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SPRING is here - and i t is set to bloom indoors as well as out­ side this year. The colours of nature


- and style of the country ;will take our interiors by storm and bring a breath


;of fresh air to tired ; schemes. 1 The look is inspired by the English country house


' - beautiful, warm and wel­ coming, with a relaxed ' comfort that comes natu-


i rally. Yet there is a contempo­ rary spin that brings it


! bang up-to-date. Think wooden floors, scatter rugs, sprawly sofas


; and soft, slightly-faded ' drapes and covers and you i will have the idea. It is just as suitable for


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Courageous Daniel makes splash news as he swims to help Comic Relief


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SCHOOLBOY Daniel Astin got out of his wheelchair and did his


bit for Comic Relief. He slid into the Ribbles-


dale Pool at Clitheroe and, for the first time in his life, swam 10 lengths. His effort on Monday will have raised in the region of £150 for the


charity. Daniel (13), of Moorland


Avenue, Clitheroe, suffers from muscular dystrophy, a muscle-wasting illness. He cannot play football


or run like his schoolmates at Bowland High School. So staff at the school arrange for him to swim each week at the Ribblesdale Pool. .Until now he has only


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swum a maximum of eight lengths. He took on the 10- length challenge in response .to a target set by a tutor - and achieved his goal in 39


minutes. Daniel lives with his par­


ents, Mr Richard and Mrs Lindsay Astin, sister Zoe


(10) and brother Nathan


(one). After his charity swim,


Mrs Lindsay said: "He is a very brave young lad. He will have a go at anything." He was diagnosed with the progressive condition


when he was six. "At times it gets to him,


like it would to anyone, but most of the time he is quite cheerful," added Mrs Astin.


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* * * Daniel is a keen Black­


burn Rovers fan and was I mascot during the 1994/951 season. He was obviously I buoyed up for his swim by I Blackburn's 5-0 thrashing of local rivals Burnley. And he was there at Ewood Park I watching the game. Our pictures show Daniel


before and during his 10- length charity swim. (IC020401/4)


Jenny provides a caring ear for seafarers on the other side of the world


r:&'sf.- :'::: ! A CHIPPING girl is working abroad as a volunteer with the Mission to


the daughter of the Rev. .and Mrs Arthur Siddall.


Seafarers. Miss Jenny Siddall is ------------------—^ Tj-vG-norm


,ailU XXl.l t> n.1 l/iiui wmuu.i She has been employed in Auckland, New Zealand, as chaplain's assistant on the Mission to Seafarers’ Voluntary Service Scheme for six months.


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- ' ’ ' ' During the year 2000 we are here for them."


there were 1,661 ship visits to Auckland and 21,505 sea­ farers visited the mission centre. There were approxi­ mately 46 nationalities making up the crew of the QEII alone and the centre's . visitors' book recorded 76


nationalities. As Miss Siddall's work


involves meeting seafarers and caring for them during their time in the port, she has dealt with people from many different countries


on sea[arers for many of our needs, so their job is an important one. The crews in these ships are often away from home for long periods, so we let them know that


want to exchange money, make a phone-call home, post letters or need a spot for a quiet beer. They may seek local information or contact a person in the area they know. More important is the


Crew members may just many different countries on board. Chaplains at the ^


pastoral side of the mis­ sion's care. A person may need to talk to someone about family and friends at home, or about conditions


by Robbie RobixiSOH______ The voluntary service


scheme has proved very rewarding in many ways. | Miss Siddall said: "It pro­ vides an opportunity to | meet and help seafarers, and experience a taste of what life is like at sea in the |


21st century." She added: "I believe I


have found friendship among the seafarers and hope they see me as a friendly face. I t can some­ times be a challenge trying | to overcome the language I barrier, but forming an understanding is fulfilling


in itself." Anyone interested in


the scheme can contact | the Rev. Tom Ileffer, Min-


and now has a very different centre have helped shipping is try Secret ary, at the perception of seafarers to agents and crews following Mission to Seafarer .. St the one she had when she three deaths in different Michael Paternoster


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St Mary’s Hall students excel in examinations


' Of the 36 children who took exams in acting,


STUDENTS of St Mary's Hall, Stony- hurst, excelled in the latest examinations of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.


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/'speaking of verse and prose and reading for per­ formance,'(13 of. them


. received honours, 16 were given/distinctions and


: seven had high passes.' ■ ( Richard Howarth,.of


. ' Hurst Green, and Barney Vines, received honours in the Junior Medallion, the highest acting exam that


- can be taken under the age of 14;


They are all pupils of Miss Johanna Egar, of


Waddington. Results: Junior prelimi­


nary - Lauren Reilly and Joshua Vines (both hons); preliminary - Philip Alton and Joseph Garlington (both hons) Grade one speaking of


verse and prose - Hayley Stokes (hons), Padraig Alton, Willow-Jade Bleas- dale, Jonathan Hawtrey, John Watts, Yvette Sped-


' ding (all distinction), Joshua McAllister (pass). Grade two speaking of


verse'and'prose — James Cathcarti Alasdair Mac- Farlane (both hons),


Isabella Gee, Bethan Mcll- roy, Frankie'Spencer and


Laura Willetts (all distinc­


tions). Grade one reading for


performance — James Smith (distinction). Grade one acting -


Thomas Lord (distinction), Anthony Cathcqrt and Freddie Gee (both passes). Grade two acting - Felic­


ity Thompson, Olamide Alii, Marianne Alton and Duncan Edmondson (all honours), Briege Lavelle (distinction), Geoffrey Fielden, Miranda Thomp­ son, Charlotte Walsh, Charles Graffius (all pass­


es). Grade four acting- Mary


Jacobs, Mwewa Kaluba, Matthew Lambert and


Sarah Moss (all distinc­ tions).


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