Macs bar licensing hearing: Blow by blow account of day one

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.

A troubled city centre bar continues its battle to reopen as a second day of a licensing review looms on Friday. Macs bar faces being stripped of its licence as […]

9 years ago School Street skate park fire: Firefighters tackle suspicious blaze

Four fire crews battled a suspicious blaze in the city centre during Thursday afternoon. A former skate park in School Street, off Bow Lane, is believed to have been set […]

9 years ago TV Chefs among the line-up to celebrate Preston’s restaurants

‘Love Food, Love Preston’ returns next month, welcoming famous faces to the city for its fourth year celebrating local restaurants. The month-long campaign is designed to highlight the places to […]

9 years ago MACs bar licensing hearing: Adjournment request dimissed

Councillors have rejected an attempt by MACs bar to adjourn a licensing review hearing. The troubled bar is to have a request by Preston Police to review its premises licence […]

9 years ago Advertisement Advertisement Jacobite Battle of Preston Anniversary wins Heritage Lottery Fund support

Preston City Council has received £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, The Last Battle on English Soil – Commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of […]

9 years ago Lancashire Women’s Centre officially open Preston branch

Lancashire Women’s Centre is hosting an open day to launch their new Preston Centre. The event is taking place on their Fishergate Hill premises and will be held between 1pm […]

9 years ago Preston Bus Station: See five designs for how building and new Youth Zone may look

Five potential new looks for Preston Bus Station and the surrounding area have been put on display. The grade II listed building is due to become home to the Preston […]

9 years ago Traditional Summer Gala to be held at Preston Minster

Preston Minster are pleased to announce that they will be holding their annual summer gala on Saturday 18 July. All the traditional fete activities will be in full swing – Stalls, […]

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