MEET Spiderman, the Citizen's very own Kristian Jack who will take you on a virtual voyage round the Net.

Each week the webbed writer will bring you all the latest Newsquest news from the information superhighway.

He will reveal what's available on our sites; what is on offer by way of virtual advertising; how to get your product or service to the millions of surfers who hit our sites; and the story of how Newsquest Lancashire pioneered on-line regional newspaper publishing when we launched our first website in September 1995.

It's all coming up with Citizen Spiderman Kristian Jack in your weekly Preston Citizen. Look out for him in your favourite free weekly and, of course, on the Net.

http://www.lancs.newsquest.co.uk

The Preston and Leyland Citizens reach a staggering 72,000 homes, but our stories and advertisements are available to millions around the world.

It's all thanks to the Internet, the fastest growing communications medium ever.

Newsquest Lancashire pioneered on-line regional newspaper publishing when we launched our website in September 1995.

Since then more than 4U million people from all corners of the globe have accessed our site to catch up on the best of news, sport and features from Newsquest's two daily papers and 14 weekly titles, including your very own Preston and Leyland Citizens.

Many ex-Prestonians are now our loyal on-line readers, keeping in touch with news from their native town - and the Citizen - thanks to the information superhighway.

Some 4,000 new surfers visit the Newsquest site every week. Feedback shows they are very impressed with what's on offer.

It is the ideal site to search for all you need to know about what's going on in the region.

We feature a seven-day What's On guide, and, comprehensive tourist information from 13 local authorities. In fact we have created and host individual web sites for many councils, including Preston and South Ribble.

Bargain-hunters can search our classifieds from all our titles, you can also look for a new car, a new home or even a job!

In weeks to come, I will surf through our 60,000 web pages to give you up-to-date information on what's available, plus take a look at what's hot and what's not on the Internet.

Meanwhile, why not check out our site for yourself on:

http://www.lancs.newsquest.co.uk.

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