Police are trying to identify two men after a car was broken into causing £6,000 of damage in the early hours of Saturday morning. The men approached the vehicle in […]

The plans for Whittingham Lane A proposal for new homes in Whittingham looks set for approval despite hundreds of objections. Preston North and Wyre MP Ben Wallace has also expressed […]

Doctors at Whittingham, Courtesy The Harris The final event in the Whittingham Lives project will explore the impact of war on Whittingham Asylum and its patients. The conference, titled The Lunacy of War: […]

First World War soldiers in barracks Pic: Eric Northey A play about the drama of life in Whittingham Asylum during the First World War will premiere on the old asylum site. The […]

Nurses in Ward 1. Left: S Best (standing) and M Martin. Right: G Heighton or M Dooley and Margaret Smith. Image courtesy of the Harris An exhibition will explore the […]

An overhead view of the Bushell’s Farm development Hundreds of residents in two villages on the outskirts of Preston have vowed to derail potential housing developments. Proposals for hundreds of […]

Whittingham Asylum in years gone by Pic: George Speight An event is taking place in Preston to explore the relationship between diet, mental health and Whittingham Asylum in the 1920s. Organised by […]

Poet and writer Jhilmil Breckenridge, who is leading the creative writing workshops Pic: Jhilmil Breckenridge A series of free creative writing sessions will explore the history of a former mental […]