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A Preston family is bottling up hand sanitiser and giving it away for free

Some of the hundreds of bottles of sanitiser that the Hussains have filled A Preston family is bottling up hand sanitiser and giving it away for free, in the battle against coronavirus. Shahid Hussain, his wife Kubra, daughter Imaan and his nieces have […]

4 years ago
Tenants looking for new homes as two Preston sheltered housing schemes set to close

Maudland House Pic: Google Maps Tenants at two sheltered housing schemes in Preston are looking for new homes after it was revealed the buildings are set to close. Maudland House near UCLan and Alexandra House […]

4 years ago
Deafening applause outside Royal Preston Hospital as city claps for carers

Emergency services once again applauded outside Royal Preston Hospital Preston had its most thumping round of applause yet for the NHS and key workers across the country. Royal Preston Hospital staff, visitors and emergency services thronged the entrance during […]

4 years ago
Meet the man cooking meals for 50 of the city’s most vulnerable in Ashton

One of the meals prepared by Chris More than 50 vulnerable people in Preston are being fed each day thanks to a kind-hearted community chef. Chris Murray set up the ‘Ashton on Ribble Here For Humanity’ service […]

4 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Baxi Heating engineers swap boilers for visors to help front line NHS workers

Design engineers at a Preston boiler manufacturer have stepped in to produce personal protective equipment to help front line workers. The product design team at Baxi Heating has been producing […]

4 years ago
Army helps transform UCLan sports centre into a coronavirus recovery site

Army personnel at UCLan The army has helped convert UCLan’s Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre in Marsh Lane into a coronavirus patient recovery facility. The extra bed capacity is a contingency to support the […]

4 years ago
New online support service launched for victims of crime in Preston and Lancashire

A new online support resource, My Support Space, has launched for victims of crime in Lancashire. My Support Space is designed to help victims of crime manage the impact crime […]

4 years ago
Police trying to trace two more over nuisance scrambler bikes on Fishwick golf course

Two more scrambler bike riders police want to trace Pic: Preston Police Police have released further pictures in their clampdown on scrambler bikes on a golf course in the city. A quad bike was seized at the former Fishwick golf club site […]

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