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Chart topping pop star Olly Murs, experimental orchestra Haçienda Classical, 80s and 90s stars The Human League, Midge Ure, and Dodgy, Ska legends Madness and a host of West End stars will take to the stage over five nights at Lytham Festival 2017. Lytham Festival organisers are today announcing the full list of headliners for […]

Rural companies in Lancashire are being encouraged to apply for a share of £3.8m to grow their business. Lancashire County Council has announced the funding as the next stage of the Lancashire LEADER programme 2015-2020. The funding can support a range of activities such as business development, farming, rural services, culture and heritage, and forestry. […]

Preston based Conlon Construction Ltd. has won the race to build the city’s new market. In yet another multi-million pound boost for the Preston economy, Conlon Construction will start work on building the new market early in the New Year. Beating strong competition from a short-list of nine national and local firms, Conlon Construction were […]

Craig Bancroft, managing director of luxury Lancashire country house hotel, Northcote, has been named The Caterer's Hotelier of the Year at the 2016 Cateys sponsored by Casna Group. This award celebrates the UK’s most exceptional hotelkeepers and winning it represents the pinnacle of a career in hotelkeeping. Now in its 33rd year, the award is […]

Showzam! is back and the excitement is once again building in Blackpool ahead of the resort’s annual festival celebrating magic, variety and live performance. Showzam! 2017 is brought to you by VisitBlackpool and Blackpool BID, returning for its tenth outing between February 11–14. With the line-up of shows and acts almost complete, visitors to next  […]

Located in the heart of Lancaster, The Royal Hotel & Latinos Tapas bar was a long established local landmark. The restaurant, for so long a popular haunt, had reduced its hours to mainly weekend opening and the interior and building was showing signs of needing some refurbishment and renovation. Spotting an opportunity, The Robinson family […]

Chorley's Christmas got even better at the weekend when this year’s main attraction glided into town to the delight of families. On Friday 9 December Chorley’s Flat Iron car park was transformed into a magical winter wonderland for the festive period with the town’s first real ice rink as the centre piece. The 60ft by 40ft […]

Is there a better way to spend the weekend or to end an exhilarating winter walk or bike ride, than cosied-up to a roaring log fire with the perfect pint and the finest locally-sourced food in one of Lancashire’s award-winning pubs and inns? It’s true, Lancashire has some of the best pubs and inns in […]

A number of West Lancashire Businesses have eagerly signed up to become Ambassadors for Skelmersdale after a successful event was held to launch the scheme.   The Skelmersdale Ambassadors Network aims to unite businesses and organisations from across the area in a powerful force that will raise the town’s profile, in order for it to […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Preston’s College are working together to address a regional skills shortage using a new approach to education that blends degree level learning with vocational training. The project, which will initially focus on engineering, construction and the creative industries, will allow students on UCLan degrees to take complementary vocational […]

Figures from the latest Ofsted annual report show that the vast majority of Lancashire's children and young people are taught in schools that are either good or outstanding. The latest Ofsted statistics show that 95% of Lancashire's primary age pupils attend schools that have been judged to be good or outstanding, compared to the national […]

People will be able to park for free at Lancaster's new Park and Ride service when it first opens to encourage drivers to give it a try, and appeal to Christmas shoppers who want to avoid city centre congestion. The new facility at junction 34 of the M6 has been delivered as part of the […]