Environment

United Utilities have been issued with drought permits to allow the company to take water from Lancashire reservoirs.

Benches, kid’s explorer backpacks and a printed visitor guide are all new features planned for a Witherslack nature reserve, thanks to a grant from Tarmac Limited Landfill Communities Fund.

The Morecambe alleyway chosen to be the first to be transformed from scruffy wasteland to beautiful back alley has received its first lick of paint.

A team of walkers who covered over 1,000 miles in less than three weeks are sending a message of thanks to the people that helped them on their way.

Lancaster City Council is asking businesses on Caton Road to contribute towards a major new flood relief scheme, or risk being left defenceless.

Do you ever dream of discovering hidden treasure? Are your eyes peeled as you walk across fields looking for a glint of bronze or silver in the ground ? For some people finding such treasure is not the stuff of children’s storybooks but a dream  which comes true.

Over 60,000 people enjoyed Morecambe Carnival over the weekend with feedback from the public saying it was the best one yet.

A pilot scheme to stop seagulls leaving a trail of destruction on bin day got off the ground in central Morecambe with the issuing of up to 100 seagull-proof bin bags to residential properties and businesses.

A Lancaster University spin-off company is the only commercial supplier in the world for isotopically pure helium.

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A charitable trust launched to help young people enjoy nature has so far helped more than 200 children.

With the hosepipe ban set to come in across the region this weekend, United Utilities have cancelled the ban with only days to go.

More resources are needed to cope with potential winter flooding, a Lancaster councillor has warned.

Thirteen hen harrier chicks have fledged on the United Utilities Estate in Bowland.