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• Longridge paedophile jailed for sexual abuse of two young girls

  A pervert who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for almost 20 years.

• Preston Bus defend fare rise

  Preston Bus has defended a recent rise in its fares, claiming that it has been left more than £100,000 a year out of pocket by central and local government funding for two price-reduction schemes for passengers.

• Police’s share of council tax to rise by 5.4%

  Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged that his 5.4 % increase in the council tax charge he levies on households will be used to boost neighbourhood patrols, digital and financial investigations, roads policing and modern IT systems.

• Temporary school planned for outskirts of Preston might never be built

  A temporary school planned for the outskirts of Preston might never be constructed.

• Teenage boy suffers fractured skull at Preston car meet

  A teenage boy suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a vehicle during a car meet in Preston over the weekend.

• Antisocial behaviour rules proposed for parts of Preston

  Tough new rules – which would see fines of £100 dished out to those who breach them – could be introduced in parts of Preston to tackle the antisocial behaviour found to have been blighting the lives of law-abiding locals.

• Walk in the Dark event turns 18

  Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s Walk in the Dark is marking a major milestone this year as the event turns 18.

• Fourteen illegal and abandoned vehicles seized in Preston enforcement drive

  Officers from Preston’s Neighbourhood Policing and Prosper Partnership Team have carried out another ‘Skip the Whip’ - a multi-agency operation to tackle illegal and abandoned vehicles.