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Preston project using dance to engage pupils with the wonder of space

Preston-based dancer Lucy Starkey who is performing the moves for the Space in Schools project - Image credit: Into Our Skies, Photographs by Rebecca Richards Astronomy and dance are being combined in a new project to help engage primary school pupils with the wonders of space. The Into Our Skies: Space in Schools project from […]

3 years ago
Proposed Farington logistics hub to boost local employment

Plans Submitted for New Central Lancashire Logistics Hub Property developer Caddick Developments has submitted plans to deliver a new logistics and industrial hub in Farington. The proposed scheme is expected to bring an economic boost to the region, […]

3 years ago
Preston community groups awarded share of £25,000 funding

Project Fit Preston based in London Road is one of the groups to benefit Pic: Project Fit Preston / Facebook Four community groups from Preston have been awarded a share of over £25,000 through Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw’s Community Action Fund. CAF funding has been distributed to […]

3 years ago
Baby Beat funds new sensory therapy experience for sick babies in Preston

Baby Beat funds new multi-sensory therapy experience for preterm and sick babies at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital are set to benefit from a multi-sensory therapy experience. A grant for a mobile play therapy unit called The […]

3 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Digital platform launches for Preston and South Ribble Flood Risk scheme

Environment Agency staff showcase the flood defences Pic: Chris Hough Residents of Preston and South Ribble now have access to a new online platform to attend virtual meetings, access information and provide feedback on their proposed flood risk management scheme. […]

3 years ago
Fulwood grandad replaces Peruvian Andes with Preston Guild Wheel for charity trek

John and daughter Leonie with Oscar and Sid on the Guild Wheel walk Had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic, Fulwood man John Farnden would have been trekking the Peruvian Andes to raise money for Rosemere Cancer Foundation this year. Instead, John […]

4 years ago
Commemorative plaque at Royal Preston Hospital for much-loved doctor

Dr Prab Salpekar A plaque has been erected at Royal Preston Hospital’s new Critical Care Unit in memory of Dr Prab Salpekar, a much-loved and highly-respected Lancashire physician. Dr Salpekar, who passed away […]

4 years ago
Preston station’s historic glazing gets modern replacement

The front of Preston Station Pic: Donna Clifford A major restoration project on Preston railway station’s glazed frontage is complete. The £600,000 Great North Rail Project investment has seen the north side of the 140-year-old station transformed with […]

4 years ago
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