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Diggy Sticks photo showing the fire in the woodlands Pic: Blog Preston/Diggy Sticks A new woodland centre in Penwortham has been targeted again by vandals. Diggy Sticks Woodland Centre is due for its grand opening this Bank Holiday…
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Pupils at Corpus Christi High School, Fulwood, Preston, help to launch the new ‘Give an Hour’ initiative. Seen here with school careers and aspirations lead Gary Wood and Madeleine Melling from UCLAN. Picture by Paul Heyes…
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Police presence in Morrisons car park off Blackpool Road Pic: Blog Preston A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a campervan in a supermarket car park. Preston Police have taped off part of the Morrisons car park…
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South Ribble Borough Council chief executive Heather McManus Three senior officers at South Ribble Borough Council have been ‘suspended’. BBC Lancashire political reporter Mike Stevens tweeted during Thursday (23 May) the local…
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Estate on a Plate gives communities a chance to grow and thrive People living in five communities in Preston and South Ribble are being invited to sign up to the Estate on a Plate project – a green-fingered initiative to learn new…
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How the new apartment block down Garden Street could look A former sports hall just off Winckley Square could be turned into flats. Garden Street has the former Cardinal Newman sports hall in it but plans in early 2018 were thrown out for…
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Benjamin Topping A man who battered his girlfriend to death with a crowbar has been jailed for life. Benjamin Topping admitted killing Rosie Darbyshire in Ribbleton in February. The body of the 27-year-old was found on the street in Pope…
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The chalk graffiti was written on the walls of the Harris facing the Flag Market Pic: PrestonPolitico Graffiti scrawled on the wall of the grade-I listed Harris Museum and Art Gallery has been condemned. Preston City Council said it had…
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A sunny day in Winckley Square Pic: Tony Worrall Jazz in the Park is returning to Preston after a 15 year hiatus. The event, which previously ran for five years in Avenham Park, is returning in 2019 with Winckley Square as its new home.…
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Sidgreaves Lane is closed over the canal Pic: Google Police have sectioned off part of the Lancaster Canal and a road over it during Thursday morning in Preston. Sidgreaves Lane, where it goes over the canal, is closed to traffic and…
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