On a fine Sunday in 1823, Andrew Ryding, a young man of Preston, decided to attack one of the largest mill owners in the town, with a blunted meat cleaver.  […]

The first cohort of the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) for policing has graduated from the University of Central Lancashire ready to serve in Lancashire Police. The 108 new officers […]

Parts of Preston City Centre are set to become safer thanks to new Home Office funding. Preston City Council has won a bid of £146,568 in the latest round of […]

Next up in Blog Preston’s review series of eateries with outside seating is The Continental in South Meadow Lane in Broadgate. Now the only pub left in Broadgate, it’s survived […]

The Larder will be hosting a special evening Foraging Supper Club, provided by Denise Heys, aka The Gardening Lady later this summer. “I will be Front of House presenting each […]

Plans have been submitted by Cardinal Newman College for a new stand-alone teaching block to accommodate media and art departments. The aspiration is to combine the TV and digital media departments […]

A professional cricketer from Colombo, Sri Lanka, has surpassed 1,000 runs just halfway through the 2022 season for Fulwood and Broughton Cricket Club. Sonal Dinusha arrived at the end of […]

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a serious assault on a man in his Preston home. Officers were called at around 3.45am on Wednesday (27 […]