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		<title>Join our team: Co-editor and contributors wanted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to help play a part in one of the UK&#8217;s leading local community news websites? If so, we&#8217;re looking for a co-editor to join our team. Blog Preston was established in 2009 and has been serving the community of the city of Preston ever since, providing local news, features, information and views. It also won the award for the UK&#8217;s best hyperlocal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Blog Preston</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog Preston is fast approaching its third birthday, but before we blow out the candles on the cake we&#8217;ve got a Christmas to get through. We&#8217;d like to take a moment to thank you all for reading in 2011 in what has been an incredible year for Blog Preston. Since starting in 2009 we had no idea on the journey we&#8217;d take, and we would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIVE: Local elections and referendum</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/05/live-local-elections-and-referendum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Halls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog Preston will be live from the Guild Hall from start to finish to bring you the very latest news and results from the local elections and referendum.

We were the first news outlet to report the fact that Mark Hendrick had been re-elected in last year’s general election, and we hope to be first again.]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Blog Preston to win Co-Op funding</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/04/vote-for-blog-preston-to-win-co-op-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re dedicated on Blog Preston to covering what goes on in the city of Preston and it&#8217;s a natural fit that we want to help showcase the 2012 Preston Guild. The Co-Op are running a &#8216;Start a Revolution&#8217; competition where community groups and charities can bid for up to £5,000 to do something which benefits the community. We&#8217;ve put in a bid to help us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Announcement</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/02/a-big-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Stashko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November of last year Blog Preston teamed up with several other media projects and charities in Preston to bid for the NESTA Neighbourhood Challenge. We put together a joint bid with Prescap &#38; Preston FM, Bespoke Project at the University of Central Lancashire and CSV Preston to apply for funding. NESTA&#8217;s Neighbourhood Challenge is designed to support people who are trying to change their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the Blog Preston shop</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/01/introducing-the-blog-preston-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/01/introducing-the-blog-preston-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to find all the stuff on Amazon about Preston in one place? As well as providing good local community news and views, we&#8217;ve launched our own shop. Unfortunately there&#8217;s no &#8216;Blog Preston&#8217; t-shirts but there is a great range of Preston-related products. All you need to do is click on the shop tab on the top bar and it&#8217;ll show you a load of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Blog Preston</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/12/merry-christmas-from-blog-preston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With snow still on the ground it&#8217;s that time of year again, Christmas. A chance to kick back and relax, sip a glass of mulled wine and catch up with friends and family. This is Blog Preston&#8217;s second Christmas, and we&#8217;d like to take a moment to thank all of our readers for their support in 2010. It&#8217;s been an exciting year for us and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Price promise for train passengers</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/12/price-promise-for-train-passengers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Central Railway have promised cheaper fares, spacious trains and better storage if its proposed direct rail link from Lancashire to London are approved. The open access operator submitted plans to run four return services between Blackpool and London stopping at various North West stations including Preston. It already runs identical regional services from Bradford and Sunderland straight to the capital. A cut-price fare policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Protests: What you had to say</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/12/student-protests-what-you-had-to-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Stashko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got a fair amount of opinions and reaction regarding the news of the student protests through Twitter. Here&#8217;s some of the best of them. @blogpreston @johnpotterld Lesson for students. Never trust a politician.less than a minute ago via webStephen TurnerStevil54 @blogpreston I&#8217;m guessing carl didn&#8217;t apologise for LAB bringing them in then tripling them then setting up and endorsing the Browne reportless than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police cordon off Deepdale area as blaze rages on</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Halls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former warehouse has been evacuated and a 500 feet area cordoned off after a four-storey building was engulfed by flames. The building, on Kent St, is home to the Iqra education centre and the Biker Asylum motorcycle shop. Children were seen leaving the building barefoot, having been evacuated by fire-fighters. Eye-witness Pete Switzer, 36, described how he heard “two little explosions” adding the apparent cause was an electric heater. [...]]]></description>
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