At the Labour conference in Manchester Rachel Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury today announced Preston was amongst eight Labour-controlled local authorities on […]

This fantastic engne is at the Ribble Steam Railway Museum in Preston. The prototype Deltic has been loaned by the NRM and will remain at the railway for the 2013 […]

As we are half way through Preston Guild week it is a good time to have a look at the highlights so far. Photographer Gill ‘CottonGilly’ Lawson from the Preston […]

Preston’s own Nick ‘Wallace and Gromit’ returned to the city for a special event at the Guild. Nick took part in Conversations in Creativity, a chat about his life and […]

An extra £10,000 is set to be ploughed into Preston’s arts scene by the city council. Following the collapse of arts organisation Prescap in March the council has been re-distributing […]

The library in the centre of Preston that should be the jewel in the city’s reading crown is due for a facelift. Harris Library will receive £500,000 of a £3.2m […]

Local councillors in Fishwick are calling for a bus service to be diverted to take in the Brockholes Nature Reserve. The Reserve, just off Junction 31 of the M6, is […]

The leader of Preston City Council has pledged to try and “kick-start development” in the centre of the city. Cllr Peter Rankin, answering questions on a live Q&A session with […]