The Continental Pub’s fourth beer festival kicked off this Thursday, and Blog Preston were on hand to document it and sample (strictly professionally) many of the delightful beverages on offer.

Screaming Theatre’s latest production is the passionate and poetic masterpiece Blood Wedding by Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.

Over the coming months we will be looking at some of the old pubs of Preston and where they were. Read this to provide a bit of background.

The number of people in Preston and its surrounding areas claiming benefits is dropping, according to latest statistics. The Office for National Statistics have released data that shows that on the whole the number of claimants is dropping, despite the jobless total being at a 15-year-high.

I am training for the Moonlight Walk. It’s an organised half marathon walk to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice. I will be walking with a close friend in memory […]

You might have noticed the site going through a few changes recently, a flurry of live blogging activity for the elections and a new Facebook fan page. The reason is […]

 For all the live action from the Preston Guild Hall, updated every 20 minutes by Andy Halls. For more interactive updates, head to our live-blog here. For a list of […]

With Preston and its surrounding constituencies going to poll tomorrow, here is the key information regarding the percentage of voters needed to swing their vote in order to unseat the current candidate; and the time the result is expected to be announced. Whilst Preston, Wyre & Preston North, and the Fylde require a reasonably large percentage of voters to change their minds based on the last election; the South Ribble and Ribble Valley constituencies should be very closely contested – and could go right down to the wire.