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Ashton Park community garden to be dug into former bowling green

Ashton Park may see new flowers blooming Pic: Tony Worrall A new community garden is set to be created in Ashton Park on the site of an old bowling green. Preston City Council cutbacks meant two bowling greens were mothballed […]

9 years ago
Preston Together concert to help refugees announces line-up

Flight of Arrows will play a refugee fundraiser in Preston The line-up for a music night to raise money to help refugees has been revealed. Preston Together is taking place on Thursday 8 October and will see three acts perform. […]

9 years ago
Preston Docks car dealer Bowker to open motorbike showroom

The new showroom building taking shape behind Bowker Motorrad head of business Geraldine Bowers-Lyon with Bowker BMW managing director, Tom Fox A Preston car dealer is expanding to sell motorbikes at its Docklands headquarters. Bowker opens its BMW Motorrad motorcycle dealership after acquiring Southport Superbikes last year. A 13,000 square foot […]

9 years ago
A582 roadworks: Brown Hare pub legal wrangle resolved as dual carriageway works resume

The Brown Hare's beer garden has been a sticking point in the A582 plans Roadworks on the A582 in Penwortham are set to resume after a legal wrangle about a pub beer garden was resolved. The Brown Hare pub was due to lose part […]

9 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Sunday’s Lancashire Encounter top event guide

The final day of the Lancashire Encounter 2015 weekend festival concludes with Run Preston being the headline attraction next Sunday, September 27. With last year’s run proving a huge success, […]

9 years ago
Demolition of former Goss printing press site begins

Onlookers gather to see the Goss demolition Pic: Richard Richmond What was part of the Goss printing press site in Preston has been demolished. Giant cranes and diggers were in Greenbank Street close to the University throughout Sunday to rip […]

9 years ago
Preston pensioner has purse stolen while shopping in discount shop

A woman is wanted by Preston Police after a pensioner had her purse swiped in a city centre discount store. While an 82-year-old woman was loading her shopping into a […]

9 years ago
Saturday’s Lancashire Encounter top event guide

Lancashire Encounter weekend comes to the Flag Market in the city centre next weekend, with a host of activities designed to inspire, discover and experience all through performance and creative […]

9 years ago
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