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Preston North End fan Faye achieves fundraising goal for cancer charity

Faye Keeney with her £600 cheque for Rosemere Kind-hearted Preston North End fan Faye Keeney has raised £600 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation by raffling a signed shirt among friends and family. The 11-year-old is a Year Seven pupil […]

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Preston student receives national engineering bursary

Nazma Mulla A student from Preston has been named as one of this year’s recipients of a Royal Academy of Engineering bursary. Nazma Mulla, who is studying Computer Science with Philosophy and […]

2 years ago
Updated plans for Pioneer Tec School at Preston Docks

The Pioneer Education Centre will act as a visitor centre for the Phoenix Park leisure site and provide a space for young people to learn Pic: MCK Design Associates New plans have been submitted for the already approved education centre on the banks of the River Ribble, as part of the Phoenix Park masterplan. Owner of Trax Motor Sport […]

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Preston in 1973: Guild Hall opens, Led Zeppelin banned

The junction of Friargate and Ringway in 1973 Pic: Preston Digital Archive Fifty years ago the country was undergoing an upheaval that was worse than today. There was a double energy crisis with an oil embargo from the Arab nations, such as […]

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Seal pup rescued from farmer’s field in Walton-le-Dale

Seal pup in Walton-le-Dale Pic: @shauncoathup85 A seal pup has been rescued from a farmer’s field in Walton-le-Dale. The pup was found a few hundred metres from the River Darwen near the Capitol Centre earlier today […]

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Freddie Flintoff ‘may not return’ to Top Gear after crash

Freddie Pic: Freddie Flintoff / Facebook Freddie Flintoff is considering quitting Top Gear after his accident last month, according to reports. The incident happened at the TV show’s test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey in […]

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Hidden cigarettes and tobacco worth £18,000 seized from Preston shop

Illicit cigarettes, tobacco and money Pic: Lancashire County Council A large haul of illicit cigarettes and tobacco has been seized from a shop in Preston. Trading Standards officers from Lancashire County Council found more than 1,400 packs of the […]

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Man charged after 83-year-old man punched and robbed in Preston

Walker Street Pic: Google A man has been charged after a pensioner was robbed in Preston. The incident happened on Friday 6 January, when an 83-year-old man was punched in the face in Walker […]

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