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Speaking from Westminster on Wednesday (3 Nov)  Nigel Evans MP announced Breda Murphy as The Ribble Valley’s MP HERoe. The MP HERo award scheme was created by Savvitas, a non-for-profit network established to positively impact the life-long development of women from all backgrounds. The nomination is intended highlight grass roots women business-owners from a variety […]

Staff and young people from community charity Blackburn Youth Zone unveiled their own branded lorry as they drove home the benefits of haulage careers with a charity supporter. Youth zone patron Fagan and Whalley launched its new Blackburn Youth Zone truck with a visit to the Jubilee Street centre during National Lorry Week this week. […]

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is today (Friday, November 5) announcing its intention to bid for City Status as part of a nation competition to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.   The Council believes the town’s unique strengths and spirit, especially how its diverse communities work together showing real grit and determination to […]

Lancaster pupils are learning about the city’s slave trade past at sessions in school and the Judges Lodgings museum. The workshops are part of Facing The Past, a new project funded by Arts Council England, which aims to reflect, reveal and redress omissions in the way the city has so far commemorated its role in […]

Restaurant entrepreneur Mark O’Rourke, who earlier this year announced £2million growth plans for his Fino Tapas restaurants, is now looking forward to the relaunch of his Preston city centre restaurant 263, having delivered a masterstroke with the appointment of talented chef, Oli Martin as his new Chef Director. Oli Martin is one of Lancashire’s most […]

Local leaders have welcomed the news in the recent budget that Rossendale Council’s bid to take the next step towards the restoration of passenger rail services between Rawtenstall, Bury and Manchester has been approved by central government. The success of the council’s bid to the government’s Restoring Your Railways fund means it will also receive […]

Active Lancashire, the county’s strategic lead for sport and physical activity, has released its new 10-year strategy today, Monday 1st November 2021.   Focusing on the organisation’s vision of a future where every person in Lancashire has access to, and benefits from, physical activity, the ‘Decade of Movement’ strategy progresses the charity from its roots as a sports partnership to a key part of the county’s health and […]

Multi-million pound levelling up funding secured in Budget announcement Exciting expansion plans for the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Burnley Campus have been given the green light after receiving a multi-million pound boost in yesterday’s Budget. The successful bid of almost £20 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund means the University plan, together with […]

Examples of Lancashire’s community spirit are being sought by brew brand Lancashire Tea to help celebrate this year’s Lancashire Day on 27 November. The tea company is asking community groups, organisations, or families to get in touch and tell them why their village or town represents Lancastrian spirit. The tea maker is keen to understand; […]

HAPPA (Horses and Ponies Protection Association) are delighted that their tack shop, The Fussy Filly, has been awarded the Spillers Equestrian Retailer of the Year 2021. The Fussy Filly, which belongs to the Charity, sells new and used equestrian items and was developed during the pandemic to offer a wide range of equestrian equipment and […]

Successful businessman, Tony Attard OBE DL, founder and Group Chief Executive of Burnley-based Panaz, is stepping down from his role as Chair of Marketing Lancashire after almost six years. A period in which the organisation also celebrated his appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire, followed by High Sheriff of Lancashire in 2018; that year he […]

Life-saving defibrillators are being installed across the borough thanks to funding from South Ribble Borough Council. Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) will initially be located at 14 different sites – including parks, leisure centres, sports pavilions and playing fields. The Council is investing more than £25,000 in obtaining and fitting the units, which could make all […]