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The Sunny D 3 on 3 basketballers visit the Mayor's Parlour at Preston Town Hall to meet the Mayor and Mayoress of Preston, Councillor Geoff Swarbrick and Jean Swarbrick, at a presentation ceremony
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Deputy mayor and mayoress of Preston Rose Kinsella and daughter Elaine Lloyd formally open the florist shop Enchanted Wood in Ashton, Preston, which is owned and will be run by Jayne Dolman (right), and her mother Samantha
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Members of a Chorley youth group have buried special time capsules to tell future generations about Scouting in the new millennium. Boys and girls from the Chorley All Saints group buried badges and messages explaining what they liked about being a member of the organisation. Above, nine-year-old Daniel Roden helps plant the time capsule with fellow cubs, scouts and leaders from the All Saints pack
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Three Lancashire students are taking a trip into the heart of Africa to help scientific research. The trio, who all attend Kirkham Grammar School, will be spending five weeks in the valleys around Mount Mulanje and in the Rift Valley in the small African country of Malawi. Pictured are the intrepid explorers: John Boyle 17; Philip Hendy, 18; and Anthony Rawlins, 17