Police cordon in place in Blackpool Road near Moor Park on Tuesday (1 April) Pic: Blog Preston Three teenage boys have been arrested as an investigation int
Prestonians take a look at the first KFC on Fishergate in 1965 Pic: Preston Digital Archive In May, it will 60 years since the iconic chicken chain first op
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This tiny West Lancashire village has three Michelin star restaurants within a mile radius
The collapse occurred along Haslingden Old Road in Oswaldtwistle, following heavy rain on 1 January.
Bus Station Pic: Joseph Gudgeon Preston's iconic Bus Station was back in the headlines this week after being ranked as one of the world's favourite Brutalis
Preston Bus Station Pic: Blog Preston Preston’s buses are now so unreliable they should be taken into public control. That was the demand – and claim
Staff say the thieves made the school car park look like an "elephants' graveyard".
Proposed new Royal Preston site Residents are being urged to have their say on the proposed sites for the new Royal Preston and Royal Lancaster hospitals, a
EDF said a reactor tripping out had caused a sudden release of "clean steam".
The bus lane in Preston will be monitored by cameras to capture unauthorised vehicles straying into it.
Britain’s twenty happiest places to live: Chorley 17th
There’s a new number one spot
The names followed by the average asking price for a home and the average asking rent per month:
As much as 10cm of snow could fall in some of the worst-hit areas
Sharing just for "arctic bomb"
It is one of Lancashire's oldest swimming baths but the general public can only use it for three hours a week
Farmer arrested after he arrives at police station with two males tied up on quad bike
He'd caught two thieves trying to steal his quad bike, so he tied them up and brought them to the police station.
The farmer was then arrested for suspicion of false imprisonment.
Apologies for the crappy local news site.
The hoopoe bird gets its name from its call and is usually seen in the spring.
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A "truly stunning bird" native to Africa has been spotted at a nature reserve in Lancashire.
As many as 100 hoopoes migrate north to Europe in the spring but are not typically seen this late in the year.
One has arrived at Lower Foulridge Reservoir in Pendle, much to the delight of birdwatchers.
Andy Powell, the chairman of the East Lancashire Ornithologists' Club, said an easterly wind had led to an influx of hoopoe into the country, mainly on the east coast and further south.
Bolton 'horror comedy' filmed in Rivington gets US premiere
A Bolton filmmaker who has previously worked with Netflix and the BBC is set to debut his first short “horror-comedy” – filmed entirely in…
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A Boltonian filmmaker who has previously worked with Netflix and the BBC is set to debut his first short “horror-comedy” – filmed entirely in Rivington.
Michael Patrick Clarkson, who grew up in Smithills, created the short film, “UPHOLSTERGEIST” with the BAFTA award-winning company Agile Films.
Michael has previously written for Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor (2024), The Wheel of Time (2021) and is co-creator/showrunner of Red Rose which was shot and set in Bolton, now available on BBC and Netflix.
The horror-comedy film, which was shot entirely in Rivington, features a star-studded cast including Game of Thrones’ Tara Fitzgerald, Adam Nagaitis from Chernobyl and The Terror and Aaron Pierre, who will star in the upcoming Disney musical drama, Mufasa: The Lion King later this year.
Speaking on his inspiration for the film, Michael said: “It was during lockdown, and I was watching The Repair Shop
