http://prestonforums.com Your local news round-up! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/boy-seven-admits-making-up-attack/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/boy-seven-admits-making-up-attack/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:40:00 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/boy-seven-admits-making-up-attack/ A SEVEN-year-old boy sparked a huge police investigation after telling his parents a man had tried to ‘make me his dog’.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/boy-seven-admits-making-up-attack/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/corrie-star-urges-people-to-help-accrington-charity/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/corrie-star-urges-people-to-help-accrington-charity/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:20:00 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/corrie-star-urges-people-to-help-accrington-charity/ A CORONATION Street star has urged people to help avert a crisis at a homeless shelter close to her heart.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/corrie-star-urges-people-to-help-accrington-charity/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/blackburn-brothers-freed-from-jail-terms/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/blackburn-brothers-freed-from-jail-terms/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:00:17 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/blackburn-brothers-freed-from-jail-terms/ TWO brothers jailed for their involvement in a nightclub attack with a baton have been freed from their jail terms by top judges.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/blackburn-brothers-freed-from-jail-terms/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/200k-youth-zone-to-be-created-at-burnley-library/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/200k-youth-zone-to-be-created-at-burnley-library/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:59:24 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/200k-youth-zone-to-be-created-at-burnley-library/ PLANS have been unveiled for a radical new development for the top floor of the historic Burnley Central Library.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/200k-youth-zone-to-be-created-at-burnley-library/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/man-90-heads-family-swim-team/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/man-90-heads-family-swim-team/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:48 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/man-90-heads-family-swim-team/ Three generations of one family – including a 90-year-old grandfather – are to take part in the FINA World Masters Swimming Championships.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/man-90-heads-family-swim-team/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/18-boozed-up-kids-taken-off-burnleys-streets-by-police/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/18-boozed-up-kids-taken-off-burnleys-streets-by-police/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:07:14 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/18-boozed-up-kids-taken-off-burnleys-streets-by-police/ BOOZING children as young as 12 were taken off the streets of Burnley and Padiham during a police operation.

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]]> http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/review-john-bishop%e2%80%99s-britain-bbc1/feed/ 0 http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/review-the-hotel-inspector-five/ http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/review-the-hotel-inspector-five/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:32 +0000 Karl http://prestonforums.com/2010/07/29/review-the-hotel-inspector-five/ I ONCE stayed in a hotel in Torquay at which the owner, having taken payment in advance, said that due to rising costs he would have to charge 5p per tea bag and 6p for milk, while, if we wanted to take a shower, that would be 20p a go.

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