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Lancaster City Council is celebrating after picking up gold in a national challenge that pitted organisations against each other to see who could get most people on their bikes. Cycle September saw organisations across the country battle it out over the course of a month. This year 161 organisations from across the country with between […]
We are excited to announce that our radio service is expanding and will become available in Blackpool for the first time. The move will see Bay Trust Radio broadcast to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, as well as the Westmorland General Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and to the wider community online. Chief Executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals […]
Lancashire County Council’s cabinet has decided to invest £400,000 in high-priority repairs to three bridges. The funding will be moved from another less-urgent project within the Highways and Transport Capital Programme to ensure the work to the bridges can take place this financial year. The need for repairs to Conder Bridge near Lancaster, Little Tooter […]
The reopening of the newly-refurbished Greyhound Bridge in Lancaster has been delayed by two weeks until Sunday 7 October. The bridge had been due to reopen on Sunday 23 September, but constant rain showers over recent weeks have prevented good progress with work to waterproof the deck. County Councillor Keith Iddon, cabinet member for highways […]
Lancaster City Council has installed two new water fountains – with more to come – as part of its ongoing drive to reduce single-use plastic waste. The new fountains have been installed adjacent to the public toilets on Market Street in Carnforth and the Clock Tower on Morecambe promenade and provide both a bottle filler […]
Meals supplied to schools and care homes by Lancashire County Council have received the thumbs up for being full of fresh and healthy ingredients. The School and Residential Care Catering group has once again been awarded the Soil Association’s prestigious Silver Food for Life Served Here award. The award is a commendation for the 50,000 […]
Lancaster City Council’s newly installed CCTV system is helping to find those responsible for a spate of damage to trees in the city centre. A number of trees along Cheapside and Market Square have recently sustained serious damage which has seen bark stripped from their trunks. Temporary protection is in the process of being erected […]
Recently, the Lancaster and District Chamber of Commerce held a roundtable discussion for its Ambassador members at Cumbria University on the subject of Brexit and the implications for the North Lancashire economy. The guest speaker was Professor Frank Peck, Research Director, Centre for Regional Economic Development, Cumbria University. David Morris Member of Parliament for Morecambe […]
Lancaster’s Mayor has backed a campaign to end holiday hunger. Speaking at a relaunch of Sustainable Food City at Lancaster Town Hall on Thursday, Coun Andrew Kay gave his support to volunteers setting up food clubs, which intercept safe and edible food that would otherwise just go to waste. He also welcomed community food growing […]
Lancaster City Council, along with partners Alliance Leisure, have won another top award for their redevelopment of Salt Ayre Leisure Centre. The redevelopment was recognised at the inaugural ukactive uprising Awards, winning the New Concept, Build and Design of the Year category. The awards recognise the contribution that physical activity has in all aspects of […]
