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Knuckle duster, hammer and drugs seized as police step up anti-social behaviour patrols across Preston

The hammer and knuckle duster Pic: Preston Police A crackdown by police on anti-social behaviour and organised crime in Preston has yieled a number of arrests and seized property. Preston Police began Operation Edge on Thursday (1 October) […]

3 years ago
Police looking for man who breached domestic violence order after three days

Dominic Battiniello Preston Police are looking for a 28-year-old who is wanted in connection with breaching a domestic violence protection order. Dominic Battiniello was given the order at Preston Magistrates’ Court on […]

3 years ago
Services back to normal after bricks thrown at buses in Fishergate Hill

Fishergate Hill. Pic: Tony Worrall Stagecoach bus routes have returned to normal after services were suspended on Fishergate Hill following multiple incidents of bricks being thrown at buses in that area. The incidents took place […]

3 years ago
Preston community groups awarded share of £25,000 funding

Project Fit Preston based in London Road is one of the groups to benefit Pic: Project Fit Preston / Facebook Four community groups from Preston have been awarded a share of over £25,000 through Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw’s Community Action Fund. CAF funding has been distributed to […]

4 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement ‘Someone has it in for me’ – suspected arson attack at Ashton eyelash academy

CCTV footage of the fire at The iLashed Academy The owner of The iLashed Academy is offering a £1,000 cash reward after a suspected arson attack at her Lane Ends premises. 20-year-old Imogen Southwood from Fulwood posted on social […]

4 years ago
Arrests after elderly Preston woman conned out of £200,000

Elderly woman's hands Pic: Sabine van Erp from Pixabay Two men have been arrested by police investigating a £200,000 fraud in Preston. Officers from Lancashire Police’s Economic Crime Unit executed two warrants at addresses in Blackburn yesterday (Tuesday 22 […]

4 years ago
Appeal after man stabbed in Plungington in broad daylight

Plungington stabbing CCTV Police want to speak to two men after a stabbing in Plungington. The incident happened on Wednesday 9 September just after 4pm outside the Co-op Food shop in Plungington Road. […]

4 years ago
Teenage boy stabbed outside McDonalds at Preston Docks

McDonalds at Preston Docks Pic: Google A 16-year-old boy was stabbed outside a fast-food restaurant at Preston Docks. Preston Police confirmed they were called to McDonalds, in Riversway, Ashton-on-Ribble, around 8.40pm on Tuesday (22 September). A […]

4 years ago
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