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Leven’s Elizabethan Hall is the backdrop for the Lakes Chilli Fest this weekend. Taking place over two days on the 14th and 15th,the festival promises even more stalls than previous years and will include a wide range of chilli-related items such as chutneys, jams, sauces, chocolate, seeds, rubs and powders, chilli smoothies, clothing, plants, breads and [...] Arts and lesuire activities across the North West are under threat after yesterday’s announcement by the region’s development agency that uncommitted projects will not receive NWDA funding this year and there will be no new financial commitments in the following year. Amongst the projects threatened are the National Football Museum’s move to Urbis. Reacting to the [...] Blackpool’s pleasure beach has clinched a deal with entertainment giant Nickelodeon to create a six-acre plot dedicated to the channel’s favourite characters which will create more than 270 jobs in the resort The deal is a joint project with the TV channel and Blackpool Council, who are lending the Pleasure Beach £5m for the development. It will [...] This weekend saw work start on a key phase of essential improvement work on the Liverpool underground railway, with passengers in south Liverpool set to benefit from a more reliable railway. The work is part of a wider scheme to renew part of the track on the Northern line in the tunnel [...] Pendle Productions return to Worden Park in Leyland and to the Lowther Pavilion at Lytham St Annes for a second season of children’s summer outdoor theatre following on from last years huge success. Once again these will be fronted by the energetic talents of Ian Fox who entertained the crowds last season [...] The North West water provider United Utilities have been fined £6,000 after a sewage spill into Walverden Water in Nelson, Lancashire. The company have also been ordered to pay costs of 3,575.84GBP. The Environment Agency was alerted to the pollution on the 13 June 2009 by reports from members of the public. On inspection [...] Blackpool and the Lake District are amongst the 38 places vying to be added to the UK’s new Tentative List of sites for World Heritage status. Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose has today published the list of applications to join the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China,the Sydney Opera House and more [...] The Lowther Castle & Gardens Trust has announce the appointment of Andrew Mercer as Commercial Director for the ambitious project to open the ruin of Lowther Castle and its abandoned hidden gardens near Penrith in the Lake District National Park. The 130 acre, Grade II* listed site contains the remnants of at least three [...] Lancashire’s latest dedicated off-road route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders has been officially unveiled. The £1.4 million Padiham Greenway runs along a former railway line through the centre of Padiham and forms part of a longer route proposed between Great Harwood and Burnley. The scheme has transformed a derelict railway line that suffered from flytipping, litter [...] Civil engineering workers in Cumbria and north Lancashire are celebrating a new era today with the start of a new contract to help the Highways Agency operate motorways and key A roads across the area. The Highways Agency announced in February it had appointed EnterpriseMouchel as its new Managing Agent Contractor (MAC) [...] |
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