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Preston City Centre

The city centre includes the administrative and main shopping areas of the city. The city’s law courts are found here, police station, town hall and of course Preston Bus Station. The electoral ward is known as Town Centre despite the change to city status.

Rock and roll cocktail bar Kuckoo wins national award

A busy night in Kuckoo in Fox Street in Preston city centre Kuckoo bar has won a national award for best late night operator – 14 years after Preston was the first in the mini-chain to open. The rock and roll cocktail […]

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Cannabis farm discovered on Fishergate Hill

Police and Electricity North West were in attendance. A cannabis farm has been uncovered at a property in Preston today. Preston Police said they were called just before 10am on Wednesday (10 April). They attended a property on […]

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Fishergate Shopping Centre could be demolished as part of railway station plans

Station Quarter - Fishergate Shopping Centre redevelopment The Fishergate Shopping Centre could be completely demolished as part of plans that would see the area around the city’s railway station transformed. It is almost two years since a […]

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Preston Weekender issues ‘low ticket warning’

Event at the Flag Market A low ticket warning has been issued for 2024’s Preston Weekender. The Preston Bank Holiday Weekender has released its final wave of tickets with early-bird and general admission tickets having […]

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Advertisement Advertisement Preston Makers Market to bring more than 70 stalls to Flag Market

A busy makers market during March on the Flag Market Pic: Preston Makers Market The latest Makers Market will sprawl across the Flag Market once again this weekend. Taking place on Saturday (13 April) the market, which is free to visit, features dozens of […]

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Young man left with injuries after 2am assault outside Baluga

Baluga Bar Pic: Tony Worrall A man in his 20s was assaulted outside a bar in Preston city centre in an incident last month. Police were called to the scene outside Baluga nightclub on 23 […]

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Frenchwood man Wilbur’s 40 year journey as a youth worker at The Foxton Centre

Micheal Wiltshire, youth worker of 40 years at The Foxton Centre. Michael Wiltshire, also known as Wilbur, is a civil servant in Preston but also works as a part-time project worker at The Foxton Centre, making a difference in young people’s […]

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Demolition job on The Foxton Centre’s Avenham base begins

The demolition site at Knowsley Street For more than five decades The Foxton Centre has stood on Knowsley Street in Avenham. Now the youth and community centre is being knocked down to make way for a […]

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