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Delicious event bursting with business opportunities    Lancashire’s first ever ‘Taste Exchange’ has been declared a resounding success, described as the ‘best food and drink show I have ever attended’ by several of its exhibitors.  Organised by Marketing Lancashire, and held at Barton Grange Hotel, the open event connected makers and producers of Lancashire’s finest […]

A mixture a stars from stage, screen and the world of pop will lead the cast in the hit musical and classic story Great Expectations at Blackpool Opera House this Christmas. It is announced today that veteran TV and stage actor Chris Ellison will play convict Magwitch in the musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ […]

Lancaster Castle is the setting for a new outdoor theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows in August. The show is being performed on Friday 5 August and Saturday 6 August at 6pm and 8pm, and is produced by Attic Door, based in Morecambe. The Wind in the Willows, by British writer Kenneth Grahame, […]

Families looking for holiday fun this summer should head for Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, near Burnley. On Thursday 28 July, as part of a national celebration, Gawthorpe Hall will be recognising the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth with themed family activities. The activities include a fun trail to find bunnies hidden around the museum, […]

With balmy summer evenings well and truly upon us, Blackpool Pleasure Beach is giving guests the chance to make the most of the glorious weather by opening the UK’s favourite amusement park late into the night!   On Saturday, July 30th all the rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be open until 10pm for some […]

With the European Championships over and the Olympic Games yet to come, Blackpool Pleasure Beach is getting in the sporting spirit with a whole week of challenges and chances to break Guinness World Records.  Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s Summertime Games also includes entertainment for all the family every day from 23rd to 29th July.   Over […]

More parks and green spaces than ever will be flying the Green Flag Award this year – more than 1,600 across the UK. Preston’s parks are some of the very best in the UK – and that’s official. The parks are among a record-breaking 1,686 parks and green spaces that will today receive a prestigious […]

The Green Flags will be flying high in South Ribble, with today’s announcement that council parks and open spaces have been ranked among the top in the UK for two decades. Worden Park in Leyland has scooped its 20th consecutive honour in the prestigious Green Flag Awards 2016/17. It is the only park north of London […]

Organisers of Blackburn Cathedral Flower Festival have been presented with an award for organising a landmark event which attracted thousands of people to the town centre. Blackburn’s Business Improvement District have dedicated a ‘Be Surprised’ award to the organisers of the event after the iconic Cathedral blossomed into colour and activity for a major four-day […]

Organisers of Lancashire Encounter are thrilled to welcome Preston Guild Hall as Headline Sponsors for this year’s event. Lancashire Encounter is a weekend to discover, experience and be immersed in a bold and imaginative spectacle of performance, music, street theatre and art. Approximately 20,000 people attended last year’s pilot event, which took place in Preston […]

Two short films are being launched this week to spotlight Pendle as the cycling capital of the UK – in sunny Lancashire! One is a Tour of Britain legacy film with all the high speed highlights of the big Stage Two race. World cyclists powered through Pendle on 7th September and the film shows footage […]

Two short films are being launched this week to spotlight Pendle as the cycling capital of the UK – in sunny Lancashire! One is a Tour of Britain legacy film with all the high speed highlights of the big Stage Two race. World cyclists powered through Pendle on 7th September and the film shows footage […]