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Preston City Centre

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.

Volunteers from Preston’s sacred Hindu place of worship help clean the neighbourhood

Keep Britain Tidy initiative. Volunteers help to pick up rubbish. Pic: Kailash Parekh Volunteers from Preston’s sacred Hindu place of worship braved the rain to help clean and rejuvenate the Broadgate neighbourhood, as part of the ‘Great British Spring Clean’ campaign. The group […]

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Specialist centre to train young people as plumbers and electricians could open in Preston

Frenchwood Avenue building A specialist centre to train young people as plumbers and electricians could be coming to Preston. Plans have been lodged to convert part of an office building near the city […]

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Rock and roll cocktail bar Kuckoo wins national award

A busy night in Kuckoo in Fox Street in Preston city centre Kuckoo bar has won a national award for best late night operator – 14 years after Preston was the first in the mini-chain to open. The rock and roll cocktail […]

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Cannabis farm discovered on Fishergate Hill

Police and Electricity North West were in attendance. A cannabis farm has been uncovered at a property in Preston today. Preston Police said they were called just before 10am on Wednesday (10 April). They attended a property on […]

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Advertisement Advertisement Fishergate Shopping Centre could be demolished as part of railway station plans

Station Quarter - Fishergate Shopping Centre redevelopment The Fishergate Shopping Centre could be completely demolished as part of plans that would see the area around the city’s railway station transformed. It is almost two years since a […]

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Preston Weekender issues ‘low ticket warning’

Event at the Flag Market A low ticket warning has been issued for 2024’s Preston Weekender. The Preston Bank Holiday Weekender has released its final wave of tickets with early-bird and general admission tickets having […]

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Preston Makers Market to bring more than 70 stalls to Flag Market

A busy makers market during March on the Flag Market Pic: Preston Makers Market The latest Makers Market will sprawl across the Flag Market once again this weekend. Taking place on Saturday (13 April) the market, which is free to visit, features dozens of […]

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Young man left with injuries after 2am assault outside Baluga

Baluga Bar Pic: Tony Worrall A man in his 20s was assaulted outside a bar in Preston city centre in an incident last month. Police were called to the scene outside Baluga nightclub on 23 […]

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