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Manchester’s spring markets return to the city this Thursday and promise even more choice than ever this year. There will even be a brand new market in King Street – recreating all the fun of an English Garden fete. Amidst hydrangeas, bunting and flowers there’s a chance to sample a traditional Ploughman’s with Mrs [...] The new Museum of Liverpool is to benefit from £3.4 million of funding to support the creation of four exciting exhibition spaces. The Museum, due to open next year on Liverpool’s historic waterfront, will be one of the world’s most spectacular city history museums. The investment,from The Northwest European Regional Development Fund, will support the [...] What will you be doing at 4.00am on Sunday morning? You may not want to answer that but the 4amproject may like to hear from you. They are gathering a collection of photos from around the world at that magical time of 4am on Easter Sunday. Everyone can take part and join in! [...] Dovestones Lake Plans to make visiting Dove Stone Reservoir more enjoyable will be “low key,” Saddleworth Parish Councillors were told last night. Roy Taylor of the RSPB addressed the council meeting at Uppermill Civic Hall, and promised he didn’t want to see Dove Stone become a busy attraction like nearby [...] Heritage tourism can play a key role in boosting the flagging economy, according to a report out today which shows its scale and significance across the UK. The report by the Heritage Lottery fund found that visits to churches,castles,museums and the countryside are worth £7.4bn a year to the economy ,much bigger that more visible sectors [...] Literature comes to the waters of the Lake District next week as the 2010 Words by the water gets under way on the banks of Derwentwater. Keswick hosts ten days of writing celebration featuring amongst others,Fay Weldon,Melvyn Bragg,Diana Athill,Shirley Williams and Roy Hattersley. Writers and readers will get the chance to get together to share the pleasure [...] Lancashire sausages 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the Food Northwest Awards, celebrating business success in the food and drink industry across the Northwest. Organised by Food Northwest, the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) cluster organisation set up to lead the food and drink industry, and to help to grow the Northwest regional economy, the Food [...] Last week we reported on the Open for Business’ campaign, organised by the Lakes Hospitality Association and Cumbria Tourism, to attract people to the Lake District after the devestating floods before Xmas. The good news that the campaign has now been extended to the 27th March,it was originally to end this week but demand saw places [...] History records Preston as the site of a famous battle during the civil war in 1648,an encounter which effectively ended the second phase of the English civil war. Cromwell’s New Model Army then defeated the invading Scots who were looking to put Charles back on the thrown. However 67 years later,the town was the centre of another [...] Bolton’s Museum Aquarium and Archive is set for a half a million pound makeover in the new year. At the centre piece will be Samuel Crompton’s Spinning Mule and its impact on society which will feature in a new, permanent gallery in the museum. The project is part of the North West’s Raising The Game programme that [...] |
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