Were northern seaside landladies really battleaxes? No, says historian
History project tells stories about the lives of women who ran B&Bs in Morecambe
‘The music industry is smoke and mirrors’: how DIY duo the Lovely Eggs are keeping the north weird
The psych-poppers have made records with Iggy Pop and launched their own TV channel, but their biggest challenge yet is taking shape in their home city of Lancaster
Today in Focus
Is Labour about to win a local elections landslide?
Councillors, mayors and police commissioners across England and Wales are facing voters this week. What’s at stake?
April 2024
Lancashire town locked down ‘after grenade donated to heritage centre’
Allegations against ex-Tory MP Mark Menzies referred to Lancashire police
Lord Hoyle, father of Commons speaker, Lindsay, dies aged 98
Lord Hoyle obituary
Twenty Labour councillors quit party in protest at leadership
Family pay tribute to boy, 16, killed in Lancashire farm buggy crash
March 2024
Other lives
Derek Shaw obituary
Lady Henig obituary
February 2024
Labour suspends second parliamentary candidate over Israel comments
Love me for a season: Boyzone ‘set to become face’ of non-league Chorley FC
January 2024
British dancer dies in US after eating mislabelled biscuit containing peanuts
Órla Baxendale, described by family as ‘a beautiful, radiant, brave soul’, died after going into anaphylactic shock in Connecticut
The Spin newsletter
Lowerhouse’s remarkable hall of fame adds to historic cricket club charms
Top-class overseas professionals rushed to gain rich experience at still-thriving club before the year-long nature of modern cricket
Other lives
Stuart Walker obituary
Other lives: Film and TV production designer whose work included The Camomile Lawn and Portrait of a Marriage
December 2023
‘Supercell thunderstorms’: the rare phenomenon behind the Greater Manchester tornado
‘Fire’ at Blackpool Tower turns out to be flapping orange netting
Strong R sound of some Lancashire accents in danger of dying out
Blackpool nurse who drugged patients for ‘easy life’ jailed for seven years
