Review: The Fireworks Shop Bamber Bridge, Preston
Forget the supermarkets and the seasonal ‘pop-up’ shops when looking for your fireworks this November. I’ve found when looking for value for money and quality razzle dazzle there is really only one Preston shop worth going to. It’s really a public service message as one of the biggest disappointments on bonfire night is buying fireworks that turn out to be rubbish. For the good stuff [...]
201 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Nationwide appeal as hunt for Ivan Leach is stepped up by police
Detectives hunting a convinted sex offender who has escaped from prison have launched a nationwide manhunt for him. Preston Police have stepped up their search for Ivan Leach, who is also known as Lee Cyrus, and posters will be put up in shops, community centres, hospitals and major train and bus stations in a bid to catch him. Leach, 47, went missing from the North [...]
201 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Roadworks nightmare at Watery lane almost over
‘Nightmare’ roadworks due to be completed on 31st October. The A583 Watery Lane outbound near Strand Road has been closed due to roadworks for what seems like an eternity. New building works by United Utilities at the Watery Lane Grand Junction will let excess water flow into the £114m storm water tunnel running the length of the city 100ft underground and carry it to Penwortham [...]
203 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Beware citizens advice phone scam in Preston
Scammers who claim to offer help with debts are phoning vulnerable people in Preston to try to get hold of their bank details. The caller claims to be from the Citizens Advice Bureau and says they are working with the Office of Fair Trading to help people who are struggling with debt, before going on to ask for details of any unsecured loans. Lancashire County [...]
203 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Review – Halloween Antics at Avenham Park Pavilion
Something spooky was going down on Avenham and Miller Parks this wet and wild Sunday afternoon. Despite lashings of rain over a hundred people made their way to Avenham Park Pavilion to join the Park Rangers for Halloween Antics. Little witches, skeletons, monsters and ghouls were shown how to make broomsticks from sticks and twigs and coloured in monster masks. The gloomy afternoon was very [...]
203 days ago by Lisa McManus Share
Philip Sherriff murder trial begins
Ashley Charles (26) from Leicester denies the murder of Preston man Philip Sherriff. Charles allegedly slashed Mr Sherriff in the neck with a broken beer bottle at a Jessie J event, jurors in a murder trial heard today. The jury heard that after jostling at a bar at the Pulse nightclub in central London Charles grabbed a bottle from Mr Sherriff’s hand and slashed it [...]
203 days ago by Tony Worrall Share