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Major revamp planned for Preston - and what it means for the Fishergate Centre

JAILED: Scott Dagg will spend Christmas behind bars after being convicted of attempting to murder 'a friend' by stabbing him in the chest

Man facing years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder

Road reopens after school kids injured as bus driver hits bridge

First Boeing to land at Blackpool Airport for years causes a stir

First Boeing to land at Blackpool Airport for years causes a stir

Paramedics assessed the children at the scene and all but an eight-year-old boy were discharged from their care, said a spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service

Everything we know as children injured & bus roof ripped off in crash

The now closed Furniture World Preston store on Crook Lane is set to become a mosque - if council planners agree

Final decision on Preston mosque that opened without permission in empty shop

Mum-of-four Yasmin Hindle died aged 46 on November 25

Family tragedy as Chorley mum-of-four dies suddenly aged 45

Worden Medical Centre, Leyland

'We need to extend to cope with all the house building' - GP surgery

Drone shot of Stanifield Lane

This is when roadworks will finally end outside new cricket ground

The Pretzel burger at Phat Buns

New smash burger chain to open in Preston after MB fried chicken flops

25 Fir Trees Avenue, Lostock Hall

Verdict in on plan for 7-bed HMO on residential street near you

Train passengers and motorists driving on the M6 will see their journeys disrupted over the festive period as work is carried out to replace a bridge over the M6

Festive travel disruption dates & routes as rail and M6 works planned

Police cordoned off the front entrance to Preston Railway Station on Saturday, November 29

Police update after woman, 30s, found dead at Preston railway station

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Food & Drink

The former Archway Footwear in Blackburn could become a takeaway

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A former ladies’ shoe shop in a Lancashire town centre has been earmarked for a new hot food takeaway as a better alternative to a betting or vape shop.
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Crime

Lancashire Police were called to a home in Nelson at around 5.20am on Sunday, November 5 after ambulance crews found a man dead inside the property. He has been named as 53-year-old Andrej Minin and a Home Office post-mortem examination found that he died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and neck.

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