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An event was held today to mark the investment of £2.3m investment in Burnley's Manchester Road railway station and launch a new campaign to market East Lancashire's attractions to rail visitors. Work took place over the last 18 months to provide the station with an iconic station building with improved car and cycle parking, CCTV, […]

Pack up your picnics and head to Chorley’s Astley Park on Sunday 5 July for an afternoon of free fun and entertainment at the annual Picnic in the Park event. Chorley Council has teamed up with Rock FM to bring a fantastic family stage show to Astley Park with performances from CBeebies’ favourite – The […]

People with an interest in history are invited to a free Festival of Archaeology event at the Museum of Lancashire on Saturday 18 July. The festival is an annual event which aims to bring the past alive and celebrate the UK's heritage. It is coordinated by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). The festival will […]

Visitors to this year's RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park will be able to enjoy a garden designed to showcase the materials that Lancashire's textile industry used to produce cloth. The feature garden will be created as part of the 'Field to Fabric' Lancashire museums project in partnership with the Workers' Educational Association (WEA). Staff […]

The role of auxiliary military hospitals in Lancashire during World War One will be discussed in Skelmersdale Library. At 2pm on Wednesday 15 July, staff from Lancashire County Council's community heritage team will hold an interesting talk about the hospitals' vital part in helping to cope with the numbers of sick and injured coming back […]

There will be plenty of twists and turns to The Dukes outdoor walkabout production this summer. For the awardwinning Lancaster theatre will present a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ popular story – Oliver Twist – from July 3-August 15. Dickens’ wonderful characters – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Nancy, Bill Sikes and the hideous Mr Bumble […]

As walkers get ready to return to Pendle for the annual Walking Festival, many will be bringing the family with them to make this year’s festival a real family affair. The festival – the UK’s largest free guided walking festival – falls earlier this year, within the school summer holidays – from Saturday 15 to […]

Lancashire County Council's community heritage team is helping people to discover how the outbreak of World War One altered British people's attitudes to those who were not UK nationals. Staff from the county council's community heritage team will hold a couple of interesting talks across the county in July. The lives and experiences of the […]

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Chaired by Edwin Booth (below), has appointed two leading agencies to deliver an initial 12-month media and communications campaign. The agencies are tasked with developing and communicating a compelling Lancashire economic narrative – ‘the Lancashire story’ – by delivering a strategic campaign to reach target audiences, working alongside Marketing Lancashire.  […]

Three prominent East Lancashire businesses have combined to officially launch the fifth annual Clitheroe Food Festival. The Seafood Pub Company, Barnfield Construction and Thwaites joined forces to sponsor a garden party at Lord and Lady Clitheroe’s Downham Hall to mark the countdown to this year’s event. Over 150 guests enjoyed a BBQ and seafood dishes […]

Blackpool Opera House has added yet another show to its packed 2015 schedule with the announcement DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS The Musical will come to the theatre this November.   The production is staged by The Ambassador Theatre Group (Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, West Side Story) and Jerry Mitchell Productions with Blackpool set […]

A Lancashire-based company that develops specialist computer generated imagery has been backed by Rosebud Micro. Short CGI has received funding and support from Lancashire County Council's Rosebud Micro finance to grow and develop their business. The Rossendale-based company supports large companies' training and marketing departments with computer generated imagery, animation and interactive materials. They produce […]