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Lancaster Food and Drink Festival is all set to take place in a few weeks on Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May 2017 at Lancaster Leisure Park. Anyone who attended one of the biggest events on the district’s culinary calendar over the May Bank Holiday last year, is probably already begging, Oliver Twist-style, for […]

Food and drink producers from Bowland are lining up to showcase their wares at the Bowland Food Hall, opening at the end of May.   The food hall is the latest development by hospitality group James' Places at Holmes Mill in Clitheroe. It promises to be a celebration of locally produced food and drink; a […]

The Great British Food Festival is back at Stonyhurst College for it's 5th Year! This year the event is open from 10am Friday the 21st April, all over the weekend until 5pm Sunday the 23rd and the organisers have announced that Friday will be a free entry day for kids, so anyone under 16 can […]

Italians may not have invented wine, but more than anyone else throughout the ages they have demonstrated a serious passion for it…. After all wine is also a very important part of everyday Italian life… as the Italians say Il vino fa buon sangue = Good wine makes good blood If you are like us […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has today announced the name of its new £16.25 million rollercoaster – Icon.   Revealed in a dramatic sizzle – a movie-style promotional trailer, adrenalin enthusiasts are treated to a taste of what will be the world’s most exciting rollercoaster, featuring 15 interactions with other rides at the famous amusement park.     […]

Viva Blackpool is to transform the former Harry Ramsden’s into the Viva Vegas Diner offering a brand new dining concept on Blackpool’s Golden Mile. The new venue sees the multi-award winning business expand its offer, creating 25 new career opportunities and providing a one of a kind experience for visitors and locals alike. Development work […]

An exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of The Honourable Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth MBE, will go on display in Burnley later this month. The exhibition, entitled The Gawthorpe's Great Lady Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth 1886-1967, will be at Gawthorpe Hall from Thursday 20 April until Sunday 5 November. The display will showcase some of the […]

The Dukes is hoping for a hat-trick at the first ever North West Cultural Education Awards. The Lancaster theatre’s Centre for Creative Learning is a finalist in three categories of the awards run by Curious Minds, an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people in the North West by connecting them […]

Brockholes, Lancashire’s youngest nature reserve will feature on Countryfile on Easter Sunday. And viewers nationwide will get a treat as the reserve puts on a brilliant show for the cameras. It will be the first time Brockholes has featured on the nation’s favourite countryside show since it opened at Easter 2011. Events and Communications Manager […]

VisitBlackpool today announced that MTV, the world’s biggest youth entertainment and music brand, is set to deliver the 2017 Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On event for the second year running, as part of an ongoing partnership. The event, which will take place on the evening of Friday 1st September, will build on the huge success of last […]

VisitEngland has today (10 April 2017) announced that the AA has been awarded a contract to run the VisitEngland Quality Assessment Schemes under licence for the next three years. VisitEngland Chief Executive Sally Balcombe said: “I am delighted to announce this contract which guarantees the standards and expectations our scheme participants have come to expect […]

Clitheroe's legendary Emporium is getting set to celebrate its 20th birthday in true Ribble Valley style.   Next month (May 2017), the former Methodist Chapel on Moor Lane and first member of the James’ Places family, marks its milestone anniversary with a new seasonal menu and a selection of original cocktails.   The Emporium, which […]