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Tatham Fells Old School Committee annual meeting

4:47pm Monday 8th March 2010

EDWARD Mason, chairman of Tatham Fells Old School Committee, opened the annual meeting, where committee members and officers were all re-elected.

Nether Kellet Parish Council members look at waste sites exhibition

4:33pm Monday 8th March 2010

RESIDENTS have received letters of invitations to an exhibition at Morecambe Library regarding mineral and waste sites.

38 at Nether Kellet gardening meeting

4:32pm Monday 8th March 2010

Nether Kellet Gardening Club chairman Harry Fancy welcomed 38 members to the meeting when the speaker was Matthew Murgatroyd, a gardener from Sizergh Castle.

Nether Kellet speed limit revision

4:31pm Monday 8th March 2010

MAPS are being fixed to lamp posts and other places around Nether Kellet village regarding the revision of the 30mph speed limit.

Ex-pupils and staff gather for Carnforth High School's 50th anniversary do

PARTY: John Shannon, right, with pupils Jenny Casson and Joe Sykes, and ex-heads Geoff Lord, left, and Paul Legon

5:48pm Friday 5th March 2010

MORE than 300 former pupils of Carnforth High gathered to share their memories of the school at its 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday.

Morecambe Weather Station saved

5:45pm Friday 5th March 2010

THE Meteorological Office has stepped in to save the Morecambe Weather Station.

North Lancashire duo are perfect culinary match

Andrew Wildsmith and his head chef Brent Hulena.

9:31am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

THE owner and head chef of an acclaimed north Lancashire hotel have proved they are the perfect match after reaching the final of a major culinary competition.

North Lancashire swimmers' fears over pools

‘STAY AFLOAT’: Coun AFLOAT’: Coun Peter Williamson (right), with Francoise Nott and worried swimmers

4:20pm Friday 26th February 2010

SWIMMERS in north Lancashire face the loss of three community pools after a cost-cutting council decision.

Mystery as visitors repair vandalised Silverdale seat

GOOD WORK: Andy Fletcher with his dog 'Doug' sits on the repaired  Silverdale bench

11:10am Friday 5th February 2010

MYSTERIOUS ‘campers with a conscience’ have repaired a vandalised memorial seat at a popular north Lancashire tourist spot.

Morecambe on Bay-watch alert for Pamela Anderson

Morecambe on Bay-watch alert for Pamela Anderson

12:16pm Thursday 4th February 2010

FORMER Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is looking for a new beachside home and Morecambe Bay is hot on her list, according to a national newspaper.

Morecambe woman wins bidding for Appleby station master sign

LOTS: Louise Middleton, Kate Throupe, Neil Booth, Daphne Park with her dad’s Station Master sign, and Kate's daughter Claire Richardson and her two grandchildren Anna-Mae and Joseph Richardson

5:12pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

THE daughter of one of Appleby railway station’s longest-serving station masters has been reunited with the sign which hung on his office door after 40 years.

North Lancs firefighter describes Haiti earthquake rescue

Mark Monkhouse a firefigher from Bolton Le Sands, who travelled to Haiti to help in the rescue operation.

4:12pm Thursday 28th January 2010

WHEN a huge 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the impoverished Carribean state of Haiti, firefighters from across the country were scrambled from their beds to join the urgent search for survivors. We met up with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s fire-fighter Mark Monkhouse, who lives at Bolton-le-Sands, to hear about his experiences in the rescue operation.

Tattoo shop ‘no threat to Carnforth’

Darren High who set up Skin Vandal Tattoos.

3:21pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

A TATTOOIST is making his mark on Carnforth after setting up the town’s first body art and piercing parlour.

Missing woman safe and well

3:21pm Sunday 24th January 2010

A WOMAN who had not been seen for four days has been found safe and well.

Concern grows for missing Carnforth woman

7:19pm Saturday 23rd January 2010

AN appeal has been launched to find a North Lancashire woman who has been missing for four days.

Lancashire firefighters help rescue two people in Haiti

2:19pm Monday 18th January 2010

FIREFIGHTERS from Carnforth and Halton have helped rescue two people from the rubble of buildings flattened by an earthquake that has devastated the Carabean island of Haiti.

Rope across road puts motorists at risk in Silverdale

9:55am Monday 18th January 2010

OFFICERS in North Lancashire are warning of the risks to motorists after a piece of rope was stretched dangerously across a Silverdale road.




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