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Blackpool Transport is celebrating 30 years as a company on the Fylde Coast, and to mark it, will be staging a strongman competition with a difference! Come down to Blackpool’s Tower Headland on Saturday 24th September from 12 noon, as the company relives the 1980’s with a special display of strength featuring teams from across […]

Ribby Hall Village’s third award in as many weeks has been awarded by The Professional Beauty Awards.  British salons and spas were given the chance to shine with the first ever Professional Beauty Regional Awards and it was a winning night for The SPA Hotel at Ribby Hall Village as they scooped this top award. […]

10 June 2017 – Ends a spectacular year which included headline performance at BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park and the Apple Music Festival. Elton's First Show in Blackburn. Tickets on sale Friday 23 September at 10am 2016 has been a vintage year for Elton John; he released his 33rd studio album Wonderful Crazy […]

Shakin’ Stevens Announces His Biggest Ever UK Tour Shakin’ Stevens is to embark on his biggest ever UK tour visiting 33 towns and cities across England, Scotland and Wales in 2017. The announcement comes just days after Shaky, as he is known to millions, released his critically acclaimed 12th studio album Echoes Of Our Times. […]

The Export Hub is coming to Lancashire Business Park, Leyland on Thursday 29 September, this is your chance to meet the experts. The Export Hub aims to inspire SMEs by presenting the overwhelming evidence of the volume of export  opportunities already identified, and the support that is available to help them respond to these opportunities. Event dates: […]

Perhaps best known for his film scores to movies such as 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner', Vangelis has produced over thirty albums. He is putting the finishing touches to his latest album and has given Blackpool the exclusive opportunity of being one of the first places that this new work will be heard prior […]

New pop-up artworks to amaze and delight visitors to the Red Rose County   Look towards the sky, down a city alleyway, by the water and in unexpected corners, for artist Steve Messam’s new series of pop-up artworks; each inspired by the symbolic red rose of Lancashire and the lively cultural buzz generated by four of […]

The Bay Gateway is scheduled to open to traffic on Monday 31 October. The biggest new road to be built in Lancashire for decades is expected to boost economic growth by providing better access to the Heysham peninsula. It has been under construction since January 2014. The 4.8km route will complete the connection from the […]

CHORLEY town centre is set to undergo a £17 million transformation over the next few years as Chorley Council is on the verge of sealing deals with several high profile businesses for the Market Walk shopping centre extension. The ambitious scheme would see a cinema, high street retailers and restaurants move into the shopping centre […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is celebrating as Valhalla has been named The Best Water Ride in the World for the second year running at the recent Golden Tickets Awards.   Representatives from amusement and water parks across the globe gathered at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, on 9th and 10th September for the annual […]

Dramatic and beautiful images of wildlife will be on display at Astley Hall as a national photography exhibition starts its tour at the historic Chorley attraction. Everything from magnificent marine life through to beautiful birds have been captured through the lens as part of the British Wildlife Photography Awards, which announced its winners at the […]

The organiser behind a hugely popular craft and vintage fair in Lancashire is celebrating five years in business, as trade continues to flourish. The next event takes place at Brockholes Nature Reserve, Nr Preston this weekend, 24th and 25th September. Owner Laura Johnson launched Crafty Vintage as a pilot project five years ago at a […]