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Preston’s police chief will be tweeting from his beat
Preston’s top copper has decided to join Twitter. Chief superintendent Tim Jacques, who is divisional commander for Preston, will be posting updates about police activity. He said: “I want to use Twitter to keep communities up to date with what Preston Police do, get to understand local resident’s concerns and share vital and sometimes not so vital information. “This gives the public the chance to [...]
26 days ago by Ed Walker Share
New Mural in Preston City Centre
Brightening up the dull early March streets of Preston I noticed a new splash of street art. An amazing huge new mural on the side of a public city building. It looks like the work of Reasm, the artist partly responsible for the awesome ‘Happy Landings’ mural found on the university police house on Adelphi Street. Reasm is a talented Preston based illustrator/graffiti artist and [...]
79 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Woman sexually assaulted in Preston: Police CCTV appeal
Preston police have issued a CCTV image of a man they need to trace after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in Preston town centre in December 2012. The incident is believed to have taken place between 3am and 4am on Sunday 9th December at Ringway when the 20 year old victim was walking home after a night out. Following an investigation police have obtained [...]
80 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Police appeal after light stolen from scene of collision
Police are appealing for information after a Fire Service response car was damaged and a light fitting stolen as it attended the scene of a road traffic collision in Preston The vehicle was parked on Deepdale Road at around 8:15pm on Tuesday night attending the scene of a collision between two cars when someone has approached the car and taken the emergency light bar from [...]
101 days ago by Tony Worrall Share
Open to the Public: Talk, film screening & discussion about empty buildings in Preston’s City Centre
There are 300 empty or underused buildings in Preston’s city centre, Open to the Public is an art project and platform that maps all the vacant buildings in the city centre and aims to challenge the way that we look at it. Until 1st february 2013 Unit 12 of the Guild Hall Arcade is home to a giant map of Preston’s city centre with the [...]
115 days ago by Lisa McManus Share
Curiosity Corner
Theres a cool new shop on the block selling all kinds of lovely quirky homewares, clothes and art. Curiosity Corner is situated on the corner of Strand Road, across from Oyston Mill. You can’t miss it, there are two huge great glamorous Betty Boops in the window. “We were going to call the shop Betty Boop Corner,” says owner Caroline Lonergan, “Lots of people come [...]
125 days ago by Lisa McManus Share