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Business is blooming as Blackburn’s Business Improvement District (BID) invest £22,000 in a scope of planting works and maintenance in a bid to brighten up the town centre.   Free standing three tier planters, hanging and barrier baskets containing thousands of pink, white and purple petunias have been planted, placed and arranged outside shops and […]

WOW – that was the reaction of visitors to the first ever Chorley Flower Show who were treated to a weekend of fabulous floral displays. The inaugural show, organised by Chorley Council, attracted 10,000 people to Astley Hall, Coach House and Park to see the very best in horticultural displays with people from all over […]

Ahead of the 'Songs from Stage & Screen' show at Lytham Festival on Sunday 9th August, organisers have embarked on a mission to find the nations favourite musical soundtrack. Of 2000 adults surveyed aged 50 and over, a narrow victory was had by show tune 'You'll Never Walk Alone' from iconic musical and film Carousel. […]

For the first time, The Dukes in partnership with Vintage by the Sea will be screening films in Morecambe’s Winter Gardens this September. The Lancaster cinema will be taking films on the road from September 1-5 as part of the popular seaside festival which celebrates all things vintage. The special cinematic event kicks off with […]

A fluffy little lion cub is the focus of the latest ‘fly on the wall’ video produced at Blackpool Zoo. Khari, who is just eight weeks old, was caught on camera after staff secretly placed a GoPro camera in a log in his sleeping quarters. The result was hours of stunning footage of him playing […]

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre and Sir David Attenborough are inviting you to get outside this summer to count butterflies. The Big Butterfly Count runs till Sunday 9 August. You can pick up a spotter sheet at Martin Mere Wetland Centre so that you can tick off what you see, as it’s a great place […]

The Dukes has hit the Bullseye with its latest outdoor walkabout production. Thousands of people have already enjoyed Oliver Twist which runs until August 15 and one particular character has his own fan base – of the doggy variety. Bill Sikes’s dog, Bullseye, can’t go anywhere now without his canine fans bothering him for a […]

Allan Blackburn & wife, Gloria share a passion for antiques. After visiting hundreds of antiques centres in the UK and abroad, they decided they could do better! In August 1990, they opened GB Antiques Centre at Lancaster Leisure Park & that same year, the couple were featured on Granada’s Flying Start programme. Within 8 years […]

The Festival of Stories is a brand new family arts event taking place during Lytham Festival on Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August 2015 at Park View 4U. Featuring professional storytellers; staged and promenade theatre productions; ethereal aerial performances; enchanting puppet shows; sensory storytelling, dub poetry performances, published children and young adult author events, creative […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, today began the search for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Award winners and announced that the county’s annual celebration of Lancashire’s £3.7billion visitor economy will be held in the magnificent Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on Thursday 5 November 2015.  A drinks reception, sponsored by Visit Blackpool, will […]

A Burnley event will give anyone with an interest in design the chance to build a model Victorian mill town. The 'Become a Mill Town Extraordinaire' event will take place at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum at Harle Syke. Booking is essential and the event will run on Tuesday 11 August, Thursday 13 August, Tuesday […]

An artificial beach which attracted hundreds of families last year has been welcomed back by the Blackburn BID as it returns to Town Hall Square with sand filled fun and frolics.   The Blackburn Beach, organised by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, runs throughout August and has a whole host of activities for children including, […]