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Kemi Badenoch acknowledges need to rebuild faith in Tories during Salwick visit

Kemi Badenoch MP on a visit to Springfields Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has appealed to Lancashire residents to “put their trust” in the Tories at next month’s county council elections. During a campaign visit to the Springfields […]

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St. Walburge’s Church set to have original design aspects reinstated

Some of the tiling that will be replicated in the area revealed when the nave altar is removed (image: Kepczyk Pearce Sanderson, via Preston City Council) A historic Preston church is to be remodelled in order to reinstate aspects of its original design that were undone by an overhaul more than 50 years ago. St. Walburge’s […]

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Legal bid to overturn third jail in Ulnes Walton fails

Approved new Prison In Ulnes Walton A legal bid to overturn the government’s decision to build a third prison in a single Chorley village has failed. Locals campaigning against the new jail in Ulnes Walton have […]

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Church Street pub plans abandoned because nobody wanted to open

The site at Church Street. Credit: Blog Preston Part of a renovated building in Preston city centre is set to be converted into a takeaway and shop – after a plan to reopen it as a pub was […]

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Fierce row between Lancashire police and McDonald’s over new Clayton-le-Woods outlet

CGI of the Clayton-le-Woods McDonald's An extraordinary row broke out between a Lancashire police sergeant and a lawyer for McDonald’s after it was claimed the fast food giant was “synonymous” with antisocial behaviour in the […]

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Council tax in Preston, South Ribble and Chorley: Where it goes, how much it costs and how it works for 2025/26

County Hall in Preston. Pic: Blog Preston With the new council tax year having started this week, residents across Central Lancashire are facing the maximum permitted hikes in their bills across all the main local authorities that […]

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Lancashire County Council 2025 elections: Who can I vote for, how do I register and more

County Hall in Preston. Pic: Blog Preston A total of 437 candidates will be standing at next month’s Lancashire County Council elections – which are set to be the last ever held for the authority. The hopefuls […]

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Around 100 new homes set for new estate on Broughton countryside

Norshaw Crescent, Broughton A bid to build 100 homes in the Preston countryside should be given the green light – because the site is already surrounded by new housing. That is the argument […]

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