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The Trinity Square car park, off Market Street West, will be taking part in this year's free Christmas parking offer

All the free parking available in Preston in the run-up to Christmas

The supermarket says it wants to help customers be well prepared for groceries as the festive season approaches

Asda Christmas delivery slots open today – how to book

The Park Road housing block containing the would-be HMO

‘Better for battery hens than humans’: Chorley HMO plan rejected over room sizes

The latest food hygiene ratings for businesses in South Ribble have been revealed in the latest data.

South Ribble hygiene rankings for restaurants, cafés, takeaways & pubs

The InPost parcel locker did not have planning permission when it was placed on New Rough Hey in Tanterton six months ago

Parcel locker that appeared on Preston housing estate 'has to go', council says

All the Chorley businesses visited by hygiene inspectors in September 2026.

Latest Chorley food hygiene ratings handed out in September

Asos hack claim

Fashion giant Asos hack threat as customers sent threatening alert

We've listed the top 10 highest-rated items in the Sainsbury's Taste the Difference range - and there are definitely some surprises

These are the 10 items Sainsbury's poshest shoppers love the most

The buildings at the former Carmelite Convent on St. Vincents Road where a new nursery had been planned

Plans for nursery in former Preston convent abandoned

This code adds three months to qualifying Instant Ink trials, but customers need to meet HP's eligibility rules.

The HP printer code worth knowing before you pay for more ink

Pendle Rise is about to be levelled - 60 years after it opened

Shopping centre demolition steps up as town centre transformation continues

Businesses have been maintaining high standards across the city in September.

The latest Preston food hygiene ratings handed out in September

Bosphorus Sofrasi on Friargate North hopes to open a shisha lounge (inset) on its first floor

Shisha lounge planned for top floor of Preston restaurant

New Tesco Express includes Royal Mail, InPost and Evri lockers

The former Bodyshapers gym on Corporation Street is set to be converted into eateries and retail space

New restaurants and a shop coming to Preston building empty since 2009

The patched-up pavement on Aughton Street in Ormskirk being assessed by Our West Lancashire county councillors Gordon Johnson (right) and Adrian Owens (centre), along with local resident Steve Kyriacou

'Put our paving stones back': call to end 'patchwork quilt' of footpath repairs
Pavements are supposed to be returned to how they looked before being disturbed for roadworks.
Paul Faulkner

Orchard Street, the site of the sinkholes, pictured before they emerged when work began as part of a wider transformation project which also includes Friargate South (inset)

Council issues major update after ‘sinkholes’ found in Preston

The Old Dog Inn during pictured during urgent repair work undertaken earlier this year

Historic Preston pub moves step closer to reopening as repairs approved

Households are being urged to check their broadband bills, as staying on the same deal too long could cost hundreds of pounds a year.

Broadband mistake could cost you £452 a year

Lancaster and Morecambe: Latest food hygiene ratings for businesses

Lancaster and Morecambe: Latest food hygiene ratings for businesses

A postcode divide in household energy costs exists across Lancashire.

Lancashire households face postcode divide in energy costs

The canalside venue has issued a major update.

Guy’s Thatched Hamlet restaurant to close

The green space off Northway at Skelmersdale's Concourse Shopping Centre where the new Burger King could be built

New Burger King drive-thru planned for town’s shopping centre

The launch of Best Bar None in Chorley

Chorley’s ‘best and safest’ pubs and bars to get special marker identifying them

A ground floor room of this property on Church Road in Tarleton will become home to Nestled Coffee

Villager to open 'modest' coffee shop in part of their own home

The top three floors of the buildings at the junction of Church Street and Lancaster Road are to become holiday apartments

'Holiday apartments' to be created above these Preston city centre shops

Most parts of Lancashire have built more new housing than the minimum needed in the last three years - but Lancaster and Chorley missed their targets

All the new homes built in each part of Lancs as two areas do not deliver enough
Housebuilding statistics for the last three years are in...
Paul Faulkner

The former Cobblers store on Church Street closed after decades of service - and could now become someone's home

Traditional Preston cobbler shop set to be turned into a house

Tanterton Village Green

Free community lunch in Tanterton, Preston, for all the family

The Midland Hotel in Morecambe. Photo by Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

New images reveal major makeover for iconic Lancashire hotel

The huge leisure development will sit on the northern banks of the Ribble (image courtesy of MCK Commercial Design)

Decision reached over dry ski slope and water sports lake at Preston docks site

Fishergate's tree lights -pictured before they failed - are set to be replaced

Tree lights to return to Preston's main shopping street as £234k plan approved

The upper floors of the Miller Arcade are set to be brought back to life as apartments - but the conversion will be a big job

Oldest shopping centre gets 'best chance of a future' after apartments go-ahead

There were around 450 applications for each of the 22 new council homes that have been built on Quin Street in Leyland

'Staggering' number of bids for 22 new council homes amid asylum seeker claims

The now former Adlington Post Office, pictured before its closure, had been set to become two new shops and an HMO

Councillors deliver verdict on HMO plan for Chorley village post office

McDonald's on Friargate could soon be open around the clock

Preston city centre McDonald's wants to open 24 hours a day

A food outlet is planned for the Whitestake Golf Driving Range

‘Coffee and doughnuts’ takeaway planned for golf facility near Preston

The Walton Arms' days could be numbered, as plans emerge to replace it with housing

'Not viable': town pub set to be bulldozed after losing out in crowded market

South Ribble's new council homes on Quin Street in Leyland

New Leyland council houses open for applications - but not for long

Preston's Miller Arcade opened more than 125 years ago, but its top floors have long been disused

Apartment conversion plan for Preston's Miller Arcade set to get the go-ahead

Taking a few minutes to arrange your mobile connection before you leave home can make arriving at your destination much smoother.

The phone setup that could save you hours of hassle abroad

We've rounded up 10 of the best chippies in Preston

Planning a chippy tea? These are Preston's 10 best fish and chip shops

The takeaway site on Kent Street

Bid for 'open-air takeaway' with seven outlets on Preston car park

The closure of the Burscough Bridge Post Office will be felt in communities in different parts of Lancashire

'Devastating for everyone': all these Lancs post offices are closing this week

Following recent public consultation, a detailed planning application for a new M&S Foodhall to serve Burscough and Ormskirk has now been submitted to West Lancashire Borough Council

Plans for massive new M&S Foodhall have been submitted in Lancashire

The food trailer on Kent Street is in need of planning permission

Preston food trailer business asks council for permission to stay put

The residential property on Hoyles Lane where the new bar is proposed

New bar-restaurant planned for this Preston suburb

House prices in North West rise by 2.4% but ' buyers are not getting carried away '

House prices in North West riseby 2.4%

Artist and Illustrator Kerri Cunningham

Preston illustrator designs official artwork for Bookshop Day 2026

The Derby Arms will not be reopening after plans for its conversion and partial demolition were confirmed

Village pub near Preston to be partially demolished and turned into a shop

The government has committed £20 million to explore the development of a new indoor arena in Blackpool

Proposed new arena just 30 minutes from Preston receives funding

The former Woodlands Conference Centre site on Southport Road will become home to 97 new houses

New housing estate confirmed for former Chorley college site

King Charles III arrives in Clitheroe at the train station. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard.

The King visited Lancashire twice. Here’s what the trips cost

Cake Box in Church Street, Preston

Free cake is being handed out in Preston today

Canoeing and kayaking are just some of the sports planned for the leisure lake (image courtesy of MCK Commercial Design)

Major update on planned water sports and leisure development in Preston