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Lancaster University achieves prestigious Food for Life Catering Mark, a recognised industry standard, for serving fresh and healthy meals in more venues on campus than any other University in the UK. The Lounge and Café 21 on the Bailrigg campus have retained their Soil Association’s Gold Food for Life Catering Mark for serving fresh and […]

High profile figures from the world of sport and mental health will visit Edge Hill University this week to celebrate University Mental Health Day 2017.   Halifax rugby player Luke Amber, who founded #Andysmanclub following the death of his brother-in-law by suicide, will join State of Mind Sport charity and others for a special panel […]

Due to an injury to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Bay Gateway (the Heysham to M6 Link Road) will now be opened by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth KG KCVO. The Lord Lieutenant acts as The Queen's personal representative in the county. On the afternoon of Thursday 2 March 2017, Lord Shuttleworth will officially open […]

Sadler’s Wells’ critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre, Breakin’ Convention, is back, with performances from UK and international companies and crews. Now in its 14th year, this hugely popular Sadler’s Wells Production is once again hosted and curated by Associate Artist Jonzi D. Following the annual festival at Sadler’s Wells over the […]

GARDENING enthusiasts will be able to submit their entries for the award-winning Chorley Flower Show as the amateur section is now open for applications. After the phenomenal success of the first two shows Chorley Council is urging gardeners and floral artists of all ages to take the opportunity of entering this year’s event. There are […]

Charities across the county are running out of time to apply to become The Mall Blackburn’s Charity of the Year 2017.   Management are on the look out for an enthusiastic and proactive local charity to support as part of its popular Mall Cares programme and the deadline for entries is midnight on Monday 27th […]

A group of University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) students have won a trio of television prizes at a prestigious award ceremony. UCLan students collected three of the seven awards up for grabs at the North West Royal Television Society’s annual Student Television Awards and UCLan students were also the runners up in three of the […]

Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield present the new musical about the life and legend of Cilla Black, which will come to the Blackpool Opera House from Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 October 2017 as part of a a nationwide tour. Cilla’s son, Robert Willis, will be the Executive Producer. Cilla – The Musical, is a […]

Producers of SHREK THE MUSICAL® are delighted to announce that, following the unprecedented success of the first ever UK and Ireland Tour, the larger-than-life production will be stomping into The Opera House Blackpool from Tuesday 15 May until Sunday 27 May. Nigel Harman will return as director, having made his directorial debut on SHREK THE […]

Bowland Brewery this week launched Whirlybird beer, its latest ale which will help the North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA) stay in the skies. The beer has been specially brewed to raise funds for the helicopter rescue service, which covers Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester and relies on charitable donations to survive. Whirlybird was launched […]

The Mall Blackburn is calling for Lancashire shoppers to have their say on their favourite stores by voting in this year’s prestigious Retailer Awards.   Now in its 15th year, The Mall Blackburn’s Retailer Awards celebrate the achievements of the shopping centre’s 100 plus retailers and recognise the hard work and dedication of its employees. […]

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are located in an area called the habitable zone, where liquid water is most likely to thrive on a rocky planet. The system sets a new record for greatest number of habitable zone […]