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A special flag is flying from County Hall to mark Armed Forces Day. The Armed Forces Day flag was presented to County Councillor Kevin Ellard, Chairman of Lancashire County Council, at a special ceremony yesterday by Lord Shuttleworth KCVO, the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. The flag will fly until Armed Forces Day on Saturday 28 June. […]

In a report released today, by the UK’s top economic Think Tank, Centre for Cities, Burnley was ranked eighth in the UK for the high growth prospects for its small and medium sized businesses (SME’s) and identified as an area where firms are driving economic recovery The Centre for Cities ‘Small Business Outlook 2014’ report […]

An RSPB initiative focussed on protecting England’s most threatened bird of prey has reached the final of this year’s National Lottery Awards in the Best Education Project category. A four-year project, Skydancer aims to raise awareness and promote the conservation of hen harriers across the North of England including Lancashire. Skydancer is funded by the […]

Preston’s EXPO is an interactive event supported by local Preston businesses and training providers designed to inform and aspire the career choices of local school students. DATES: Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th July 2014 *ALL Preston schools will be invited to attend the event either in the morning or afternoon on Tuesday or Wednesday.    […]

Lancashire County Council is advising people to plan ahead if they want to watch the Tour de France, or travel nearby, when the race begins in Yorkshire in under two weeks' time. The first two stages of the world's biggest cycle race will take place in the Pennine areas close to the Lancashire-Yorkshire border on […]

The first acts for Blackpool’s 2014 Switch-On night can be revealed today. Chart stars Pixie Lott, Union J, Neon Jungle, George Ezra and Matt Cardle will join what is going to be a star-studded line up on Friday 29 August on the Tower Festival Headland. The Friday night Switch-On, which is being staged in association […]

As schools across the UK push towards the long summer break, one unique youngster at Blackpool Zoo is gearing up for some very important lessons in life – first on the list…..learning to be a penguin!   Bolstered by a super brain food diet of fishy milkshakes, Britain’s only Magellanic penguin chick is being hand-reared […]

A birthday party for an 18th century Lune Valley pub raised more than £300 for a North Lancashire charity for the blind. The ‘Fenwick’ village inn and gastro-pub at Claughton, between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale, was celebrating its first birthday since being relaunched by Lancashire’s Seafood Pub Company. And the invitation-only birthday party became a fundraiser […]

Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce is offering an excellent opportunity for businesses to attend a free workshop covering Online Certification and is aimed at helping new and existing exporters complete and manage Certificates of Origin using the online Certification site E-Z cert in partnership with I2I Ltd and sponsored by Lancashire County Developments Ltd. The […]

THE Museum of Lancashire (MoL) has received a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor after consistently receiving positive reviews on the travel rating website. Comments on TripAdvisor from recent visitors to the county council-run museum include: “Best small museum I have been to”, “Fantastic museum!” and "Great family day out". County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, cabinet member […]

Some of the UK's top nature photographers, Andy Rouse, Bertie Gregory and Peter Cairns will gather in Morecambe on Wednesday 25 June to present an evening of spell-binding imagery and personal anecdotes from 2020VISION, the most ambitious nature photography project ever staged in the UK.  The event supports the current 2020VISION Street Gallery which is […]

Lancashire County Council and other local councils across the county will raise a special Armed Forces Day flag on Monday 23 June. The flag shows their support and appreciation for the contribution made by our servicemen and women past and present, and for the wider Armed Forces community of families, veterans and cadets. The raising […]