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Preston residents urged to submit Old Tram Bridge replacement designs

The Old Tram Bridge Preston residents can win a £1,000 cash prize for submitting designs for a new bridge over the River Ribble. A campaigner has launched a competition inviting residents to produce a […]

2 years ago
Friendship bench added to Longridge school to help stop bullying

The Anti Bullying Bench donated by Barratt Homes to Barnacre Road Primary School A friendship bench has been donated to a Longridge school to encourage children to help one another and stop bullying. The friendship bench at Barnacre Road Primary School, donated by […]

2 years ago
Cards for Kindness to be distributed to those in care homes across Preston and Lancashire

A heart-warming winter campaign encouraging people to send Christmas cards to residents in local care homes launches today (Wednesday December 1). Cards for Kindness, now in its fourth year, aims […]

2 years ago
Preston MP vows to protect abused shopworkers under ‘Freedom from Fear’ campaign

A Preston MP has backed a campaign that seeks to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse. Sir Mark Hendrick has backed retail trade union Usdaw’s ‘Freedom from Fear’ campaign after […]

2 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Preston training centre lands contract to help Lancashire job seekers

A Preston training provider has secured a contract to provide qualifications for job seekers across the county. PHX Training has offices in Preston, Blackpool and Morecambe and has been selected […]

2 years ago
Preston university professor calls for women to be pardoned 400 years after they were executed for Witchcraft

Alice Nutter statue, Roughlee cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bill Harrison - geograph.org.uk/p/6047292 A Preston university professor is calling on the Government to request a Monarch’s pardon for the 10 women convicted and hanged for Witchcraft at the Lancashire Witch Trials of 1612. […]

2 years ago
UCLan launches campaign to inspire new creative industries workers

UCLan has launched a campaign to highlight the importance of creative industries. The Creativity Matters campaign is designed by the agency Wash Studio and aims to inspire the next generation […]

2 years ago
Longridge hairdresser shaves head to honour dad undergoing cancer treatment

Rosemere Cancer Foundation has received a £7,500 donation thanks to a brave Longridge hairdresser. Mum-of-two Helen Richmond’s friend Clarissa Bolton of The Salon cut her hair and then shaved her […]

2 years ago
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