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Five theatrical dragons will invade Blackburn Town Centre to celebrate St George’s Day on Saturday, 23rd April. ‘Here Be Dragons’ organised by Blackburn’s Business Improvement District, invites visitors to follow the dragons’ trail for free live theatre and musical performances with human size puppet actors. The line-up, which brings together a range of internationally acclaimed production […]

Lancashire County Council is asking people in Burnley if they have any photographs of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's visits to Burnley, to include in a special birthday exhibition. The photographs will feature in a display at Burnley Library from Thursday 12 May to Thursday 30 June to celebrate The Queen's 90th birthday. Lancashire County […]

Registration is now open for Blackpool’s annual Illuminations Switch-On spectacular! Known as the biggest night in the resort’s calendar, the event takes place on the Tower Festival Headland on Friday 2 September and will feature a host of top music stars as well as the big moment when the resort’s stunning light display is turned […]

A national social media campaign launched over Easter weekend looks set to put Ribble Valley’s flood-affected shops and businesses back on the map. And Lancashire residents are being invited to visit Ribble Valley and help the borough’s flood-hit shops get back to business. The national spotlight fell on Ribble Valley on Boxing Day, when it suffered […]

Smash hit for shopping, Freeport Fleetwood announces CONTINUED sponsorship deal with Lancashire’s largest live music event Freeport Fleetwood is joining forces with Lancashire’s fastest growing music festival for a second year running. The sponsorship deal will see the region’s favourite shopping outlet partner with the increasingly popular Lytham Festival. Tens of thousands of music fans […]

Ambitious plans for the next phase of Preston’s Market Quarter are moving forward, with the announcement of public consultation into the scheme. Bringing £50m of new investment into the City Centre, the plans comprise a new 11 screen cinema with a large format experience screen, 7 family restaurant units and a new replacement multi-storey car […]

Ribby Hall Village in Wrea Green, Lancashire has received five star accreditation from Visit England for the seventh consecutive year, maintaining it’s status as Lancashire’s only five-star holiday village. The assessment by Visit England has awarded The Village five stars following a stay where Ribby Hall Village scored highly in all aspects of accommodation, facilities […]

Keepers at Blackpool Zoo have hailed a fantastic start to the spring baby boom season after the safe arrival of a critically endangered two-humped Bactrian Camel, whose wild cousins are on the brink of extinction.   The male calf was born after a 13-month gestation on March 4th and has been named Clyde by keepers. […]

Children’s television favourite Mr Bloom will visit St George’s Shopping Centre next month. The popular TV presenter from Mr Bloom’s Nursery on CBeebies will visit the Preston shopping centre on Saturday, April 9 for a free stage show for children to enjoy. Mr Bloom, whose real name is Ben Faulks, will swap his nursery for […]

Work has started this week on an exciting new visitor attraction for Chorley’s Astley Park. A Victorian-style greenhouse is being built in the Walled Garden behind the historic hall to create a more authentic visitor experience of the Walled Garden. The £100,000 project, which will be unveiled to the public at the Chorley Flower Show […]

Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie arrives in Lancaster on April 30 during his  nocturnal trip through Britain in search of fun. On his third visit to The Dukes, this time with his new show –  The Pie At Night –  Stuart will use his bestselling books as a guide, plotting a route that takes in […]

A MASTERPLAN outlining proposals to build more than 500 new homes and extend the award-winning Worden Park has been rubber stamped by South Ribble Borough Council. The document will now play an important role in shaping future planning applications for the 30 hectares of land off Altcar Lane, in Leyland – with the first expected […]