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FREEPORT FLEETWOOD LAUNCHES A TASTY CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE RETRO REGIONAL RECIPES This month Freeport Fleetwood has started a campaign to urge food lovers, amateur cooks and historians to find the forgotten foods of Lancashire in a bid to celebrate and document the region’s culinary heritage.   Freeport Fleetwood is launching the campaign to find the […]

Barnoldswick’s retailers, traders and residents were celebrating on Saturday as their high street was crowned top of the shops. The national Great British High Street competition recognised that the Pendle town has taken positive steps to halt the decline caused by the closure of local pubs and shops. Barnoldswick was one of seven winning towns […]

On Thursday 6 November, The Blackpool Tower Ballroom proved the magnificent setting for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, where over 600 colleagues from the tourism industry also helped mark the 120th Anniversary of The Blackpool Tower.  The Lancashire Tourism Awards 2014 is Marketing Lancashire’s biggest event to date and was sold out weeks before […]

Blackpool’s tourism industry has enjoyed one of its best seasons in years. That was the verdict at VisitBlackpool’s end of season review event at the Winter Gardens as hoteliers, attractions, business owners and those responsible for promoting the town looked back on 2014. The event, attended by more than 50 leading figures from the industry, […]

The work of a group of talented local artists is currently on show at Lancaster City Museum. The exhibition, by members of the Lancaster and District Art Society, features around 80 paintings. Heather Dowler, Lancashire County Council's manager at the city museum, said: "There's a really wide range of work on display for visitors to […]

Popular bird watching festival returns in November, with some very special guests Whether you’re a photographer, or just love the outdoors, there’ll be something for everyone, as the eagerly awaited North West Bird Watching Festival returns to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November. WWT Martin Mere will be welcoming […]

LeftCoast has been successful in its bid to the Clore Prize Fund and has been awarded a major prize to further the cultural shift taking place in Blackpool. As part of the celebrations of fifty years of the Clore Duffield Foundation eight prizes were awarded to innovative arts projects at a high profile ceremony at […]

Top-selling queen of crime drama Martina Cole will be at County Hall for a special event on Tuesday 11 November. From 7pm Martina will be talking about her work, meeting fans and signing copies of her new book, The Good Life. The event has been organised by Lancashire County Council's library service and the SilverDell […]

A new entry level scheme for visitor accommodation is to be introduced in Blackpool in 2015. The Blackpool Approved scheme, which is accredited by VisitEngland, ensures that a property is “legal, safe and clean”, meets all requirements with regard to health and safety, and also demonstrates good customer practice. Although it does not give an […]

Do you have a story to tell about your Preston relative in the First World War? If you have photographs, medals, letters or postcards bring them along to our Preston Remembers Roadshows throughout November. The roadshows aim to capture the stories and memorabilia of your Preston relatives and experts can help capture their story permanently […]

Preston City Council and partners Lancashire County Council and Winckley Square Community Interest Company have received a confirmed grant of £945,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Winckley Square project, it was announced today. The project aims to enhance the wider Winckley Square area's existing qualities through sensitive conservation based regeneration and re-energise […]

London has 4.5 times more international visitors than the North of England as a whole. Scotland has twice as many tourists as Yorkshire or the entire North West. London is not this country’s only tourist destination – the North boasts stunning countryside, history and culture.  But how would anyone know that when there is no […]