A new coffee shop as part of an £18 million student block of flats has been approved. The Friargate Court scheme had applied to convert an old electricity sub-station into a […]

How Preston City Council is managing its finances has won praise from Labour’s shadow chancellor. John McDonnell MP said initiatives being run by the city council to drive up local […]

A Preston-based university has agreed a multi-million pound deal in the Middle East. The University of Central Lancashire is to provide courses in Oman and Qatar during the next five […]

A 96-year-old man nearly handed over £200 to suspected fraudsters. Two men knocked at the man’s door in Fulwood on Monday 11 January. They stated they knew him and he […]

An elderly couple have been attacked during a robbery at their home in Preston. Police are hunting two men after they pushed their way into a house in The Chase, […]

Not sure where the new Preston Western Distributor Road is due to go? Carving its way through the countryside to the west of the city the five mile new route […]

The cost of leaving your car in some city centre car parks is to rocket from April. A 24-hour parking ticket for Avenham car park is to rise by 33 […]

Police have stepped up patrols in the Ashton-on-Ribble area after a number of thefts. Members of the public have been reporting on social media a number of bikes have been […]