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Preston parks including Winckley Square and Avenham Park retain Green Flag status

Avenham Park Six Preston parks have received the Green Flag Awards for being high quality green spaces. Preston City Council retained the award for Avenham and Miller Parks, Ashton Park, Fishwick local […]

1 year ago
Call for Preston city centre health hub as part of Royal Preston Hospital plans

Preston skyline Pic: Mick Gardner A senior Preston councillor has called for the NHS to make good on talk of improving community services as part of the plans to build a new Royal Preston Hospital. […]

1 year ago
Pop-up creative scrap store coming to Preston Bus Station

Preston Bus Station at night Pic: Tony Worrall A creative scrap store is being launched within Preston Bus Station. As part of the Lancashire Encounter Festival there will be a pop-up shop at unit six next door to […]

1 year ago
IKEA opens new store at Deepdale Trade Park

IKEA Preston co-workers and Councillor David Borrow The new IKEA has opened at Deepdale Trade Park. The Plan and Order Point – which is a smaller store dedicated to kitchen and bedroom planning – opened yesterday (Monday […]

1 year ago
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New Hall Lane shops raided with illegal cigarettes, vapes and alcohol seized

Raids along New Hall Lane uncovered more than 20,000 counterfeit cigarettes. Two shops were raided and officers from Lancashire County Council’s trading standards team uncovered the stashes of illicit cigarettes […]

1 year ago
Fundraiser launched to aid Goosnargh Oliverson’s Primary School after fires

A village has rallied round its primary school after an arson attempt damaged playground equipment. Goosnargh Oliverson’s School was targeted twice in the space of a month by a 13-year-old […]

1 year ago
Schoolboy knocked from bike at Preston city centre junction

There are growing calls for a busy zebra crossing in Preston to be replaced with traffic lights after a 10-year-boy was injured in a crash on his way home from […]

1 year ago
Preston Animate cinema complex to now open in 2025

Preston’s under-construction city centre cinema and leisure complex is now set to open in early 2025, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal. Building work on the development had […]

1 year ago
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