The new CCTV cameras on the Bay Cycle Way between Lancaster and Morecambe have now gone live. Twenty-two CCTV cameras have been installed along the Bay Cycle Way to help residents feel safer, after concerns were raised following a series of serious incidents. Among them, a woman in her 70s …
Read More »From Florida, to Lancaster, to Canada – the story of a letter that arrived in Lancaster 80 years late
On the morning of Friday February 17, an unusual item arrived at the doorstep of a Lancaster care home. Picked up by the Acting Manager of The Sands Meadows care home, Kevin Beattie noted that the strange package had been wrapped up in a plastic bag, used by Royal Mail …
Read More »Heysham woman yarn bombing post boxes with incredible Tyson Fury tributes
A woman from Heysham has knitted a doll of Tyson Fury in homage to what the Gypsy King does for Morecambe and now she hopes he might pose for a selfie beside it. Val Sawczyn, 60, is quite the whiz when it comes to knitting and crocheting. Her needle skills …
Read More »Tyson Fury fan creates knitted ‘Gypsy King’ post box topper in his honour
Val Sawczyn (right) and her stepdaughter Cassie with the Tyson Fury post box topper in Morecambe A big fan of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has created a special post box topper on a Morecambe street in his honour. Val Sawczyn knitted and crocheted a Tyson Fury doll and …
Read More »Lancashire’s 498 new coronavirus cases as 24 more tragically lose their lives
There has been almost 500 further cases of coronavirus in Lancashire with two dozen more residents losing their lives at the hands of the disease despite infection rates falling across every county borough. On Friday (November 27), Public Health England announced 498 people had tested positive for the virus in …
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