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Smash hit for shopping, Freeport Fleetwood announces CONTINUED sponsorship deal with Lancashire’s largest live music event Freeport Fleetwood is joining forces with Lancashire’s fastest growing music festival for a second year running. The sponsorship deal will see the region’s favourite shopping outlet partner with the increasingly popular Lytham Festival. Tens of thousands of music fans […]

Ambitious plans for the next phase of Preston’s Market Quarter are moving forward, with the announcement of public consultation into the scheme. Bringing £50m of new investment into the City Centre, the plans comprise a new 11 screen cinema with a large format experience screen, 7 family restaurant units and a new replacement multi-storey car […]

Ribby Hall Village in Wrea Green, Lancashire has received five star accreditation from Visit England for the seventh consecutive year, maintaining it’s status as Lancashire’s only five-star holiday village. The assessment by Visit England has awarded The Village five stars following a stay where Ribby Hall Village scored highly in all aspects of accommodation, facilities […]

Keepers at Blackpool Zoo have hailed a fantastic start to the spring baby boom season after the safe arrival of a critically endangered two-humped Bactrian Camel, whose wild cousins are on the brink of extinction.   The male calf was born after a 13-month gestation on March 4th and has been named Clyde by keepers. […]

Children’s television favourite Mr Bloom will visit St George’s Shopping Centre next month. The popular TV presenter from Mr Bloom’s Nursery on CBeebies will visit the Preston shopping centre on Saturday, April 9 for a free stage show for children to enjoy. Mr Bloom, whose real name is Ben Faulks, will swap his nursery for […]

Work has started this week on an exciting new visitor attraction for Chorley’s Astley Park. A Victorian-style greenhouse is being built in the Walled Garden behind the historic hall to create a more authentic visitor experience of the Walled Garden. The £100,000 project, which will be unveiled to the public at the Chorley Flower Show […]

Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie arrives in Lancaster on April 30 during his  nocturnal trip through Britain in search of fun. On his third visit to The Dukes, this time with his new show –  The Pie At Night –  Stuart will use his bestselling books as a guide, plotting a route that takes in […]

Following on from its hugely successful and sold-out candlelit concerts featuring Rick Wakeman and Gordon Giltrap, Lancaster Music Festival’s Prog at the Priory season continues at Lancaster’s historic Priory church with two intimate concerts celebrating the classic period of progressive rock. Appearing artists include John Hackett with Marco Lo Muscio, and Sir Thijs Van Leer […]

A MASTERPLAN outlining proposals to build more than 500 new homes and extend the award-winning Worden Park has been rubber stamped by South Ribble Borough Council. The document will now play an important role in shaping future planning applications for the 30 hectares of land off Altcar Lane, in Leyland – with the first expected […]

The UK is gearing up for Shell Eco-marathon Europe, which is coming to London for the first time in the competition’s 30 year history. The competition challenges students to design and build ultra-energy efficient cars, then drive them on a purpose-built track to see which can travel the furthest on the least amount of energy. […]

It’s the final call for businesses based in Blackburn or Darwen to enter the Hive Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards which will close for entries at midnight on 1 April 2016. The Awards, now in their second year, will crown the best firms in the borough across 14 categories open to businesses, organisations and individuals. […]

Lancashire County Council has voted in favour of setting up a Combined Authority for Lancashire after residents and businesses were asked for their views. The county council gave overwhelming support to the idea when it met to discuss the initial proposals before Christmas and has now agreed to support a formal bid being submitted to […]