Preston Tringe Festival

The open to all, Preston Tringe festival is now just over a month away and it is promising to bring you an amazing mixture of theatre, music, comedy and magic from all over the U.K.

Don’t forget that the festival will be kicking off on the 24th July and will be bustling with arts and acts until 1st August. This week, we’re taking a look at what the Blackpool, Fylde and Cumbria participants have to offer us in the form of theatre, magic and undoubtedly a little bit of mayhem.

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Local Area Forums – Have Your Say

Community policing, street cleaning and green space are just some of the issues up for discussion at the latest round of area forums, which kick off with the Western Area Forum on Thursday 4^th March.

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Give your views on Preston’s city status

The thoughts of Preston’s people are to be captured in a ‘participatory documentary’ this weekend, as the ‘Going Up Town’ booth makes its way around the city. read article »

Preston disability arts festival up for award

A disability arts festival that took place in Preston in September has been shortlisted for an arts award. read article »

Planning round-up: 16th November – 22nd November

Weekly round-up of planning application decisions in Preston, Lancashire.

Decisions were made on 19 applications in the week from 16th November – 22nd November 2009. 18 were approved, 1 was refused. read article »

Preston Employment Partnership expands

The National Football Museum might be moving from Deepdale but the Preston Employment Partnership is moving in. read article »

Planning Round-up: 8th November – 15th November

Weekly round-up of planning application decisions in Preston, Lancashire. read article »

Planning round-up: 31st October – 7th November 2009

Weekly round-up of planning application decisions in Preston, Lancashire.

Decisions were made on 16 applications in the week from 31st October – 7th November 2009. read article »

Grosvenor pulls out of Preston Tithebarn

Preston’s long-running redevelopment saga, the Tithebarn project, was dealt a blow last week as Grosvenor, one of the major players in the scheme, pulled out.

This leaves Preston City Council and Lend Lease as the developers who can make the scheme happen. read article »

Planning round-up: 11th October – 18th October

Weekly round-up of planning application decisions in Preston, Lancashire.

Decisions were made on 17 applications in the week from 11th October 2009 to 18th October 2009. read article »

Preston planning applications online

Preston City Council has made all planning applications, dating back to 1974, available online. read article »

Typecast Awards give young people a voice

A new website has been setup to give young people in Preston, and Lancashire, a voice to dispel the media myths about drugs, bullying, suicide and lots of other cultural taboos. read article »

September/October 2009 edition of Broadgate & District News

The latest edition of a Preston community news magazine, Broadgate & District News, has hit the doormats across the Broadgate area. read article »

Preston Sea Cadets in need of a paint job

The Preston Sea Cadets are in the running for a new coat of paint in a national competition run by The Sun and Dulux.

The Preston organisation wants its headquarters repainted and are currently doing well in the voting.

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What do you think of the Cottam Tesco plans?

Supermarket chain Tesco is planning a new store in Cottam, Preston and local community website Ashton-on-Ribble.com is asking what you think of the development.

The store is due to be built on the old Cottam Hall Brickworks and the Tesco website, set up to provide information on the development, states: read article »