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By Katie Hammond
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Afamilyandtwocommunities. have been left in shockafter the sudden death of a popular and well-known GP.
Dr Robert Grayson (45) was a principal partner at Great. Harwood Medical Group and was one of four GPs in the practice, responsible for the care of around 8,000 patients. He lived in Chatburn with his wife Kirsty, son Dominic (12), stepson Dermot (13) and step daughter Kiera (11). He was al so father to Georgina (14)- Dr Grayson was taken ill
in the early hours of Thurs day morning, suffering with chest pains, and drove himself to hospital leaving his wife at home in Chatburn caring for their respective children. After undergoing over
night tests, Dr Grayson died suddenly the following morn ing, with his wife by his side. A post-mortem has re vealed the cause of death to
be thoracic aortic dissection - a tear in the wall of the ma jor artery carrying blood out of the heart. . Speaking exclusively to
the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Mrs Kirsty Grayson said: “I have lost my soulmate and confidante and I am abso
lutely devastated. “Rob always put his family
first, but he was also married to his patients and looked af ter many people through to the end of their lives. He spe cialised in palliative care and went above and beyond to care for people, often work ing weekends and evenings to make sure that patients did not have to contact an out of hours GP that they didn’t
know. “We, as his family, accept
ed that the care he gave to his ‘other’ family was just as im-
' portant to him as we were and that was ok because that was
what made Rob Rob.” “He always said he wanted
to see the world with me and we visited so many places, both as a couple and as a fam ily, including Barcelona, Ven
ice, Budapest, Prague, Rome, Moscow and Bucharest. He
just wanted us all to have as ^ good a time as possible. “At home, Rob was great at DIY and he really loved his
garden - no-one ever left our house withoutarmfulsoffruit and vegetables, whatever his
latest harvest was.” . ThesonofHyndburn coun
cillor Harry Grayson and his wife Carol, Dr Grayson had a
brother, Chris, and was origi- , nally from Rishton. He gained
his medical degree from the QueenMaryUniversityofLon- don in 1997. alongside work ing at the Medical College of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. . Also a specialist in chron
ic disease, he had worked at Great Harwood Medical Cen tre since August 2005 and, last year, oversaw the centre’s merger with Rishton High • Street Surgery. The,practice
recently moved into a new purpose-built home in Water
Street. Practice Manager Sarah
Lord said: “Rob was commit ted to the health and wellbe ing of his patients and the
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local community he lived in and served. He was very highly thought of among his colleagues and patients, and his loss will be felt greatly throughout the community. - “Not only was Rob a highly
experienced and hardwork ing doctor, his dedication to his patients was renowned and he will be sadly missed by
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A suspicious mind proved costly for a 29-year-old nurse. Blackburn magistrates
heard shesuspectedherboy- friend was cheating on her and after a night out with work colleagues “foolishly” got in her car to drive to his home in Clitheroe and try and catch him out. Tara L eath erd was
breathalysed after losing control of her vehicle when a deer ran out in front of her car. She was found to be nearly three times the legal limit for driving. The alcohol limit for driv
Pupils provide guard of honour at England match Dr RobertGrayson onhisweddingday in 2012with wife Kirsty and their family.(s)
everyone who met him or was treated by him. Our thoughts and condolences go to Rob’s family whom he loved very
much.” Facebook tributes flooded
in from shocked patients and friends. One message from a patient read: “Rob you will be greatly missed by all who knew you. My thoughts and
love are with family, friends, colleagues and other patients. A man who gave his all for oth ers and cared beyond his vo cation as a doctor. He made a difference. RIP xxx” A funeral service will be
held at St Bartholomew’s Church,GreatHarwood,today at noon, followed by a private cremation.
A group of 14 lucky children from Year 6 at Chatbjirn CE Primary School were chosen to provide the onfield guard of honour at the one day international cricket match between England and Australia at The Emirates OldTrafford Cricket Ground. In front of a vociferous crowd of 25,000 supporters and Sky Sports cameras, the children walked around the field before the game and then formed the guard of honour as the players walked from the changing rooms on to the field of play. After this, the children and several grateful parents were able to watch the game from the seats in the stands. The opportunity arose after a visit to the Old Trafford Crick
et ground earlier in the summer. Class teacher Martin Wrigley said: “We went on an educa tional visit to the Cricket Foundation and upon return to school, we wrote ‘thank you’ letters as part of a literacy les son expressing our gratitude. “The head of the centre was so impressed with the quality that he invited us on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” He added: “To be chosen out of all the schools in Lancashire is a great honour and one that we clearly had to take. The chil dren were very excited whenl was explaining what an excit ing opportunity had arisen. It also got me a day away from school watching one of my favourite sports! ”
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Mother defends new peer son in ‘fat cat’ rumpus
By Eric Beard sworth
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Proud mother
Mrs.Marga- ret Lupton has spokenof her pride atherwealthy banker son’selevationtothepeerage, and has dismissed the sniping
that labelled him a "fat cat". James Lupton, originally from Waddington and a former pu pil of Moorland Schhol, will soon become Lord Lupton of Lovington after David Cam eron decided to make him one of 30 new peers. Labour MPs accused the
Prime Minister of cronyism, and the Daily Mirror and Daily
Mail pointed out that Mr Lup ton, former co-treasurer and now treasurer of the Conserv atives, had donated £2.5m. to the party since 2009. The Mir ror headlined him as a “fat cat
banker crony”. But Mr Lupton’s widowed
mother, who lives in Wadding-
Christopher, were “thrilled and delighted” for him and added: “We’re all very proud of him and looking forward to him receiving his letters pat ent, whgn he becomes a Lord." Father-of-four Mr Lupton
(60) was born in Clitheroe and the family moved to Wadding ton when he was four. His fa ther, Alec, was chairman and managing director of the tex tile engineers Lupton Broth ers, Accrington. After Moorland, he went
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ton, replied: “It’s very unfair and typical of those papers. It wasjust a 10-day wonder. “James has worked ex
tremely hard all through his adult life and has done a lot philanthropically that has re mained unheard of. When he donates money he prefers to do it privately. “He put out a rebuttal
which has been published."^ Mrs Lupton added that his elder brothers, Jonathan and
to Sedbergh School then Lin coln College, Oxford, and af ter qualifying as a solicitor in 1979, he started a career in corporate finance. In 1998 he co-foundedGreenhill London; an international corporate ad visory firm. ■ He is a trustee of the British
Museum, and in 2013 formed a charitable foundation, The Loviiigton Foundation, to pro mote arts education and so cial welfare. He has donated about £4m. to charity over the past 10 years.
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ers is 80 milligrammes of al cohol per 100 millilitres of. blood or 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath. Leatherd, of The Dene,
Blackburn,pleadedguiltyto driving with excess alcohol. She was fined £625 and
ordered to pay £150 crimi nal court charge, £85 costs and £63 victim surcharge and banned from driving for two years. Catherine Allan (prose
cuting) said police respond ed to a report of a car down
an embankment near the Pe- tre roundabout at Langho on the A59 at 5-10 am. Leatherd was present
and admitted she had been the driver. Leatherd told police she
had been out in Darwen and had then got a taxi home. “In her words she ‘stupid
ly’ got into her car to drive to her boyfriend’s home in Clitheroe,” said Miss Allan. “She said she thought he was cheating on her and she wanted to catch him.” Jonathan Taylor (de
fending) said Leatherd was extremely remorseful for what had been a moment of madness. He explained that his de
fendant had been out on a works do. “When she got home, as a
result of a telephone conver sation with her boyfriend in the taxi, she made the fool ish decision to drive to Clit heroe,” said Mr Taylor. .. “At some point some
thing, she believes it was a deer, ran opt in front of her and she veered off the road," he added.
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