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A Taste of Leyland, our fantastic South Ribble food and drink festival, is back for 2022.  The event is a celebration of local and regional food, drink and live music and will be held on Saturday 24 September on Hough Lane in Leyland from 11am to 5pm. A Taste of Leyland will be back bigger and […]

Showtown, Blackpool’s newest museum, is looking to form a group of keen and curious people! They want you to join them on a journey of discovery exploring Blackpool in the 1940s and together find engaging ways to tell these untold stories to Showtown’s visitors. Are you a creative thinker? Do you have a passion for learning? […]

The Forest of Bowland and Arnside and Silverdale AONBs have joined forces to promote sustainable tourism in rural Lancashire this summer and beyond. Lancashire’s Eco Escapes campaign encourages visitors to arrive by train and explore the two AONBs on foot, by bike or on e-bike. These outstandingly beautiful landscapes are readily accessible from railway stations […]

Equine charity HAPPA (Horses and Ponies Protection Association) is appealing to members of the public to get involved with a special fundraising activity this autumn and Sleepout to Help Rescued Horses. Taking place at the Charity’s venue Shores Hey Farm, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 3QU, on Friday 23rd September, the Sleepout gives you the chance to […]

Great Taste, the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2022.  Out of 14,500 products to be judged, Choc Amor of Mawdesley in Lancashire was awarded 3 Great Taste awards. Paul Williams, Head Chocolatier at Choc Amor, located at Cedar […]

The last couple of years have proven to be an unpredictable bag of emotional highs and lows for all. Yet true to human nature, despite any adversity, we tend to come out at the other end with our heads held high; stronger than ever.  This is also true for Blackpool’s very own entertainment gem: Viva […]

A North West hotel group is establishing a new hospitality training academy to invest in its staff development, broaden career experiences and improve customer service. Launched at Lancaster House Hotel, the English Lakes Hotels Hospitality Academy is open to existing staff and new recruits of all ages, with Level 2 NVQs including food safety in […]

The Chorley Flower Show was back with a bang this year with over 11,000 people in attendance in Astley Park over the three-day show. Even though the weather was patchy at times – which was great for the plants, flowers, and gardens – the atmosphere was all sunshine with all ages enjoying the fantastic event. […]

Fascinating elements of Burnley town centre history are set to be recognised through community projects which are being delivered by a number of town centre partners. Burnley High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ), Burnley Business Improvement District (BID) and Burnley Council are all working together on two initiatives which draw upon compelling practices that used […]

North West-based digital marketing agency, Soap Media, has recently partnered with One Tree Planted and planted 1000 trees in celebration of new business wins. One Tree Planted is an international non-profit organisation that was established in 2014. Their vision is to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees where they’re […]

Local solicitor Oliver McCann of Napthens Solicitors has presented a cheque of £3000 to local young people’s charity Youth Zone Darwen after completing a gruelling 6 day challenge to walk across Hadrian’s Wall. The 90 mile walk which stretched coast to coast across northern England saw Oliver along with 3 friends set off from Wallsend, […]

Mental health charity, Lancashire Mind are offering opportunities to Lancashire businesses to sponsor months in their hugely popular ‘Love from Lancashire’ calendar.  Lancashire Mind’s photography competition, Love from Lancashire, now in its third year, encourages people to send in their pictures from across Lancashire and winning entries are included in a calendar for sale at […]