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A family-owned group of Lancashire inns has been recognised for its resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic at a prestigious award ceremony at Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Barry Robinson Leisure, which operates The Longlands Inn & Restaurant at Tewitfield, Plato’s Bar, Restaurant & Rooms in Kirkby Lonsdale, and The New Inn Yealand, took home the ‘Most Resilient […]

Join Preston City Council for the grand finale of Lancashire Encounter on October 2nd. From 7pm visitors to the city centre will be mesmerised by the Mayor of Preston’s Covid Thank You torchlight parade, followed by a spectacular fireworks display.   The breath-taking fireworks display can be viewed from anywhere in the city centre, giving […]

A choral Gala Concert at Chorley Town Hall next week will mark the end of a year of events celebrating the Mayflower 400 anniversary. On Saturday 25 September, the Lancastrian Suite will host a free evening of music by a variety of composers including Elgar, Copland, and Rodgers and Hammerstein – performed by the Chorley […]

A vision of a top-class sports and community hub in Penwortham has taken a step closer to reality – with Cabinet Members approving a proposal for the transfer of more than 18 acres of land to South Ribble Borough Council. The Council will also receive up to £650,000 for the upkeep of the land, which […]

Through funds raised from sales of Goosnargh Gin‘s ‘Hay Time’, a re-wild the child project was able to secure educational resources to support visits for youngsters to learn about the special hay meadows in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hay Time is just one of Goosnargh Gin’s creations which are distilled in small […]

A Lancashire solicitors firm has moved into a new town centre office after outgrowing its old base following strategic support from Boost; Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub. Burys Solicitors has taken on four new staff, growing the team to six, and moved from its previous rural location into Clitheroe town centre in June. The firm, which specialises […]

A revolutionary new initiative that will support businesses across Lancashire in improving the health and wellbeing of their employees has launched today, Monday 13th September. Supported by 18 delivery partners and a number of regional and national organisations, the Active Lancashire led programme has brought together the expertise of specialists at the University of Central […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is celebrating as Valhalla has been named The Best Water Ride in the World for an amazing sixth year running at the recent Golden Tickets Awards. The Golden Ticket Awards were announced via Amusement Today’s social media channels on Thursday 9th September.  The National Roller Coaster Museum & Archives in Plainview, Texas, served as the backdrop […]

An alternative National Park — covering 460 square miles of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester — including East Lancashire, was launched today. South Pennines Park aims to champion the landscape, its people and businesses in order to bolster recognition and unlock resources for the only upland in England that is not a designated National Park […]

Peatlands the size of 250 football pitches will be restored across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria, thanks to over a million pounds of funding from the Government’s Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme, bringing benefits to people, wildlife and helping to fight climate change. Peatlands are England’s largest natural terrestrial carbon store, storing the equivalent […]

2022 marks the momentous occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – marking 70 years of service to her people and the Commonwealth. The Queen also holds the title of the Duke of Lancaster, and therefore has a special relationship with Lancashire and the people who live here. This is the first time in […]

The Eden Project has submitted a planning application for Eden Project North in Morecambe. The application is the latest milestone for the project and follows years of development work by Eden and its partners and hundreds of hours of formal and informal community consultation. The planning application, which has been submitted to Lancaster City Council, […]