Opinion
Opinion: What should happen to the old Post Office?
The former post office building situated right in the heart of the city is a beautiful, iconic building and is extremely important to the people of Preston. Forming, as it does, one side of the civic square of the city, our wonderful Flag Market, it is grade II listed and is crying out for a heritage restoration project to bring it back into use. This [...]
585 days ago by Peter Rankin Share
Opinion: Are local councils just going to ignore Lancashire’s regional housing plan?
Town planning found itself in the unusual position of making the headlines over the summer. Especially, if you were a Daily Telegraph reader and following their Hands off our Land Campaign. The to-do was courtesy of the Government’s publication of the highly controversial National Planning Policy Framework. Personally, I always felt this was a bit of a sideshow. Real planning controversy only starts when you [...]
589 days ago by Michael Wellock Share
Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this November
Right boys and girls of Preston, I’m here to give you a quick and simple guide to a few things happening in the next few weeks around the city for people who prefer loud or live noises. Let’s start with this month… Well it’s now Movember so expect the male gender of Preston to be looking similar to Freddy Mercury, all for a good cause [...]
591 days ago by Kerrie Carlisle Share
Ribble Valley MP brands idea to move Fishwick out of Preston as a “glaring anomaly”
The proposition to move Fishwick out of the Preston constituency and into the Ribble Valley is a “glaring anomaly”, according to Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Speaking at today’s Boundary Commission public hearing at the Tickled Trout hotel, Evans agreed with Labour’s Mark Hendrick that making Fishwick part of the Ribble Valley would be an ill-advised move. “It would be the only ward of Preston [...]
603 days ago by Joseph Stashko Share
Opinion: The city of Preston could be divided into two halves, say Lib Dems
This is a guest post by Liam Pennington, on behalf of the North West Liberal Democrats. At the beginning of September, the Boundary Commission for England published its proposals to reduce the number of parliamentary seats in Lancashire from 16 to fourteen. As we have seen, the proposal for Preston has caused all sorts of reactions, mostly negative, and across the party divide there is [...]
603 days ago by Liam Pennington Share
Opinion: Bus station debate shows how Preston has fallen behind
This is a guest post by Steve Ratcliffe. You can find him on Twitter here, and he also blogs here. To be clear I am neither Pro-Tithebarn nor Pro-Save Preston Bu Station, I am Pro-Preston, I have lived here all my life but have travelled extensively for over 10 years and I continue to do so across many major UK towns and cities. I have seen them [...]
609 days ago by Steve Ratcliffe Share