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Haunted Preston: Ghostly tales at Samlesbury Hall

27th, January 2012 by

It’s been the venue for many a school trip down the years to learn about the Tudors and their connection with Lancashire, but Samlesbury Hall is also one of the most haunted places in and around Preston. Earlier this month we featured some of Preston’s most haunted places from a new book called Paranormal Lancashire. Now we’ve returned to the myths and legends of this [...]

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Lancashire police jail drug gang spanning two continents

27th, January 2012 by

A man responsible for organising a major drugs supply chain spanning the UK, Europe and South America has been jailed for 24 years after being extradited from Holland. Michael Williams, 42, was the 27th person to be arrested in connection with Operation Greengage the Lancashire Constabulary investigation into an organised crime group that was operating across two continents. Officers from the force’s Serious and Organised [...]

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Preston council budget: The key words

27th, January 2012 by

We’ve run the council’s budget proposal from 2012 to 2016 into Wordle, which crunches the 80 odd pages to find the most commonly used phrases. This gives you an at-a-glance look at what the most used words are by the Labour administration in how they plan to spend your money. What do you make of the graphic? What does it tell you? Let us know [...]

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Opinion: Labour budget is built on non-commitment

26th, January 2012 by

Tax and spend, tax and spend, borrow your way out of trouble and don’t worry about tomorrow, that will be someone else’s problem. Yes, folks, Labour’s back in power in Preston. All over England, local authorities are tightening their belts and deciding it would be totally unacceptable in the present economic climate to increase Council Tax. Not here in Preston, though, where Labour are slamming [...]

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Council tax set to rise by 3.5% as Preston tightens its belt

26th, January 2012 by

A council tax rise for Preston households is on the table as the city decides how to spends its money up until 2016. The three-year financial plan for Preston City Council, due to be discussed at cabinet on Wednesday, sets out how the Labour administration plan to spend millions of pounds on improving the city, while struggling to balance the books. Preston Town Hall will [...]

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Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dragon at the Charter Theatre tomorrow

26th, January 2012 by

  The Jilin Song and Dance Troupe and the Beijing Normal University Performance Troupe will celebrate Chinese New Year with a performance at the Charter Theatre tomorrow. The Jilin Song and Dance Troupe will entertain the audience with a show of traditional dance, folk music, singing and theatricality. The Beijing Normal University Performance Troupe fuse toegher martial arts, poetry, music, song and dance. Together these [...]

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Preston Photo Digest 26/01/12

26th, January 2012 by

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 Group, but if you’ve got a photograph that you think deserves to be included, get in touch at joseph(@)blogpreston.co.uk. I’ll also be updating and including a map of Preston (you can see it at the bottom [...]

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Holocaust Memorial Day to be marked by special service in city centre

25th, January 2012 by

A special service of remembrance will be held tomorrow (Thursday 26 January) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at Preston’s Minster of St John. Starting at 11:30 am and attended by Roberta Cartwright, Mayor of Preston, the annual event invites people to remember the communities that suffered as a result of the Holocaust, the Second World War, and other worldwide tragedies. Candles will be lit during [...]

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Opinion: This is a Preston council budget aimed at promoting fairness in our city

25th, January 2012 by

You don’t need me to tell you again just how much government grant Preston City Council has lost since the coalition took control in Westminster – almost half – from £19 million to £11 million. So many people are in the same situation however, that I can understand it when people say ‘get on with it, just cut some of those cushy council jobs and [...]

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Council’s online bus wins national digital inclusion award

24th, January 2012 by

A mobile bus which aims to get the people of Preston online has won a national award. Preston City Council’s CitizenZone vehicle takes to the streets to teach people who to use computers, browse the web and send emails. The vehicle won a Public Sector Digital Award for ‘best use of IT to build a fairer society’. The CitizenZone scheme has become so popular places [...]

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