A Longton couple have taken an ‘extreme staycation’ in their VW campervan to raise funds for Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Julie Kline and Dave Hird were not in breach of any […]

Royal Preston Hospital is benefitting from new graphics raising awareness of sepsis thanks to a Prestonian who ran the London Marathon in aid of the Critical Care Unit. Mark Delaney […]

Preston City Council Councillor Pav Akhtar is urging his fellow Prestonians to get the Covid-19 vaccination, despite suffering severe side effects after his own jab. Pav had to seek medical […]

This is a guest post by Katie from Katie Winder Yoga based in Hoghton. If you’d like to write a guest post for Blog Preston, email contactus@blogpreston.co.uk. There’s a lot of […]

The Mayor of Preston has paid tribute to Ron Atkins. Mr Atkins was the longest living former MP, and passed away last month at 104 years old. He represented Preston […]

An Avenham man is following his passion for rugby after giving up the sport as a youngster due to bullies. Wayne Sharples, who is Deaf and gay, returned to rugby […]

A Preston Pirates BMX star has won the Young Achievers – Under 21 category at the GLL Preston Sports Awards. Leon Parker-Livesey, who turns 16 this month, beat off competitors […]

Former Preston MP Ron Atkins has died aged 104. Mr Atkins passed away peacefully at home on Thursday (30 December). The Labour politician served the city as MP for Preston […]