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Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses among Preston firms to land funding boost

Preston 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 anniversary

Preston-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 7pm

Bus 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 […]

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BBC Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant brings expertise to UCLan

Patrick Grant speaking to students about their Community Connect project Patrick 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 replacement

The Old Tram Bridge The 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 […]

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MP launches search for relatives of brave World War II pilots from Preston

Sir Mark Hendrick said the three men served admirably under exceptionally difficult conditions Preston 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 sale

One 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 Eastway

The campaigner says population is growing in the area which could lead to overcrowding Pic: Luke Unsworth A 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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