A scheme designed to crackdown on anti-social behaviour led to an arrest at Preston train station. Operation Valentine, run by British Transport Police, used airport-style metal detectors and a drugs […]

A Preston-born woman living in New Zealand has spoken of her shock at the devastating earthquake which hit the country’s second-largest city, Christchurch, yesterday. The earthquake struck just before one in […]

Preston gets more scam mail than any other region in Lancashire, according to the county council – but a month-long campaign aims to stop people falling prey to cons that […]

The campaign urging Preston to vote “yes” in the Alternative Vote (AV) referendum received a boost at the weekend, when the Yes to Fairer Votes group visited St George’s Shopping […]

A fortnight ago we wrote about Beautiful Planet, a co-operative cafe that has been set up on Friargate hoping to bring the community together. Inspired by this, I paid a […]

Preston’s future as a university city is at risk as funding cuts have put the University of Central Lancashire in danger of closure, its chief Malcolm McVicar has warned. In […]

World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst laid into England’s footballers last week for their passionless displays in the Three Lions shirt. But not all sportspeople have had their realities distorted by […]

The volunteer programme for Preston Guild 2012 has now launched and organisers are calling on as many people as possible to sign up in order to ensure that next year’s […]