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Funding on offer for green-fingered residents and groups

avenham japanese garden Community groups who help improve the environment could be in with a chance of winning some funding. Preston council is calling on green-fingered organisations and individuals to apply for money […]

13 years ago
Public asked for views on new housing plan for Central Lancashire

ashton house A plan to build swathes of new homes in and around Preston goes on public display this week. The strategy proposed by Preston, South Ribble and Chorley council could see […]

13 years ago
Drug dealers get more than 55 years behind bars

preston drug dealers These are the faces of drug dealers put behind bars by a huge police operation to tackle drugs in the city. Lancashire Police swooped on addresses across Preston in November […]

13 years ago
Overall crime in Lancashire falls, but sexual offences on the rise

Overall crime in Lancashire is falling, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. The findings show a 4.8 percent reduction in overall crime from July 2010 to June 2011, which […]

13 years ago
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Fishwick would be an “orphan ward” under boundary changes, says Preston MP

Fishwick would become an “orphan ward” under changes proposed to the Preston constituency by the Boundary Commission, according to MP Mark Hendrick. The move, which would see Fishwick become part […]

13 years ago
Police raise awareness of anti-social behaviour with viral video

This afternoon we recieved a direct message to the Blog Preston Twitter account from Lancashire Constabulary that looked suspiciously like one of the spam messages that’s been going around. If you’re […]

13 years ago
Elderly couple tell of their ordeal as police tackle rogue traders

Rogue traders and doorstep sellers across Lancashire were targeted in a national day of action yesterday. The day, which police forces and trading standards took part in, comes as part […]

13 years ago
Preston Photo Digest 19/10/11

Here are this week’s offerings for the Preston Photo Digest, collecting the best photographs of Preston on a weekly basis All of these images have been compiled from the Preston Flickr […]

13 years ago
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Preston in pictures REFLECTIONS .... Whilst most sleep, this is what Preston Dock Marina looks like at 06.30 on a still summers morning. 6-7-13 (lens at 18mm) ©Preston. Junction of Powis Road - Watery Lane 1981 with the Docks in the background. ©Prestons Iconic 1960's Bus Station pictured in 1981, 12 years after opening, looking at the Ribble Bus Co. side from Ringway. ©St Pauls Church, Preston transforms into Red Rose Radio Preston in 1981. ©Preston Guild Hall, Lancaster Rd Dull summer day 1981. ©Ringway Preston on a dull summer day in 1981. ©Class 390 Avenham Park, PrestonM6 Motorway Preston looking south summer 1984 © View more
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