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UCLan joins elite group of Northern companies   The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been announced as a Northern Powerhouse partner, underlining its commitment to supporting economic growth in the north.   The organisations taking part in the Northern Powerhouse partnership programme join a network of leaders who strongly believe in the potential to […]

Blackpool boasts seven miles of golden sands with award-winning theme parks and attractions – and now a new study has praised it for having the second best shoreline in the world. It was pipped to the top spot by Dubai, while the Gulf of Mexico sailed in at third place. The locations were rated based […]

Blackpool boasts seven miles of golden sands with award-winning theme parks and attractions – and now a new study has praised it for having the second best shoreline in the world. It was pipped to the top spot by Dubai, while the Gulf of Mexico sailed in at third place. The locations were rated based […]

Just weeks after winning a UK Theatre Award for its summer outdoor production for children and young people, The Dukes is turning its attention to Christmas. Since 2012, The Dukes has been staging its festive show in The Round, bringing the audience as close as they can get to the charm and delight of familiar […]

Blackpool Winter Gardens will welcome the UK’s first ever tour of multi-award winning musical La Cage Aux Folles next year. The much-loved musical will star JOHN PARTRIDGE as ‘Albin’ and ADRIAN ZMED as ‘Georges’, when it runs at Blackpool Opera House from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 February. Tickets priced from £17 are on sale […]

Inaugurated in 1986 as a part of a national initiative called Time for Design, the Lancaster District Design Award scheme has run for 30 years.  In that period it has recognised nearly 200 schemes and projects in the District, ranging from major new build and restoration projects to landscaping work and small improvements. The chief […]

When: Friday 18 November between 12 – 3pm Where: Ham and Jam café, 50 Lancaster Road, Preston PR1 1DD Free In Certain Places invite you to join us at Ham and Jam for an informal afternoon of tea, cake, artwork and conversations about The Expanded City project, as well as a chance to collect a […]

The international architect behind the redevelopment of Preston's Grade II-listed bus station will lead a Conversations in Creativity event about architecture. Architect John Puttick joins Gareth Gardner, a London-based photographer and journalist for Blueprint, the magazine which covers architecture, design and art. The event takes place on Wednesday 2 November from 6pm to 8pm, at […]

A new short film spotlighting Lancashire’s little known Brontë connections has been released. Called In Brontë Footsteps, it features multi-million bestselling American historical novelist Tracy Chevalier. Tracy visited Pendle this autumn for the first time, to find out about the area’s Brontë associations. She is most famous as the author of Girl with a Pearl […]

Chorley is bucking the trend when it comes to the number of empty shops in the town centre. Figures revealed this week show that the town centre vacancy rates in Chorley are below the national average proving that new shops and businesses are continuing to set up in the town centre. Councillor Alistair Bradley, who […]

Smash hit musical comedy Hairspray is coming to Blackpool Winter Gardens in 2017 with a production guaranteed to have you dancing the night away. The international stage extravaganza will run at Blackpool Opera House from Monday 18 to Saturday 23 September. Tickets priced from £17.50 go on sale at 10am Friday October 28 and are […]

Pendle Council’s Customer Services Team and Liberata are celebrating after taking home two awards in this year’s North West Contact Centre Awards. Organised by the Call North West Forum, the 11th annual Awards celebrated sixteen category winners including individuals, team and company successes. They were all rewarded for their outstanding contribution to the Contact Centre […]