Preston paper aims to save drop-in centre

A Lancashire Evening Post campaign to raise £25,000 to save a drop-in centre for victims of domestic abuse has received a major boost. Bands from around Preston held a music festival that is expected to raise more than £700. The Hope Centre faces closure at the end of the financial year, but the paper decided it must remain open after discovering that 23,501 incidents of domestic abuse were reported to Lancashire police between in the 12 months up to July 2006. (Via Lancs Evening Post)