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Catholic Charity helping ex-offenders in Preston

The donation was presented by Peter Van Parys and Mike King from the Broughton Catholic Charitable Trust to the team at their premises. Pictured from left to right is Liz Snape (ACE), Mike King (Broughton Catholic Charitable Trust), Dale Tomlinson (Director of Community Services, Caritas Care), Sharon Smith (ACE Project Manager), Jamie Lea Richardson and Charles Gayle (ACE). Caritas Care are thrilled to have received a £4000 from the Broughton Catholic Charitable Society to support people engaged with the ACE Project (Assisted Community Engagement), based in Preston. The […]

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Award winning Preston Tattoo artists have designs on global growth after LA exposure

Benj Ashmead and James Surridge outside Preston Stio, True Colours An award winning pair of Lancashire-born tattoo artists have worked shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the worlds biggest tattooing talents in Los Angeles. Benj Ashmead and James Surridge, from True Colours […]

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Criminal Damage at Barclays in Preston after Greenpeace Climate exhibition

Pop-up exhibition blocks Barclays Bank in Manchester. Police were called to Barclays in Preston on Monday after reports of criminal damage as part of a national climate change protest. Greenpeace activists sealed the doors of the bank […]

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Captain of England’s blind futsal announces retirement

Stephen Daley playing for England Longest serving England Football Captain of blind and partially sighted futsal, Stephen Daley, has announced his retirement. Stephen was born in Northern Ireland but has lived in Preston for over […]

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UCLan top of the league for investment in student wellbeing

UCLan students walking through campus The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has come top of a national wellbeing league table. UCLan has topped the table in the 2020 Student Welfare League Table, which analyses the […]

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Preston businesses are being asked to ‘team up’ to help raise funds for Child Action North West

Up for the cup: (l-r) John Treacy (Lancashire FA), Stuart Chaplin and Deborah Blades (CANW), Kevin Gallacher and Iain Mackie (Lancashire FA) at the relaunch of the Orphanage Cup. Local businesses in Preston are being asked to team up for a football tournament the ‘Orphanage Cup’ to help raise funds for Child Action North West. The football tournament – […]

5 years ago
Ashton residents plagued by weekend road racers

Car Park on Mariners Way where locals hope to have CCTV installed Residents of Ashton say they are fed up of being woken by car enthusiasts using their roads as a race track into the early hours of the morning. Local residents […]

5 years ago
Popular young people’s literary festival returning to Preston

Attendees at a previous NYALitFest A major event celebrating the best of children’s and young people’s literature is returning to Preston, and organisers say it’s set to be bigger and better than ever before. The […]

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