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Lancashire cheesemakers, Dewlay have secured a listing for their new product – “Garstang White” with Northern retailer  -Booths, with the cheese going into their Lancashire based stores from this week. Made with Lancashire sourced Jersey cow’s milk and made to a brie-style recipe, the result is a cheese which Dewlay expect to be very well […]

Calling all Moshi fans and Moshling collectors! SEA LIFE Blackpool is giving you the chance to meet ALL 3 of your favourite Moshi Monsters on Saturday 1st November 2014 ONLY. Join Katsuma, Poppet and Monstro City's number one Moshling conservationist, Buster Bumblechops, for priority entrance, continental breakfast and a morning of Moshi family fun. Join […]

A Cultural Partnership between The Dukes and Lancaster University has been officially launched. The three year partnership aims to develop arts, education and learning in Lancaster and to enrich the city’s cultural life. It was officially launched at The Dukes Centre for Creative Learning where several of the partnership schemes have already taken place with […]

A powerful new writing project will be launched at Lancaster Library at 4.30pm on Monday 20 October. The project, called Time and Tide, is mainly aimed at people aged from 16 to 25. It will use records of coroners’ inquests from 1914 to 1918, held by Lancashire Archives, to explore the connections between our lives […]

Marketing Lancashire today (Monday 13 October) announced the shortlist for the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2014. The award recognises and applauds individuals nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in Lancashire.  Marketing Lancashire has teamed up with the Lancashire Evening Post who will host the online public vote.  The general  […]

Brothers Simon and Nick Mellin are celebrating being announced as finalists in eight awards for their sustainable food business Roaming Roosters; and one of them needs your vote! The 28 and 26 year old siblings have made the shortlist in six national and two regional awards, each one celebrating their Higham-based business built on ‘food […]

New era for The Highwayman with the arrival of new Head Chef –  Jason “Bruno” Birkbeck. Partnership with St John’s Hospice remains firm with latest donation and launch of charity dinner.  An Evening with Jason “Bruno” Birkbeck and the Region’s Finest Producers in Aid of St John’s Hospice will take place on Thursday 13th November. […]

There will be plenty of room to park your broomsticks at Blackpool Zoo during a week of eerie events to celebrate Halloween half term. Starting on Saturday 25th October there will devilish daily activities including pumpkin carving at the Pumpkin Grotto, Mysterious Mammals and Blood-thirsty Birds Quiz trail, colouring and writing competitions in creepy corners, […]

Autumnwatch returns to BBC Two at the end of October. Across four days, from Tuesday 28th to Friday 31st October, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games will be live on the beautiful Lancastrian coast in the North West England with the very best of the season’s wild action. Autumnwatch 2014 From rutting red deer […]

The story of one woman's war told through letters to her friends is the inspiration behind a brand-new 30-minute drama to be performed at the Harris Library in Preston on Friday 10 October. ' "My Dearest Girls" – Helen's Story' has been created by acclaimed writer and solo performer Francesca Millican-Slater. The piece is based […]

A memorial cross and surrounding gardens in the grounds of County Hall have been renovated as part of the commemoration of the centenary of World War One. A formal re-dedication of the war memorial has been carried out by the vicar of Preston, Father Timothy Lipscomb. He was joined by the Chairman of Lancashire County […]

Tickets for the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2014, the only awards exclusively focused on and celebrating the county’s £3.5billion visitor economy businesses, go on sale today (Friday 3 October) just as exciting details of what’s in store for Lancashire’s most prestigious tourism event start to emerge. Marketing Lancashire, organisers of the annual awards, revealed today that […]