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The resort will mark the historic event with a majestic heritage tram parade along the seafront, a Big Lunch outdoor picnic with free entertainment on the Tower Festival Headland, a live screening of the Coronation concert from Windsor Castle, ending with a dazzling, specially-themed light show. The event, which is being staged by Blackpool Tourism […]

Two local leaders of industry have been awarded special honorary awards from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Melissa Conlon, the Commercial Director at AMRC North West, and Kam Kothia OBE DL, Chief Executive Officer of eBusiness UK, have been granted Honorary Professorships. The duo has been working with the University across a variety of […]

VisitEngland has today announced that this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence will be held at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on 7 June. The national awards will see finalists recognised as Gold, Silver and Bronze winners across 16 core categories from the ‘Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award’ to the ‘Resilience […]

Elysian Film Group has today announced that Greatest Days will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday, June 16. And a host of activity is planned in Clitheroe and Ribble Valley to celebrate the release of Greatest Days and create an enduring legacy from the film for the town. Described as […]

ELYSIAN FILM GROUP have today announced GREATEST DAYS, the highly anticipated cinematic adaptation of Take That’s smash-hit stage musical The Band, will be released in cinemas across the UK and ROI on Friday 16th June. Take That will also be joining a very special Premiere event in London on June 15th to be previewed in […]

The King has been pleased to appoint Mrs Amanda Parker, DL, as His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Lancashire on the retirement of The Lord Shuttleworth, KG, KCVO, on 2nd August 2023. Mrs Parker said: “I am honoured and thrilled to be appointed to this role and will do my very best to support […]

Sodexo Live!, the venue partner at some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic music, cultural and sporting events, has achieved the Green Meetings Gold Award, a new standard for sustainability in meeting and events spaces run by Green Tourism. The Sodexo Live! team deliver catering and hospitality at Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn […]

A sustainability symposium hosted by The Forest of Bowland AONB at Clitheroe’s Holmes Mill, and presented by Caz Graham of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme, saw every seat taken – with attendees keen to learn more about sustainability and inclusivity. Hetty Byrne, Forest of Bowland AONB Sustainable Tourism Officer, explains: “The event was free […]

Chorley Council has supported its tenant, global supply chain and logistics company – TVS Supply Chain Solutions, a global supply chain and logistics company by granting permission for them to install 1,890 solar panels at their headquarters in Chorley covering over 3,000 square metres.  Councillor Alistair Bradley, Leader of Chorley Council said, “Its great to see […]

Its annual review event ‘Driving change and building value,’ held during English Tourism Week and just over a year since the lifting of COVID-related travel restrictions, is also shining the spotlight on tourism’s importance to the economy. It comes as VisitBritain’s latest inbound tourism forecast shows continued strong recovery in overseas visitor spending. It estimates £29.5 billion will be spent by […]

Stonyhurst’s senior tennis teams were named the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) North of England champions yesterday at a fiercely contested tournament following their victories in the knockout stages at the Northwest events in February. Just four schools qualified from the North of England, including the whole of Scotland, for the championship, which took place on […]

A programme of open community conversations about Eden Project Morecambe has been announced for dates throughout 2023, with the first of the series taking place on Friday March 31 at 1pm. The online meetings continue the series that took place before the project was awarded £50m from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. Following the […]