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Across the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal area, people are already seeing changes where they live. The City Deal has already helped to create more than 11,489 new jobs and to deliver more than 2,614 new homes. Since the agreement was signed three years ago, nearly £46m of public and private sector capital […]

Bowland Brewery has joined forces with two leading Lancashire football clubs as an official sponsor, strengthening links with the local community. The Clitheroe-based brewery’s flagship ale, Hen Harrier, and other core beers will be on sale at Burnley Football Club’s Fanzone area at its Turf Moor headquarters and also at Accrington Stanley’s Wham Stadium. The […]

Blackpool’s own Maureen Nolan will join Jennifer Ellison, Jake Quickenden* and Scott Gallagher as Mrs Darling in the stellar line up for Blackpool Opera House’s magical family Christmas adventure, Peter Pan (16 Dec – 07 Jan) Maureen has been singing with her sisters since she was nine years old. Together they became one of Europe’s […]

The three acts join Pixie Lott, The Vamps, JoJo Siwa, Diversity and Jordan and Perri at Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST 21st – 23rd October. Tickets on Sale NOW at nick.co.uk/slimefest London, 17th August, 2017 – Nickelodeon and VisitBlackpool have announced that Matt Terry, M.O and New Hope Club are set to perform at Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST from 21st – […]

Lytham is gearing up for its popular annual 1940s Wartime Weekend which attracts over 40,000 to the town. Taking place on August 19th and 20th on Lytham Green, the town will welcome military charities, associations, re-enactment groups, static Spitfires, a day long entertainment programme and much more. This free event has become firmly established on […]

Give your taste-buds a treat this Bank Holiday weekend and take them on a round-the-world tour – in Leyland. The town’s third annual culinary offering – Taste of Leyland – will embrace everything from Japanese and Cantonese cuisine through to dishes from India and Mexico as well as a mobile pizza kitchen, making its first […]

-as new Garden House bedrooms and ‘wedding’ garden renovations are completed Lancashire’s Barton Grange Hotel has certainly not rested on its success in the last few years. Having invested £670 000 in the last three years into upgrading its bedrooms, corridors and main events space – the Barton Suite, the Hotel has announced this week […]

Clitheroe Food Festival revellers carried on the party at the town’s newest venue and home of Bowland Brewery, Holmes Mill. The festival, on Saturday August 12, was a great success attracting thousands of people to the town and bringing locals out to enjoy a celebration of Ribble Valley food and drink. The Bowland Brewery served […]

ORGANISERS of a highly popular two-day live music and entertainment event in Chorley are encouraging local performers and talented individuals who would be willing to take part to come forward. Chorley Council is once again teaming up with the Creative Network to stage Chorley Live, the hit festival that attracted around 9,000 people to the […]

Bowland Brewery is celebrating after scooping Bronze awards for its Buster and Deer Stalker ales in the International Beer Challenge. The prestigious awards aim to reward and promote excellent beers from around the world providing brewers with a platform to showcase their beers. Competition among more than 700 entrants from 30 different countries was keen […]

More than 100,000 visitors turned out to watch the two-day Blackpool Air Show – making it one of the most successful on record. An action-packed programme featuring the likes of the RAF Typhoon, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Breitling Wingwalkers and the world-famous Red Arrows attracted visitors from all over the country. It was […]

West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper spent an afternoon among the birds and the bees before signing a Pledge for The Environment. Ms Cooper met some of her constituents and Lancashire Wildlife Trust officers and volunteers at the Haskayne Cutting nature reserve. She signed the pledge which calls on the Government to ensure the UK’s departure […]