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Marketing Lancashire will be dedicating its social media channels on Saturday 27 November, Lancashire Day, to supporting and sharing positive images of this very special Saturday – and they need you to join in. Whether you usually spend your Saturday shopping, playing or watching sport, visiting family, meeting up with friends or working, Marketing Lancashire […]

FAMOUS faces from the world of professional swimming are set to make a splash at the launch of a new £400,000 pool at a Blackpool hotel this week. Hotel Sheraton is unveiling its refurbished leisure facilities in memorable style – by recreating the multi-award-winning John Smiths Bitter TV commercial from 2002, with the help of […]

The Leyland Town Deal project has now reached the design phase and the initial proposals are ready to share with local businesses and residents to invite their views. A public consultation will take place on 25 November at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland between 5 and 7pm and will seek to gather thoughts […]

Blackburn with Darwen Council, Darwen Town Centre and Darwen Town Council are thrilled to be bringing you a weekend of festive cheer and family fun, for Darwen’s Christmas light switch on. We’ll be more than making up for the missed event last year, with a full programme of festivities spanning the weekend of the 20th […]

Schools’ day, business breakfast, leadership conference and Christmas market centred on the University Square Business minds of all ages aim to light up the city with their entrepreneurial ideas when they come together at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) for the inaugural Northern Lights Business Festival. Developed by UCLan’s Lancashire School of Business and […]

A free wildlife app is now available to download and is guiding visitors around Brockholes Nature Reserve in Preston, bringing them closer to the incredible wildlife that lives there. Not only is the app the ultimate wildlife guide, but it also features an interactive family trail to follow around the nature reserve. Thanks to amazing augmented reality technology, visitors can follow the trail as Badger appears within the nature reserve around you. Point […]

Exciting plans to improve the town square area in Rawtenstall have been confirmed with an on-site start expected mid November. The scheme will see a much-improved area with new parks and garden space and a dedicated events area created. The plans follow on from the council’s earlier decision not to progress with future phases of […]

County council leaders are taking part in COP26 as part of plans to secure a greener future for Lancashire. Shaun Turner, cabinet member for Environment and Climate Change and Stephen Young, executive director for Growth, Environment, Transport and Community Services, are at the crucial climate change conference, the biggest summit ever hosted in the UK. […]

Nature will be the prescription for problems of isolation and loneliness in communities around Morecambe Bay. The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery has recruited a 12-strong team to tackle mental health issues in Morecambe Bay after the global pandemic. The two-year project will be based in Wyre, Morecambe and Barrow – areas that have been […]

Ribble Valley e-Bikes is delighted to open a new 700 sq.ft. e-bike showroom on Waterloo Road, Clitheroe this weekend (Saturday 13th November) with an ‘official’ launch event to follow in December. The new retail space close to Howdens will allow the company, which already has a popular hire centre in the heart of Dunsop Bridge, to display […]

More than 3,000 civil servants are to be relocated to a new £100m office development in Blackpool town centre it was announced today. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has come to an agreement with Blackpool Council and partner Muse Developments to develop a new regional hub in Talbot Gateway. It will result in […]

Highest Point Festival has today released figures showing its economic impact in the Lancashire region is estimated to be £4.68 million, after 35,000 people came together to celebrate the annual music event this September. The new stats shared by the team behind Lancashire’s biggest open-air music festival, also show that the event brought in a […]