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The Pendle Walking Festival – the UK’s biggest free walking event – starts this Saturday 15th August and runs until Sunday 23rd August. And this year’s event, in the school holidays for the first time, is a real family affair with more than half of the 68 walks being family friendly. Now in its 12th […]

Around 55,000 people have entered the ballot to win 15,000 free tickets for the biggest night in Blackpool’s calendar, the VisitBlackpool’s 2015 Blackpool iFest Friday night Illuminations Switch-On. Thanks to a stunning line-up featuring The Vamps, Lawson, Professor Green, Toploader, Becky Hill,  Little Boots and Only the Young and there are again a huge number […]

Staff and customers at the Farmers Arms in the market village of Great Eccleston have celebrated being named the joint regional winner in a prestigious industry award with the launch of a revamped outdoor courtyard. The Seafood Pub Company, owners of the Farmers Arms, have invested in an extended courtyard area for customers with new […]

An exciting new water play area and café is set to keep children entertained this August on the site of Fleetwood Leisure Centre. Marine Splash provides youngsters with the opportunity to splash through fountains, water jets and water tunnels with a paddling area also included. A new café also overlooks the splash pad offering an […]

Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for the county, today released the official visitor and economic impact figures* for Lancashire 2014, which confirm six years of continued growth in the visitor economy and Lancashire’s increasing popularity as a destination for short breaks. The number of nights spent by visitors in the county grew by […]

Monday August 10th will mark World Lion Day and Blackpool Zoo is celebrating by releasing stunning new pictures of the latest addition to its pride. The pictures, which show nine-week-old Khari in all his glory, were taken by animal and wildlife photographer Hollie Gordon. Jude Rothwell, Marketing and PR Co-ordinator at Blackpool Zoo, said: “Khari […]

The model Victorian mill town being created at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum will be on display on Wednesday 26 August. At the event the new town, designed for the museum's 'Become a Mill Town Extraordinaire' activity, will be named and everyone who has contributed to it will be presented with a certificate. The event […]

The Mall Blackburn has ‘donated’ one of its shops to its official charity Nightsafe.   The unit will be used for a variety of purposes during a seven-week period starting with a charity shop, which will open on Friday 21st August until Monday 7th September.   From Saturday 12th September the unit will be transformed […]

An artist who transforms worn out books into unique paper sculptures is to demonstrate the art of paper folding at the Blackburn BID's upcoming Town Hall Street Fair.  Creative Kate Bufton will be sharing her tips on how to make stylish paper structures using old books on Saturday, 15 August at the Rebound Bookshop on […]

Work has begun this week on the new 70m Discovery hide at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre to bring our visitors even closer to nature. The new discovery hide will have 4 distinct sections depending on the type of experience visitors require or their level of birding expertise.  Families and adults can sit in warmth […]

The strength of any business lies in its workforce. However, with 78% of businesses in the UK reporting recruitment difficulties in the last year, employers are struggling to access the skills they need to keep their company running on full power. At the same time, 1 in 5 vacancies in the UK are difficult to […]

It as been confirmed that one of the world’s most popular aircraft, Vulcan XH558, will make its final ever appearance in the North West at this weekend’s Blackpool Air Show. The final remaining Vulcan is in her final flying season before being retired after a remarkable career which saw the plane play a key role […]