- Easter egg rolling returns to Avenham Park for first time in two years
- Former Shawes Arms pub up for sale as owners Coco’s Soul Food left ‘financially stranded’
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Charles Dickens descendant to perform in Preston
A performing arts theatre in Preston is going to host a charity event, which will see the great, great grandson of Charles Dickens performing his one man show. On Sunday […]
Gaslights stutter in the early morning gloom as a thousand clogs rattle on the cobbled street. Smokeswirls and another grim 14-hour day begins in the factories of the North. The […]
Engraving c.1862 from The Illustrated London News detailing the construction of Moor Park – Preston was said to be the inspiration for Dickens ‘Hard Times’ Pic: Preston Digital Archive Charles […]
You may have heard it mentioned, or muttered rather, that Preston was the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. But how many other literary links did you know about our […]
A great pre-Christmas event to get you in the festive mood. A performance of Charles Dickensā Christmas tales at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston Organised by Dickens fan […]
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- Bid to save The Ferret could see iconic Preston venue come into community ownership | Blog Preston12 comments
- Huge plumes of smoke visible across Preston as city centre building on fire | Blog Preston9 comments
- Investigation as controversial Eastway development sees more trees bulldozed | Blog Preston27 comments
- People asked to avoid city centre area as firefighting continues at former Preston nightclub | Blog Preston6 comments
- New Preston publicans unable to launch carvery due to fire decide to feed emergency workers for free
- 14-year-old boy arrested in connection with fire that destroyed former Preston city centre nightclub
- Council issues statement following ‘devastating’ fires in Preston city centre
- People asked to avoid Preston city centre as firefighting continues at former nightclub
- Fire service will be on scene of Church Street fire ‘until at least Monday’ due to unsafe structure
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