Adam Lord Audience Editor

Hello,

I hope you’ve had a good week and are looking forward to what looks like being a glorious bank holiday weekend. It’s the third of the month, but there’s no chance of getting tired of them if this is the weather. 

Let’s take a look at today’s top stories...

• An 11-year-old remains in a critical condition after being hit by a police car 
• The Royal Preston Hospital is to be replaced with a new building on a different site 
• Wrong turn! We caught 21 motorists going the wrong way at a new junction in 90 minutes

Elsewhere, if you’re looking ahead to the bank holiday weekend, we’re here to help, whether it be brilliant beaches, or great things to do with the kids that are absolutely free or you’re heading down to Preston institution, the Caribbean Carnival.

Also, because we all love the good old days we’ve gone back into our archives and dug out pictures of Preston in the 1970s, brilliant Avenham Park events, and if you went to Fulwood High, there’s a suitably embarrassing gallery of pictures. 

Thanks for reading, 

Adam

adam.lord@nationalworld.com