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Latest news and information for Longridge in the Ribble Valley, the borough borders Preston to its eastern side. Longridge is close to Grimsargh and Goosnargh and the Forest of Bowland.

Longridge hairdresser shaves head to honour dad undergoing cancer treatment

Rosemere Cancer Foundation has received a £7,500 donation thanks to a brave Longridge hairdresser. Mum-of-two Helen Richmond’s friend Clarissa Bolton of The Salon cut her hair and then shaved her […]

3 years ago
Preston, Longridge, Bamber Bridge and Ashton men amongst Lancashire Police’s most wanted

Police are searching for five men from Preston, Longridge, Bamber Bridge and Ashton. The men are amongst nine of the most wanted suspects in Lancashire and are being searched for […]

3 years ago
Longridge D-Day veteran’s memory will live on thanks to new development

A Longridge D-Day veteran is being remembered as a new housing development is named after him. ‘Rogerson Gardens’ is in memory of Gerard Rogerson, and it is hoped his memory […]

4 years ago
Electricity pylon catches fire on the outskirts of Preston

Birks Brow, Thornley Pic: Google Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service last night dealt with a blaze involving an electricity pylon. Crews were called shortly after 7pm on Saturday (28 August) to the fire in Birks […]

4 years ago
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Red Scar House, lost stations and a lost mansion

Red Scar House with original thatched cottage Pic: Preston Digital Archive The story of Red Scar Manor is a romantic tale of a lost mansion and a now defunct railway. Once there was a rich lawyer who wanted to be Lord […]

4 years ago
Longridge primary school receives honey dipper donation from local developer

A developer has donated wooden honey dippers to Barnacre Road Primary School to encourage its students to learn about wildlife. Barnacre Road Primary School, located near Barratt Homes’ Bowland Meadow […]

4 years ago
Jaguar driver crashes through hedge into field outside Longridge

This morning (Tuesday August 10), at 5.30am, police attended a vehicle on Preston Road that had been driven off the carriageway and into a field. The incident occurred on the […]

4 years ago
Drug-driver who left his passenger to die after Grimsargh high-speed crash has been jailed for five years

Sean Harrison Dowbekin (left) has been jailed for five years after the crash in 2018. Jake Beatty (right) sadly died a month later Pic: Preston Police A drug-driver who crashed his car at speed and fled the scene, leaving his front seat passenger with serious injuries that he later died from, has been jailed for five […]

4 years ago
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