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• Preston’s Encounter Festival secures Arts Council funding boost

  Preston’s flagship cultural event, Encounter Festival, has been awarded £79,000 from Arts Council England marking a significant investment in the city’s creative future.

• Reform-led Lancashire County Council to withdraw from refugee resettlement scheme

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• ‘No immediate plans’ to use AI speed cameras, say Lancashire Police

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• Conversion of legendary Preston nightclub approved

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• Missed bin collections after new system introduced

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• Former butcher found guilty of indecent assaults from the 1970s

  A former butcher has been found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault around 50 years after he committed them.

• Approval given for tallest tower block in Lancashire to be built in Preston

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