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This area is home to the main campus of the University of Central Lancashire and includes news about Friargate, one of the major shopping areas in the city and Plungington an area inhabited by thousands of students.

Lecturer at Preston’s University crowned two-time European powerlifting champion

Bobbie lifted three times her body weight. Pic: SBD Apparel. A sports and exercise science lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has won gold at the European Open Classic Powerlifting Championships in Estonia.  Bobbie Butters, team GB athlete, […]

3 months ago
Police uncover machete and Class A drugs in Friargate and Fishergate searches

The machete uncovered on a 17-year-old and evidence of drug dealing Pic: Preston Police Preston Police have released details of two incidents where drugs and a machete were uncovered. The first on Tuesday (19 December) saw two 17-year-old boys entering a bank in Fishergate. […]

3 months ago
Preston university’s space project in schools wins national award

Preston-based dancer Lucy Starkey who is performing the moves for the Space in Schools project - Image credit: Into Our Skies, Photographs by Rebecca Richards Combining dance and science has taken the topic of space into schools across Preston and Lancashire. The Times Higher Education Awards said the University of Central Lancashire’s ‘Into Our Skies’ […]

3 months ago
Preston neuro-moves awarded £64,209 lottery funding to continue helping people with Parkinson’s

Helen Gould, co-founder of LPM Dance at a Neuro-Moves session. Photo by Johnny Bean LPM Dance, a group running classes for people with Parkinson’s since 2021, has received £64,209 in funding from the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities Fund. The donation will enable the programme […]

3 months ago
Advertisement Advertisement Man charged with attempted murder after woman found with head injuries Plungington

CSI at the scene in Preston Pic: Blog Preston A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was assaulted at an address in Plungington. Officers from Lancashire Police were called shortly before 11pm on Monday (December […]

3 months ago
Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Plungington

Forensic officers have been visiting properties off Brook Street Pic: Blog Preston A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Plungington. The man in his 40s was arrested after a woman was found with injuries. Police were called at […]

3 months ago
UCLan commissions sculpture of astronomer who changed our view of the solar system

UCLan has commissioned an artist to create a sculpture of the artist who changed our view of the solar system. The university asked Liverpool sculptor Phil Garrett to create a […]

3 months ago
Christmas events programme unveiled at Preston’s new food hall and entertainment venue

A storyteller will be doing three performances each Sunday. New Preston food hall and entertainment venue Chew’s Yard has confirmed details of its events calendar when it opens a pop up for 12 days in December. The indie venue […]

4 months ago
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