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Health news in Preston covering Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GP practices and other health updates – as well as real-life features with those speaking out about health conditions

Deepdale personal trainer helping ‘at risk’ people get safely back to exercising

One of the boot camp classes A personal trainer from Deepdale is offering boot camp classes for people with health conditions including COPD, asthma and arthritis. The classes are run by Stella Sansom, who is trying […]

4 years ago
Prestonians must ‘stick to the rules’ as Covid-19 infection rates remain high

Heat Map of Lancashire Coronavirus cases (Friday 14 August 2020) Prestonians are being asked to ‘be responsible’ as a new coronavirus heat map shows infection rates remain high a week after a local lockdown was introduced to the city. Lancashire […]

4 years ago
Preston City Council leader supports sick pay for residents in isolation

Councillor Matthew Brown Councillor Matthew Brown, Leader of Preston City Council, has expressed his support for people in isolation due to coronavirus to receive statutory sick pay. Councillor Brown is supporting the newly […]

4 years ago
Coronavirus cases rise as Penwortham, Lostock Hall, Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale are warned to take steps to prevent a local lockdown

South Ribble’s coronavirus daily rate of infection has increased. There have been 21 cases in the last 14 days, spread across different wards in low numbers. This comes after neighbouring […]

4 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Penwortham woman raises over £300 for local maternity charity

Hand-sewn face masks by Judith Nuttall A Penwortham woman has hand-made 180 face masks to raise money for Baby Beat, the charity which supports mothers and babies being cared for on the maternity units at Lancashire […]

4 years ago
Penwortham man cycling over 100 miles to raise money for Baby Beat

David on his bike A Penwortham man is planning to cycle over 100 miles in under 12 hours to raise money for Baby Beat. David Rose has recently completed a challenge climbing 4,000 flights […]

4 years ago
Will you take the Preston Pledge?

Shoppers in masks on Fishergate Pic: Tony Worrall A new initiative is asking businesses and members of the public to support the city centre, safely, by taking the Preston Pledge. Preston Business Improvement District (BID), Shop Preston and […]

4 years ago
A weekend in lockdown – how did Preston adjust to the new measures?

Preston’s first weekend under new lockdown measures went without major issues as police confirm they did not issue any covid-19 penalty notices. Friday saw new restrictions come into force in […]

4 years ago
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