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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 […]

Novi.digital has been appointed by telecoms education supplier Mpirical to help them market their training packages. Mpirical and Novi.digital – both with offices in Lancaster – will work together to promote 5G and 4G technology, as well as Mpirical’s OnlineAnytime on-demand video based trainingpackages. The telecoms training specialists deliver technical training globally covering 2G, 3G, […]

Chorley Council has announced that the UK’s number 1 sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct and USC will be coming to Chorley town centre.  The well-known brands, both part of Frasers Group PLC, have agreed to take occupancy of two units in the new Market Walk extension, bringing an exciting range of both sporting and fashion brands to the town. […]

It’s Blackpool’s biggest party of the year – and for once, everyone is invited! The traditional Illuminations Switch-On concert usually takes place in a packed seafront arena with an audience of almost 20,000 people fortunate enough to secure a ticket. COVID restrictions on large-scale events have put paid to that for 2020, meaning no live […]

A leading University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) academic has been recognised for her global research contribution to food science by a major international academy. Carol Wallace, Professor of Food Safety Management Systems, has been awarded a Fellowship by the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). She is among only 30 prominent global scientists […]

Whalley Warm & Dry today announced it has been recognised as a 2020 Travellers’ Choice award-winner. Based on a full year of Tripadvisor reviews, prior to any changes caused by the pandemic, award winners are known for consistently receiving great customer feedback, placing them in the top 10% of hospitality businesses around the globe.  Jon […]

In just three months, the St Annes LOVEmyBEACH volunteers have collected an astonishing 133 plastic beach toys that were left on the beach. The volunteers collect the toys, alongside other litter, to prevent them from entering the ocean and harming marine life. Rather than send the toys to landfill, they have been cleaned and donated […]

With no possibility of a Burnley Canal Festival on the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend, the BCF partners want to give Festival followers an update on plans for the future. Last year, while building work took over the Festival’s main site, organisers were able to compensate with a ‘Meanwhile’ series of towpath events through the autumn. […]

Lancashire’s newest and most unusual leisure venue, The Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre, won Bronze in the Best New Tourism Business category at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2020! Having won the New Tourism Business Award at the Visit Lancashire ceremony back in November, The Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre located at Brock, Garstang, was automatically entered […]

The Mall Blackburn is bucking the national trend by celebrating two new store openings. Just Cuts and Minoti held launch days this week and are already proving very popular with shoppers. Loraine Jones, General Manager at The Mall Blackburn, said: “As we come to the end of the most surreal spring and summer in living […]