Preston’s MP has urged the city council’s leaders to ensure they have ‘consensus’ before attempting large-scale projects like the Ashton Park Sports Hub. The nearly £10m project for sports pitches […]
3 weeks ago Aborted plan for Ashton Park Sports Hub has already cost city council £851,546More than £850,000 had already been spent on plans for a revamp of Preston’s Ashton Park before they were abandoned. The figure was reported to a Preston City Council meeting […]
2 months ago Preston’s Levelling Up money hangs in balance as council considers changes to plansTwenty million pounds of ‘levelling up’ funding for Preston hangs in the balance as the city council considers asking the government for permission to change how the money is spent. […]
2 months ago Campaigners delighted by Ashton Park row back but ask: “How much money has been wasted?”Campaigners who have spent the last year trying to block a revamp they say would have ruined their local park have reacted with delight to the news the contentious project […]
3 months agoControversial plans to build new football facilities on a Preston park have been kicked into touch by councillors as the city grapples with the rising costs of a raft of […]
3 months ago Archaeologists call for more Ashton Park checks after new findings on proposed sports pitch siteArchaeologists working for Lancashire County Council and the University of Salford have recommended more investigations take place at the site of a controversial sports hub development. Under planning permission granted […]
3 months ago Lea & Larches by-election sees Liberal Democrats win second seat in the wardWhile Labour surged across the country there was more head-scratching for Preston’s Labour group as they lost a second time in the west of the city. Lea & Larches saw […]
3 months ago Preston Labour ditch initial candidate for Lea and Larches by-election to bring in Ashton stalwartPreston Labour have decided to change their candidate for the upcoming Lea and Larches by-election at the last moment. Avery Greatorex, a 20-year-old student at UCLan, had been due to […]
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