Local News from Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

HMV set to close store in Lancaster shopping centre

HMV will close its shop inside a Lancaster shopping centre and hopes to relocate.
Morecambe FC crisis: Lifeline for Shrimps as buyers "ready, willing and able to proceed"

Further talks have taken place with would-be buyers of Morecambe Football Club in efforts to save the Shrimps.
New landlord takes charge at Lancaster pub

A new landlord has taken the reins at a popular Lancaster pub.
Plans for Lancaster church to become 'event space and tourism hub'

Vital roof repairs at a Lancaster city centre church have been completed and plans have been announced for its future as an "event space and tourism hub".
Morecambe Festival Market 'needs to modernise' says councillor

A councillor has called for the town's Festival Market to be modernised - saying it's had 'years of neglect'.
Council apologises for delay as refurbished tennis courts reopen in Lancaster

Public tennis courts in Lancaster are now open again after complaints that they were still closed after refurbishment.
'Bland Castles' will be made on Morecambe beach in protest against boring buildings

Protesters will make sandcastles on Morecambe beach to put the spotlight on a growing epidemic of 'boring buildings'.