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Brockholes nature reserve wins tourism award

4th, October 2011 by Ed Walker

A nature reserve in the east of the city has won a regional tourism award. Brockholes nature reserve on Preston New Road, Fishwick opened in the Spring and has now been awarded for its popularity with locals and tourists. The judges at the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards voted for the 250-acre reserve to win the Best Marketing Campaign category. It marked a successful week [...]

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Poynter Street residents express disgust over bin policy

6th, June 2011 by Joseph Stashko

Next week Preston City Council are introducing a scheme to confiscate bins that are left out on the street after feedback from a public consultation. But residents of Poynter Street, St. Matthew’s, are already having problems with their refuse bins, something that has attracted rats, flytipping and arson. Zeenat Ali, a resident of the street and mother of six, said: “The bins have been [...]

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FSA reveals Preston’s most unhygienic eateries (Mapped)

3rd, June 2011 by Joseph Stashko

A new scheme by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published all hygiene ratings for businesses that deal in food as assessed by local councils. Businesses are assessed using a five star rating system – 0 stars indicate ‘urgent improvement necessary’ while 5 stars indicate ‘very good’. The worst businesses in Preston who scored 0 stars were Curry Cottage, Drumstix, Pak Sweet Centre & Takeaway, [...]

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Roe Deer Spotted Close to Fylde Road

10th, May 2011 by Lisa McManus

Yesterday evening myself and my young son spotted a young deer bounding across the play area on Maudland Bank, behind UCLAN’s Media Factory. It was an amazing sight to see a wild animal within such a heavily populated area. As it sprang off in the direction of Fylde Road I wondered if sightings of deer were common within Preston and if we see it again [...]

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Police issue warning after spate of bag thefts

28th, April 2011 by Andy Halls

Police are reminding members of the public to keep their belongings with them after a number of unattended bags were stolen in a Preston park. Four reports have been received over the past two weeks of bags or items from bags being stolen from Avenham Park whilst they were left unattended. Insp Eddie Newton said: “It appears that whilst residents have been enjoying the sunshine [...]

Exclusive: Preston’s rodent capital named

16th, March 2011 by Lucy Spaven

St Matthew’s has become rat capital of Preston after 205 complaints of rodent infestations were made last year. Figures obtained by Blog Preston using a Freedom of Information request show at least one complaint was made every other day in the area. Veronica Afrin, councillor for St Matthew’s, said: “I have been aware of a rodent problem in the ward for three years. It has [...]

A cow on Twitter? Pull the udder one!

1st, March 2011 by James Roche

Stephen Fry may have milked social networking site Twitter for all it’s worth, but now he has competition. Lefty the cow, from Old Holly Farm, Garstang, has taken the tweeting world by storm after farmer Ian Pye, 38, set up the account at the end of last year. “It’s a bit of fun marketing basically but it’s about the dairy industry,” he said. Mr Pye, who [...]

LIVE: Preston City Council’s budget

24th, February 2011 by Andy Halls

Join us live from City Hall as council chiefs make decision on the budget and council tax. The council has announced £3.5m in cuts, and Preston is one of the worst affected in terms of amount cut from its government grant. Job cuts are expected, with around 25-30 individuals working in front-line services, particularly at the Guildhall, set to lose their jobs. The council will [...]

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Preston-born woman speaks of shock at Christchurch quake

23rd, February 2011 by Melvin Rao

A Preston-born woman living in New Zealand has spoken of her shock at the devastating earthquake which hit the country’s second-largest city, Christchurch, yesterday. The earthquake struck just before one in the afternoon while people in the city were at work. More than 75 people have died and 100 are missing. Judy Fowler, who emigrated to New Zealand 36 years ago, liked the country so much that she [...]

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Video: Beautiful Planet – A green cafe in Preston

21st, February 2011 by Joseph Stashko

A fortnight ago we wrote about Beautiful Planet, a co-operative cafe that has been set up on Friargate hoping to bring the community together. Inspired by this, I paid a visit to the cafe and talked to both customers and volunteers to find out their views on community and green issues.

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