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Visitors to the new Chorley Flower Show will get a unique opportunity to see paintings in the historic Astley Hall like they have never seen them before in a specially commissioned exhibition on 1 and 2 August. The ‘Up close and personal: portraits from the Great Hall at eye level’ exhibition will be a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ […]

A £5.6m programme which offers Lancashire companies access to free workforce training has announced more than a thousand extra training opportunities. Lancashire Skills Support for the Workforce (LSS) has been so popular that it has been awarded the extra places from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). Firms are being urged to act quickly to secure […]

Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) chair Edwin Booth has revealed vital information about the organisation’s progress and initiatives in the pipeline at an exclusive event hosted by ICAEW Chartered Accountants North West yesterday (8 July 2015). The LEP was established four years ago and after an admitted stuttering start, has found its feet with some significant […]

The Grand Theatre are inviting accommodation providers and Taxi Drivers to the first three nights of the all-singing, all-dancing Puttin’ On The Ritz, starring Strictly Come Dancing stars Katya Virshilas and Jared Murillo. All you have to do to claim your tickets is bring your hotel utility bill or your Taxi Driver ID to the […]

Minister James Wharton visits BAE Systems at Samlesbury   MINISTER for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse James Wharton visited the Lancashire Enterprise Zone at Samlesbury, one of two sites making up the Lancashire Enterprise Zone, for a progress update.   The visit was hosted by the leader of Lancashire County Council Jennifer Mein and […]

Fans can now leave their light on for funny man, Paddy McGuinness, at Madame Tussauds Blackpool, and get the ultimate selfie as the comedy actor-turned-presenter is the latest celebrity to be immortalised in wax. The loveable Lancastrian’s wax figure was unveiled today (8 July) at Madame Tussauds Blackpool as Paddy came face-to-face with his wax […]

When the owners of Countrystyle Meats, Alan Beecroft and Heather Cornthwaite set their minds to something, they not only get the job done, but they do it in style. Next month sees the completion of their dream, 4 years after its conception. In August they open a huge, brand new restaurant next to their already […]

Stories as diverse as a body found on a beach with a steamship ticket from Ireland, a soldier dying in a boxing match before he made it to the front, and a pregnant young woman last seen jumping from Morecambe Pier, all feature in a new exhibition launched in July. The poignant exhibition 'Time and […]

The Dalmeny in St Annes, Lancashire, has unveiled its £2.5million refurbishment programme as it aims to develop a ‘one stop’ resort hotel for guests ahead of its 70th anniversary next year.   Over the next 12 months, 80 of the family hotel’s 125 bedrooms will be given a facelift while a new function suite and […]

People can help to choose the design for the development of Preston's iconic bus station and a new Youth Zone. Lancashire County Council is hosting a special exhibition at the bus station on Thursday 16 July and Friday 17 July. It takes place at stands three and four, from 8am to 12 noon and from […]

Lancashire County Council is helping people to discover what life was like for two Lancashire soldiers during World War One. Staff from its community heritage team will take people on a local history walk in Lytham to follow in the footsteps of two local men, Major Harry Nickson and Private Graham Reece, who both fought […]

“Here’s Johnny” are not the words one would not normally associate with a historic house, but for one night only Leighton Hall in Carnforth will host a screening of “The Shining” from which these immortal words come. A huge cinema screen will be erected in front of Leighton Hall on 31st July and visitors are […]