After decades of decline Lancashire's once-dominant textile industry is experiencing a new revival and proving it can successfully compete with overseas suppliers. One hundred years ago, the ...

The British Textile Biennial has announced a programme that focuses on the issue of sustainability in textile production, ahead of its exhibitions later this month. The displays will be asking whether ...

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A textiles firm is switching some of its production to face masks and wipe-clean pillows. Lancashire Textiles, which usually makes duvets, pillows and mattresses, feared it might have to close or make ...

“She’s a bonny woman,” said a mill girl as the red and black Rolls-Royce with the royal standard fluttering above its radiator crept through a Lancashire cotton town one sunny day last week. From the ...