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  Christopher William Shankly Carline the Grandson of the legendary Liverpool FC football manager and former Preston North End player Bill Shankly OBE has today revealed the name of the themed restaurant for the £15M Shankly Hotel Preston which is due to open in June next year. Carline, the co owner of the Shankly Hotel […]

  Work to extend a Lancashire shopping centre is underway with a High Street name and cinema operator already signed up to the £12 million development. Shopping centre owners Chorley Council has been working on plans to extend Market Walk for a number of years with the diggers rolling in to start the work. The eight-unit […]

  The Garage, at Northlight in Brierfield, is arts organisation In-Situ’s new base and will be showcased at the event on Friday 19 October from 9am with lunch at around 12.15pm. Anyone working in the visitor, leisure and cultural economy in Pendle is being invited to see the new creative hub and find out more […]

Blackpool Council has declared its intention to invite expressions of interest in the development of Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone, an industrial-led, mixed use employment site incorporating Blackpool Airport. Potential private sector partners are being invited to register their interest in the 144 hectare site before the 30th November, which will eventually lead to the appointment […]

  Edge Hill University in partnership with DOCIAsport is today (Wednesday 10 October) launching the UK’s first ever national survey into the mental health of people involved in sport. Questioning people (aged 16+) who work in sport from grassroots to professional level, and in the education and physical activity/lifestyle sectors, the results will reveal for […]

Lancaster’s Dukes theatre is to premiere the show featuring live music, storytelling and the odd party trick on November 2 before it goes on tour. Sonya Moorhead has created and will perform Feral which was inspired by her hitchhiking mission to Oban to find Sixties folk legend and notorious wild child, Anne Briggs. Sonya is […]

CHORLEY town centre came a-Live with music and performance as the sixth Chorley Live was a huge success. Thousands of people of all ages attended the reputable two night event in Lancashire and enjoyed music of every genre from jazz to rock in venues ranging from pubs and cafés to a sweet shop, a gym […]

  With a little over a month to go before Remembrance Sunday, Lancashire’s High Sheriff, Tony Attard OBE DL, has called for businesses, groups and institutions across Lancashire, to make one last push to support the national ‘There But Not There’ campaign created to commemorate those lost in the First World War which ended a […]

Rossendale Holiday Cottages has expanded again adding two new cottages and a yoga studio/conference room thanks to support from Barclays. Rossendale Holiday Cottages is a family business run by Jonny Wilson and his wife Rachel, along with fellow Director Michael Armstrong, opening its doors four years ago. The business now boasts six cottages, 2 en-suite […]

Celebrated Lancashire and international cricketer, Preston-born Andrew Flintoff MBE has developed strong broadcast and business careers since his retirement from the professional game in 2010, but even with limited time to spare, he has agreed to take on the role of Lancashire Ambassador, which will see him working with Marketing Lancashire to help raise the […]

    Lancashire’s biggest distillery is giving gin fans the chance to distil their own bottle of gin. Brindle Distillery, the proud producers of award winning Cuckoo Gin, have further diversified their family farm to provide a gin experience in their ‘Distillery Workshop’. The workshop offers a 3-4 hour experience for the keenest of gin fans. […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been recognised in a record-breaking five categories of the 2018 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. Widely regarded as the Oscars of the higher education sector, this year’s shortlist has seen UCLan nominated for the highest number of entries in its history. The categories are: – International Collaboration of […]