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If a few followers can count for something… This legend was lost yesterday (Preston). Petrified at first but we got him safe & to the vet. No luck with chip though. Now with the dog warden. He is ace. Really hope someone is desperate to get him home. RTs can only help. 🐾🤞

This is a plea for Tap & Tandoor to open in Preston. Thank you.

Only in the bizarre world of politics could people behave so nettled about the phrasing ‘u-turn’. You had one plan, you listened to people in your city, you changed that plan. If the new plan is better - kudos for listening to people.

Some people don't understand what councillors vote on, and what MPs vote on. So, just for the record, I have no say in the welfare reform vote. But I completely disagree with what is being put forward. Many of my residents will suffer and I only wish I had more clout on this!

Great to see the new Foxton Youth and Community Centre open today. This is an excellent project that will engage with young people across #Preston. Congratulations to everyone involved in the project!

We go deep, not just into the filling, but into the history of a Preston staple. Butter pie fans, rejoice and take over. 🥧🥧🥧 blogpreston.co.uk/2025/06/from-b…

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The 25-year-old PNE striker was caught on the A6 and A59 breaking the 30mph speed limit multiple times including doing nearly 50mph in one of the offences. Jamie Lopez report from Preston Magistrates' Court as his punishment was decided. #pnefc blogpreston.co.uk/2025/06/presto…

A landlord conspired to have his tenant's power supply cut off, leaving him with no heating or lighting in sub-zero temperatures. Well done to Sefton Council Council for ensuring he was prosecuted | The Lead | theleaduk.substack.com southport.thelead.uk/p/landlord-lef…

Several times. Kae Tempest is a treasure.

I’ve thought a lot about whether it’s the right thing to talk about Rachel Reeves crying at PMQs. Because crying is not something we should be ashamed of, or something we should be judged for. Because crying is something associated with women - and in particular this misogynistic

No actual denial of the allegations here, just an ad hominem attack on the journalist who has not yet published a story. A well-trodden path by those with something to hide. You can’t hang your hat on uncovering corruption then moan when someone exposes your own corruption.

Delighted that The Lead North has been nominated in the Press Gazette Future of Media Awards, alongside some real heavyweights of journalism. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…

Our sister publication, the Lead North, has been shortlisted for an award at the Future of Media Awards 2025, for the best Best Specialist/Regional Journalism-based Newsletters of 2025🎉 pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…

Our northern team goes beyond the headlines in Lancashire, Blackpool, Calderdale, Teesside and Southport. If you want serious local reporting that gets where the traditional media doesn't, check them out ⬇️

Good news!📣 We’re delighted to tell you the in-depth local journalism we publish twice-a-week across the North of England is up for an award. Press Gazette’s Future of Media Awards has seen The Lead North project shortlisted in the Best Journalism-Based Newsletters of 2025

Walking in Edith’s Footsteps: A first-hand journey through Preston’s suffragette history: Article in Blog Preston about the Edith Rigby Walk led by Judy Beeston, Friend of Winckley Square. Thank you to by Megan Miley for coming on the walk and writing this.

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A charity in Central Lancashire is marking forty years of compassionate end-of-life and palliative care. blogpreston.co.uk/2025/07/forty-…

Constantly impressed with #Substack and local journalists Luke Beardsworth & Jamie Lopez Great write-up on Thursdays full council meeting at Lancashire County Council Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 might be a few bits of interest to you 😉 open.substack.com/pub/thelancash…