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This area is home to the main campus of the University of Central Lancashire and includes news about Friargate, one of the major shopping areas in the city and Plungington an area inhabited by thousands of students.

New Moor Lane flats given go-ahead as developer agrees to £600k payment

Artist impressions of how the new Moor Lane and Walker Street tower block will look A wrangle over the volume of affordable housing that should be generated by what will be one of the tallest apartment blocks in Preston has been resolved. A deal has […]

4 hours ago
Free film festival coming to Preston

Close up of a group of friends enjoying a movie in the cinema A free cultural film festival starts in Preston this week. The University of Central Lancashire’s Asia Pacific Film Festival will screen eight movies between Wednesday 27 March and Friday 26 April. […]

3 days ago
UCLan student wins three prestigious dental awards

Shalini Kanagasingam (MSc Endodontology Course Lead), Professor Kate Taylor (Postgraduate Lead), Laura Irving, Flavio Pisani (MSc Periodontology Course Lead), and Tom Janicki (MSc Prosthodontics Course Lead). A student from the University of Central Lancashire has won three prestigious dental awards. Laura Irving, a final-year dental surgery student living in Preston, won the awards for writing three […]

3 days ago
Liverpool to Preston cocaine gang sentenced after 10-month police investigation

Top row from left: Christopher Ormandy, Lee Ormandy, Daniel Eastham and Steven Smith Bottom row from left: Amin Patel, Saqub Hussain, George Heary and James Heary A drugs gang moving cocaine between Liverpool and Preston have been jailed after a 10-month long police investigation. Five Preston men have received prison sentences for their part in the […]

4 days ago
Advertisement Advertisement University square apartment scheme affordable housing wrangle set for approval

Artist impressions of how the new Moor Lane and Walker Street tower block will look Plans for a new apartment block close to the city’s university campus will return to councillors for a decision a third time. Portergate Developments is wanting to build a 19-storey […]

4 days ago
Preston Girl Guides to mark 100 years with family fun day

Fulwood Girl Guides celebrate 100 years with their leaders. Pic: Jessica Gillibrand Preston’s Fulwood Guide Group unit is celebrating 100 years of service this April. The group plans to celebrate by hosting a family fun day on Sunday 14 April at St […]

1 week ago
Preston Peace Garden work to be completed by summer

Construction work on the Peace Garden as part of the Friargate North scheme Pic: Blog Preston Preston’s new look Peace Garden is due to re-open this summer. The Peace Garden, which sits next to Ringway on Friargate, has been put in after the major revamp of […]

2 weeks ago
Free men’s health seminar being hosted at Preston’s university

Men's health public engagement seminar. Pic: UCLan A free seminar highlighting men’s health issues is being held at the University of Central Lancashire this Wednesday 13 March.  The public engagement seminar will cover issues specifically focusing on […]

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