Next year’s Preston Carnival will be a special one as it marks the iconic event’s 50th anniversary. Set to take place on the bank holiday weekend of Friday 24, Saturday […]

Sportsbikeshop has opened in what was Evans Cycles in Preston. It’s the Lincolnshire-based firm’s eighth store opening, and first in the North West. The store offers a huge range of motorcycle clothing, […]

Construction of a £6m state-of-the-art teaching centre at Cardinal Newman College has started. The 1,200 sq metre St Catherine Building will house the Catholic sixth form college’s expanding media and art departments. […]

Preston in the early 1970s was still in the thrall of redevelopment with large swathes of the town looking like bomb sites. The lead image shows the thriving market. Notable […]

Firefighters put out a fire in Plungington during the early hours of Sunday morning. Three crews from Preston and Penwortham were called to a property in Brook Street shortly before […]

Preston station was the scene of a 60-strong flashmob protest at the height of the Friday rush hour after demonstrators staged a sit-in to call for a ceasefire in the […]

This week a friend and I visited Town House Cafe and Brew Bar for lunch. Situated on Friargate in the City Centre, it’s one of the businesses that are still […]

Free parking in Preston city centre in the run up to Christmas has been confirmed. For the city’s Christmas Lights Switch On at the Flag Market on Saturday 18 November […]