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  Lancashire County Council is asking people to have their say on plans to create 220 extra SEND places in the county.

• Works underway on major improvements at two Preston parks

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• Labour group backs council leader to stay on in Preston

  Matthew Brown is set to remain the leader of Preston City Council after the Labour group on the authority backed him to stay in the post.

• Preston’s new Tram Bridge will officially open with grand ceremomy

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• South Ribble garden village plan refused

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• Preston rogue roofer who scammed elderly Preston out of thousands of pounds sentenced

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• Man charged with bomb hoax in Preston

  A man has been charged with making a bomb threat and sending threatening communication in Preston.

• Chair appointed for Ribbleton regeneration board

  Cheryl Taylor has been named chair of the new Ribbleton Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board, which will manage £20 million of Government regeneration funding over the next decade.