News and information for the area of Preston, Lancashire known as Fishwick. An area to the South-East of the city it is what you’ll see as you come up the hill from Walton-le-Dale and includes the area known as St Matthews.
Preston’s constant M6 gridlock and whether there is any solution
Preston’s road network once again creaked and groaned with bumper-to-bumper traffic for 36-hours this week. The latest M6 closure, due to a lorry crash which took out the central barriers […]
A much-loved Muay Thai gym in Preston is aiming to raise as much money as they can to refurbish their new home. Johnson’s Muay Thai has recently had planning permission […]
Police are searching for a man after a woman was assaulted and robbed in the St Matthews area of the city. A picture has been released after reports of a […]
Preston is expected to remain gridlocked until well into Monday evening after a lorry driver crashed through the central reservation of the M6. There are delays on the M6 northbound […]
New Hall Lane was closed due to an overturned car. The crash took place near the Hesketh Arms roundabout around 10.20am on Friday (7 March). Preston Police say the road […]
More than 8,000 trees have been planted at Fishwick Bottoms as part of the Preston and South Ribble flood risk management scheme. Schoolchildren from Home Slack Primary School, Ribble Rivers […]
Three nuisance off-road bikes and a quad bike have been seized by police. The vehicles were located near to Brockholes Brow after reports they were being driven dangerously in and […]
Police have released a description of a man who was found dead in the River Ribble on Sunday. A 69-year-old man was found in the water near to the Boulevard […]