Government is reimbursing Lancashire Constabulary £1.28 million towards the cost of policing the Preston New Road fracking site. Last year Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Clive Grunshaw, made a Special […]

A woman has died after being hit by a car on Preston New Road in Samlesbury. Police were called at 6.50am today (Sunday 8 September) to reports of the collision […]

Fracking has once again been halted at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site following recent seismic activity. The latest tremor at 8.30am on Monday 26 August measured 2.9 on the Richter […]

Emergency services were called into action on Saturday afternoon to rescue livestock from rising floodwater. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Penwortham and Bamber Bridge to Preston New […]

Fracking has been suspended once again at Preston New Road after four earthquakes inside 30 minutes, one of which measured at magnitude 1.1. In a statement, Cuadrilla said the “micro […]

Lower Lane is where the collision took place, as it joins Preston New Road Pic: Google A pensioner remains in hospital after a crash in Freckleton on Tuesday (9 October) […]

An anti-fracking campaigner in Preston Pic: Tony Worrall Fracking is to continue near Preston as the latest appeal against it was lost. Anti-fracking campaigners took their case to the Court […]

A fenced off area has been set up by Cuadrilla A viewing area has been set up as preparation work begins for fracking to resume near Preston. Cuadrilla has set […]