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Burnley Reporter, Thursday, Juno 3,2010 : N e w s r e p o r t e r MAN: TOP


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Francisco’s success ‘puts gloss on it’ for Gaskell’s


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,TOP car painter Fran'ciso - Barker from- Padiham has again reached the finals of a prestigious national competi­ tion. • Francisco (30) is a vehicle


refinisher for Great Har­ wood-based accident repair centre Gaskell Motor Bodies. He has reached the finals of Painter of the Year for indus-


V, try awards Bodyshop Maga­ zine in the last two years. .


' Now he is hoping for>third time lucky.


' Bodyshop manager Mr Nick Gaskell said: “Fran has just started working for us


. and it is really something to shout about, because he is one of the top painters in the UK.


“We are just a small fam­ ily firm in Great Harwood, so


■ this is great for us. We have also gained Mercedes Benz and VW Group approval for accident repairs.” . Gaskell’s apprentice tech­


nician Jordan Fearn (19), of Altham, has also just won apprentice of the year in car bodyrepair.”


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County moves m on


LANCASHIRE County Council officers have moved to Contaet Burnley - the first move of its kind in the coun­


ty- , County council officers are on


hand between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., on Mondays, Tuesdays; Thurs­ days and Fridays, and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays to deal with a range of enquiries as an alternative to calling the county council’s customer service line. ; These services include eve­ rything from completing blue badge applications and dealing with highways queries, to ap­


plying for concessionary travel cards. The officers will work closely


with Contact Burnley staff who ' deal with borough council en­ quiries including refuse collec­ tion, environmental health and planning. County Coun. David Smith,


lead member for customer serv­ ices, said: “We want to provide more ways for the people of Burnley to access Lancashire • County Council services and working with Burnley Borough Council is an important part of our plans. “It means that people who pre­


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fer not to use the phone or inter­ net have one place to access most of the important borough and county council services. Burnley is the first borough council we’ve worked with in this way.” Coun. Jeff Sumner, Burnley


Council’s Executive member for customer service, said: “It’s part of the council’s strategic plan to


• improve the services that we de­ liver through our contact centre


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DancersSHINE in talent contest


A FOUR-STRONG dance group from Burnley have scooped the top prize in a county-wide talent contest.. ' ' Burnley Cyber Dance won the first SHINE! talent search with a street dance routine. ■ The Charter Theatre, Preston ,was the venue for the grand final which saw 12 acts, comprising 40 young people, show­ case their talents. SHINE is a brand new talent search for


teenagers in Lancashire, It has been cre­ ated and is being run by the Lancashire : County Council’s Young People’s Service


and radio station Rock FM. More than 1,000 young people across


the county voted for their favourite acts from more than 400 individual perform­ ers posted on the Rock FM website.. The 12 most popular acts performed live at the final and the 700-strong audi- . ence voted for its favourite performance


of the evening. On hand to congratulate all the finalists


were County Coun. Mark Perks, Cabinet member for young people, and Bobby Sheikh, who was recently voted by young


. people as Lancashire’s most inspiring role model. They presented gold disc awards to all,the performers and a special win­ ners’disc to Buralev Cvber Dance.


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The Eden Project & the Lost Gardens of Heligan


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,5 li ♦ Cooked breakfasts and three course evening meals i'j •» Entrance to Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre 5 i; * Visits to Lyndhurst & Bournemouth


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« Entrance to Althorp House - . ^ Afternoon tea in the State Dining Room :


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» Executive coach travel from your selected departure point ,e Return ferry crossing from Dover to C a l a i s 1 . >


»'All meals on board the mps Amsterdam Early risers and mid morning tea/coffee in the lounge


. Visits to Andernach, Cochem, Boppard, Rudesheim, Frankfurt, - - Mainz, Mannheim & K o b l e n z ? ■ ■ . . v a Entertainment on every night of your cruise ^Accommodation in an outside en-suite cabin


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: 3 i 3' 5! Cooked breakfasts and evening meal in our hotel on two nights. ' i


I a Return Journey on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway . Free time in Edinburgh &Aberfoyle, entrance to the Edinburgh ■ ; : Military Tattoo and a circular cruise on the SS Sir Walter Scott ■ • ^ F Service of our tour driver - .


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