The Lower Lune Valley Ward stretches up the Lune Valley on the south side of the river. Taking in the villages of Caton, Wray and Quernmore along with the rural areas surrounding them..
A ‘real craft fair’ with hand-crafted goods made by local artisans.
10am-4pm. Sunday 17th August
Victoria Institute, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9QT.
Entry is Free. Refreshments available.
Full details on the website www.lunevalleycraftfairs.co.uk
A new paper entitled The Big Green View has been launched by the Green party in North Lancashire, covering Lancaster, Morecambe, Fleetwood and all places in-between. The paper covers green politics from a wide variety of different angles
- from the global to the local.
The Government is currently deciding which company will operate the successor to the Post Office card account (POCA) from 2010. Although the Post Office has made a strong bid, it is far from certain that it will win the contract. The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is taking action to secure the contract for the Post Office and a future for the post office network (more…)
LESS Climate Change and Energy Advice Project will be holding an open meeting about Climate Change and what people in Caton and Brookhouse can practically do about it.
Hornby High School is no longer under imminent threat of closure by the County Council. An innovative proposal to form a ‘small schools’ federation’ between Hornby and Skerton has made the County Council rethink its plans.The campaign to save the school from closure got incredible support from parents and local people. The two schools will keep their own identities and links with their different communities.
Proposals announced on January 22nd to close sub-post offices across the district have been met with anger and disbelief from residents and local councillors. The closure threat is part of a nationwide plan to axe up to 2500 Post Offices from the network. Green County Councillor Chris Coates, said “Axing local post offices affects some customers more than others; those on lower incomes, people with disabilities and carers, female customers and those over 65. What used to be a public service is now becoming a purely cash driven organisation.”
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The children of Quernmore Primary School are celebrating the installation of 5kW Iskra AT5-1 wind turbine on a 12 metre mast in their school grounds. Quernmore Primary is an Eco-Schools Green Flag award-winning establishment that over the course of recent years has successfully integrated the teaching of environmental issues into its curriculum. (more…)
Lancashire County Council Deptuty Chairman Alan Whittaker still considers the establishment of a privately sponsered Academy School in Lancaster as the best way forward for secondary schools in the district. He made this statement at a meeting in Lancaster Town Hall of the City Council Task Group that is looking into the issues surounding the proposed closures of Hornby & Skerton High schools (more…)
Teachers, parents and pupils from Hornby High School were out in force in Lancaster Market Square over half term getting support for their campaign to stop the proposed closure of the School by Lancashire County Council. The school are fighting to “protect the future of education in the Lune Valley and the right of parents to choose a small, rural High School”. (more…)
Lancaster City Council’s planning dept performed a U-turn and changed it’s recommendation that would have allowed tourist cabins to be built next to a natal otter holt at the Crook of Lune. Otters are a protected species under wildlife protection laws and any disturbance of a breeding holt is a criminal offence. A wildlife police officer was in attendance at the meeting where councillors heard local residents and wildlife experts argue against the proposals. Speaking at the meeting Cllr Chris Coates said ” It would seem that the applicant has been seriously misled by the authorities as to the nature of the protection of otters, this should never have got to the point where a planning application was submitted.” The application was rejected.
