Preston Road News celebrated its 50th edition of reporting on regeneration news and developments for residents in August. Teenagers were presented with the Best Commercial Premises award for their han ...

New Start, Regeneration Magazine, 6 May 2005: "One thing which sets Preston Road apart is the degree to which it employs local people. Most NDCs have a staff of nine or ten. At Hull, there are 250, ar ...

January: John Prescott officially opened the new £400,000 police station for the then Marfleet and Southcoates Local Policing Team at the Village Centre. It was part of the Humberside Police-wide prog ...

A seven-strong team of "community stewords" started work on the Estate, managed by the Goodwin Development Trust. In November, Hull's Director of learning and Culture Helen McMullen signalled the star ...

In September, the Children's Centre won the community benefit category in the Pro Yorkshire Awards from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The awards kept coming. A month later, Community P ...

This ll-week summertime blitz on anti- social behaviour and community safety started in June. The activities included environmental- clean-ups, the introduction of a youth bus, promotion of new Connex ...

March: The £ 1.5 million Children's Centre, likened to a fairytale castle, became operational at the Village Centre. Residents were taking advantage of a new self-employment project which started to s ...

A video produced by the Preston Road Motorbike Club video was premiered at the Hull Short Film Festival, at the Odeon in the city I centre. There were celebrations at Foredyke Pri mary School when Ofs ...

The installation of a 1000-strong network of computers across the estate was complete, under the Wire IT Project. Recipients had a choice of payments, cash or volunteer hours. More building work start ...

It became a popular venue for indoor bowls, training sessions, craft classes, family history sessions and youth activities. June also saw Preston Road resident Glenis Edwards being presented with the ...