Run Lancashire: Helen Clitheroe leads beginners in Preston
Beginners, social, jogging, running club in Preston Meeting Tuesday lunchtime 12.30pm in Winckley Square opposite the Olive Press in Preston This is a beginners jogging group led by Helen Clitheroe, ideal for getting away from your desk at lunchtime, taking in some fresh air and local scenery and improving your fitness all while having fun. Sessions are 20-40 mins depending on the group ability. You [...]
209 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Local Vintage & Craft and Advent Fayres
If you like to pick up quirky gifts or fancy a bit of culture with your shopping check out two events that are happening in the city this weekend. First up is the Christmas Vintage and Craft Fair at Lancashire Archives on Bow Lane on Saturday 24th November. There will be stalls selling all things vintage, exhibitions of archives, Victorian dresses, vintage hair styling and [...]
210 days ago by Lisa McManus Share
Cyclists take to the Guild Wheel in fancy dress to raise funds for SPACE Centre
Twenty cyclists donned various fancy dress outfits to raise thousands of pounds for charity over the weekend. Led by Louise Taylor, the group raised £2,000 for the under-threat disability centre SPACE. The ride took them around the Guild Wheel cycle route, and riders came from as far as Blackpool to take part. The SPACE Centre on Pedder Lane has a black hole in its finances [...]
210 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Kirsty Henshaw among the winners at the 2012 Lancashire Business Awards
Preston firms came out to celebrate last week at a glitzy bash for the 2012 Lancashire Business Awards. Hosted by Downtown Lancashire in Business on Thursday 15 November it saw the great and the good of the business community come together. Hays Recruitment Specialists won Best Large Business of the Year while PR firm The Write Angle won two awards. Kirsty Henshaw of Worthenshaw’s scooped [...]
210 days ago by Ed Walker Share
Appeal for missing Preston man believed to be in Burnley
Update 8.37 pm on Tuesday 20 November. Tim Allen has been found safe and well according to police. Police are appealing for information about a 51 year old man missing from his home in Preston. Tim Allen, of Sharoe Green Lane was last seen at 6pm on Monday 12th November at Burnley General Hospital but has not been seen since. Tim suffers from mental health [...]
211 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Preston Passion wins at TV awards
The Easter BBC production The Preston Passion won an award at the Royal Television Society North West Awards 2012. Last night The Preston Passion, hosted by Fern Britton, won an award at the Royal Television Society North West Awards 2012 which took place at the Hilton in Manchester. The Preston Passion, which was a live event screened on BBC1, used the iconic Preston Bus Station [...]
211 days ago by Tony Worrall Share