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Police raise awareness of anti-social behaviour with viral video

20th, October 2011 by

This afternoon we recieved a direct message to the Blog Preston Twitter account from Lancashire Constabulary that looked suspiciously like one of the spam messages that’s been going around. If you’re on Twitter, you’ll have seen them; “Someone’s written a bad blog about you”, “You have to see this photo”, etc. After clarifying with Lancashire Police that it indeed wasn’t a spam link, I checked out [...]

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Rebekah Brooks pulls out of Fulwood visit amidst phone hacking allegations

12th, July 2011 by

Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, who is at the centre of the phone hacking scandal has pulled out of attending a prize-giving ceremony at Fulwood Academy this Wednesday. Brooks was due to hand out prizes at the school, as part of her role on the board of governors. However, Fulwood Academy said Brooks worried that the media attention in her visit might [...]

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Plug In Lancashire set up to support women in Science, Engineering and Technology

4th, July 2011 by

Plug In Lancashire is a new group that has been set up to support women in Science, Engineering and Technology, (SET) in and around Lancashire. The meetings will be informal and workshop based, to support creative learning, professional development and networking in a supportive environment. Organisers plan to rotate the events around the Lancashire area to reach a wider group of geeky ladies, and to [...]

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Council charge for “guide to joining the social media revolution”

27th, June 2011 by

Preston City Council have launched a ‘Social Media Toolkit’, priced at £199. The 168-page document is available to order on the council website, and describes itself as “a complete guide to joining the social media revolution”. The toolkit (a preview of which is available for free) is designed for public sector and non-profit organisations and will focus mainly on reputation, as well as a guide [...]

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SYNC filmmaking event this evening

21st, June 2011 by

The latest SYNC event for filmmakers at the Continental will take place this evening, for an 8:30 start. Rob Birchall will show a selection of his animation work, from clips he’s done for films to commercial companies, along with book series Get Ahead Fred, to the work he did in the Scan & Paint department for Oscar nominated The Illusionist. He’ll talk about his creative [...]

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Contribute and suggest changes to the site

20th, June 2011 by

I’ve had a few thoughts for the site over the last couple of weeks, so I thought it best to share them. After all, there’s more of you than me, you’re all users of the site and it’s always been my goal to make Blog Preston as open and as collaborative as possible. With this in mind, here are my ideas for how the site [...]

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Lefty the cow, Preston's very own Twitter celebrity

A cow on Twitter? Pull the udder one!

1st, March 2011 by

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 [...]

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Why we have a new Twitter account

28th, February 2011 by

Recently we’ve had a flurry of live coverage on Blog Preston. Increased coverage of Preston North End matches and the council budget has meant that lately our Twitter account has gone into overdrive at weekends and on matchdays. We’ve had a really great response so far with lots of our followers letting us know their thoughts on games at Deepdale. Live coverage is really good [...]

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Thoughts on the #PrestonTweetup

18th, October 2010 by

Preston Tweeps gathered together for the third Preston Tweetup last Tuesday at the New Continental. In association with Stage 9 Marketing and They Eat Culture, the event was a great success with around 40 attendants. I’ve put together a few notes and thoughts from the evening, what went well and what could be improved for a future meetup.

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Preston Blogs Digest

22nd, September 2010 by

Since starting last week, this weekly digest will pull together some of the best web links and articles to do with Preston, both from our listed blogs and other sources. At the moment we’re still focusing on blogs rather than assorted web links. Hopefully it’ll help give Preston blogs a bit more exposure as well as cherrypicking some posts so you don’t have to. Don’t [...]

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What happened at Preston Tweetup?

18th, March 2009 by

I really didn’t know what to expect when I floated the idea of Preston Tweetup and it just goes to show how a decent idea can really go places when people get on board. The night itself generated a fantastic response and fantastic ideas.

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Why isn't Preston's MP on Twitter?

8th, March 2009 by

I was browsing the web and came across this excellent site that lists which MPs are on Twitter and gives you an insight into the corridors of power. It’s called Tweetminster. It got me thinking, is Preston’s MP Mark Hendrick on Twitter?

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Preston Tweetup Logo Competition

6th, March 2009 by

We’ve been running a competition to design a logo for Preston Tweetup. The entries are now in, and here they are with a short write up of why the designer picked the fonts, colours etc that they did: Entry 1 – submitted by David Perkins

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