Mapped: How local is your local councillor?

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Mapped: How local is your local councillor?

17th, May 2012 by Daniel Bentley

An investigation for Blog Preston has shown over half of the city’s councillors do not live in the wards they represent. Following the local elections earlier in May the addresses of all successful candidates and current councillors were mapped against ward boundaries. Local council elections are a chance for communities to elect a direct representative who will bring their issues to the attention of the [...]

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Ask the leader: Put your questions to Preston City Council leader Peter Rankin

14th, May 2012 by Ed Walker

This is your chance to put your questions about the city direct to the leader of Preston City Council. Having recently increased his majority in the council chamber, Labour leader Peter Rankin, will be live online for an hour from 7pm on Thursday 24 May to answer your queries about Preston. From the future of the bus station, bin collections to all the preparation on [...]

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Tesco store faces battle to keep alcohol licence as police request review

10th, May 2012 by Ed Walker

A major supermarket’s store in Preston could be stripped of its licence to serve alcohol by the council later this month. Tesco has been hauled before Preston City Council’s licensing sub committee after a “number of incidents” relating to alcohol have been raised by police. The store within Tulketh Mill’s retail units on Blackpool Road, Ashton, was granted permission to serve alcohol in April last [...]

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Reflection and relief at Preston City Council election results

4th, May 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

It was the climax of a long and tiring campaign for all the candidates at Preston City Council’s election count on Thursday. For some it was a chance to celebrate, but for all, it was an opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months and experience a peculiar sense of relief. Local election counts are strange events. This is partly due to the time at [...]

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Election 2012: Where to vote – all of Preston’s polling stations mapped

3rd, May 2012 by Joseph Stashko

Today sees the local elections in Preston, with all wards up for election apart from College, Moor Park and University. You can take a look at your local candidates with our ward map and by checking out the Candidate Focus series we’ve been running on the site. Below you’ll find a map of all the polling stations in Preston. Remember that you don’t need your polling [...]

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‘Open Preston’ project launched to make Preston Council more transparent

30th, April 2012 by Joseph Stashko

A local journalist has started a project designed to make Preston Council more transparent. Daniel Bentley, who is currently studying at the University of Central Lancashire, has created ‘Open Preston‘ – a web application that shows Preston’s food safety ratings, recent planning applications, information about Preston’s councillors and areas of deprivation in the city. Visitors to Open Preston can browse the information in list or [...]

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Election 2012: All the candidates for Preston City Council mapped

29th, April 2012 by Ed Walker

The map below shows all the candidates standing for election for Preston City Council and the wards they are standing in. View Election 2012: Local election candidates standing for Preston City Council in a larger map The colours on the map relate to the 2011 local election result for that ward, and the party currently holding the ward. Click on a ward to see the [...]

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Preston Council reminds voters in the run up to election

27th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen Gibson

As the local election on Thursday 3rd May gets nearer, Preston Council have provided some last minute advice to voters who wish to have their say. With just under a week to go until the big day, the council offered this checklist as a reminder for people heading down to the polls. – Check where you should vote. Details of your local polling station will [...]

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Opening times over Easter: Council offices, leisure centres, markets and rubbish collections

3rd, April 2012 by Ed Walker

The Easter Holidays are nearly upon us and below is information about when council services will be open. The Town Hall will be closed on Good Friday, 6th April and will not re-open until Tuesday 10th April. Lancastria House and Birley Street will also be closed. The general emergency contact number is 01772 906916 and the Housing Advice emergency contact number is 01772 251076. Fulwood [...]

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New flyering permits net city council £3,500 windfall

23rd, March 2012 by Ed Walker

A council permit scheme to cut down flyering in the city centre has raised over £3,500 in the first six months of operation. The scheme, launched in late September last year, has seen 28 permits applied for and granted by the city council. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show £3,605 has been paid in permit fees, but no prosecutions have been made [...]

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Revealed: Keen gardeners waiting up to ten years for an allotment in Preston

20th, March 2012 by Tom Murphy

The number of people on Preston’s allotment waiting list has trebled in the past four years, but the city council have refused to provide more sites. A Freedom of Information request found 349 people are waiting for a plot, and some face a massive wait of ten years to get one. The FOI revealed that the average wait is four to five years but this [...]

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City centre trees to be chopped due to CCTV fears

11th, March 2012 by Ed Walker

Work starts today to cut back overgrowing trees in the city centre which are blocking the view of CCTV cameras. The council will pull up a tree on the junction of Friargate and Cheapside, outside the William Hill bookies, which is limiting how well Lancashire Police can monitor the area. Councillor Robert Boswell, cabinet member for environment, said: “We have a duty to ensure that [...]

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Celebrate International Women’s Day in Preston

8th, March 2012 by Joseph Stashko

Today is International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to celebrate and raise awareness of women’s rights around the world. Started in the early 1900s and celebrated annually thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. There are several events happening Preston related to the day: Preston Council are hosting an event which begins at 11am this morning and includes [...]

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