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Queen Street Retail Park work begins with Aldi supermarket

The first of the structures in the Queen Street Retail Park Pic: Haydn J Williams Work has begun on a new supermarket in the outskirts of Preston city centre. Queen Street Retail Park looks set to finally become a reality, more than 20 years after […]

8 years ago
Opinion: Preston Council’s financial position is facing an ill wind but is there a silver lining?

Food waste can go into standard grey bins It’s an ill wind that blows no good; and austerity is an ill wind, especially for local government. While the pace and depth of the cuts has always been an […]

8 years ago
Preston City Trampoline Club qualify to compete in national competition

Some of the trampoline team Preston trampolinists will be bouncing down to London to compete in a national finals. The Preston City Trampoline Club have notched up enough qualification points in the National Trampoline League […]

8 years ago
Stranger danger warning after schoolgirl approached in Plungington area

Brook Street where the schoolgirl was approached Police are appealing for information after a schoolgirl was subjected to inappropriate sexual comments in Preston. A man approached the 11-year-old victim as she walked along Brook Street in the […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 7

NEWSFLASH: 10 November 1715 – Jacobite horesmen are joined by foot soldiers today in Preston Jacobite foot soldiers arrive in Preston. James III is proclaimed king in the Market Place. Officers […]

8 years ago
Jessops camera shop to return to Preston in St George’s Shopping Centre

Jessops shop front behind boards in the shopping centre Pic: Tony Worrall Digital photography wars come to Preston as Jessops returns to the city centre. The photo shop is fitting out a unit in the St George’s Shopping Centre. It will be […]

8 years ago
Preston WWE star Wade Barrett targets Wayne Rooney at live show

  Preston born WWE star Wade Barrett targeted Wayne Rooney once again at a live show in Manchester tonight (November 9). Barrett, real name Stu Bennett, has previously exchanged tweets […]

8 years ago
River Ribble flood warnings in force for Preston

A car passes through standing water in Lea Pic: Paul Melling Parts of Preston have been placed on flood alert after days of heavy rain. The River Ribble is currently flowing very high and the Environment Agency has issued two flood […]

8 years ago
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