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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.

Car fire halts traffic on A59 at Preston

Brockholes Brow where the car was found ablaze Pic: Google Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire which set a car ablaze on the A59 in Preston. Shoppers leaving Preston for the 5pm rush on Bank Holiday Monday […]

8 years ago
Explore the Brockholes Nature Reserve in after-dark walk

Brockholes sign Pic: Pelham 123 The after-dark secrets of a Preston nature reserve are to be revealed. Brockholes Nature Reserve is opening its doors late on a Saturday night in January for a special nature […]

8 years ago
Nimes Street stabbing: Irvine man Hugh Cushnaghan charged with murder

Nimes Street remained closed off by Preston Police during Sunday A man has been charged with the murder of 50-year-old Steve Whitney in Fishwick. Hugh Cushnaghan, of Montgomery Street, Irvine, Scotland was arrested on Sunday. Mr Whitney was found with […]

8 years ago
Nimes Street murder: Stab victim named as Steve Whitney

Steven Whitney pictured in 1991 with his daughter Stephanie The victim who died in a stabbing incident in Fishwick has been named. Steve Whitney, 50, has been named locally as the man who died in Royal Preston Hospital in the […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Nimes Street murder: Preston Muslim community express shock at stabbing round the corner from mosque

The parade makes its way past the murder scene in Fishwick Preston’s Muslim community expressed their sadness at a suspected murder round the corner from their mosque. Mosque leaders called for silence as the procession, to mark Prophet Mohammed’s birthday, passed […]

8 years ago
Preston Muslim community procession marks birthday of Prophet Mohammed

More than a thousand members of Preston’s Muslim community came out to celebrate the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday. A parade route saw them march from the Madjid-E-Aqsa mosque in Fishwick View […]

8 years ago
Nimes Street murder: Police question Scottish man after suspected stabbing

Nimes Street remained closed off by Preston Police during Sunday A 63-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected stabbing in Fishwick. Preston Police were called to an address in Nimes Street, off Fishwick Parade, at […]

8 years ago
Religious procession to close roads in Deepdale and Fishwick on Sunday

Muslim groups are set to take to the streets of Preston for a procession on Sunday. Two hours of road closures are planned for the Prophet Mohammed Religious Procession. Preston […]

8 years ago
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