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The £32m Northlight complex is welcoming Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) as the first centre to open at the former Brierfield Mill this autumn. Funding organisations and partners who’ve made the new £1.75m centre possible saw behind the scenes today, Wednesday 27 September, before the official opening in October. Lancashire County Council and Lancashire Enterprise Partnership […]

Plans for a major new strategic employment site at the start of the M65 motorway, which would create thousands of new jobs, has been given the go ahead by South Ribble Borough Council’s Planning Committee. The application for the Cuerden Strategic Site in South Ribble was made by Lancashire County Council and Maple Grove Developments, […]

Global acclaim for Burnley’s Luxury Brasserie! Bertram’s Restaurant in Burnley, Lancashire part of Crow Wood Leisure has received international recognition after being crowned Best Luxury Brasserie at the 2017 World Luxury Restaurant Awards. The lavish award ceremony took place on the red carpet at the exquisite 5-star JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam where Bertram’s […]

The Freemasons at Wiswell joined a list of illustrious venues to become the AA Restaurant of the Year for England at the Hospitality Awards in London last night. The award is the latest in a long line of achievements for the Lancashire gastropub, which recently confirmed it will become a pub with rooms next year, […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is pleased to announce the return of international dance brand Ministry Of Sound and present TITANIUM, the ultimate thrill night on Saturday 7th October!  This event will see DJs, including Trevor Nelson, take to the decks to entertain visitors to the park late into the night. Thrill seekers will be able to […]

The official name for the new road in Broughton is James Towers Way, named in honour of a local hero of World War One. Broughton-born Private James Towers was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for his actions almost 100 years ago. In 1918, Private Towers volunteered to relay a message as a runner. Five people […]

PLANS to form a Lancashire Combined Authority may be back on track after the majority of the county’s council leaders agreed a way forward that could pave the way towards a devolution deal. At the shadow Combined Authority meeting held this week representatives from all 15 councils heard how Central Government was now willing to […]

Date: Monday 2 October Time: 09.30 -12.00 Venue: Brockholes Conferene Centre Lancashire welcomes over 67 million visitors to our wonderfully diverse county each year and in turn, this generates £4.1 bn of visitor spending and supports 1 in 10 or over 59,000 local jobs in tourism and hospitality. To continue to grow tourism we need […]

Salary:  Circa £50,000 Hours:  Full Time 37 hours per week Hyndburn Leisure is a charitable trust which was formed in 2001, we manage a range of leisure and sports facilities in the Borough of Hyndburn including: Hyndburn Leisure Centre; Mercer Hall Leisure Centre; Norden Dual Use Sports Centre and Accrington Town Hall plus a number […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is celebrating as Valhalla has been named The Best Water Ride in the World for the third year running at the recent Golden Tickets Awards. Representatives from amusement and water parks across the globe gathered at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, on 8th and 9th September for the annual ceremony, which recognises […]

Celebrating Lancashire’s young talent: Finalists announced for Sub36 Awards 2017 Lancashire’s young business people are celebrating after being named as finalists in the Sub36 Awards 2017. Successful candidates were announced after a day of rigorous judging whittling down the entrants in each category to just four finalists for each award. They have now been invited […]

Clitheroe’s Beer Hall at Holmes Mill is officially laying claim to the title of Longest Bar in Britain. There is no official Guinness record for this category, but a year after opening and in the absence of any challengers, the Beer Hall believes its 105 feet and eight inches long horseshoe-shaped counter, housing 42 artisan […]