This category will include posts that are about local campaigns.
Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses among Preston firms to land funding boostPreston is set to benefit from dozens of new manufacturing jobs thanks to Made Smarter’s pioneering technology adoption programme. Launched to help businesses digitalise, decarbonise and drive growth, the government-funded and […]
1 year ago Preston-based inclusive rugby team celebrate fifth anniversaryPreston-based Typhoons RUFC – Lancashire’s first inclusive rugby team – celebrated their fifth anniversary in January. Typhoons RUFC, established in 2018, was set up with the goal of attracting more […]
1 year ago Preston and South Ribble bus fares dropped to £1 after 7pmBus passengers can now benefit from reduced bus fares including single ticket bus journeys for just £1 after 7pm. From 30 January, great value bus fares will be available on […]
1 year ago BBC Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant brings expertise to UCLanPatrick Grant – BBC One’s Great British Sewing Bee judge, and UCLan Honorary Fellow – has been working with final year students at the University, lending his British fashion industry […]
1 year ago Advertisement Advertisement £20m Levelling Up cash boost for Preston will include Old Tram Bridge replacementThe Old Tram Bridge will finally be replaced after Preston City Council landed £20m from the Levelling Up fund. Campaign group Friends of the Old Tramroad Bridge celebrated the news […]
1 year ago MP launches search for relatives of brave World War II pilots from PrestonPreston MP Sir Mark Hendrick has launched a search to track down the relatives of three Second World War pilots from Preston, as part of a wider campaign to commemorate the RAF Photographic […]
1 year ago Campaign to save the Harris Institute as iconic Preston building goes up for saleOne of Preston’s most iconic buildings is up for sale. The Harris Institute School of Art has been listed at £350,000 and a group of local people has set out […]
1 year ago Fulwood campaigner’s petition for guardrail on ‘excessively dangerous’ stretch of EastwayA Fulwood campaigner has started a petition for Lancashire County Council (LCC) to install a pedestrian safety guardrail between the road and pavement along part of Eastway. The pavement along […]
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