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• From 15th March Tinos will be offering a wide choice of authentic dishes as part of their new lunchtime buffet.  There will be something for everyone and it’s a great idea for people who find it hard to make up their minds. 
• Popular starters including: BBQ ribs, spicy chicken wings, garlic mushrooms and prawn cocktails.
• Lots of traditional favourites for your main course: lasagne al forno, penne arrabiata, vegetarian pasta, assorted pizzas, meatballs in tomato sauce, vegetarian stroganoff, roast chicken or beef with potatoes.
• Plus a choice of side dishes: rice salad, mixed salads and assorted garlic breads.
• But make sure you leave a little space so that you can try Tinos’ homemade desserts! Reserve your table to avoid disappointment.  10% discounts for students with an NUS card.

For authentic Italian dishes in the heart of Preston visit Tinos today. WWW.TINOS-RESTAURANT.CO.UK

Emma Blackman has joined the new team at Preston Vision this week as Head of Marketing and Communications.

 

Emma Blackman moves from her previous position as Head of Marketing at Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool, a flagship regeneration project in Liverpool and part of the redevelopment of its iconic waterfront.

 

Blackman says “I think that Preston has so much potential and it will be an exciting challenge to position the city on a level playing field with its UK and European counterparts.  Preston Vision is focussed on trying to attract significant private sector investment to drive forward the regeneration of the city.  Co-ordinated marketing and communications activities can play a really positive role in highlighting investment opportunities in Preston.”

 

Emma Blackman joins the existing Chief Executive, Eliot Ward who is building a focused team to help deliver Preston’s regeneration.

 

Eliot Ward says “We are delighted to welcome Emma to Preston Vision, her expertise and experience in marketing and communications will ensure that we move quickly and effectively in securing Preston’s reputation as a business-friendly city.

 

Emma Blackman’s priorities will include launching Preston Vision’s key priorities that will outline plans for the city centre and leading a branding exercise for Preston that will position the city to attract wider investment.

 

When we announced last year’s NME Radar show at 53 Degrees, the headliner was a little known artist called La Roux. A few savvy or curious pundits snapped up tickets straight away for what is always an intimate sneak preview of next year’s big names. In the weeks before the show, as acts seem to do these days, La Roux exploded, and a mad scramble for the remaining tickets ensued.

 

The moral of this story is, the early bird gets to gloat at all the people who don’t manage to get tickets. On sale Friday 5th March from www.lancashiretickets.com and all usual outlets. Here’s what NME have to say about it all; 

Top modelling scouts from the Miss England competition will be in the region on Monday (8th March) looking for contestants for “Miss Preston” to feature in a new TV documentary series.

The spotters will be out across Preston from 9.00am to 6pm and will be stopping glamorous girls at random to ask them to take part in the Miss Preston heat.

Fancy Thai Food tonight? Check Out Thai Royal, Prestons latest takeaway offering fantastic Thai Food. Thai Royal deliver to your door and your Shout Voucher entitles you to a free starter when you spend over £10! To order on-line, just click "Visit Website" on Thai Royal's profile.

Through Shout you can also order a whole host of cuisines from Preston Takeaways, simply click here and select any of the takeaways with a Just Eat logo, follow the link from the chosen profile to Just Eat and place your order.

So whatever you fancy tonight, Chinese, Indian, Italian or something a little different, just CLICK HERE!

Lee Mack, the critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning comedian, returns to the live stage with a hotly anticipated new show. Best known to BBC One viewers as the star of multi-award winning ‘Not Going Out’ and as team captain on ‘Would I Lie To You?’, Lee brings his trademark brand of high energy banter, well crafted gags and sharp one-liners to the Guild Hall on Saturday 6 March, and again on Monday 17 May and Friday 12 November (tickets £20.50).

Editors joined a select group of artists to achieve consecutive UK Number One albums when their third studio album, In This Light And On This Evening, went straight to the top of the chart on its release. The band plays tracks from this, and previous albums The Back Room and An End Has A Start, at the Guild Hall on Sunday 7 March (tickets £20).

Realising at an early age that if you picked up a guitar you got attention, especially from her dad whose guitar it usually was, it was inevitable that she would get one of her own. So at the ripe old age of three, she got her first guitar, a half size acoustic.

At seven she started lessons but soon noticed that not only did the electric guitars have a smaller neck, making them ideal for little hands, but they could also make a lot more noise. After more lessons and a lot more noise, and at the grand old age of eight she became the youngest person in the country to pass a Rockschool grade. More lessons followed and with them came the realisation that if you want people to listen, you need to sing!

George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, in a brand new stage version by leading children’s dramatist David Wood, is coming to delight family audiences at Preston’s Charter Theatre from Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 March.  First published in 1981, George’s Marvellous Medicine is one of Dahl’s funniest and most exciting stories, all about a young boy who makes a marvellous new medicine to cure his grandmother of her terrifying temper. But when his grandmother drinks his special new potion, the results are explosive and the most incredible things begin to happen - it’s the start of George’s amazing adventures, which provide a wonderful knockabout comic romp for the audience! 

ONE MAN LORD OF THE RINGS

Written and performed by Charles Ross

GUILD HALL - Wednesday 3 March, 7.45pm

The enchanting world of Middle-earth is recreated on stage at Preston Guild Hall on Wednesday 3 March as One Man Lord of the Rings comes to town.  Master-impressionist Charles Ross takes the audience from the Shire to Mordor and back in one hour. It’s a thousand perils, sixty minutes, nine companions… and One Man to do it all.

Those who have seen the One Man Star Wars Trilogy might know what to expect.  One man (Charles Ross) recreates, without the use of costume, set, or special effects, Peter Jackson’s trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King.  Charles plays all the characters, performs the music, fights the battles, cries the tears, and ultimately triumphs over evil, in only 3600 seconds.