News Centre

Celebrating Lancashire Day with a pop-up restaurant for the country’s top critics A selection of Lancashire’s award-winning chefs and Taste Lancashire Ambassadors head to London to celebrate Lancashire Day by preparing a 6-course meal for top food writers, critics and industry insiders at the Guild of Fine Food in Southwark on Lancashire Day (Wednesday 27th November). The team heading to […]

A member of the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Board of Governors has joined the list of esteemed physicists to have received the highest honour that the Institute of Physics (IOP) can bestow. Dame Sue Ion has been conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by the IoP ‘for her internationally recognised expertise in energy and energy […]

People across central Lancashire are being consulted on options within the local plan to meet the needs of people and businesses. We need residents’ help to make sure we have a plan for Central Lancashire that creates good quality places to live, work and relax over the next 15 years. People need good quality homes […]

Following the major capital investment scheme that was agreed by Council on 22 August 2019 to improve the conditions in the Market Hall, a prototype section of the proposed canopy design has been temporarily installed. This prototype will be part of the overall project which will sit above the internal walkways between the stalls. This […]

Amanda Thompson OBE, Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom, became IAAPA’s 2020 Chairman of the Board of Directors. In addition, IAAPA introduced the 2020 officers during the Kickoff Event at IAAPA Expo 2019, the association’s annual global conference and trade show in Orlando, Florida.Thompson brings lifelong industry experience and knowledge to […]

Sea water quality at Blackpool’s most northern beach, Bispham beach, has been classed as being ‘excellent’, in results released this morning by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).   In addition to this top classification for Bispham beach, high standards of bathing water quality have also been recorded by Defra at the […]

The breadth of careers in Pendle has been given a new lease of life thanks to an innovative virtual reality project led by In-Situ. Pendle Borough Council commissioned In-Situ to create an artist-led series of films introducing high school pupils to the workplace as part of its #makeitinpendle campaign. Working with artist Andy Abbott, In-Situ […]

Councillor Mrs Pauline Brown will step down as Deputy Mayor of Preston at Council on 19th December in order to focus on her recovery and to receive treatment following a recent, serious illness. Other duties undertaken by Councillor Mrs Brown will continue, including as Ward Councillor and participating in relevant activities, including being a member […]

On Thursday 7 November, the world-famous Pleasure Beach Arena, Blackpool was the ‘coolest’ venue for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, supported by Headline Sponsor, University of Central Lancashire and Host Sponsor VisitBlackpool. Blackpool-born professional ice-skater Daniel Whiston was guest presenter and entertained the audience, gliding through the twenty-two awards with great style. Rachel McQueen, Chief […]

As the country prepares to head to the polls, Northern business and elected leaders have joined forces to publish the first ever Manifesto for the North – outlining the ambition to power up the North with support of the incoming Government. The Manifesto for the North is a five-point plan produced by the Convention of […]

Blackpool Council has acquired the resort’s Houndshill Shopping Centre in a move aimed at catalysing the regeneration of the town centre.  The Council has been in discussions for some time regarding the future of the Houndshill with the previous owner of the centre, BCC Eiffel and its funders. The Council decided to step in following […]

Lancashire’s highways team will be rolling out a colourful cast of characters to battle the ice and snow, and keep the county’s roads moving this winter. The county council’s 45-strong gritter fleet will be joined for the first time by Basil Salty, Albert Ice-stein, Freddie Frostoff, and Holly Chilloughby, making their debut appearances this year […]