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Derian House Colour Run 2026 (credit Steve Salmon Photography)

Derian House Colour Run

Everything you need to know ahead of the St Catherine’s Hospice Moonlight Memories walk next weekend

Explained: The St Catherine’s Hospice Moonlight Memories walk

Participants run, walk or crawl through inflatable obstacles, tunnels and mud pits at the Pretty Muddy 5K event, held at Avenham and Miller Parks, Preston, to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

26 joy-filled pictures as runners embrace the mud at Pretty Muddy

Race for Life, Preston

Race for Life Preston 5k and Pretty Muddy: What, where and when

The annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships which has been running since 2007, is moving from the Rose 'N' Bowl Pub in Stacksteads, Rossendale, Lancashire, to Bacup Cricket Club.

Event which sees competitors drenched in litres of gravy relocates

Senior reporter Aimee Seddon with her entertainment guide to three best things to do next week in and around Preston.

My 3 best things to do next week in & around Preston inc free events

You do not need hours in the gym – daily walks or getting outside more can make a huge difference.

Sign up for a free 6-week health & nutrition programme this summer

Elite Competitions are running a treasure hunt in Penwortham

Real life treasure hunt coming to Penwortham - with cash prizes

An aerial view of Deepdale, home of Preston North End

Your child could play on the Deepdale pitch this weekend - here's how

ClayLab a ceramics group bringing together former students and creative enthusiasts, helping to keep artistic talent thriving at the University of Lancashire, Preston.

ClayLab fosters creativity at University of Lancashire

Dressed in their signature Derian green T-shirts, 91 walkers and 10 enthusiastic dogs set off across the seven-mile stretch of sand and tide on Saturday, April 25.

Children's charity celebrates 30 years of much-loved fundraiser

Jo Millington, forensic expert

Live crime investigation experience comes to Preston

Joanne Edwards, Chief of Staff at equiwatt

Households in Preston and Chorley can earn £85 in new energy trial

Trinity Hospice and Brian House Hospice representatives at SPAR Bispham Road, Blackpool

Hospices across Lancashire to unite for huge fundraising challenge

Derian House staff members who will be taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge, sponsored by SPAR

Derian House staff to take on iconic challenge

The 2025 Chorley 10k and 2k Family Run.

Dates revealed for Chorley 10k and 2k: everything you need to know
The 2026 dates for the hugely popular Chorley 10k and 2k have been announced and below is everything you need to know.
Aimee Seddon

Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026: Religious Leaders and Academics Discuss Harmony and Cross-Cultural Exchange

Ad Feature Religious leaders highlight key themes at Boao Forum 2026

Great big sleep out at Preston North End's Deepdale Stadium

£50k raised for charity as hundreds join Big PNE Sleep Out at Deepdale

The programme will empower early creators and members across the UK to help grow the platform and build communities.

Ad Feature WeShop launches programme to empower creators in the UK

Take a look at the scenes from Rainbow Hub's 3-Hour Workoutathon at Preston North End Football Club

14 fun filled photos from the Rainbow Hub 3-Hour Workoutathon at PNE

Wellfield Academy staff in costume for World Book Day

Wellfield Academy celebrates World Book Day with a week of reading fun

Great North West Half Marathon 2026 as runners take on Blackpool course

21 photos from the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool

Connect to Work will support more than 5,000 residents across Lancashire

Ingeus to support more than 5,000 residents in Lancashire with free employment s...

DV Awareness Walk

Red Rose Recovery Walks for Awareness and Change

D'Urton Grange

Join the Halloween Hunt at D’Urton Grange this half term

The hypnotising visual is designed to help people 'stand inside their insides'

Stunning image of 3.2 billion characters shows humans’ genetic make up

Businesses Tee Off for a Lifesaving Cause at North West Air Ambulance Charity Golf Day

Businesses tee off for a lifesaving cause at North West Air Ambulance Charity Go...
Businesses from across the region are being invited to swing into action for a vital cause at the North West Air Ambulance Charity Golf Day.
Rachel Foy

Team UK take stage at EuroSkills final

Ad Feature Team UK "beam" at opening of prestigious EuroSkills finals

Lancashire residents taking on an October walking challenge will be helping deaf people combat isolation.

The Great British Dog Walk: take on a walking challenge in Lancashire and help d...

Team UK flies flag in Denmark

Ad Feature Team UK lands in Denmark for EuroSkills finals

Ride the Lights a long - standing favorite fundraising event across Blackpool and the Fylde coast.

Ride the Lights 2025: Here’s what you need to know

A pilot scheme has revealed a widespread genetic sensitivity to common medicines

Pilot scheme reveals genetic sensitivity to common medicines

25 stunning photos as hundreds gather in Preston’s Avenham Park for 'The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever'

25 stunning photos from 'The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever'

Preston City Council Head Gardener Mick Ashmore talks to the DanceSyndrome Environment Champions about the impact of climate change on plants in the park

Charity’s Environment Week Inspires Climate Action Through Dance

To celebrate the relaunch of Launch Pad, Pleasure Beach Resort will broadcast real messages from space.

Pleasure Beach to broadcast real messages from space in world-first

Chamber Meetings Spaces in Preston

New sales masterclass launches to help Lancashire businesses sell smarter

Thousands of cyclists took to the roads this weekend for the iconic Manchester to Blackpool bike ride

9 pictures as thousands take part in Manchester to Blackpool bike ride

Getting into golf has never been easier.

How Lancashire kids can get free golf sessions this summer

Your World

Deloitte’s Summer Vacation Scheme offers real-life work experience to students a...

Hill & High photography shoot around Pendle.

Seeking photographers & models for ‘Hill & High Fashion’: Free photography works...

Do you have what it takes to Race Across Lancashire? Teams needed

The event welcomed thousands of people to Longridge

'There was a real buzz': 1,000s turn out for Longridge Field Day

Everyone is a winner!

Run for home with the return of the Shelter Colour Run

You're sure to get messy at the Derian House colour run on Saturday 28 June 2025

Lancashire’s Vincents Solicitors to sponsor first ever Derian House Colour Run

Frankie’s Cafe will be transformed into Café Rene at the Accrington Food & Drink Festival

#AmazingAccrington launches 1940s competition trail and Allo Allo themed Café Re...

LtoR - Claire Pattison from Manchester Metropolitan University, Ruth Hailwood from Made Smarter and Dr Ann Mulhaney from the University of Salford

Lancashire manufacturers set to gain from expanded Made Smarter digital leadersh...

Steve Royle cuts the ribbon to start the 2025 Rainbow Ramble at Bishop Rawstorne School, Croston.

23 cracking pics as Chorley comedian Steve Royle joins in Rainbow Ramble

Hundreds of runners took to Blackpool’s seafront for the resort's oldest charity 10k

All the results from Blackpool's Beaverbrooks 10k Fun Run 2025

QOT x UOM

World's first study on self-affirmation and women's success launched in Manchest...

The rename was to inspire thousands of London marathon runners to keep up their pace at the hardest part of the course

A hotel renamed to the ‘Keep Go-Inn’ to inspire marathon runners

Nottingham Trent University researcher, Paulina Pawlikowska

People with trail cameras needed for hedgehog conservation study

Move through Menopause course at Places Leisure

Places Leisure centres to offer menopause course to help combat exercise barrier...

Take a look at all of the confirmed celebrity participants in this year's AJ Bell Great Manchester Run.

The celebs- inc those with Lancs links -taking part in big charity run

Non-contact boxing can help people to live well with Parkinson's

Lancashire Parkinson's communities invited to try free non-contact boxing classe...

Diabetes UK Swim22 challenge

'Better' leisure centres in Preston support Diabetes UK fundraising challenge

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