Archive August 2012

The team representing Lancaster in the International Youth Games has returned with a total of 47 medals (16 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze).

01/08/12

Lancaster City Council is asking the public to help it review its gambling policy.

02/08/12

Lancaster City Council is urging people who have not yet registered to vote to complete and return their annual canvass forms and save themselves a knock on the door.

02/08/12

An afternoon of fun and games will mark the official opening of a new family play and recreation area in Morecambe.

06/08/12

A day of fun activities brought hundreds of children to Williamson Park on Wednesday August 1 as Lancaster City Council celebrated National Playday.

06/08/12

Residents are being given the opportunity to talk about local issues and get involved in their community.

07/08/12

Visitors to Morecambe Bay are being reminded to take care and check tide tables before venturing out after a fisherman had to be rescued after becoming cut off by the tide.

07/08/12

Lancaster City Council has launched a new fund worth nearly £300,000 to provide help and support to some of the district’s voluntary, community, faith and arts organisations.

08/08/12

John Graham Davies' Beating Berlusconi!, a one man comedy show covering forty years, forty characters and the greatest football night ever, is coming to the Platform in Morecambe on September 8.

08/08/12

Nominations from the public have helped to set the new Street Pride programme for 2012/13.

13/08/12

The autumn/winter programme for the Platform in Morecambe is now available and crammed full of top class musicians and comedy talent.

13/08/12

Lancaster City Council is one of three districts in Lancashire to have embarked on an exciting partnership with Methodist Action (NW), a Preston based charity.

14/08/12

With an apprenticeship at Lancaster City Council, you can earn whilst you learn and gain practical skills from the workplace.

16/08/12

Lancaster City Council was informed by the Storey Creative Industries Centre Ltd (SCIC Ltd) on August 15 that the company intended to cease trading from 5pm that day, and to put the company into liquidation.

16/08/12

The sky promises to be the limit when the Morecambe Seaside Festival flies back into the resort on the weekend of September 1 and 2.

17/08/12

Salt Ayre Sports Centre will be celebrating the start of the London Paralympic Games with a day of free sporting activities.

20/08/12

Top class comedians are lined up to perform at the Platform’s new stand-up comedy club which opens its doors this month.

20/08/12

Due to the August Bank Holiday, waste and recycling collections during the week commencing Monday 27 August will take place one day later than normal.

24/08/12

Voluntary groups across the Lancaster district are invited to apply for funding from Lancaster City Council’s welfare grant scheme.

28/08/12

Local history and culture will come to life again this year when local buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors during this year's Heritage Open Days.

29/08/12

Residents from Lancaster and Morecambe have used their knowledge of recycling to win a competition run by Lancaster City Council.

30/08/12