Environment

Seven months on from the major flooding that hit Galgate, residents are becoming increasingly concerned about new building developments that could leave them even more at risk than ever before. Nick Lakin reports...

Lancaster University’s 
Professor Louise Heathwaite has been awarded a CBE 
in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours 2018.

Wildlife in three of Lancashire’s major estuaries could receive protection after the Government announced a consultation on 41 proposed Marine conservation Zones around the UK.

Engineers from Lancaster University have helped to spearhead a world first in particle physics technology.

A Lancaster community group says people have showed “very little respect for their local environment” after they carried out two litter picks in the space of a week.

Gum zappers are tackling some of the most gummed-up streets in Morecambe town centre.

A campaign to get everyone to spend every day in June doing something wild is set to be bigger and better than ever.

If you go down to the woods today, you’ll discover a secret garden that deserves to be shouted about!

The man behind the illumination of the Ashton Memorial is putting in many hours of his own time in a bid to raise awareness of worthy causes.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has called for an official investigation into Northern Rail after being bombarded with complaints about its service from passengers since the start of the year.

Reporter Nick Lakin took a tour of the Materials Recovery Facility at Farington, near Leyland, to find out what happens to our recyclable waste.

Wildlife is thriving along the Millennium Cycleway trhough Caton thanks to the help of local youngsters.

With plans for a new £4m wedding and conference venue, a treetop adventure trail and a brand new three-day music festival, these are exciting times for Lancaster’s Williamson Park.

A former Lancaster University student from Morecambe is the brains behind multi-million pound plans to bring Cornwall’s Eden Project north.