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A split image showing an orchestra performing in two different venues, with text overlaying the image that reads, Preston & Recklinghausen, Two Cities, One Symphony.

🎶 Music & Events

Preston and Recklinghausen Orchestras Unite for Special Concert

Catherine Wilson2 September 2026

A smiling woman with blue hair and a shiny silver suit performs with a large set of illuminated wings.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Preston Encounter Festival to Bring Culture, Creativity and Fireworks to the City

Albert Nelson1 September 2026

A man and a woman in green jackets walk down a street, with a flow chart overlay depicting services for rebuilding lives.

🏛️ Council / Government Updates

Preston Council Strengthens Support for People Facing Homelessness

Zoe Walker28 August 2026

A collage of four images including cityscapes, a historic building, and a castle ruin, with overlaid text promoting the Lancaster, Preston & Ribble Valley Council.

🏛️ Council / Government Updates

Lancaster, Preston and Ribble Valley Proposed as New Unitary Council Name

Zoe Walker21 August 2026

A wide pedestrianized street lined with shops and trees, with numerous people walking along the sidewalks and a few in the central pathway.

🏛️ Council / Government Updates

Preston Moves Closer to Hosting UK’s First Regional Co-Operative Bank

Barbara Parker20 August 2026

Four people in high-visibility jackets and work trousers stand with cleaning equipment, including long poles and a large black vacuum cleaner, in front of a brick building with a large metal roller door.

💰 Grants & Funding

Preston Receives £17,000 Grant to Tackle Chewing Gum Litter

Zoe Walker12 August 2026

A long row of terraced houses with varying brick and painted facades, featuring an array of dark roofs with chimneys and skylights under a cloudy sky.

Council Proposes New Landlord Licensing Scheme in Preston

Zoe4 August 2026

A wide shot of a bustling indoor flea market with numerous vendors, tables laden with goods, and shoppers browsing under a high, vaulted ceiling with exposed metal trusses and overhead lighting.

🏘️ Community

Preston’s Markets and High Streets: The Character, History and Changing Fortunes of a Shopping Heart

David Price2 August 2026

A child's drawing depicts a red monster with a long green tongue and sharp teeth, with colorful eyes or dots near its head that says "I am Hungry" next to it. Below, a second drawing with green outlines says "Recycling Feed The Monster".

🎨 Arts & Culture

Preston Children’s Artwork to Feature on Food Waste Collection Vehicles

Barbara Parker23 July 2026

A collage of four images showing street performers: a man in a straitjacket, a woman in a pink outfit riding a shopping cart, a juggler looking up at flying clubs against a blue sky, and a band with a drummer on stilts and a tuba player.

🎭 Entertainment

Preston Markets Announces Free August Entertainment Programme

Zoe22 July 2026

A glass jar filled with gold coins labeled "EMERGENCY FUND" stands next to a line of dominos, representing potential financial instability.

🏛️ Council / Government Updates

Preston Residents Encouraged to Apply for Crisis and Resilience Fund

Albert Nelson21 July 2026

The entrance to Town Hall, a building made of light brown stone with many windows, and flags hanging above the doorway.

🏛️ Council / Government Updates

Preston Council Expands Cost-Of-Living Support For Residents

A bustling city square with people walking and cycling, surrounded by historic buildings and trees under a clear sky.

Multi-Million Pound Improvement Works To Begin In Preston City Centre

Albert Nelson29 June 2026

The Man Who Invented 'Teetotal': How Preston Weaver Joseph Livesey Started a Global Temperance Movement From His Kitchen Table

📍 Local News

The Man Who Invented 'Teetotal': How Preston Weaver Joseph Livesey Started a Global Temperance Movement From His Kitchen Table

Barrington Kirkham26 June 2026

A wide canal with lock gates in the distance, lined by residential buildings on the left and a large industrial crane and boats on the right.

📍 Local News

The Dock That Bankrupted a City: How Preston Built Europe's Largest Inland Port in 1892

Barrington Kirkham26 June 2026

A light blue circular plaque on a brick wall, stating "Edith Rigby (1872 - 1948) suffragette lived here."

🏛️ History

The Suffragette Who Set Fire to a Millionaire's Bungalow: Preston's Edith Rigby and the Fight for Votes

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

A large concrete building with a ribbed facade serves as a bus station, with several buses parked and a person walking in the foreground.

A Local's Guide to Preston: Five Must-See Landmarks in Lancashire's Newest City

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

A parade with several mounted cavalry officers in dark uniforms with red detailing, riding black and brown horses, passing by a crowd of spectators behind metal barriers, in front of a stone building with arched windows.

🏛️ History

The Guild That Only Happens Once Every Twenty Years: Inside Preston's 800-Year Tradition

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

A bronze statue of a soccer player mid-kick in a fountain, with water splashing around the ball and the player's legs, set against a backdrop of modern stadium buildings.

The Preston Plumber: How Sir Tom Finney Became a Football Legend While Fixing Pipes

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

A person walks across a crosswalk at an outdoor bus station with several parked buses next to a long modern building with horizontal ridges, under the shadow of a tree.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Stories

How Prestonians Saved Their Bus Station From Demolition

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026

A man walks across an asphalt road with white stripes toward a large brutalist concrete bus station with several blue and yellow buses parked along its length.

📍 Local News

Welcome to Preston Magazine: A New Voice for Our City

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026