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The second annual Buy British Day will be taking place on Saturday October 3rd 2015, with mini Best of Britannia pop-up events in London and Preston, encouraging consumers to support brands and businesses that design and manufacture in Britain. An initiative from Best of Britannia – an annual event and newly launched website that showcases […]

Blackpool’s ‘Brilliance’ arches will play host to a month of outdoor performances and live music throughout October as part of Blackpool Illuminations’ LightPool programme. The programme will see the arches, based on Birley Street in the town centre, become the centrepiece of eleven different shows over five weekends during the month. The shows, which range […]

Super Slow Way, a major arts commissioning programme established to create a lasting legacy of arts and culture in Pennine Lancashire, announces the launch of its programme for 2015-17. The programme includes a specially commissioned symphony to mark the Bicentennial of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a mass participation project drawing on the traditions of […]

Renowned restaurateur and proud Lancastrian Paul Heathcote MBE, is stepping down from his role as Chairman after three successful years at the helm of Lancashire’s place marketing organisation, Marketing Lancashire.  Marketing Lancashire was created in 2012 with considerable investment from Lancashire County Council, replacing the former Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board and Paul Heathcote was the company’s […]

Fans of Blackpool are being urged to back the resort’s campaign to be officially recognised as Britain’s best beach holiday resort. The resort is up against the likes of Eastbourne, Brighton, Rhossili, Tenby and others to be named as the best beach holiday in the #GoBritain awards. A public vote is now open and VisitBlackpool […]

The Mayor of South Ribble is set for a special tour of some of the borough’s most historic buildings as part of Heritage Open Days. The Mayor of South Ribble, Councillor Mary Green, will play a part in the Heritage Open Days in South Ribble – visiting five of the sites on Sunday 13th September. […]

The Harris Library, Museum and Art Gallery was founded in the late 19th century, made possible by the legacy of Edmund Robert Harris who left £300,000 to Preston on his death in 1878. More than a century later the building remains the most striking construction in the city centre and one which inspires great affection […]

An ambitious £25 million revitalisation programme for Preston’s Fishergate Shopping Centre has been unveiled by owners Benson Elliot. One of the largest private sector investments in the city centre for more than two decades will create over 250 new long-term jobs. The redundant TJ Hughes store in the centre will be replaced with six modern […]

Blackburn born Great British Sewing Bee finalist, Deborah Simms will be joining the line up at Blackburn Heritage Festival this weekend when she joins the popular designer, Patrick Grant at Blackburn Library this Saturday.   The former pupil of St Bede's school will be at the presentation in the Hornby Lecture Theatre at 11.30 and […]

Lancashire County Council's libraries are telling the story of the role of auxiliary military hospitals across Lancashire during World War One. Staff from the county council's community heritage team will hold a couple of interesting talks in October about the hospitals' vital role in helping to cope with the numbers of casualties coming back from […]

Costumed guides will lead visitors through the story of Blackburn’s hidden past on vintage buses taking visitors on a tour of the town’s oldest park areas as part of the Blackburn Heritage Festival. The guides will point out the heritage of the town in the historic buildings and at sites along the way. An outer […]

Renowned Lancashire events company, Crafty Vintage has announced that its next event, which will be held at Hoghton Tower on the 26th and 27th of September, will see a special appearance from characters from Alice in Wonderland, to mark the book’s 150th anniversary. The popular event will feature an array of family attractions, such as […]