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The final touches are being made to what promises to be a month of inspiration, collaboration, and discovery this October. Whether you are on your phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop, you can join in the Lancashire Innovation Festival for free from the comfort and safety of your own home. This brand-new festival will showcase some […]

From Blackpool to Bacup, 14 historic high streets across the North West have been offered government funding to give them a new lease of life and help them recover from declining footfall and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The £95m government-funded High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme, which is delivered by Historic England, […]

VisitEngland in partnership with the tourism organisations of London, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales has launched a UK-wide campaign to encourage people to take a domestic break during autumn and winter. The £5 million ‘Escape the Everyday’ campaign highlights the quality destinations, visitor attractions and experiences on offer across the UK’s cities, countryside and coast […]

A couple of gardening enthusiasts from Farington have been crowned double winners following the council’s South Ribble in Bloom horticulture competition. Barbara Gardner and May Spiby – a pair of neighbouring residents from Farington – have earned the titles of ‘Best Community Garden’ and ‘Best Container’ for their joint submissions, showcasing astonishing flower beds, hanging […]

Lancashire businesses are invited to partner with Lancs Local; an exciting new discount membership card for local residents which shines a light on unique and bespoke products and services to encourage residents to shop locally. Lancs Local is a membership club promoting local businesses to the people who want to shop with them. Business partners […]

Blackpool has staged a spectacular tribute to mark the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day. The resort has released a video compilation featuring two of the iconic fighter planes that took part in the battle, an Illuminations display that includes the lighting up of The Blackpool Tower in red, white and blue, and a […]

Leading commercial lawyer David Filmer has joined Forbes Solicitors as a partner in the firm’s corporate team. David joins Forbes Solicitors from Harrison Drury in Preston, where he was head of the corporate and commercial team, and responsible for leading a number of significant deals for businesses throughout Lancashire and the North West. During his […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has won national accreditation for its civil and structural engineering courses, earning formal recognition from some of the country’s leading assessment bodies. Both UCLan’s BEng Civil Engineering Honours degree course and its Masters degree course in Construction Project Management have received formal accreditation from the Joint Board of Moderators […]

Some of Britain’s extraordinary Corona Heroes have officially switched on the Blackpool Illuminations. They gathered in the resort’s historic Empress Ballroom for a virtual Switch-On event that was streamed around the globe to trigger the start of four months of illuminations. They included a consultant, frontline nurses, a hospital catering manager, extraordinary fundraisers, and a […]

The Winter Gardens Blackpool has re-opened with a revised Autumn programme featuring the latest cinema releases, live daily entertainment and an exhibition with the JORVIK Group, York. Live theatre is set to return from October with Sir Ranulph Fiennes confirmed to go ahead as well as two new shows from Steve Steinman including Anything for […]

The Assembly Rooms, in Lancaster, have been a long and proud home to Ludus Dance but they are now preparing to move out of the building and move on. As the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic unravelled, Ludus Dance like many other organisations had to change their working practices with staff home based and classes […]

Despite challenging times Blackburn Youth Zone have had a successful summer running the ‘Get Stuck In’ Programme funded by the Department of Education and brought to us by Spring North Blackburn. Blackburn Youth Zone implemented robust procedures to ensure they were able to safely open our doors for young people over the summer. The programme […]