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Tributes as ‘true Northern powerhouse’, Beccy Barr, passes away at 46

Beccy Barr Pic: X (Twitter) @BeccyBarr1 Tributes are pouring in after the death of a well-known journalist and firefighter from Lancashire. Firefighter and ex-BBC North West presenter, Beccy Barr, has passed away at the age of […]

10 months ago
Police release picture after attempted robbery in Preston city centre

Police want to speak to the man pictured in connection with the Winckley Street incident Pic: Preston Police Police say an attempted robbery took place outside Barclays Bank in Winckley Street in mid-August.

2 years ago
Preston singer celebrates release of her latest single after TikTok success

Preston singer Becce J Pic Lisa Brown Photography A Preston singer is celebrating the release of her latest single after it went viral on TikTok. Becce J’s rework of Jennifer Lopez’s ā€˜Love Don’t Cost a Thing’ has provided […]

2 years ago
Fulwood school closed due to RAAC dangerous concrete

Our Lady's Catholic High School Pic: Google A Preston school will have to remain shut for at least the first two days of the new academic year after it was caught up in the national crisis over […]

2 years ago
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Visiting Preston Bus Station pop-up scrap store for the Encounter Festival

The Creative Principle Pop-Up Scrap Store A pop-up scrap store and workspace has opened at Preston Bus Station offering free and low-cost creative workshops to the public. Ā The Creative Principle has been commissioned by the Lancashire […]

2 years ago
Preston band Ginnel celebrate debut album release with two gigs in one day

ā€œWe’re old enough to know better and young enough not to care,ā€ says Mark Wareing, singer and lyricist of Preston’s exciting post-punk psych outfit Ginnel. The band is preparing for […]

2 years ago
Spades in the ground for Jubilee Gardens scheme in Leyland

Jubilee Gardens Work has begun on the extra care scheme in the centre of Leyland. Jubilee Gardens on West Paddock – adjacent to South Ribble Borough Council’s Civic Centre headquarters – will […]

2 years ago
Fulwood mosque makes latest Rosemere Cancer Foundation donation

Members of the management team from Fulwood’s Masjid-e-Salaam Mosque, joined by Mayor of Preston, Coun. Yakub Patel (third left) and Professor Mohammed Munavvar (fourth left), present Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust’s head of charities Dan Hill with their Rosemere Cancer Foundation donation A city mosque has now notched up donations to Rosemere Cancer Foundation of almost Ā£15,000 this summer. Masjid-e-Salaam Mosque in Watling Street Road, Fulwood, presented their latest cheque of Ā£5,000 […]

2 years ago
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