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TEENAGER’S CHALLENGE SPORT


Man U legend springs a surprise on Vincent


Special treat as Sir Alex visits charity for profoundly disabled profoundly disabled young


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Clitheroe boxer Luke Blackledge has vowed to take the British super-mid­ dleweight crown this year.


. With holder Paul Smith stepping on to the world stage, with a rematcn


against WBO world champion Arthur Abraham penned in for February 21st in Berlin, the 24-year-old WBC Silver International supremo is ready to rise


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Students had a very special surprisewhen Sir Alex Fer­ guson dropped in on a charity for disabled children.


Vincent Parkinson (13), from Baldwin Hill, Clitheroe, got a big cuddle from the Man­ chester United legend when he visited Seashell Trust, which cares for and educates profoundly disabled children andyoung people from across


the country. Someofthestudentshave'


such complex difficulties they live at the trust’s residen­ tial school and college. ' Mark Geraghty, CEO of


Seashell Trust, said: “Sir Alex’s visit gave the young people at Seashell a special treat. “We are not a charity that


is as widely known as others because of the highly special­


ised nature of our work with


people. “We are extremely grateful


to Sir Alex Ferguson, a person with an international reputa­ tion, for taking an interest in Seashell at a time when we are truly at the top of our game; with outstandingjudgments from Ofsted across all areas of our operation. “The trust has embarked


upon one of the most excit­ ing periods of development in its 190-year history as we endeavour to complete our appeal to raise £iom. for 17 new homes on our site.” • Seashell Trust aims to


transform the lives of the most vulnerable disabled children and young people from across the UK. It pro­ vides education and per­ manent residential care for children and young people with profound learning dis­ abilities and sensory impair­ ments at the Royal School and Royal College, both in Man­ chester. For more visit WWW. seashelltrust.org.uk


Pendle pupils crack nature reserve’s secret codes


When it comes to questions about new technology the best rive without a copy. Hence the idea was that anyone with people to ask are schoolchildren.


Therefore, Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Reserves Officer, Phil Dykes, called on youngsters from Pendle Primary


therightphoneoriPadcouldsimplywaveitovertheblack and white coded squares as they walked around the reserve and the information would appear on their screens.


School, Clitheroe, whenheneededahelpinghandinbring- “I wanted to make the information relevant to all age ^ ing his Salthill Quarry nature reserve into the 21st Century. groupssoIgotthehelpofPendlepupilsguidedbytheirever Phil came up with the idea of labelling the existing num-


bered posts with QR codes, offering information about YearSixpupilsvisitedthereservewithPhiltogetmforma- each area of the Clitheroe reserve.


enthusiastic teacher, Richard Waterhouse, Hesaid: “Wehaveaninformationleafletbasedontheio


,tion for each area and all came up with information on what they thoughtwasimportantateachoftheioIocations.Phil


marked posts around the reserve, which is available from picked out those he thought were most interesting and the the local Tourist Information Office, but many visitors ar- school converted the text into codes for making into signs.


T O IN THE NEWS M ORETO SEE Q , @CUTHADVERTISER Facebook.com/advertisertimes TECHNOKIDS: Penile Primary's Year 6 pupils paid a visit to a quarry to try out the new QR codes NEWSINBRIEF ^ „ Pack up for sick customer


Kind-hearted staff at a Clit­ heroe cafe helped to look af­ ter a poorly pensioner. Catherine Flynn, who is the mum of the owner of Castle Kitchen, Ben Flynn, and helps out at the Moor Lane . cafe, went to the aid of an elderly diabetic sufferer when he collapsed in the cafe. After the paramedics had checked the gentleman


over, Catherine packedhim up a mini picnic of a sand­


wich, bag of crisps, cake and a drink to ensure that he had something to eat when he got home. Catherine, who is also diabetic, said: “Ihopesome-


one would do the same for me or one of my relatives.” Ben (21), took over the caffi, formerly known as Brunch Time, about ayear ago.


Town centre pub repair plans


An application to replace parts of an historic town centre pub that were damaged during a large fire has been submit­


ted to Ribble Valley planners. The plans want to replace existing structural elements of


The Swan and Royal Hotel which were damaged through fire or water after a large blaze back in 2009. New steelwork will be fitted to the Castle Street listed build­ ing in accordance with the structural engineers’ evaluations.


Grandfather clock Thief targets Ken stolen from Whalley Varey’s store


A miniature Grandfather Clock, worth an estimated £250, was stolen from an ad­ dress in Whalley. Thieves forced open the door to the shed located in the garden of the property in The Sands and escaped with the clock overnight Friday into Saturday.


Black leather gloves, socks and three charitybadges were stolen from Ken Varey’s Outdoor World shop in Mar­ ket Street, Clitheroe. The items were stolen by a Blackburn man at 1 pm on Saturday and later recov­ ered by police who issued him a Fixed Penalty Notice.


Man (21) damaging car windscreen


NicholasMark Wright (21),ofKiln Close,Clitheroe,was re­ manded on bail for the preparation of apre-sentence report after pleading guilty at Blackburn magistrates to damaging a car windscreen belonging to Katie Cowburn.


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