News and information for the area of Penwortham. Although not politically in Preston it is perhaps spiritually. Penwortham is just across the River Ribble from Preston but many Penworthiams class themselves as Prestonians, although they are part of South Ribble Borough Council.
Penwortham bathroom fire sees Good Friday callout for fire crews
An extractor fan in a bathroom at a Penwortham home caught fire on Good Friday morning. Firefighters from Penwortham and Bamber Bridge were called to Aspinall Close, off Kingsfold Drive. […]
Easter eggs are all in, you’ve stocked up on Hot Cross Buns and then inevitably forgotten something. In a mad panic you get in the car and can’t decide whether […]
A man has been arrested after a car overturned onto its roof in Penwortham. Homeowners were woken up with a loud bang in the early hours of Monday morning to […]
As the days get longer and the evenings warmer the temptation to sup a pint in a beer garden becomes greater. During the winter months they sit forlorn, with maybe […]
A Preston firm has completed a £30m private hospital in Kent. Conlon Construction has spent 14 months building the state-of-the-art site in Ashford. Sean Conlon from the Bamber Bridge headquartered […]
Just days before a Preston man died from bowel cancer he received a graduation ceremony for his masters degree. Max Neill, who blogged about his time in St Catherine’s Hospice, […]
Walking through the streets of Lostock Hall at midnight on a Saturday is not how most women spend their Saturday evening. But for more than 1,000 in June it will […]
A roundabout as part of the Penwortham bypass is now unlikely to happen. The long-mooted link from the A59 at Howick to the Broad Oak roundabout on the A582 has […]