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A decade since a pilot event celebrating light and art first lit up Lancaster, this two-day free November festival  continues to produce thrilling entertainment and dazzling spectacle. In 2012, Light Up Lancaster began life as an after-dark light art trail to build up excitement the night before the firework display near Lancaster Castle but since […]

The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Harris building has undergone some vital restoration work on its iconic roof spire; and in the process, a secret hidden there more than a century ago has been revealed. Tucked away inside the roof vent, UCLan’s Estates Services team found a handwritten note, dated 2 April 1896, which was […]

The eye-catching creations of University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) students are now on display at a free exhibition in Preston. Design, fashion, media, fine art, photography, ceramics and textiles & surface pattern inventions all feature in the new 2022 MA Degree Show. Politics, heritage, and mental and physical health provided plenty of inspiration for the […]

A MORECAMBE business specialising in the reusing and recycling of old IT equipment has won a UK Enterprise Award. ICT Reverse, based on the White Lund Industrial Estate, won the award for the Best IT Asset Disposal Service in the North West in the SME News UK Enterprise Awards. Now in its sixth year, the […]

  The fourth North Lancs Expo is set to be the best yet!  Not only is the North Lancs Expo the largest exhibition of businesses in the district but this year it will play host to a preview, of the legendary Highest Point Festival.  Running alongside the North Lancs Expo the team behind Lancaster’s Highest […]

TV celebrity and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen brought a dash of showbiz razzmatazz to Blackpool as he switched on the resort’s famous Illuminations. The star of Channel 4’s Changing Rooms pulled the switch at the end of a 90-minute live concert in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom produced in association with MTV and featuring Blue, Tom Grennan, […]

Celebrating 15 years as a supporter of the only county-wide tourism and hospitality awards The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) was announced today (31 Aug 2022) as the Headline Sponsor of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2022. The annual awards ceremony is the only county-wide celebration of Lancashire’s tourism and hospitality sector, with most of the […]

Last week, Holmes Mill in Clitheroe launched their brand-new duckpin bowling alley – Boiler House Bowling. Boiler House Bowling is home to Lancashire’s first-ever duckpin bowling alley. The new attraction, based in the old Boiler House, includes 4 duckpin bowling lanes – similar to ten pin bowling but the pins and bowling balls are smaller, […]

TV celebrity and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is to turn on this year’s Blackpool Illuminations. The star of Channel 4’s Changing Rooms will pull the famous switch at the end of a live concert in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Friday 2 September. He replaces actor and comedian Johnny Vegas who announced last week he was […]

The North is set for an economic boost as it was confirmed direct air links with China will be restored for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Hainan Airlines has announced it will resume its Beijing-Manchester service from Monday 22nd August. The airline started flights from the Northern hub in 2016, with […]

Actor and comedian Johnny Vegas has been forced to pull out of this year’s Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On celebration. Johnny had been due to pull the famous switch at the end of a live concert in The Tower Ballroom on the night of Friday 2 September. But, due to unforeseen personal circumstances, he will no longer […]

The biggest night in Blackpool’s events calendar will be shown on a giant screen on the Promenade, organisers revealed today. The annual Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On concert, which is being staged in association with MTV in the famous Tower Ballroom on Friday 2 September, will be live-streamed on a specially-erected screen on the nearby Tower Festival […]