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Key locations covered in the Chorley borough to the south side of Preston, Lancashire including Chorley town centre, Euxton, Buckshaw Village, Whittle-le-Woods, Clayton-le-Woods, Clayton Brook, Rivington, Croston, Adlington, Withnell, Brinscall and Hoghton.

J Fishwick and Ribble vintage buses returning to streets of Preston and South Ribble

The green Fishwick buses, a previous regular on the city's streets Pic: Michael Porter Vintage buses are set to return to the streets of Preston and South Ribble. It’s the second annual occasion following last year’s event featuring classic buses from the J Fishwick and […]

2 months ago
Car stolen from Great British Motor Show at Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower from the air A car was reportedly taken in suspicion circumstances at a major Lancashire event last month. Police received a report of the theft of a car from The Great British Motor […]

2 months ago
Gregson Lane village takeaway hit by overnight attack

Damage at Food2Go on Alder Drive. Pic: Blog Preston A takeaway in Gregson Lane has been hit by overnight damage. Food2Go, on Alder Drive, has had its front window put through in what appears to be a deliberate attack. […]

2 months ago
Preston-born author explores the ‘the Witch of Woodplumpton’ legend in new book

The 'Witch stone' in Woodplumpton Pic: Preston Past and Present A Preston-born author has published a new novel which explores the myths around the ‘witch of Woodplumpton’, Meg Shelton. David Hatton, who was brought up in Ashton-on-Ribble and now lives […]

2 months ago
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Chorley parks ‘record breaking year’ winning eight Green Flag Awards

Day two of the 2023 Chorley Flower Show at Astley Park Pic: Paul Heyes Eight of Chorley’s parks and open spaces have been awarded the coveted Green Flag Award, a welcome increase from last years six parks. Astley Park, Withnell Linear Park Nature Reserve, […]

3 months ago
Two Preston bus services linking city to Burnley and Leyland to see more evening buses

The 152 is one of a number of services seeing evening timetable changes Pic: Ian Simpson/Preston Flickr group Two evening bus routes in and out of Preston are set to see later and more frequent evening journeys. Lancashire County Council is pumping additional funding into the 152 service […]

3 months ago
£111,000 refurbishment on The Missionary Training Centre in Chorley

The Missionary Training Centre in Chorley. Pic: B&E Refurbishment works are taking place on The Missionary Training Centre in Chorley and are due to be completed soon. The £111,000 project on The Preston (England) Temple began at the […]

3 months ago
Controversial Whittle-le-Woods housing estate paused while plans are expanded

Town Lane development site A bid to finalise controversial plans to build hundreds of new homes in Chorley has been delayed. Redrow Homes has already been granted outline planning permission for its long-proposed development […]

3 months ago
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