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Blackpool’s 2018 tourism season was officially launched today (Tuesday 20th March) with the unveiling of three major new visitor attractions, new events and a spectacular programme of live entertainment. The launch event at Blackpool Pleasure Beach was attended by several hundred hoteliers and tourism-based businesses who heard that more than £100m of new investment had […]

2018 will see two of the North West’s favourite chefs collaborate on a dining experience not to be missed.  Lancashire’s Tom Parker (right), chef at the the White Swan at Fence, and MasterChef champion Simon Wood will team up to conceive a shared menu to tantalise the taste buds for two nights only!  On 9th May, Tom Parker, the […]

Edge Hill University will offer an Access to Medicine course from 2019 and train doctors from 2020, following the announcement by the Secretary of State for Health to establish a Medical School at the University. The new facility will open at the Ormskirk Campus, within the successful Faculty of Health and Social Care which is […]

PEOPLE looking for a great day or night out in 2018 are in for another action-packed year as Chorley Council announces details of its programme of events. After organising events that attracted over 64,000 people into the Chorley area last year, the authority is aiming to give even more people a great day out in […]

VisitEngland is shining a spotlight on the country’s tourism industry in a week devoted to travel and exploration during English Tourism Week (ETW) 17-25 March 2018. Now in its seventh year, ETW raises the profile and showcases the benefits of the tourism industry to local communities and the economy. In the lead up to ETW, […]

Volunteers from Fleetwood Museum Trust are to take over the town’s Museum from next month. A decision taken by Lancashire County Council’s cabinet on Thursday 8 March 2018 agreed to the Trust taking over the operation of the museum. The doors will be reopened by the volunteers on Tuesday 27 March in time to take advantage of one […]

An empty eyesore on the road in and out of Nelson has been transformed. The Bull pub, built in 1866 on Scotland Road and which had been empty for over three years, has a new lease of life. Pendle Council and the Nelson Area Committee have supported the interesting pub conversion with an investment of […]

The new High Sheriff of Lancashire has been announced as Anthony Attard OBE DL. He is the CEO of East Lancashire-based Panaz and chair of Marketing Lancashire. When Tony left Poole in Dorset to go to university, little did he know that this was to be a lasting move to the North of England. While […]

Things couldn’t be going any better for Farm Yard Ales founder Steven Holmes – and his dad couldn’t be more delighted. Bob Holmes wasn’t totally convinced when son Steven told him he was opening a brewery on the family farm. It would take hard work and a lot of money – £225,000 to be exact. ‘It was […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has triumphed once again at the North West Royal Television Society’s (RTS) annual Student Television Awards by this time picking up the prize for Best Short Film Drama. Four former film production students who graduated in 2017; Gaius Brown, Heather Davenport, Jodie Horn and Jake River Parker, beat off […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been shortlisted for four prizes in this year’s Student Nursing Times Awards. In a record-breaking year for entries, UCLan has been shortlisted for the Nurse Education Provider of the Year (Pre-registration) award and in the Student Experience category for the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. In addition, midwifery […]

A workshop to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Horrocks will take place at Lancashire Archives on Saturday 24 March. The event, which takes place from 10.30am to 3pm at the offices on Bow Lane, Preston, will include a talk about the life of John Horrocks and the international textile company he […]