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Caroline Pearce (32), a former pupil of St Michael and St John’s RC Primary School, Clitheroe, and St Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, said: “The NWAA is, obvious­ ly, close to my heart and has an amazing team, which is why I wish to raise funds to keep the helicopters flying.” The daughter of retired local coal merchant John


Pearce,Caroline, of River­ side, Low Moor, aims to raise £2,000 for the NWAA by trek­ king for six days across the Moroccan part of the Sahara. She will walk for up to


eight hours a day in scorch­ ing temperatures in Febru­ ary next year. Caroline will follow trails led by camels and camp in the desert each


night. There will be no toilet - or washing facilities for the six days and scorching days will be followed by freezing nights. A Ribble Valley Triath­


lon Club member, Caroline participates in local triath­ lonsandrunning events. She recently ran 22k up Laterigg fell, Keswick, in aid of NWAA. “As I work on the air ambu­


lance, I daily seethe difference it can make to people’s lives. We cover the whole of the North-West and are mainly ■ dispatched to road traffic col­ lisions, areas with difficult access or places that are not accessible by a land ambu­ lance, and to the most serious incidents,” she said. ; Heart attack patients are


transferred to specialist cardi­ ac centres and those involved in a serious accident can be flown to a trauma centre. Pa­ tients arrive quicker than in a land ambulance, potentially increasing survival rates. . • To sponsor Caroline, •.


visit www.justgiving.com/ Caroline-Pearce2 or text Caro­ line’s unique code NAIR72 and an amount of £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070.


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Valley MP elected onto influential 1922 Committee


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Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has been elected unopposed to the Executive of the 1922 Committee. The 1922 Committee, also


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oured to have been elected to the 1922 Committee. My col­ leagues have given me a great responsibility towards the direction of the Conserva­ tive Party and I intend to rep­ resent the views of the hard working Tory backbench MPs whose views represent


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