A round up of what is happening around the area
A proposal to build houses on a brown-field site in the Ribbleton area of Preston has met with opposition among a group of local residents.
Community Gateway Association (CGA), the organisation that owns the city’s council house stock, plans to build 24 houses next year on sites in Crummock Road, Bowness Road, and Orrest Road if [...]
Obesity. First, the facts.
Obesity has become something of an epidemic in the western world, due to too much fatty food and too little exercise.
A person is considered to be obese when their weight is 20% over the normal weight for their height and age.
At the moment, according to the National Obesity Observatory, 24% of all [...]
It has seen almost all of the twentieth century and now celebrates the diversity of the twenty-first. Adam Lord visits Deepdale Infant School as they celebrate their hundredth birthday.
They have helped raised Preston’s most famous son, and this year Deepdale Infant School is a hundred years old.
Sir Tom Finney’s primary school, on St Stephens [...]
Fulwood Academy on Black Bull Lane: Under fire from locals
Residents in Cadley claim rowdy students from Fulwood Academy are causing a nuisance after school.
The behaviour of some pupils on the streets and buses has been a major complaint at several Cadley Police and Community Together meetings this year.
Elderly residents are particularly concerned about the situation. One pensioner, from [...]
The restoration has not been problem free.
Small hiccups have included the discovery of bats living in trees marked for felling and incidents of vandalism.
In January 2008 eight newly-fitted ornamental urns were ripped off their posts and smashed to the ground, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
After repair, an urn was broken again in May [...]
Sandwiched between the River Ribble and the hustle and bustle of Fishergate, the council calls them the “green lungs that nourish Prestonians”.
HANNAH UPTON visited Avenham and Miller Parks as work to restore them to their former Victorian glory recommenced.
In a government poll of Preston residents in October 2007, Avenham and Miller Parks were [...]
Tulketh is a region of Preston that has a proud history. Tulketh Mill was an important cotton mill in the first half of the 20th century. To understand Tulketh, you need to be familiar with the mill which towers above the town’s skyline. Today, an important issue in Tulketh is next year’s improvements to the [...]
As the North West’s teenagers start applying to universities this month, Rhianne Pope takes a look at how stressful the process can be. Just how are teenagers preparing themselves for life in the ‘real world’?
Last month, Preston played host to the British Psychological Society’s Transitions in Education conference.
Held at the Marriot Hotel, academics from all [...]
A lack of direction
At the conference in Preston last month, many studies also focussed on the lack of direction amongst students.
Dr Gayle Brewer, from UCLan, presented a study about the career aspirations of undergraduate students in Preston.
She found that undergraduates often went to university with no idea about what they wanted to do afterwards and [...]
Shops Struggle to Survive
Fresh doubt over Tithebarn Scheme
Bombshell leaves businesses in limbo
Preston is feeling the effects of the worst recession since World War II. Businesses are facing closure with unemployment and homelessness on a significant increase. Nicknamed "Proud Preston," the city is desperate to live up to its title. Major investment is needed if Preston City Council is to fulfil [...]