On Wednesday 20 May 2015 at 6.00 pm the office of Mayor of Preston City was transferred from Councillor Nick Pomfret to Councillor Margaret McManus. As Mayor of Preston, […]

The Moorbrook is celebrating its first birthday this weekend with an extended drinks menu and live music. The pub on North Road in Preston re-opened in 2014 under new owners […]

A Preston-based photographer has been shortlisted for two business awards. Entrepreneur Vaishakhi Chhotai-Doshi is in the contest for the titles Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2015 Fusion Awards and Young […]

A long-stalled retail park plan for a swathe of empty land near Preston city centre is due to see work start in June. Queens Retail park, off Queen Street, has […]

Penwortham Live returns this weekend for three days of music, dance, creative arts and drama. The annual festival will this year see a packed line up, including an Ed Sheeran […]

Salute Andrew Gleave from Walton le Dale. He  is normally based at the Yorkshire Bank’s Bolton branch as Commercial Manager, but his mission on Friday 15 May was to take […]

A teenager was left without his watch and mobile phone after a “nasty attack” in Ashton-on-Ribble. A 17-year-old was walking home along Raglan Street at 11.15pm on Friday 1 May. […]

An elderly woman has died following a collision in Penwortham. Betsy Lowe, 74, from Much Hoole, died at Royal Preston Hospital on Tuesday 19 May nine days after the accident […]