A Preston councillor has expressed her shock at the number of schoolchildren she sees heading to school with vapes. The comments came as Lancashire County Council discussed an explosion in […]

A Preston councillor has called for more co-operation between different levels of local government to ensure that funding is provided for extra school places when new housing is built. Sue […]

The new Royal Preston Hospital will be built somewhere in South Ribble, the borough’s MP has said. Katherine Fletcher told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that a number of […]

As Preston prepares to go to the polls on Thursday (4 May) for the local elections then the city’s big issues were debated by party leaders. The Local Democracy Reporting […]

A former professional boxer and trainer plans to convert an outbuilding to a gym in rural Preston, but it has now been called in by councillors who claim he’s running […]

A Preston shop owner has received a £166 fine after a staff member sold e-liquid and e-cigarettes to two underage Trading Standards volunteers. Lancaster Magistrates heard that the e-cigarette kiosk […]

Preston’s Conservative group have appointed a new leader to take them into the all-out election this year. Councillor Sue Whittam is the first ever female leader of the Tory group […]