Cats call
The Preston branch of Cats Protection League is holding a jumble sale today.
The event takes place at the Scout Hut, St Mary's Church Hall, Cop Lane, Penwortham, from 11am.
All proceeds go to the Cats Protection League

Price of pub is slashed
The sale price of a Preston pub has been slashed by 25% in a bid to attract to a buyer.
London-based property agency Paramount Investments decided to reduce the price of The Avenham Park, Avenham Lane, after it failed to be bought by property developers as expected.
The price has been cut from £175,000 to £130,000.
Managing director Mark Greig said the new price is designed to secure The Avenham Park's future as a pub.
He said: "We anticipate that trading conditions will improve as we move on towards the summer and the pub industry gets used to the smoking ban."

Cancellation of dinner
A charity dinner celebrating women has been cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances".
The Celebrating Women...A Spring Affair event at The Pines Hotel, Clayton-le-Woods, set for April 24 was to raise money for Lancashire-based children's charity the Legacy Rainbow House.
It was to feature Lancashire businesses "celebrating the wonder of women", including the David Thomas hairdressing group demonstrating the latest hair fashions.

University's latest ideas
Lancaster University is hosting a one-day event to showcase the latest research ASTER and ideas from newly-appointed professors.
The Ideas Festival is open to students, university members and the general public and features 14 talks lasting 15 minutes each.
The event on April 18 from 10am includes those talks and an event exploring the idea of finding needles in nuclear haystacks. There will also be a discussion on rethinking discrimination.

Firefighters tackle two grill pan fires
Fire crews have been busy putting out grill pan fires in Lancashire.
The first incident happened at Cross Street, Preston city centre, at 11.35am yesterday. This was followed by another grill pan fire shortly before 2pm at Walletts Road, Chorley.
Satellite navigation systems regularly help stranded drivers find their way but now they are being used to save lives in the mountains.
The Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team have invested £7,000 in a GPS satellite navigation system which also uses the Internet to plot the exact location of search parties.
Team leader Phil O'Brien said: "Immediately the call-out bleep has been sent out, the screen lights up with the location and numbers of team members responding to the call.
"The incident can be controlled from my home computer, office, team control vehicle or headquarters, as soon as the Internet link is up."

Legion starts home help
A homehelp service has been launched to improve the lives of former members of the armed forces.
Poppy Calls has been launched by the Royal British Legion to help veterans with jobs such as changing locks, fitting light bulbs and smoke alarms.
Money has been raised to pay for a van and driver to go around the county to do the work.

Heartache for holidaymaker
A holidaymaker's travel plans were left in tatters after his camper van was destroyed by fire.
Two fire crews from Preston and Penwortham tackled the blaze using two hose reels at Spa Street, Maudlands, Preston, at around 2.40am yesterday.
The fire service said the camper van was parked outside the holidaymaker's house ready for a trip. A neighbour's property suffered damage to guttering.

Hall to host raffle and sale
Broughton Women's Institute is holding a coffee morning, raffle and bring and buy sale on April 30.
The event takes place at the Broughton Club Hall, Whittingham Lane, Broughton. Admission costs £1.

Fire damage to outhouse
An outhouse was badly damaged by fire in Preston.
Two fire engines were called to Basil Street, at approximately 3.40pm on Thursday and a hose reel was used to tackle the blaze.

Funeral date
The funeral of popular Freckleton man Richard Garlic will take place on Monday at Freckleton Holy Trinity Church at 10.30am. Local figurehead Mr Garlic died last week aged 57.

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