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The winners of this year’s Love Island will take centre stage at the Student Lock-In at St George’s Shopping Centre in Preston this month. Stars Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde will be guests of honour at the ninth annual event on Tuesday, September 27 from 6pm-9pm. The pair were crowned the winners of […]

Over 40 venues will be hosting more than 400 separate events between 13th and 17th October. A staggering 700-hours plus of music from folk to funk, classical to punk and all genres in between. Festival Coordinator, Ben Ruth says, “I must be starting to sound like a stuck record as every year I tell people […]

The Ribble estuary is set to welcome back quarter of a million birds this autumn and the RSPB are running a series of special guided walks in Grannys Bay to showcase the sights and sounds of this natural spectacle. Every autumn, the estuary attracts a great variety of birds from as far as Russia, Iceland, […]

Visitors to a Lancashire nature reserve have been meeting Mr Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger – characters from a classic book. The Wind in the Willows Trail, at Brockholes, features sculptures of characters from the Kenneth Grahame book and opened to the public last week. The Lancashire Wildlife Trust-managed reserve marked the opening of the […]

The Mall Blackburn’s security team led a 13 strong group of fundraisers to conquer Mount Snowdon in Wales for Macmillan Cancer Support.   Gareth Stead-Clark, Deputy Security Manager at The Mall, organised the trip and was joined by fellow security guards, Ask Me Point staff, Costa Coffee employees as well as one of Blackburn’s Police […]

Lancashire-based marketing firm Freshfield has won the three-year marketing services contract for Boost Business Lancashire, the county’s £7.8m business growth hub. Freshfield landed the project after a national tender process and has devised a full-service marketing communications programme incorporating branding, website, digital marketing, events, social media and media relations. Boost Business Lancashire, led by Lancashire […]

Everyone from complete beginners to young racing cyclists and spectators are welcome to a fantastic free event at the Steven Burke Sports Hub on Saturday 17th September from 10am – 3pm. And Pendle’s gold medallist Steven Burke will be there at around 10.30am to unveil a new sign  honouring his Olympic successes including breaking a […]

Organisers of the popular Chorley Live event can now announce the venues taking part in this year’s live entertainment extravaganza, with wristbands now available to purchase at just £5. Chorley Council has teamed up once again with The Creative Network to hold the weekend event which has proved to be a massive hit for the last […]

Blackpool Council announces £48,000 funding from the Arts Council’s National Lottery funded Grants for the Arts programme for the town’s new LightPool Festival. The grant will help fund the new LightPool Festival, a free light art festival from October 28 to November 2, celebrating Blackpool's unique relationship with light. Building on the successes of the […]

University’s city centre shop is hosting a range of free creative and information sessions for members of the public Do you want to learn a new skill or gain some advice? Or do you need a central Preston location for your event?  If so, then the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) city centre shop is […]

Blackpool Transport celebrates a milestone next month. Wednesday 26th October marks exactly thirty years since the company was formed out of the original Blackpool Corporation Transport Department. Up until 1986, buses and trams up and down the country were run by councils, but Deregulation meant they were privatised. Blackpool’s buses were transferred to a company […]

Italians may not have invented wine, but they more than anyone else throughout the ages have demonstrated a serious passion for it. We all know that Italian’s are passionate people to start with – for them romance, art, food, culture and family are of the utmost importance. Wine is also a very important part of […]