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IT’S all systems go as Chorley gears up for its third annual word festival of fun, fiction and fairy tales celebrating the spoken and written word. What’s Your Story, Chorley? 2016 promises to be bigger and better than ever with over 60 performances in 12 venues across the town centre – plus a Shakespearean Karaoke! […]

Historic Gawthorpe Hall is getting ready to open up to the public next week, after being closed for major restoration work. The building has been closed since May 2015 so that important restoration work to the external stonework and windows at the Grade 1-listed building could be carried out. Other internal and external remedial work […]

Marketing Lancashire, has appointed specialist food and drink PR agency Lemon Zest PR, to help promote the region’s remarkable food and drink on a national and international level. The appointment of Lemon Zest forms part of a wider Lancashire Visitor Economy Strategy, which sets out a vision to establish Lancashire as a world class visitor […]

Young people wanted for The Prince's Countryside Fund Land Rover Bursary 2016 – The Prince’s Countryside Fund Land Rover Bursary Scheme 2016 is now open for applications. The valuable bursary seeks to award up to five inspiring young people aged 21 to 35 with the use of a Land Rover Discovery Sport for a year, […]

The man behind the legendary Reggae Reggae Sauce inspired Chorley’s business leaders as he spoke about his phenomenal success. Levi Roots was the keynote speaker at the sell-out annual Choose Chorley Business Evening organised by Chorley Council this week. The Rastafarian musician turned entrepreneur and now restaurateur inspired a full house of local business leaders […]

North West music promoters Cuffe and Taylor will boost the region’s economy by almost £8m in 2016. The music and event promoters will host 22 nights of live music across the North West this year with a mix of headline concerts and festivals. And with 177,000 tickets for sale across the events it is estimated […]

Proposals to improve the centre of Broughton village have been agreed by Lancashire County Council's Cabinet member for highways and transport. The £1m plans include the removal of traffic signals at Broughton crossroads, along with the creation of narrower roads, larger footways, courtesy crossings, sections of dedicated cycle lane, and tree planting. The changes will […]

Disabled residents and visitors can now check out access to shops and venues across Chorley thanks to a new online service which is being launched this week. DisabledGo, a national disability organisation, and Chorley Council have worked together to create a new accessibility checker for people with disabilities, dementia and their carers, friends and family […]

Lancashire County Council's Cultural Partnerships Programme 2016-18 is now open to arts organisations that want to apply for funding. Funding of up to £25,000 is available for projects or initiatives in areas of Lancashire where the number of people currently enjoying arts and culture are low, and where residents across the county would benefit. The […]

Lancaster Castle is raising the curtain on a production of 'Murder by Gaslight' in April. The show is being performed on Saturday 16 April at 7.30pm. Murder by Gaslight is a ghoulish story about two of the most infamous poisoners in British history, William Palmer and Harvey Crippen. The audience will be able to listen […]

On 1st May Leighton Hall opens its doors to the public to mark its 58th season and just a few days later plays host to a brand new event. Family visitors to the lived in home of the Gillow furniture making dynasty, can expect all the usual hospitality from the Gillow Reynolds family, as well […]

Five theatrical dragons will invade Blackburn Town Centre to celebrate St George’s Day on Saturday, 23rd April. ‘Here Be Dragons’ organised by Blackburn’s Business Improvement District, invites visitors to follow the dragons’ trail for free live theatre and musical performances with human size puppet actors. The line-up, which brings together a range of internationally acclaimed production […]