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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.

Preston Bus Station: Which design is the winner?

A new future awaits for Preston Bus Station Pic: Tony Worrall Preston Bus Station and Youth Zone’s winning design has been released and it is the public who picked it. Judges selected the same design as was most popular in the […]

9 years ago
In pictures: Preston basks in golden glow

Preston basked in the warm glow of summer sunshine earlier in the week before the rain came. Gary Bond was out for a bike ride on Wednesday night and caught […]

9 years ago
Lancashire Encounter: A new and exciting event hosted by Preston during the last weekend of September

Friday 25 to Sunday 27th September will see Preston city centre transformed into a vibrant hub of activity. Giant red canopies will stretch across the Flag Market, providing space to […]

9 years ago
Kelvin Cornwell jailed for biting a police officer in the arm

A former soldier who bit a police officer in the arm, causing him to have tests for HIV and hepatitis, has been jailed – for his third biting attack. Kelvin […]

9 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Macs bar lodges appeal against Preston City Council licensing decision

Queues outside the venue on A level results night Pic: Macs bar, Facebook Under-fire bar and nightclub Macs has formally appealed a decision by Preston City Council to revoke its licence. Andrew Macdonald, director of the bar in Friargate, confirmed he had instructed […]

9 years ago
In pictures: Classic cars roll into Miller Park for a second year

Hundreds of visitors have enjoyed a motoring spectacle in Miller Park. Vintage cars lined the sides of the park throughout Saturday for the Classic Car Festival. Returning for a second […]

9 years ago
Boots targeted twice by suspected thieves for electronic toothbrush and perfume

A man and a woman are being hunted by police after two thefts in a week at the Boots shop in Fishergate. The man, in a white jacket, is suspected […]

9 years ago
Mike the Minion invited down to Preston Market to find his bananas

Morrisons may not have wanted him parading through their Deepdale store but Mike the Minion had a warm welcome at Preston Markets. Traders opened their arms, and their banana stocks, […]

9 years ago
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