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Live online event to discuss knife crime in Preston

Knife recovered from Preston police Operation Sceptre. Pic: Preston police A live online event is set to debate the issue of knife crime in Preston. The discussion has been organised following the recent tragic deaths of Adam Le Roi in […]

4 years ago
Preston MP slams government for leaving residents on ‘cliff edge’

Preston MP Mark Hendrick According to Sir Mark Hendrick MP, nearly 5,300 people living in Preston, which has additional Covid-19 restrictions, face a ‘jobs cliff edge’ in a few weeks’ time. He says that […]

4 years ago
Community testing ‘may run out in days’ as Preston MP Mark Hendrick brands test and trace system ‘a disgrace’

Preston MP Mark Hendrick said covid testing ‘a disgrace’ after community test centres in the city were forced to close early for two consecutive days. Residents in the city queued […]

4 years ago
Do you have what it takes to be named Preston’s best small shop?

A woman shopping for food in a face mask MP Sir Mark Hendrick is calling on small shopkeepers in Preston to enter the Best Small Shops Competition. This competition celebrates the successes of small shops and the central role […]

4 years ago
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Preston man’s petition to increase pay for Health Care Assistants to be discussed in Parliament

Shane and his colleagues sending a socially distanced message that they deserve a pay rise A petition started by a Preston Health Care Assistant (HCA) has been timetabled for discussion by parliament’s Petition Committee. Shane Longton, 37, set up the petition which now has over […]

4 years ago
Mark Hendrick has been re-elected as MP for Preston. Here’s what he had to say

We spoke to Sir Mark Hendrick shortly after he was re-elected as MP of Preston with a majority of 12,146 votes. Preston has once again bucked the national trend. Why is this? We’ve got dedicated local councillors, party activists embedded […]

5 years ago
How you can be part of the Great Get Together at this Preston canal clean up

Residents Mark Felton, David Connors and Neil White with some of the objects pulled from the canal last year A group of neighbours from Ashton-on-Ribble are holding their third annual canal clean up as part of the nationwide Great Get Together campaign. Last year’s clean up saw a shopping […]

5 years ago
Royal Preston Hospital responds to city MP over parking changes

Entrance to Royal Preston Hospital Pic: Blog Preston Royal Preston Hospital’s chief executive has vowed anyone who incurs a wait because of the new pay stations ‘is not at risk of receiving a parking charge notice’. Karen Partington, […]

6 years ago
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