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New project to connect 60 Prestons from around the world starts in our city

Preston Calling image with the Harris as the backdrop A new project is set to connect Prestons around the world. Preston Calling is being run by Derelict with the aim of discovering the similarities and differences between the 60 […]

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Here’s when the NHS Spitfire will fly over Preston today

The NHS Spitfire Pic: marcart from Pixabay The ‘THANK U NHS’ Spitfire will fly over Royal Preston Hospital in Fulwood at 2.13pm today (Sunday 30 August). The Aircraft Restoration Company’s Spitfire PL983 ‘L’ is being covered with […]

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Co-op staff from Ingol, Larches and Penwortham have been helping out during lockdown

Thank you cards and rainbows, colour by children during lockdown Co-op food and funeral care colleagues across Preston and South Ribble have been working with local communities during the coronavirus lockdown. Two Member Pioneers, David Carthy in Ingol and Larches […]

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I grew up in Byrons – Saturday night memories of the Preston nightclub 30 years on

Byrons cassette tapes recording from the night Thirty years ago this month a Saturday night started at a little club across from Preston Bus Station. It was once the Piper and went on to become Barristers, but […]

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Fulwood charity to host virtual balloon race fundraiser

Fulwood charity Baby Beat will be hosting their first ever Virtual Balloon Race event next month. On Monday 14 September at 12pm, balloons will take off from Red Square, Moscow, […]

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In case you missed it: Five stories from Preston this week, August 22 to 28

A lot has happened in Preston over the last seven days. Preston and South Ribble saw a drop in coronavirus rates thanks to local measures, and police launched an appeal […]

5 years ago
UCLan project secures funding to help upskill gym and leisure employees

Active Lancashire will collaborate with UCLan on the project A Lancashire based project to make employees’ lives healthier has received national funding. Active Lancashire and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have joined forces to lead a programme to […]

5 years ago
Fundraising fortnight secures £11,000 for Leyland charities

Lead engineer, Ben Holloway’s, truck pull Staff at Leyland Trucks have raised £11,000 for local causes through their one-off Factory to Festival (F2F) Miles Better Together fundraising event. The fortnight-long socially distanced fundraiser, organised by Leyland […]

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