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David Moyes accepts prestigious academic award for his contribution to football A Preston footballing legend has been honoured by his local University. Football manager David Moyes has received a prestigious Honorary Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). The long-time Preston resident, who played for and managed Preston North End, was recognised for the […]

The Fishergate bus lane cameras in central Preston will be enforced again from Monday, 4 December. The aim of the bus lanes and vehicle restrictions is to ease traffic flow in the city centre, providing a boost for shops and businesses, and improving the experience for shoppers in the main retail areas. Lancashire County Council […]

The county shone brilliantly around the world and celebrated proudly on Lancashire Day 2017, with figures released by Marketing Lancashire, the organisation charged with promoting the county on a national and international stage, showing a reach of 74 million for #LancashireDay*, beating last year’s record of 60 million. Marketing Lancashire led with a campaign, which […]

The four chefs, all raised in Lancashire, created an eight-course menu inspired by the produce, history and provenance of Lancashire. Courses featured great Lancashire ingredients like black pudding, Morecambe Bay cockles, grouse, Goosnargh duck and ended with Lancashire Eccles cakes with Truffle & Black currant. Chef Oli Martin from Hipping Hall said, “Lancashire’s really got […]

The Regent Cinema is to host it’s first film festival ‘Shorts at the Seaside’ next May. The festival will be held on the 20th May and is open to students and all film makers.  There will be 3 categories with the main theme of the festival being deckchair based short films. Festival organiser Carole Moran […]

The Dukes has welcomed a new Associate Producer as part of a drive to increase diversity in regional theatres. Anna Nguyen is one of four Black Asian Minority Ethnic(BAME) producers chosen and supported by the Arts Council  to work at professional venues across the country. Anna is British Vietnamese, born and raised in London where she […]

It’s written in the stars for North West Holiday Village! Lancashire’s only 5 star Holiday Village retains its Visit England status for the eighth consecutive year! Ribby Hall Village has received the fantastic news that it continues to be Lancashire’s only 5 star holiday village following a review in May this year, making it one […]

International singing star Alfie Boe is to return to his hometown for a special one-off concert. Homecoming will be the biggest concert the Lancashire town of Fleetwood has ever hosted and will take place at Fleetwood Town FC’s Highbury Stadium on Saturday June 2. Tickets to Homecoming go on sale at 9am Friday November 24 […]

Guests attending Lancaster & District’s Chamber’s President Dinner experienced a social extravaganza of magical and musical entertainment not to be forgotten. Alistair Eagles, Chamber President hosted an evening at Lancaster House Hotel on the 20th October for 140 guests. President Eagles took a new approach to the president’s speech and not only delivered but wrote […]

We know it’s grand to be in Lancashire and over the next few weeks and on Lancashire Day itself, Monday 27 November, we’d like your help to spread the word by sharing what’s ‘grand’ about Lancashire history, culture and people, with the rest of the world. Whether you have a favourite ‘grand day out’, ‘grand […]

Lancashire County Council’s Cabinet has agreed £1.5m towards the delivery of infrastructure to extend the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Brierfield. Lomeshaye is the largest employment site in Pendle and one of the largest in East Lancashire. Phase one of the proposed extension would unlock 3.53 hectares of land, creating more than 500 full-time-equivalent sustainable jobs, […]

Customers old and new can look forward to shopping in the new Preston Markets early next year. The stunning new Market Hall building is approaching completion and, following consultation with traders, will open on Monday 12 February. Prior to that the Outdoor and Second Hand Market will already be trading from the newly restored and […]