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• Virgin Trains launching 35 electric Pendolino trains per week between London and Blackpool next month • Addition of nearly 17,000 seats per week on route will boost resort’s tourism sector Virgin Trains is preparing to introduce 35 additional services per week between London and Blackpool next month, following electrification of the route by Network Rail. Launching on […]

Locals know Lancaster is a real treasure of the North West, and the country’s top TV antique hunters agree!  Last week, a team from “Salvage Hunters” spent a whole day filming at Lancaster’s GB Antiques Centre, to see what hidden gems they could dust off and discover. Salvage Hunters is one of the most popular […]

Award winning events company Crafty Vintage is set to be hosting a pop up market in the huge arena space in Market Square. On Saturday 26th May, Makers of Market Square will be the pre event/launch party for Darwen Live 18 which then continues over the Sunday and Monday of the Bank Holliday Weekend. Some of […]

Athletes will compete in international UCI Women’s WorldTour Plans to create a new top-level international Women’s cycling team for 2019 onwards have taken a major step forward today, with the announcement of the founding partnership at the heart of the project. The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has formed a partnership with former Union Cycliste […]

Resort enjoys 55% uplift in corporate business travel says Advantage Travel Partnership 2017 hotel report According to new research from Advantage Travel Partnership, the UK’s largest independent travel agent consortium, Blackpool saw the biggest growth in UK overnight business travel with 55% more room nights in 2017 v 2016. Significant growth also came from other […]

Waistbands aren’t the only thing in danger of increasing this May Bank Holiday, as in a move guaranteed to delight local food-lovers, Lancaster’s Food and Drink Festival (in association with Budweiser Budvar) expands to three full days across the weekend. With no danger of a seven-year itch, the seventh year of the free festival sees […]

Working closely with the public, businesses and organisations will be at the heart of developing ambitious new plans for the Canal Corridor North site in Lancaster, councillors have agreed. On Wednesday (April 11) councillors met to discuss the latest developments for the site, which is being rebranded as the Canal Quarter. The meeting followed recent […]

Where most people would give up, Sharon Jones refuses. As she walks around Samlesbury Hall clutching a broken arm she should have sought medical attention for days ago, the 57 -year-old’s passion for the hall is palpable. ‘How can you not love a place like this,’ said Sharon, hall director. ‘I am completely and utterly dedicated to […]

The Winter Gardens Blackpool is offering talented artists the chance to create a two-dimensional piece of work in a competition launching a year of special events to mark an anniversary for the iconic venue. Entries are open now to professional and amateur artists of all ages the submitted piece can be a painting, sketch, print […]

The award-winning Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery has announced the exciting appointments of a new Head Chef, Chef de Partie and Pâtissier. New Head Chef, David Dewhurst (pictured right) is a ‘local lad’, born and raised in Rawtenstall.  He attended St Mary’s Primary in Haslingden and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, going on to study at the […]

David Hamer, the Chief Executive Officer of Preston based Pakawaste, has had an excellent April for international recognition of his leadership, since he has scooped three international awards – Corporate USA Today – UK CEO of the year; CV Magazine – Most Influential CEO of the year and CEO Today – European CEO Award 2018. […]

The next stage of plans to acquire an operator for the Preston Youth Zone will be discussed at a Lancashire County Council meeting later this month. The new Youth Zone building would sit alongside the iconic Grade-II listed bus station, which is currently undergoing a multi-million pound renovation and redevelopment. Cabinet will meet on Thursday […]