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🚨 A 13-year-old girl in Preston was taken to hospital after being attacked by a 'number of individuals' who punched and kicked her while she sat on the grass. Lancashire Police have asked anyone with information to reach out to them.
🔵 A family were reportedly ‘freaked out’ after recently spotting a self-driving Audi with no passengers on the M55 between Blackpool and Preston.
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	Preston girl, 13, taken to hospital after gang attack in city park

	A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital after she was viciously attacked by a gang in a Preston park.

Preston girl, 13, taken to hospital after gang attack in city park

Jaguar driver, 18, arrested for drug driving after flipping car in Preston crash

Spanish police verdict on Jay Slater still being alive after 12 days in the mountains

New bus service launched to make evenings out "easier and safer"

'We know what we saw!' Bizarre reports of decades-old Audi driving itself on M55

It sounds like something from the imagination of Stephen King but a family from Blackpool claim to have seen a self-driving car with no passengers cruising along the M55 late at night.

Lancashire-based Barkers partners with Preston Sea Cadets for centennial celebration

8 new planning applications registered this week in Preston and South Ribble

Meet 12 newborn June babies at Royal Preston Hospital who want to say hello

Royal Preston Hospital has welcomed some cute tiny bundles of joy into the world over the past six months.

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