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Hamish

Adopt a Preston Pet: Hamish

17th, March 2012 by

Name – Hamish Gender – Female Breed – Scottie Cross Colour – Black (with a little white) Age – Approx 2 years Hamish was brought to the centre as a stray and his owners didn’t come looking for him. He is a 2-year- old (approx) Scottie cross, who was very unsettled when he first came to the centre. Hamish will need a new owner that [...]

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The Fourth Preston Social – Protest & Activism with social media

27th, July 2011 by

The fourth Preston Social was all focused around how activists are using social media to further their cause, as well as how journalists are starting to use tools like Twitter to cover and filter information to serve relevant audiences. Recent examples included the uprisings in Libya and Egypt, and closer to home the public sector union strikes on June 30 of this year. Journalist Joseph Stashko, who [...]

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Amount of Preston benefit claimants falls

16th, June 2011 by

Benefit claimants in Preston are down from 3,015 last year to 2,953 this May, according to the Office of National Statistics. The total number of unemployed over the UK has fallen by 88,000 in the last quarter and now stands at 2.43 million. The ONS stated that the fall was mainly amongst those aged 16-24 years old, where the number of unemployed in the age [...]

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New vintage shop opens on Friargate

12th, March 2011 by

Chic shoppers are over the moon at the arrival of a new antique clothes store on Friargate. After a petition failed to save the old Oxfam vintage shop on the same road last year, people complained they had nowhere good to get their outfits. Now, Wonderland boutique is aiming to fill the gap in the market. Store owner, Joanne Wilson said: “We’re not worried that [...]

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Penny Slot Machine

Good Old Fashioned Fun

6th, January 2011 by

Fancy a bracing New Year’s walk with a non-calorific treat at the end of it? Earlier this week we braved the gnarly weather and headed to Southport for a stroll along Southport Pier and a play on some old fashioned penny slot machines.

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