Preston and Lancashire are set for further icy conditions this weekend. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning from midnight tonight until 11am on Saturday (9 January). Skies […]

Since spring, we’ve watched on in delight as the family of swans has survived and thrived on the Lancaster Canal in Ashton. The two adults have nurtured nine babies, who […]

It’s time to put away the summer clothes and dust off the coats and jumpers as the best season is back again. Autumn has arrived in the blink of an […]

A cygnet that appeared in an Ingol car park has found its way back to its family on the Lancaster Canal. Alan Drew who lives in Brook Croft spotted the […]

A cygnet has been rescued and rehomed in Southport after it crash-landed in an Ashton backyard. It appears the bird was one of the nine cygnets that were born on […]

A white BMW was involved in a road pursuit on the M6 yesterday (Thursday 6 August). The car with two occupants destroyed a bridge before crashing into the Lancaster Canal […]

Firefighters spent Bank Holiday Monday morning put out a fire on a barge on the Lancaster Canal. Crews from Lancaster and Garstang were called to the fire on Monday (May […]

A group of neighbours from Ashton-on-Ribble are holding their third annual canal clean up as part of the nationwide Great Get Together campaign. Last year’s clean up saw a shopping […]