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10 hours ago · Heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast to break out in the south and west of Lancashire on early Sunday afternoon, moving north whilst growing before clearing later in the afternoon. Read More
10 hours ago · The Lancaster Rocks music night - which was due to take place tonight (Sunday) in Lancaster’s Williamson Park as the finale to Highest Point festival - has been cancelled due a Met Office weather warning. Today's Big Family Day Out will go ahead but will finish at 4pm as a result of the warning.
10 hours ago · Northern England—especially Lancashire, but also Yorkshire and the North East—has a tradition of matriarchal families, where the woman of the house runs the home and controls the family's finances. This too has its roots in industrialisation, when mills offered well-paid work for women: during depressions when demand for coal and steel were ...
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10 hours ago · In 2021, Spa joined 11 other towns in a single UNESCO World Heritage listing as “Great Spa Towns of Europe”. Its new found status has given Spa a boost after suffering a decline in popularity in the 20th century.
10 hours ago · The Lancaster Canal dates from 1793 and was intended to link Kendal with Westhougton via Lancaster. It was never completed, and these days it runs from Tewitfield - a few miles north of Carnforth - down to Preston. It is used for pleasure purposes, whereas originally, it was designed to move coal and other goods to Lancaster. There was a vast expansion of the railways in the mid- and late 19th ...
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10 hours ago · When I hosted the Global Anti Fraud Summit in Lancaster House a few months back, Singapore were very open and engaged partners and extended an invitation to see them in action.
10 hours ago · 'Our sincere condolances are with the walker's family and friends' Mountain Rescue teams received a call, early on Thursday, May 9, that a lone male had not made contact after a walk from Seathwaite to Scafell Pike. The Team Leader gathered further information through the night and called out the ...
