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• Free Christmas parking offer announced for Preston

  Three Preston car parks will be free to use on a total of 22 days in the run-up to Christmas as part of a push to encourage more people to visit the city centre.

• Preston City Council renews financial support for vulnerable pensioners

  Preston City Council is once again offering additional financial support to help vulnerable pensioners with the rising cost of living, providing eligible households with a one-off payment of £100 towards food and fuel costs.

• Preston City Council issue bin collection update

  Preston residents are being urged to double check their bin collection days ahead of changes being introduced next week.

• Closure order granted for problem Preston address

  Preston’s City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team have secured a closure order at a problem address.

• Bridge strike safety warning

  Highways bosses are being urged to extend the safety barrier on a busy bridge that forms part of the main route between Preston and Southport – after the side of the structure was struck three times in the space of six weeks.

• Car park plan approved for Preston prime site

  The Preston city centre site where the Odeon cinema and Tokyo Jo’s nightclub once stood is to return to being a car park – but with the hope that housing will eventually be built there.

• Preston man jailed for causing significant injuries to young toddler

  A Preston man who caused significant injuries to a young toddler has been jailed.

• Projects approved for Preston’s Pride in Place Impact Fund

  A list of projects to deliver improvements to our neighbourhoods and community assets has been approved utilising £1.5 million Pride in Place Capital funding for Preston.