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Fulwood school crowned winners in national mental maths challenge
A Fulwood school has been crowned winner of an eight-day UK maths competition. Archbishop Temple High School, Fulwood, won the recent 2024/2025 10ticks Mental Maths contest. The school answered 384,756 […]
An Olympic gymnast has returned to her former school in Penwortham for a day. Susan Cheesebrough spent a day at Penwortham Priory Academy where she met up with her former […]
Frank Rainford has tackled his first of a trio of races to raise money for Preston Charity, Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Frank, a dad of four, is racing to raise funds […]
Preston Harriers, an athletics club in Preston have recently reflected on their extraordinary nine-month success rate. In early March 2025, Preston Harriers Under 13 boys were crowned national cross-country champions […]
A school in Penwortham is one of the first to achieve the Lancashire Equality and Inclusion Mark. Children at Howick Church of England Primary School have been working towards the […]
On Friday one of the UK’s largest charity shops opened in Preston’s former Debenhams almost four years after it closed in Fishergate. Emmaus Preston, a charity which helps people rebuild […]
A much-loved Muay Thai gym in Preston is aiming to raise as much money as they can to refurbish their new home. Johnson’s Muay Thai has recently had planning permission […]
A woman from South Ribble has created an educational hut to help teach a local college about nature. The hut, made by Afka Ray and her charity, Guardians of Nature, […]