Police have urged South Ribble, Leyland and Chorley residents to conceal their car keys after a series of Hanoi burglaries. A Hanoi-style burglary, named after a police initiative created to […]

Police have returned an elderly woman to her care home after finding her ‘lost and confused in her slippers’ in Leyland’s Worden Park. This morning (Tuesday 25 January), a concerned […]

A grenade from World War II has been found in Walton-le-Dale. Two members of the public found the grenade with a metal detector by the River Ribble at the bottom […]

Thanks to the generosity of local communities and its employees, a social housing provider has been able to support some of Preston and South Ribble’s most vulnerable people this winter. […]

A loss of visitors and rising running costs have forced the British Commercial Vehicle Museum to cut winter opening hours and close the on-site cafe. The change at the Leyland museum will […]

Preston in the 16th century was a rural backwater, far from the centre of Government. Consequently, Preston remained a Catholic bastion long after the Protestant reformation. Its isolated location and […]

Below are the planning applications validated by South Ribble Borough Council in the week beginning January 17. Single-storey side/front extension following demolition of the existing attached garage at 28 Bank Head Lane, […]

Georgia-Maia Oliphant’s colourful, digital designs brighten up even the gloomiest of winter days. The Penwortham-based illustrator combines creating joyful custom illustrations in the evenings with her full-time job as a […]