floods, news welcomed […]
After the Floods: Greens Question Lancaster Flood Gate Closure Delays
Lancaster’s Quay during the floods caused by Storm Desmond Green Councillor for Castle Ward Nick Wilkinson has written to Sir Phillip Dilley at the Environment Agency asking for an explanation as […]