The city centre includes the administrative and main shopping areas of the city. The city’s law courts are found here, police station, town hall and of course Preston Bus Station. The electoral ward is known as Town Centre despite the change to city status.
Four Preston projects helping city’s homeless and young people received funding boostPreston is among the areas to receive a cut of £156,000 seized criminals cash to put towards crime-fighting schemes. Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden has invested the money into […]
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