Blog Preston https://www.blogpreston.co.uk Community news and views for Preston, Lancashire Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:23:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/favicon-512x512-1-220x220.png Blog Preston https://www.blogpreston.co.uk 32 32 New Hall Lane blocked by police and fire service after crash outside Hesketh Arms pub https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/new-hall-lane-blocked-by-police-and-fire-service-after-crash-outside-hesketh-arms-pub/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:23:46 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279204 New Hall Lane blocked by police and fire service after crash outside Hesketh Arms pub

Long delays reported after crash on busy Preston road.

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]]> Disappointment as marketing material for ARTCH ripped down over Bank Holiday weekend https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/disappointment-as-marketing-material-for-artch-ripped-down-over-bank-holiday-weekend/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:16:35 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279201 Disappointment as marketing material for ARTCH ripped down over Bank Holiday weekend

The man behind ARTCH says the incident makes progress feel like snakes and ladders.

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]]> Penwortham mum and son’s night-time mountaineering challenge https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/penwortham-mum-and-sons-night-time-mountaineering-challenge/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=278848 Penwortham mum and son’s night-time mountaineering challenge

Sarah Gunning overcame her fears of climbing as she and son Oliver scaled Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).

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]]> Work starts on new SPAR store and petrol station in Grimsargh https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/work-starts-on-new-spar-store-and-petrol-station-in-grimsargh/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:14:20 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279194 Work starts on new SPAR store and petrol station in Grimsargh

The former Browns showroom site in Preston Road has crews on site to begin the conversion

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]]> Body in Ashton-on-Ribble was discovered at Places for People’s Ribble Court facility https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/body-in-ashton-on-ribble-was-discovered-at-places-for-peoples-ribble-court-facility/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:24:42 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279181 Body in Ashton-on-Ribble was discovered at Places for People’s Ribble Court facility

The man's death is not being treated as suspicious by Lancashire Constabulary.

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]]> Call for restraint on chief executive pay as Lancashire County Council boss earns more than PM https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/call-for-restraint-on-chief-executive-pay-as-lancashire-county-council-boss-earns-more-than-pm/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279105 Call for restraint on chief executive pay as Lancashire County Council boss earns more than PM

County Cllr Lavalette believes the shift to a unitary system will put upward pressure on bosses’ salaries

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]]> Empty offices on Lancaster Road and Church Street to be converted into holiday flats https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/empty-offices-on-lancaster-road-and-church-street-to-be-converted-into-holiday-flats/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279101 Empty offices on Lancaster Road and Church Street to be converted into holiday flats

The conversion has been given the go-ahead by Preston City Council planners after they concluded that the listed properties – around either side of the corner section of the site – would be sufficiently preserved.

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]]> Sponsored: The Arc Preston tickets just £4 for National Cinema Weekend https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/sponsored-the-arc-preston-tickets-just-4-for-national-cinema-weekend/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:56:21 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=279168 Sponsored: The Arc Preston tickets just £4 for National Cinema Weekend

A good deal has just dropped with any film, including hypersense screenings, just £4-a-ticket, on Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September

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]]> Preston father with stage four kidney cancer undertakes Blackpool charity walk https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/preston-father-with-stage-four-kidney-cancer-undertakes-blackpool-charity-walk/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=278851 Preston father with stage four kidney cancer undertakes Blackpool charity walk

Graham struggles with mobility from cancer, but it didn't stop him marching along the coast of Blackpool.

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]]> New exhibition to transform Leyland’s British Commercial Vehicle Museum into floral art gallery https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/new-exhibition-to-transform-leylands-british-commercial-vehicle-museum-into-floral-art-gallery/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/?p=278915 New exhibition to transform Leyland’s British Commercial Vehicle Museum into floral art gallery

Petals and Pistons will feature around 25 imaginative displays among the vintage lorries, buses and commercial vehicles

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