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Plans for digital advertising screens, paired with defibrillators, to be erected in Preston

Proposed communication hub location in Preston A series of digital display screens could be set to light up across Preston city centre – complete with a lifesaving piece of kit. Plans have been lodged for five […]

3 months ago
No decision made on The Larder repairs as former café gets temporary use

Investigations are still ongoing into the safety of the city centre buildings which housed The Larder cafe. Scaffolding has been erected outside the Lancaster Road café during recent months but […]

6 months ago
Stanley Arms refurbishment planned with another new set of bosses lined up

Stanley Arms currently boarded up in Lancaster Road Pic: Blog Preston A city centre pub will reopen with new managers and a refurbishment, its owners have insisted. The Stanley Arms has been closed since August, in what was initially billed as […]

7 months ago
Board games café prepares to roll the dice on opening in Preston city centre

The unit which is due to be converted into The Dice Box Pic: Blog Preston A board games café is to open in the centre of Preston opposite Preston’s Market Hall. The Dice Box has taken on the former TSB bank unit at the front […]

7 months ago
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Preston city centre side-streets to get new pavements, lighting and trees

Work starting in Old Vicarage Works on a side street running between Preston Bus Station and Preston Markets have begun. Preston City Council is beginning the first stage of the ‘Illuminate and Integrate’ scheme which […]

9 months ago
Winedown owner and founder Douglas Lowe has died

Winedown Preston owner Douglas Lowe Pic: Winedown Preston The owner of a popular city wine bar has died in a freak accident. Winedown has announced the death of its founder James Douglas Lowe, or known as Doogie or […]

9 months ago
Formal plans lodged for scheme to light up city centre after dark

Market Street lighting columns Preston city centre’s cultural quarter is set for a new look after dark with a range of new lighting installations. Formal plans have been lodged for the long-proposed ‘Illuminate’ scheme, […]

11 months ago
Preston Town Hall on lockdown due to knife threat

A police van in Lancaster Road, Preston, during Friday 14 June Pic: Blog Preston The doors of the Town Hall in Lancaster Road were closed on Friday (14 June) lunchtime after threats made. Preston Police confirmed they were called to the headquarters of Preston […]

11 months ago
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