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First Eastern White Pelican since 2008 hatched in specialist incubator. Bird keepers at Blackpool Zoo are feeling especially chirpy after welcoming the only Eastern White Pelican chick to be hatched in the UK since 2008, which will be the first ever to be hand-reared. The occasion was made even grander as the tiny chick hatched […]

The Preston Guild City Games is challenging businesses in a dozen sporting activities over three weekends this Summer. Could you and your colleagues take on Preston City Council’s winning football team? Or how about Preston’s College triumphant rounders team? Or even UCLan’s victorious sprinters? One business doing just that is IT Works Resource Group, based […]

• £5.6m Lancashire Skills Support programme now almost 90% subscribed • Businesses must act quickly to secure workforce training before funding ends A £5.6m programme which offers Lancashire companies access to free workforce training has helped more than 3,300 Lancashire workers gain new skills in just six months. Lancashire Skills Support (LSS), launched in September 2014, now […]

North West hospitality businesses are reporting increased profits, but an inability to take online bookings is holding some businesses back, according to a survey. The latest MHA Travel & Tourism Survey, conducted in partnership with Lancashire accountancy firm Moore and Smalley, indicates that 26% of operators in the hotel and bed and breakfast sector are […]

New guidebook on sale at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery from Thursday 14th May Book launch and photo opportunity 13 May 5.30pm Author Jane Brocket will be available for photos with the Mayor of Preston,  Cllr Nicholas Pomfret and John Gillmore, Radio Lancashire A beautifully illustrated new guide to the best of Preston is […]

THE Woodland Spa has this week been announced as the global winner in the World Luxury Spa Awards! The Burnley-based Spa had been nominated in the World’s Best Emerging Spa category, which it won. Then a global winner was chosen from 22 categories and The Woodland Spa came out on top, seeing off competition from […]

Dramatic re-enactments at Fleetwood Museum will help people to discover what life was like for a front line soldier and his sister back at home. 'Meet the Tommy' tells the story of a typical soldier and 'The Folks Back Home' illustrates what life was like for women making their invaluable contribution to the war on […]

Postcards and letters sent home from the trenches by Lancashire soldiers during World War One have gone on display in Fleetwood. The emotional correspondence is part of an exhibition at Fleetwood Museum that looks at the way the war was documented on the front line. Lynn Asghar, Lancashire County Council’s museum manager at Fleetwood Museum […]

Lancashire County Council's libraries are helping people to discover what life was like for women on the home front during World War One. Staff from the county council's community heritage team will hold a number of fascinating talks across the county, in May and June, remembering the contribution made by women and children and how […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, The UK’s favourite amusement park, has launched a brand new app which not only brings the fun and thrills of the iconic Big One rollercoaster to your device, but also allows you to collect points which can be converted into vouchers to use at the park. Big One – Buckle Up has […]

This May half term sees the return of the award winning egg-to-duckling experience at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre.  From Saturday 23 to Sunday 31 May, families can have this unique opportunity to discover how ducklings develop inside an egg, hatch out of the shell and develop in the duckling nursery. Centre Manager Nick Brooks […]

A commemorative paving stone is set to be unveiled in Chorley next week to honour the memory of local Victoria Cross winner, Rifleman William Mariner VC.   Chorley Council has arranged for the Victoria Cross paving stone to be installed in the grounds of St Laurence’s Church on Union Street during a special ceremony which […]