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Bringing Fylde Coast Businesses Together. This will be the first Business Exhibition in Wyre and will be held at the Marine Hall, Fleetwood. Wednesday 14 October 9am—Doors Open Refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the day 3pm— Doors Close This event is FREE for visitors to attend As an exhibitor you can promote your […]

Local Farm Shop Dahlia's Farm Shop from Blackpool are entered into the Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2016, with founding partner Olives Et Al, to recognise excellence in independent speciality retailers and need your help to win! The Awards recognise the very best standards in specialist retail and to celebrate the highest levels of service, […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county's destination management organisation, today (Wednesday 30th September) revealed the finalists and headline sponsor The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015. The only tourism-focused awards in Lancashire will take place on Thursday 5 November in the spectacular Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Ruth Connor, Chief Executive […]

A BUZZ of anticipation is exciting Chorley this week as the town centre gears up for the hugely popular Chorley Live event that attracted more than 5,000 people to town last year. The two-day live entertainment event will see more than 200 performances across 27 venues over two nights in Chorley town centre bringing the community […]

A BUZZ of anticipation is exciting Chorley this week as the town centre gears up for the hugely popular Chorley Live event that attracted more than 5,000 people to town last year. The two-day live entertainment event will see more than 200 performances across 27 venues over two nights in Chorley town centre bringing the community […]

Technology reporter and BBC TV presenter, Maggie Philbin, will officially open the new £13m iSTEM Centre at Preston’s College on Thursday 1 October 2015. The host of the BBC1 series, Bang Goes The Theory, and former Tomorrow’s World presenter will join leading employers from across the region together with special guests, students and local education […]

Blackpool Zoo keeper Johnpaul Houston is taking part in an international expedition involving scientists and government officials from all over the world to help protect one of the rarest birds on earth. Johnpaul will travel to eastern Russia and the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve, which is also one of the last strongholds of the Amur […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is celebrating as Valhalla has been named The Best Water Ride in the World at the recent Golden Tickets Awards.   Representatives from amusement and water parks across the globe gathered at Coney Island, New York, on 11th and 12th September for the annual ceremony, which recognises the very best in the […]

Lancashire County Council's community heritage team is helping people to discover how World War One shaped the lives and experiences of the imprisoned, the dispossessed and enemy 'aliens'. Staff from the county council's community heritage team will hold a couple of interesting talks across the county in October. Andrew Walmsley, community heritage manager, said: "Over […]

THE WALLED Garden in Chorley’s Astley Park is set for two new additions after plans were approved to install a green stage for live performances and a glass house to entice even more people to visit. Chorley Council is looking to develop Astley’s picturesque Walled Garden to improve the offer to visitors and provide a […]