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Tesco bomb hoaxer


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Valley goes Children In Need crazy!


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Mark’s £37,000 Dr Who date


by Faiza Afzaal


A CLITHEROE man will travel through the vortex to meet the 900-year- old Time Lord from the Planet Gallifrey - after donating £37,000 in aid of Chil­


dren in Need. Kind-hearted Mark Shift was the highest-


bidder for the auction prize in Sir Terry Wogan’s Auction of “Things Money Can’t Buy” (BBC Radio Two) in the run-up to this year’s Children in Need appeal. The lucky winner will travel to a top secret


location in South Wales early next year where he, and three other guests, will watch the filming of the next “Dr Who” series. The team of four will be accompanied


throughout the day by executive producer and chief writer Russell T. Davies, who will let them in on some of the Doctor’s closely- guarded secrets. During the visit, the production team will


give the winner an exclusive behind-the- scenes look a t how the series is put together and even the chance to meet with the Time Lord himself - David Tennant - and his new companion, Donna, played by Catherine Tate.


And if that wasn't enough, Mark and his


group will also spend some time with the Doctor Who sound team, helping to create monster voices, alien ship take-offs and big bangs and explosions! Mark beat stiff competition from several


other bidders to experience the once-in-a-life- time opportunity. “Although I originally contemplated


entering this auction for my five-year old Doctor Who fanatic son, Joshua, having seen the vast amount of money that has been col­ lected over this week for Children In Need, I am so very, very proud to not only provide my son a day that he will remember for the rest of his life, but also to be able to be a part of making an enormous difference to the lives of many other children,” said Mark on Fri­ day. “It's only when the excitement of the auc­


tion has finished that you sit down and take stock of just what a contribution of close on a million pounds can make, and it’s just great to be a small part of that. “I shall of course be taking my son Josh,


also my wife, Andrea, and Josh's best friend Jake, another five-year-old Doctor Who fanatic- although they will know nothing of this until they come home from school this evening - 1 expect that'll be two young lads who won't be able to sleep tonight!”


MARK with his wife, Andrea, and son, Josh (s)


Switch-off time for a Christmas tradition...


THE spirit of Christmas will not be shining brightly from one house in Clitheroe this year. For the past 12 years Mr and Mrs Jack


and Christine Brunker’s Bolland Prospect home has dazzled the public with its amaz­ ing Christmas lights display. Children have stood spellbound and


adults have gazed in awe at the sheer bril­ liance of the town’s festive phenomenon, which is switched on at the beginning of December and has raised thousands of pounds for charity. Mr Brunker, a self-employed builder, nor­


mally spends two months preparing the incredible spectacle, which includes a tradi­ tional blaze of lamps, figures and tableaux themed around winter scenes and Santa. Each year the display is bigger and better. But not anymore. The semi-detached house will not be lit up


for Christmas 2007 - much to the disap­ pointment of spectators who in previous years have travelled from far and wide to enjoy the glittering extravaganza. Earlier this week rumours were circulat­


ing the town that officials at Ribble Valley Borough Council had “banned” the Brunk- ers from illuminating the exterior of the house after a complaint by someone in the vicinity. An online campaign was also launched on the popular social website “Facebook” entitled “Save Jack Brunker’s lights”. However, when the Clitheroe Advertiser


and Times contacted Mr Brunker he con­ firmed that the house will not be lit up, but said the decision was due to “unforeseen


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