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Egg hunt to celebrate 20 years of Preston being a Fairtrade City

Knitted Egg An egg hunt is taking place to celebrate 20 years of Preston being a Fairtrade City. 15 knitted Easter eggs have been placed at different city centre businesses – all […]

18 hours ago
Free film festival coming to Preston

Close up of a group of friends enjoying a movie in the cinema A free cultural film festival starts in Preston this week. The University of Central Lancashireā€™sĀ Asia Pacific Film Festival will screen eight movies between Wednesday 27 March and Friday 26 April. […]

2 days ago
Eggciting things to do in and around Preston for Easter 2024

Preston has been basking in mid-20 degree heat throughout the Easter weekend Pic: Tony Worrall With the blossom coming out across Preston, it can mean only one thing yolks – Easter is just around the corner. There’s plenty of eggciting activities going on across the […]

4 days ago
Special gin launched for Preston Caribbean Carnivalā€™s 50th anniversary celebrations

Preston Caribbean Carnival gin A limited edition gin has been born to celebrate Preston Caribbean Carnival’s 50th anniversary. The Carnival committee worked on the gin with Wild Fox Distillery, based in Inglewhite, who offer […]

5 days ago
Advertisement Advertisement Winckley Square planting project completes quickly thanks to ‘overwhelming’ volunteer response

Friends of Winckley Square volunteering day A recent volunteer event at Winckley Square was so oversubscribed that a planned three-hour job took just a fraction of the time to complete. Friends of Winckley Square (FoWS) had […]

5 days ago
National Football Museum brings new Pride of the Pitch exhibition to Lancashire Archives in Preston

Dick Kerr's Ladies Football Team, Preston 1920 Pic: Preston Digital Archive A brand new exhibition by the National Football Museum is launching in Preston. Pride of the Pitch chronicles Prestonā€™s footballing icons from the Invincibles team of the 1880s to Dick, […]

5 days ago
Preston Caribbean club Jalgos holding open day this weekend as fears grow over future

Jalgos members Jalgos Sports and Social Club is holding on open day and night this weekend. The free event kicks off at 2pm tomorrow (Saturday 23 March) with a series of family-friendly […]

6 days ago
19-year prison sentence for Penwortham rapist

Kieran Larbey A man from Penwortham has been jailed for 19 years for a catalogue of offences committed against three young women.Ā  Kieran Larbey raped two of the women and assaulted the […]

6 days ago
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