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The Nurse Manager at Stonyhurst has received a prestigious national award in recognition of her contribution to nursing practice. Claire Ashworth has been awarded the Chief Nursing Officer Gold Award by NHS England for going above and beyond, demonstrating safeguarding excellence for tenacity around information sharing and Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS). The award […]

Blackpool Transport are hosting an open recruitment day on Friday 16th June for Bus Drivers, Trainee Bus Drivers, Tram Drivers, Conductors and Engineers. The event will take place from 10am until 4pm at Starr Gate Tram Depot. They are offering competitive pay, flexible working hours and part-time options for selected job roles. The recruitment day will involve talking to […]

Over 12,000 people flocked to Accrington town centre for the spectacular Accrington Food & Culture Festival on Saturday 3rd June. The event, sponsored by North Lancs Training Group (NLTG), Hyndburn Borough Council, Cardboard Box Company and Financial Affairs, was officially opened by the Mayor of Hyndburn, before a sensational day of entertainment including live cooking demonstrations, […]

The Lancashire Tourism Awards – the only county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation (DMO), has now opened applications for this year’s competition to find the very best tourism and hospitality businesses in Lancashire; supported once again by Headline Sponsor, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Louise McArdle, Head […]

Preston City Council has launched a competitive commissioning round to identify partners to deliver key elements of Preston’s investment plan for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Preston City Council received an allocation of £5.2m from the UKSPF to invest in projects that will benefit the city’s businesses, residents and communities by building pride of […]

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has been ranked in the top 20 percent in the world for the positive impact it has on society and the environment, according to a league table published today by Times Higher Education (THE). The THE Impact Rankings, which rate the differences universities are making in the world against […]

The annual Blackpool Cup football tournaments have been rated number one out of 65 similar events staged across Europe. The sporting event, which was held over the Easter and May Day Bank Holiday weekends, attracted 350 teams and more than 12,000 attendees. Organised by Dutch-based Euro-Sportring in association with Blackpool Council and VisitBlackpool, the tournaments […]

A public event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Bamber Bridge has been organised by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). On Friday 23 June, it will be exactly 80 years since a gun-shot stand-off occurred in Bamber Bridge between black American troops stationed in the town during the Second World War […]

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy has climbed the UK’s 12 highest mountains, the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest, to raise money for Lancashire’s children’s hospice. Having already scaled the highest peaks in England and Wales, Oscar Burrow made it to Ben Nevis’s summit on Monday (29 May) “in glorious sunshine”. The day also marked the 70th anniversary […]

The highly anticipated reopening of Abingdon Street Market has arrived, giving attendees the first-look opportunity as well as providing an array of performances and entertainment as it celebrates its launch. The launch is significant and is part of a much wider plan to regenerate Blackpool, boosting the economy, creating jobs and providing more things to […]

In a region synonymous with hospitality, professionally trained staff in the sector are always in high demand which is why Blackpool and The Fylde College has launched a Higher National Certificate in Hospitality Management to support the training needs of the industry. Ideally situated on the Fylde coast and just a stone’s throw away from […]

Top Government officials have been invited to Lancashire to talk about the prospect of securing a devolution deal for the county. Earlier this year, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove told an audience at the Convention of the North that he wanted to see a deal for Lancashire and was looking forward to starting discussions. Since […]