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		<title>Councillors set to reject student flats plan for Plungington as case heads for appeal hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to convert two shops in Plungington into student accommodation are set to be rejected by councillors. A former hairdressers and tanning salon on Trafford Street could be changed into six appartments. Fears over parking problems and noise have led local councillors and residents to petition the council to stop the development going ahead. Councillors have been advised to throw the plans out to strengthen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brave firefighters to assist Japanese relief efforts</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/03/brave-firefighters-to-assist-japanese-relief-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas Clapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialist members of Lancashire’s fire and rescue services have joined the relief effort in Japan. As details of the disaster unfold, trained teams have been sent from countries worldwide. Seven members from the region’s fire services have been sent to the stricken nation. They include Andy Hayes and Mark Noblet from Preston. Fire service officer, Richard Edney, praised the group for their courage. “Obviously they’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North South divide hits shopkeepers where it hurts</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/02/north-south-divide-hits-shopkeepers-where-it-hurts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stubbings</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shopkeepers fear that the current dip in sales could mean the death of the high street as the north south divide grows ever bigger. Figures released by the Local Data Company show the shop vacancy gap between the north and the south rose by 2.5 per cent in the last six months. In Preston there are currently 100 empty shops with the worst areas being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling pubs at risk as beer sales slide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina Saito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pulling the perfect pint may soon be a lost art if beer sales continue to slide. The humble pub is losing out to supermarkets who can sell booze cheaply and according to experts at the British Beer and Pub Association, overall beer sales fell by four per cent in 2010. Beer sales in pubs have dropped by more than seven per cent, yet supermarket sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New community cafe hopes for a greener future</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/02/6983/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Campbell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly-opened vegetarian co-operative cafe Beautiful Planet hopes to bring the community together to make a greener future for the area. It took three months of hard work from manager Brett Lund and a crew of volunteers to fix up the derelict shop on Friargate. “Every square inch needed to be refurbished,” says Brett, of Church Street. Beautiful Planet only opened last Thursday, but it already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RightMovePlaces &#8211; A resource for Preston</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2011/01/rightmoveplaces-a-resource-for-preston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Stashko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As briefly summarised in my earlier post, RightMovePlaces is a website where people can give a flavour of the area in which they live through photos, summaries of their opinions on the area and vote on what they think the best and worst aspects are. In the next few days Blog Preston will also have an RSS feed that goes directly into the Preston section of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Withy Trees pub given &#8216;dream&#8217; refurbishment</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/12/5963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Withy Trees pub has been given a fresh lease of life thanks to a new ownership and refurbishment. Situated on Lytham Road, Fulwood, the pub had been in a downward spiral until the last landlord’s licence was revoked. Lisa Gosling, a local nurse in want of change, pitched her business plan for the failing pub. Without any experience in the industry Lisa felt she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police cordon off Deepdale area as blaze rages on</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/12/police-cordon-off-deepdale-area-as-blaze-rages-on/</link>
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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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		<title>West Indian club Jalgos under threat from Tithebarn</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/11/west-indian-club-jalgos-under-threat-from-tithebarn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nkinsella</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign to save Preston&#8217;s principal West Indian social club is in full swing  following the approval of Tithebarn plans. Preston City Council’s £700m plan for Tithebarn has caused problems for Jalgos, which will be forced to relocate to make way for space for buses to reverse into. The Jalgos Sports and Social club was formed almost 50 years ago and a campaign is ongoing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preston Bus Station: picture special</title>
		<link>http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/11/preston-bus-station-picture-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Halls</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Tithebarn regeneration project looking likely to go ahead, Preston&#8217;s historic Bus Station could soon be a thing of the past. There have been mixed views, and many debates about whether the building should remain; whether it is a work of art, or an eyesore. Jonathan Kenyon, who studies at Preston College focussed an entire project on the building, and produced some beautiful results.]]></description>
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