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Blackpool to host European Youth Football Competition
Blackpool is gearing up to welcome an impressive line-up of over 450 youth football teams and more than 14,500 attendees during the Easter and May Day bank holiday weekends for the much-anticipated Blackpool Cup tournaments. In collaboration with Euro-Sportring, Europe’s largest organiser of international youth football tournaments, Blackpool Council and VisitBlackpool are excited to bring […]
Transpiration Wellbeing and Lancashire Wildlife Trust launch nature and wellbeing courses
Funding has been secured by a new local organisation, Transpiration Wellbeing, to run two eight-week nature and wellbeing courses, plus a weekend residential specifically designed for people who are trans, non-binary or gender questioning. Transpiration Wellbeing, a new Lancaster-based wellbeing project, run for and by the trans+ community, will be working with The Wildlife Trust […]
Colne’s R&B Festival named best Blues festival in UK
The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in Colne has been crowned ‘UK Blues Based Festival of the Year’ at the prestigious 2025 UK Blues Awards, held on Wednesday evening at The Stables in Milton Keynes. This marks the first time the festival has taken home the award from the UK Blues Federation since 2019 […]
Eight at Gazegill named North of England Champion in ‘rural Oscars’
Eight at Gazegill, the acclaimed farm-to-fork restaurant nestled within a 500- year-old organic farm in the heart of the Ribble Valley, has been named North of England Champion in the prestigious 2025 Countryside Alliance Awards. Known as the “Rural Oscars,” the Countryside Alliance Awards celebrate rural businesses that go the extra mile for their communities […]
Early birds eye discounts for 10th Anniversary Chorley Flower Show
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the Chorley Flower Show will return from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 July 2025 and is set to captivate flower enthusiasts, gardening fanatics, and families, with floral displays, expert gardening demonstrations, a variety of entertainment and more. Tickets for the popular three-day event are now on sale at early bird prices […]
Oswaldtwistle Mills to welcome Chinese tour party
Oswaldtwistle Mills has a long tradition of welcoming coach parties and giving them a great Lancashire experience, with tours available going into the Ribble Valley, Pendle and beyond. In June a group of Chinese visitors will be having the same wonderful experience – with the tour being spoken in Cantonese! Caledonian Travel, who are regular […]
Record breaking March at Blackpool Zoo
Blackpool Zoo has started the 2025 season on a high after welcoming a record number of visitors through its doors in March. Figures were five per cent higher than its previous busiest March, which was in 2016 and also included the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. In addition, figures for its March Markdown initiative, where locals living […]
Community Beach Hub Opens on St Annes Beach
Fylde Council is pleased to announce the successful opening of the new Community Beach Hub on St Annes Beach. The facility, completed on schedule is a base for services that will enhance visitor experience and beach safety. Located in the former deck chair storage building near the main beach entrance, the newly transformed hub houses […]
Lancashire Science Festival back with a bang!
Award-winning Lancashire Science Festival public day returns on 17 May and free tickets go on sale on Tuesday The award-winning Lancashire Science Festival is returning next month and free tickets will go on sale next week. The University of Central Lancashire’s* one-day extravaganza, which is one of the biggest free events in the county, showcases […]
Award-winning new business extends offer with first wedding fair
This summer, Eight at Gazegill is set to host its first-ever Wedding Fair, inviting couples, planners, and dreamers to a truly special weekend of wedding inspiration, set against the breathtaking backdrop of Pendle Hill and the heritage wildflower meadows of Gazegill Organics Farm. Taking place over two weekends from Friday 30th May to Sunday 8th […]
UCLan graduate enjoys TV award success
A University of Central Lancashire* graduate has achieved industry success after winning a Royal Television Society (RTS) award. Grace Nixon scooped the Best Factual – Long Form trophy at the North West Student Awards for her documentary on Woodlands Animal Sanctuary in Ormskirk. The 22-year-old, who graduated from the University’s media & television production degree […]
UCLan celebrates hat-trick of wins at Educate North Awards
Wins in student experience, PhD student achievement of the year and business engagement categories are recognition of university’s continuing success. The University of Central Lancashire* is celebrating winning three of the eight categories it entered at the Educate North Awards 2025. Judges at the prestigious event recognised the University’s efforts to bolster Lancashire’s socio-economic growth, […]