Journalist. Editor. Audience development & editorial consultant. Director of @almaonlineuk. Founder & editor of @blogpreston.
Preston, Lancs
Joined March 2008
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Good to know what I won't be hearing the end of in our new weekly podcast. Luke's marathon exploits.
Fair play. Great cause.
One of Blog Preston's editorial team will take on the London Marathon to raise funds for one of the area's most-loved charities.
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Police want to trace a group of young men seen on CCTV in the store, including two seen leaving with a large Sports Direct branded bag
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An animal rights charity parked a van outside a Penwortham sandwich shop - and a city centre charity store - in a bid to switch people off from eating pork.
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The fencing is due to be removed in the next couple of weeks as work on the replacement gates at the New Hall Lane end of the cemetery is nearing the finishing line
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Flooding is possible in Penwortham, at Preston Docks and in a number of areas to the west of the city, according to a new alert by the Environment Agency.
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A gifted waterbed has helped children with complex disabilities in a Preston primary school 💙
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Officers were threatened, just before 4pm, while trying to make an arrest and the public have been told to keep away from the area around Yewtree Avenue since with a huge emergency services response
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The payment can be used towards a range of essential household costs, including heating, electricity and groceries, helping residents stay warm and well during the colder months. 💙
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The 150 pairs of shoes were lined up along part of the city's university campus in a hard-hitting exhibition to raise awareness of the campaign for a Kiena's Law.
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From the fallen tree of Fishergate Hill to hundreds of homes still without power, Storm Boelo has gripped the city with gusts of up to 65mph recorded during the early hours of Sunday 🌬️
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A radiologist who missed a deadly warning sign when he was reviewing a grandmother’s CT scan while working from home apologised to her family at her inquest.
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A wet and windy start to the week will soon give way to more settled weather in Preston, according to the latest Met Office forecast.
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The hundreds in and around Preston currently without power are unlikely to have it restored until Tuesday.
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Blocked pavements, missing dropped kerbs and dog fouling are just some of the issues faced by disabled people living in Bamber Bridge.
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Never Mind the Bollards is now available on Apple Podcasts, if that is your bag! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Urgent works taking place to secure the Old Post Office (what was due to be the Shankly Hotel) mean the city's iconic row of restored red telephone boxes must sit tight for a few more months yet.
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Great piece from @PaulFaulkner2 on the session held by the @Preston_Partner & chaired by @ed_walker86 @blogpreston
The merits of a county mayor were many and obvious to a panel who discussed the prospect at an event in Preston - and one of them believes the public has a similarly positive vision of the role. lep.co.uk/news/politics/lanc…
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Hundreds of people in and around Preston could be without power for a full two days, according to latest estimates by the electricity provider.
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A man has taken himself to hospital to be checked after his BMW was damaged by a falling tree.
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Vehicles using Fishergate Hill to access the city centre are diverting after a tree fell into the road close to County Hall.
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