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Preston rugby club deny Grasshoppers site sale for homes
2:53pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Club has denied reports that it is planning to relocate and sell its Lightfoot Green Lane ground for housing.
Comments (0)Plans set for Preston world footy conference centre
2:24pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
Plans for an international football conference in Preston to coincide with the next World Cup in 2010 are being put in place.
Cops get extra time to quiz 8 men over Preston kidnapping
11:41am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Police have been granted a further 12 hours to question eight men arrested in connection with a kidnapping in Preston in April.
Lancashire district councils warning over new Parkwise plans
10:55am Wednesday 15th October 2008
DISTRICT councils in Lancashire will to told to bear the brunt of the Parkwise scheme if it makes a loss in the future.
Government announces help for councils
3:56pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
LANCASHIRE councils will get help from an emergency team of finance experts as they look to recover money from a stricken Icelandic bank.
Lancashire police choice ‘on merit not race'
10:39am Wednesday 15th October 2008
LANCASHIRE police recruits are appointed because of their strengths as candidates rather than their race, bosses have said.
Former Preston PC claims racial discrimination
9:02am Wednesday 15th October 2008
A FORMER Preston police constable has taken the force to an industrial tribunal claiming he was the victim of racial discrimination.
Worker injured following Kirkham building collapse
9:34am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Health and safety officers have begun an investigation after a worker was crushed when a building partially collapsed.
‘Squirreling away cash could cost lives’ claim
4:10pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
COUNCIL bosses have been accu-sed of “squirreling” away taxpay-ers’ money in foreign banks.
One casualty following Preston cooker fire
1:53pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
A person had to be treated for the effects of breathing in smoke following a fire at a property in Preston this morning.
Firefighters tackle Deepdale kitchen blaze
10:55am Wednesday 15th October 2008
Firefighters from Preston were called to a kitchen blaze at a property in the Deepdale area of the city last night.
Safety warning to Preston students
6:08pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Police are warning Preston students they risk spoiling their stay in the city as the number of student’s unnecessarily falling victim to burglary soars.
Eight people quizzed over Preston kidnapping
9:14am Tuesday 14th October 2008
Police in Preston have arrested eight people in connection with a kidnapping in the city in April.
Lancashire's foster service is ‘back on track’
12:53pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
LANCASHIRE’S under-fire fostering service has finally taken a turn for the better in the eyes of inspectors.
Lancashire dialect ‘baffling’ to outsiders
11:44am Tuesday 14th October 2008
A NEW survey has shown some English people have more difficulty understanding the Lancashire dialect than they do French and German.
Preston anti-academy councillors to tackle Lancashire chiefs
9:50pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Anti-academy councillors in Preston are preparing to take on Lancashire’s education chiefs over their plans for an academy in Fulwood.
Community day planned for Ingol and Tanterton
9:40pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
A community action day will be held in the Ingol area of Preston later this week.
Children at South Ribble school don fancy work wear
4:55pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Pupil’s at a South Ribble school dressed as different occupations up to mark National Poetry Day last week.
Preston cats charity hosts festive Penwortham sale
3:43pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Christmas cards, calendars and 2009 diaries will be among the many goods on sale at a table top sale in Penwortham this weekend in aid of a needy animal charity.
Homes plan for former Leyland garage site
3:27pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
Plans to build five new homes on the site of the former Texaco garage in Canberra Road, Leyland, have been submitted to planners at South Ribble Borough Council.
The ‘ever presents’
2:20pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
OVER the past school year, 2007-2008, nine pupils from St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School, Longridge, received certificates for achieving full attendance to school.
Police election plans rapped by Lancashire authority chair
12:30pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
THE chair of Lancashire's Police Authority has slammed Home Office plans to carry out 'politicised' elections to decide who sits on the committees.
TV presenter's Chorley family takes lead on flu jab
11:17am Tuesday 14th October 2008
Lancashire folk are being urged to follow in the footsteps of TV presenter Kate Garraway’s Chorley-based parents-in-law and have a free flu jab.
One in court and five quizzed after Chorley and Leyland drug raids
11:42am Monday 13th October 2008
Police raided addresses in Chorley and Leyland at the weekend as part of a major anti-drugs operation.
Lancashire's district councils may lose some powers under Tories
12:20pm Monday 13th October 2008
DISTRICT councils across Lancashire could be told to give up some of their powers if the Conservatives take over at County Hall.
National News
Data storage shake-up 'Orwellian'
Updated 10:16pm Wednesday 15th October 2008
Plans to gather and record millions of pieces of information about everyone's internet and telephone habits have been condemned as "Orwellian".
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