Tickets on sale for Lakes Comic Art Festival

Tickets are now on sale for this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival from the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. The Festival, taking place 16th...

Blackpool Zoo welcomes Charlie the Pelican

Bird keepers at Blackpool Zoo are feeling especially chirpy after welcoming the only Eastern White Pelican chick to be hatched in the UK since...

Three Queens salute Liverpool

The Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria return to Liverpool this Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Cunard. A once...

A quarter of Brits believe the Dodo still exists

Worryingly, 23% of a sample of 2,000 Brits believe Brachiosaurus still roam the Earth, while 26% wouldn't be surprised to see a Dodo. One in...

El Niño on the way could spell a harsh winter.

As The Australian Bureau of Meteorology say that the eastern Pacific is in the early stages of a "substantial" El Nino event, the first...

Take me back to Manchester gets transatlantic screening

The film is based on Take Me Back To Manchester, comic artist Oliver East’s most ambitious walking project to date, co-commissioned by the Lakes...

Richard E Grant to play the Duke of Wellington 

The Duke of Wellington was the most famous Briton of the first half of the 19th century. His victory over Napoleon at Waterloo in...

The future of jobs lies in the creative sector

The more creative your job, the less likely you are to be displaced by computers and robots in the future. That is the finding of...

Discover the delights of the dawn chorus at RSPB Leighton Moss

There’s a song in the air at RSPB Leighton Moss, thanks  to nature’s wonderful symphony, and visitors can discover the magic of these early morning vocal...

National Stalking Awareness week.

IS IT STALKING? That is the vital question being addressed in a new awareness film being released by the UK’s leading personal safety charity to launch National Stalking Awareness Week (20 -24...