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Parking bottleneck to ease with extra spaces at Fulwood Leisure Centre

1st, February 2012 by

Dangerous parking at a popular Preston leisure centre has forced the council to apply to expand the car park. Fulwood Leisure Centre has seen demand rise from keep-fit-fanatastic to record levels and cars are being parked blocking the entrance during peak early evening times. A planning application seeks to add 24 extra car parking spaces to meet demands at the Black Bull Lane complex. Leisure [...]

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Sport Relief Mile returns to Preston for third time

19th, January 2012 by

The third Preston Sport Relief Mile takes place this March. The event, sponsored by Sainsbury’s, will see a special route take in the sights of Avenham and Miller Park. It will take place on Sunday 25th March from 9am. The 2010 event saw nearly 1,000 people raise over £20,000 for sporting charities. Allan Cook from the Preston City Council sport and health development team encouraged [...]

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MAPS Festival: Contemporary arts festival to thrill during Guild celebrations

6th, January 2012 by

An all-day contemporary arts festival has won funding from the council during the Guild year. Preston’s MAPS festival will launch in September and showcase artists and experimental work within the city. Festival organisers want to take over alternative performance spaces, such as shops, offices and parks to capture the public’s attention. Jack Coverdale from FallenWall Arts, a Preston-based arts firm formed in 2010, is behind [...]

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Runners take to city streets for Run Preston 2011

25th, September 2011 by

Over 1,500 people took to the city streets today for the annual Run Preston event. The 10k and 5k races saw many people in fancy dress raising money for charity. The route took in Avenham Park and the city centre area. Here’s a collection of your tweets from the event: View “Run Preston 2011″ on Storify See the full results of Run Preston Image credit [...]

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Bikers to ride out on city streets for Preston Guild

16th, September 2011 by

This is the view from the handlebars as a group of bikers took to the streets of Preston for a ride out. The Harley-Davidsons roared into life from Strand Road out to Penwortham as part of a test tour of the city ahead of the Preston Guild. Members of the Red Rose Chapter of the Harley-Davidsons Owners Group are joining forces with the Harley-Davidson branch [...]

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Ark Preston relaunches to champion independent music

11th, July 2011 by

The Ark Preston – a Preston-based monthly music magazine documenting unsigned and undiscovered music in Preston is launching its brand new website today. The Ark Preston dot com launches at 8pm this evening after 12 months of printed publication and being a branch of the Ark – a national project to increase the profile on unsigned music. The Ark Preston began after an idea was [...]

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Zara Giles

Bowling champion: ‘Anyone can do it if they really try’

24th, March 2011 by

Spanish striker Fernando Torres may have signed to Chelsea for a record £50 million this season, but not all world champions are able to command six-figure weekly salaries and live a life of luxury. Ten-pin bowling champion Zara Giles works full time in marketing, coaches children at weekends and still manages to squeeze in – and win – the odd international tournament. Preston-born Zara caught [...]

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Infamous Preston artist strikes bronze with latest sculpture

26th, February 2011 by

Peter Hodgkinson, the Preston artist who created the city’s famous sculpture of Sir Tom Finney, had his latest piece of work unveiled today – in a pub. Forty-five-year-old Hodgkinson has immortalised another North West legend – artist LS Lowry – with a life-sized bronze statue that sits at the bar in Sam’s Chop House, the Manchester inn where Lowry used to drink. Hodgkinson, who lives [...]

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New Victoria cinema campaign appeals for donations to buy nightclub

17th, February 2011 by

The future of Preston’s New Victoria cinema is looking brighter after the site went up for sale. The former picture palace has been closed since 1992 but action group, The New Vic, are aiming to purchase, refurbish and restore the site as they believe it to be an important part of Preston’s heritage. It would seem that luck is on their side as nightclub, Lava [...]

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Environment vs. jobs: Lancashire’s shale gas drilling investigated

12th, February 2011 by

Just outside a leafy village, not far from Preston, the horizon is broken by a chunk of towering white plastic – a façade for one of Europe’s first shale gas drills. With the decline of natural gas reserves, shale has become big business across the Atlantic. It now accounts for nearly 15 per cent of the United States’ annual gas supply. The West Bowland shale [...]

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