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WHEN THE RED ROSE… rises from the waves, to mark a historic journey through the Red Rose county On Wednesday 19 October, the second in a new series of pop-up artworks by environmental artist Steve Messam, rises from the waves of the Leeds & Liverpool canal at Eanam Wharf in Blackburn. Steve Messam’s When the […]

The Dukes outdoor walkabout production of The Hobbit has won a prestigious UK Theatre Award. At Sunday’s glittering ceremony in London, the Lancaster theatre scooped the award for Best Show For Children And Young People. The Dukes Artistic Director, Joe Sumsion and Executive Director, Ivan Wadeson were presented with the award by actor, Don Warrington. […]

Marketing Lancashire is delighted to announce an esteemed list of tourism colleagues now in the running for Lancashire Tourism Superstar 2016, the only award in the Lancashire Tourism Awards to be nominated and decided by the public. The public can now vote for the candidate they feel most deserving of the title Lancashire Tourism Superstar […]

Lancaster Castle is raising the curtain on the production 'Ghostly Tales' later this month. The storytelling performance will take place on Friday 21 October and Saturday 22 October at 7.30pm. Excerpts from the work of 20th century British female writers, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Jeanette Winterson, will be read by actors […]

Pendle Vision Board is thrilled that Pendle is once again being highlighted as a hotspot for success and innovation. This comes after Barnoldswick’s Silentnight Group is placed 199th in the twelfth annual Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 league table. The league table ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales and […]

A week of workshops, drop-ins and seminars aimed at giving Pendle businesses a boost is back by popular demand and spaces are starting to get snapped up. Organised by Pendle Council and Pendle Vision Board, this year’s Focus on Your Business Week is running from Monday 17th October to Friday 21st October. It brings together […]

A new website to promote Pendle to tourists will be launched at the annual tourism conference on Monday 17th October at the ACE Centre, Nelson. “Pendle’s tourism website www.visitpendle.com has had a major re-design to attract more visitors to our area,” announced Pendle’s leader for tourism, Councillor Eileen Ansar. “The new visitpendle.com will make it […]

New proposals have been announced to tackle congestion in Preston city centre, ahead of the busy Christmas shopping period. Lancashire County Council has previously introduced a restriction of the right turn from Butler Street onto Fishergate. To ensure that drivers are observing this requirement, new 'no right-turn' signs will be added at the Butler St […]

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government today allowed Cuadrilla's appeal against the county council's decision to refuse permission for fracking at the Preston New Road site, subject to conditions. In the same decision, he allowed the opportunity for more information to be provided on highway safety issues related to the Roseacre site […]

“This week marks a huge step forward for Northlight as we start major work on site!” That’s the message from Councillor Mohammed Iqbal, Chairman of PEARL and Leader of Pendle Council. Councillor Iqbal, who leads on economic development for Pendle said: “I’m absolutely thrilled that all of the pieces of the jigsaw are coming together […]

Burnley tops ONS digital jobs growth tables – a hub of digital innovation Figures just released by the ONS Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), show Burnley ranks an impressive second place for digital jobs growth in Britain. The Survey also showed Burnley continues to buck regional and national trends in overall private sector jobs […]

It’s Seafood Week and there’s nowhere better to get into the swim than the Seafood Pub Company whose Oyster & Otter gastro-pub in Feniscowles is staging a cook-off like no other. The ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ event will feature chefs from two Seafood Pub Company teams who will create dishes to serve to 60 guests on […]