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Lancashire Evening Post
Pilot event started the ball rolling back ten years ago
Preston City Council staged its first Encounter Festival in 2015 as a pilot.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Arrest after daylight knife horror in city street
A man has been arrested after a woman was found with knife injuries on a Preston street.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Eye-catching three-bed home looks perfect, inside and out
This high-spec detached house is a modern marvel, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a lovely open-plan kitchen and living space. On the market for £340,000, it also has beautiful gardens with mature planting and a patio, as well as eye-catching cedar wood cladding
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Israel arrests 'friendship city' mayor
The mayor of the Middle Eastern territory with which Preston City Council is hoping to strike a friendship agreement has been arrested over terrorism allegations, according to reports from the region.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Jess on song this summer
Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand has been named TikTok's song of the summer, thanks to its use in a Jet2holidays advert that became a social media trend.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
An extravaganza of music, motion and magic in store
Ten years since the first Encounter Festival, organisers are promising an exciting extravaganza lined up for 2025, bringing music, motion and magic to the streets of Preston
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Pregnant Michelle joins Downton Abbey finale
Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has revealed she is pregnant with her first child as she showed off her baby bump at the premiere for for the historical drama's final film.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Around the world
A new book by a longtime development coach is a guide to achieving personal and professional success through a focus on purpose, preparedness, and positive initiative.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Animal magic and fantastic food ahead at county show
The 10th Lancashire Game and Country Festival takes place tomorrow and Sunday at the Main Arena in Scorton, near Garstang.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Injury problems mount up for Chorley ahead of Telford's visit
Chorley will eye a return to winning ways tomorrow when they host AFC Telford United at Victory Park.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Brig taking on the Reds
Bamber Bridge host Workington at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium in the NPL Premier Division.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Andy's got reasons to be cheerful despite defeats
Boss Andy Preece refuses to be downcast despite watching his Chorley team lose twice in a week, writes.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Enter Victorian London to get on the case with Cork and Marriott
When Talking Pictures TV trumpeted the channel was reshowing Sergeant Cork - a series 'unseen for decades' - I thought, unsually for someone who loves vintage television, \"Never heard of it.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Arsenal gear up for £70m transfer battle as Forest close in on McClure
All the latest Premier League transfer rumours including updates on Arsenal, Forest, and Leeds United
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
IndyCar's Herta is appointed test driver for Cadillac
Indycar driver Colton Herta has joined the new Cadillac team as a test driver in 2026 in an attempt to earn a route into Formula 1.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Takeover interest has never been greater, admits PNE club director
North End CEO Peter Ridsdale says there is greater takeover interest than usual in the club at present.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Young people take the lead as Encounter Festival returns
A series of exciting games and challenges for young people will take place at this year's Encounter Festival - all designed and organised by a group of young producers.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Partnership with shirt sponsor SpudBros 'has raised profile'
PNE director Peter Ridsdale has hailed the benefit of the club's new shirt sponsorship deal with local entrepreneurs SpudBros.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
One in six pupils missing from classroom on a regular basis
One in six student were persistently missing school in Lancashire schools in autumn last year, new figures show.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Wing ace Breach set for England milestone
England head coach John Mitchell has rung the changes once again for their World Cup clash against Australia tomorrow, with Jess Breach set for her 50th international cap.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Anmaat team eye Irish Champion Stakes race
Anmaat is being readied for the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday week, with trainer Owen Burrows 'desperate' to run his stable star for the first time since Royal Ascot.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Book a day off, raid your shelf for a novel and read it in one go
Indulge yourself: curl up on the sofa and immerse yourself in a different world - it's National Read a Book Day on September 6.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
New life for city church that tried to talk to the dead
A disused Preston church, where mediums attempted to communicate with the dead, is to be brought back to life as a bungalow.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Skipper out to banish memory of late collapse
Preston will aim to set the record straight this weekend when they entertain Westgate in the Moore & Smalley Palace Shield Premier Division.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Pals turn Tower pink in touching tribute to city hospital midwife
Friends and family have arranged a glowing tribute to a much-loved midwife who died aged just 37.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Return to Northern League is within grasp of Saj's Preston
Captain Sajid Patel is hoping Preston's promotion juggernaut will stay on track right the way through to the end of the Moore & Smalley Palace Shield Premier Division season.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
No Half Measures can Sprint to Success
No Half Measures can prove her July Cup win was no fluke by backing up in the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Mahmood and Cross can both celebrate Hundred successes
Lancashire duo Saqib Mahmood and Kate Cross tasted Hundred victory with the conclusions of the men's and women's events last weekend, writes
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Dog-megaphone politics from Robert Jenrick
No longer is the right wing in British politics content with dog-whistle antics; we now have dog-megaphone politics.
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September 05, 2025
Lancashire Evening Post
Taelor-made point to extend the Coasters' undefeated run
AFC FYLDE 2 CHESTER 2 Taelor O’Kane's late equaliser secured a 2-2 draw for AFC Fylde at home to Chester on Tuesday night, writes
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