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The area of Frenchwood is close to Avenham and borders Fishwick, it has moved into the new electoral ward of Fishwick & Frenchwood

Roads remain closed after shots fired near London Road in Preston

Reports of a firearms discharge has caused road closures including Cranborne Street, London Road and Adelaide Street. Update: Latest on the shooting incident as London Road fully re-opens Preston Police […]

1 month ago
Cannabis farm with 60 plants discovered in Fishwick police raid

Cannabis farm discovered at a property in Clara Street, Preston Preston Police have discovered a cannabis farm at an address in Clara Street, just off London Road in Fishwick. Officers from the neighbourhood policing team located the farm, which had […]

2 months ago
Frenchwood power cut leaves more than 100 homes without electricity

Electricity North West engineers More than 100 properties in Preston have been left without power on Saturday (23 December) morning. Electricity North West have engineers on site after the power cut in Frenchwood. 136 […]

3 months ago
Armed robbery reported in night incident near Newman College in Preston

Blue light from a police car Pic: South Ribble Police A man carrying cash and jewellery was reportedly threatened with a gun in an incident on Friday evening (December 8). Officers from Lancashire Constabulary were called to Manchester Road, near […]

4 months ago
Advertisement Advertisement Plans to demolish Avenham tower blocks lodged for Onward Homes development

Tower blocks in Queen Street Plans to demolish three tower blocks in Queen Street in Avenham are in. Onward Homes are planning to build 380 new affordable homes on the former Horrocks Mill site. Carlisle House, Richmond […]

4 months ago
Local housing plan deadline must be hit to avoid building free-for-all

New homes on Hoyles Lane The race is on for Preston, South Ribble and Chorley councils to complete years of work that will determine where and how many new houses are built in each area […]

5 months ago
Preston City Council considers future of dozens of alley gates across the city

One of the alley gates in the city Pic: Preston City Council The bulk of the alley gates are concentrated in Deepdale, St Matthews, Fishwick, Avenham, Frenchwood, Plungington and Ashton-on-Ribble and were last reviewed in 2020.

6 months ago
Councillor Yakub Patel welcomed as 695th Mayor of Preston

Councillor Yakub Patel becomes Mayor of Preston The city of Preston has formally welcomed Councillor Yakub Patel as its 695th Mayor for 2023/4, a position that dates back to 1327. Councillor Patel served as Deputy Mayor throughout […]

10 months ago
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