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Ian McKellen is to celebrate his 80th birthday next year by raising funds for theatres, with a new solo show which will play on 80 stages across the UK, and Blackpool’s Grand Theatre is on the list!

Lancashire’s shining stars have been announced at a glittering celebration of Lancashire’s £4.25 billion visitor economy at the Lancashire Tourism Awards.

We know it’s grand to be in Lancashire and over the next few weeks and on Lancashire Day itself, Tuesday 27 November, we’d like your help to spread the word by sharing what’s ‘grand’ about Lancashire history, culture and people, with the rest of the world. 

When you’re a 3400lb Asian elephant and want to get in on the Halloween celebrations even the biggest of store bought pumpkins just won’t cut it!

Lancaster’s biggest and most popular music festival: Highest Point - is back for 2019.

Blackpool’s award-winning Lightpool Festival is back for the October half-term – and it promises to be more spectacular than ever!

In the week leading up to the anniversary on November 11, a huge poppy will be projected on the side of Clitheroe Castle, before Ribble Valley Mayor Stuart Carefoot lights one of 1,000 national beacons marking the historic Armistice.

People across Chorley are invited to take part in the town’s tributes to remember those who lost their lives serving their country with 2018 having added significance as it marks 100 years since the end of the First World War.

Everyone is welcome to Amazing Accrington, with a whole weekend of events planned to open the new Town Square on 10th November and to take part in ‘Battle’s Over, a Nation’s Tribute’ on 11th November, commemorating the centenary of the end of World War One.

Christopher William Shankly Carline the Grandson of the legendary Liverpool FC football manager and former Preston North End player Bill Shankly OBE has today revealed the name of the themed restaurant for the £15M Shankly Hotel Preston which is due to open in June next year.