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By Faiza Afzaal______


AN inspirational ex-head girl at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School sixth form centre has been awarded the prestigious Diana, Princess of Wales,


Memorial Award. Tireless fund-raiser Sophie Long-


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ton (18), who suffers from the incur­ able cystic fibrosis, has been hon­ oured because of the inspirational qualities she has shown for her con­ tinuing charitable work, outstand­ ing contribution to the school and for making a real difference to the community. And the lively teenager admits


the impressive award will encourage her to continue with her fund-rais­ ing efforts and further boost funds for cystic fibrosis. Despite taking 50 pills and three


different nebulisers a day, over the years the courageous teenager, of Woodhead Road, Read, has organ­ ised several fund-raising events for cystic fibrosis. These have included coffee morn­


ings, cheese and vvine evenings, flag days and she has tackled the 10km Blackpool race, along with moun­ tain climbing on Ben Nevis, Snow­ don and Goat Fell. Sophie, a former pupil of St


Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, has completed her A- levels in psychology, PE, theatre and general studies. She was nomi­ nated for the award by her senior tutor, Mrs Pippa Munro, and Miss Anne Farmer.


Her nomination received the full


backing of everyone at the sixth- form centre. Commenting on her achieve­


ment, head of sixth form. Miss Farmer, said: “Sophie has been a cheerful, reliable pupil and always helpful to both her teachers and fel­ low students. “We are delighted that her


achievements have been recognised in this way.” Set up in 1999, The Diana,


Princess of Wales, Memorial Award celebrates inspirational qualities of young people aged 12 to 18 by recognising the contribution that they make to their schools, families or communities. Spphie, who has previously won the Clitheroe Young Achiever of the Year Award and Junior Fund-raiser of the Year Award in 2002, has joined about 10,000 other award holders all over the UK. Every day in addition to all those


pills and nebulisers, Sophie has one hour of physiotherapy. She attends Burnley General Hospital for regu­ lar check-ups and frequently has to have intra-venous anti-biotics to ward off infections. Speaking to the Clitheroe Adver­


tiser and Times, the down-to-earth teenager said she felt honoured to have been awarded a magnificent award. “I ’m just really pleased,” said


Sophie, whose hobbies include play­ ing netball and skiing. “This award will further inspire me to continue with my fund-raising efforts and boost funds for cystic fibrosis. “I remember all the charity work


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Princess Diana was involved in and to receive this award in her memo­ ry is extremely inspirational.” When undertaking her A-level


exams in May, Sophie contracted a chest infection and in order to pull through her exams, she had to undertake six hours of medical treatment a day, as well as extra physiotherapy. Sophie’s parents, Tony and Vicky


Longton, and brother Rory, have always supported her and encour­ aged her to be positive and do well in life. The fun-loving teenager admits she does not allow the illness to stop her from doing what she wants to in life. Thrilled with her latest award,


her mother Vicky, said; “I ’m thrilled and proud of Sophie because she is just a wonderful daughter. “She takes everything in her


stride and copes extremely well. She has never let the illness stop her from doing anything and has always worked hard.” Looking ahead, Sophie hopes to


attend the University of Manches­ ter and study psychology. She paid tribute to the marvellous support from teachers and friends at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, and also thanked Dr Ian Swan, consultant paediatrician at Burnley General Hospital, his wonderful team of nurses, the “Hospital at Home” team and her physiothera­ pist for allowing her to lead a full life.


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SMALL is beautiful and Clitheroe garden designer Paul Hensey proved that you do not need to have a large garden to make heads turn. Paul, design director at Elysium Land­


scape and Garden Design, was responsble for turning thousands of heads at the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show with his back- to-back garden which scooped the gold medal. Transforming dull grey backyards into


green havens has become a way of life for Paul, who went on to win the Best Small Garden in Show cup at Tatton. The success followed a presigious silver


medal at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. His latest successes with a small garden


follows a run of prizes gained at last year’s RHS Tatton Park and Southport shows where his designs also caught the judges’ eye and he was again awarded silver medals. Paul’s award-winning garden was based


on construction techniques used by his company to convert small back gardens and yards that have concrete and no soil. The RHS judges at Hampton Court com­ mented on his innovative planting scheme and use of materials.


Said Paul: “The average size of a back


yard in Lancashire is 5m. by 5m. or bigger, this is also the size of the show garden plots at Hampton Court. Our aim has been to demonstrate what is possible, 'on a budget in such a small space without the need to excavate the concrete out, which invariably leads to problems and is very time consum­ ing. “The technology we use is a modification


to that used to create ‘green roofs’ in Ger­ many and France. It is ideally suited to small spaces and even allows the planting of small trees.” Press and photographers attending the


Hampton Court show voted Paul’s garden “Best in Show”. For the past five years Elysium has been


creating diverse outside spaces from public planting schemes and children’s gardens, to outside classrooms, private residence land­ scapes and woodland development, all from its base in West View, Clitheroe. Pictured is Paul in his gold-winning gar­


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GRANADA TV cameras have been busy whirring away in Clitheroe highlight­ ing the tourist attractions in the Ribble Valley and Pendle areas. This is the third series of the programme entitled


“Go North West”, a regional travel programme informing viewers of attrac­ tions and interesting fea­ tures of the North West and is broadcast on Thurs­ day evenings at 7-30 p.m. The programme is present-


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A CLITHEROE man breathal­ ysed after driving home from work at tea-time was found to be more than four times the legal limit. Blackburn magistrates heard


that John Geldard (50) had been reported to police by a female


motorist who was concerned by the manner of his driving. The defendant, of Whalley


Road, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. Geldard gave a reading of 144


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