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Firefighters in port called out to blaze in bin


Firefighters were called out to a bin fire in Fleetwood in the early hours of Saturday morning.


A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in the head.
Police were called to around 7pm on August 24 to York Street, Blackpool, to reports of an assault.
A spokesman for Lancashire police said: “On arrival at the scene, officers found a 58-year-old man had suffered stab wounds to the head.
“He was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, where he remains. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.”
A 28-year-old man from Blackpool was arrested this morning on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and remains in custody.
Enquiries are ongoing.


A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in the head.


As the pound continues to go in the dollars favour 42% of Americans say they are more likely to visit the UK for a holiday, according to new data* from Hotels.com™.
London topped the list of destinations Americans would most like to visit (88%), with Cambridge (41%) and Liverpool (39%) closely vying for second place for statesiders looking for a cultural fix. The unexpected winner, however, was Grimsby with more respondents keen on visiting the northern fishing town than the majestic Snowdonia.
The Royal Family still has huge appeal for visitors from the States with Buckingham Palace the attraction they'd most like to visit (76%) with the home of the crown jewels (the Tower of London, 65%) and royal wedding venue, Westminster Abbey, (52%) also in the top five attractions. Finishing off the royal fever, Kate Middleton was the number one celebrity Americans would most like to meet, closely followed by Her Majesty the Queen. In a girl power worthy line up, the top five famous faces respondents would most like to meet were all women:
1.Kate Middleton (46%)
2.The Queen (45%)
3.JK Rowling (31%)
4.Adele (30%)
5.Kate Winslet (27%)
It seems Britain's culinary kudos isn't as poor as it once was with 68% of Americans keen to try the cornerstone British cuisine – the humble fish and chips. However, sweet treats rounded out the top five with apple crumble (44%), cream tea (43%) and a traditional afternoon tea (39%) just behind a full English (48%).
When quizzed on their perceptions of Britain as a nation many stereotypes rung true with a third of Americans believing Brits loved their pubs and that it always rains (only during a great British summer of course). Yet it seems Americans love our chit chat, as almost three quarters state their favourite thing about Brits is our accents and over a third love our sense of humour.
Simon Matthews, Senior PR Manager of Hotels.com Brand comments, “The fact that some Americans want to visit Grimsby on their next trip proves they must be really savvy about where to get the best British grub, as we all know Grimsby is famous for its Fish and Chips! The rising interest from our American cousins is likely more to do with the strong dollar than the draw of our culinary delights, however it would be a welcome boom for the UK travel industry.”
*2,000 adults from the U.S. were polled by One Poll, commissioned by Hotels.com in July 2016

Americans flock to the UK thanks to Kate Middleton and Fish & Chips


As the pound continues to go in the dollars favour 42% of Americans say they are more likely to visit the UK for a holiday, according to new data* from Hotels.com™.


Casdh for floating support, sheltered accommodation, and a service providing help for elderly people with hearing impairments axed
Funding for women’s refuges in Lancashire will be cut – and funding for ‘floating’ support, sheltered accommodation, and to a service providing help for elderly people with hearing impairments axed in cost-cutting proposals.
Lancashire County Council has announced proposals to use its new Prevention and Early Help Fund to provide £1.25m funding for domestic abuse services in the county, allowing for the continuation of Lancashire’s nine women’s refuges.
We’re pleased to provide £800,000 to women’s refuges, which is only a slight reduction from the previous budget County Coun Tony Martin
The fund will also be used to provide annual funding of £1.25m for services for homeless people with complex needs, and £500,000 for crisis support.
However, the announcement has been made in light of savage cuts to services.
Alongside extensive consultation, a cross-party cabinet working group was set up to consider the impact of ceasing to fund the non-statutory elements of Supporting People services, as well as looking at how best to use the new annual £3m Prevention and Early Help Fund.
Under the proposals, £800,000 of the £1.25m budget for domestic violence services would fund support within the nine women’s refuges in the county.
The council is proposing that £1.25m will be made available to support homeless households with complex needs. £500,000 transitional funding is also being allocated whilst supported accommodation services are redesigned.
The county council is continuing to invest £1.35m funding to meet the housing and support needs of 16 and 17 year olds. £500,000 transitional funding is also being allocated whilst supported accommodation services for young people who are homeless, or leaving care, are redesigned.
And £500,000 proposed for crisis support will be used to provide people with furniture, food or fuel to help meet their needs during crisis situations.
Funding for the floating support service; the support funded within sheltered accommodation; and the support provided within a sheltered scheme for elderly people with hearing impairments are proposed to cease from 1 April 2017.
Where people meet the statutory threshold they will receive appropriate support and services. For those who are not eligible for statutory services then the county council will be working with people to ensure that they are made aware of other services that are available in the community.
County Coun Tony Martin, cabinet member for adult and community services, said: “The county council faces an unprecedented financial challenge meaning it must make savings of £200m by 2020/21. This has been caused by cuts in government funding and rising demand for our services.
“We’ve had to make some very tough decisions as part of the budget to ensure we have enough money to deliver the statutory services which must be provided by law.
“One of the proposals that formed part of the council’s budget was to reduce the non-statutory part of the Supporting People service.
“We want to replace this with the Prevention and Early Help Fund. With less money than was previously available, we set up a cabinet working group and ran a consultation to see which priority areas the fund should focus on.
“We’re pleased to provide £800,000 to women’s refuges, which is only a slight reduction from the previous budget. We’re confident that by delivering the service more efficiently we won’t need to reduce the services provided by the refuges.
“We’re also able to carry on supporting homeless people with complex needs and young people who are either homeless or leaving care.
“There is also funding available for those who suffer a crisis, including help to buy furniture, gas and electricity, or food, and to receive support to help them avoid similar situations in the future.
“However, we’ve had no option but to cut some services such as the floating support, sheltered accommodation, and our support to a service providing help for elderly people with hearing impairments. We hope that many people will still be able to get support through services such as the wellbeing scheme and social care.
“These are still only proposals and have to be considered by the council’s cabinet.”

Refuges’ cash cut - and suppot services axed in savage cuts


Funding for women’s refuges in Lancashire will be cut – and funding for ‘floating’ support, sheltered accommodation, and to a service providing help for elderly people with hearing impairments axed in cost-cutting proposals.


A Blackpool woman is preparing to premier her first short film having made the stop from in front of to behind the camera.
And Lindsay Bennett has chosen her home town to provide the backdrop and talent for short film Lions, Tigers and Bears which is set to feature as part of the Other World’s Festival later this year.
Scenes from Lions, Tigers and Bears, by Lindsay Bennett
Actor Lindsay sunk her own cash into the production, which is up for consideration to be screened at 55 other festivals around the world.
The drama short about the fear of being forgotten and the consequences of wanting to be remembered and follows Alfie, a successful but ageing rock star and his manager Juliette who has dedicated her life and career to his success. When Alfie explains that he wants to quit while people still know who he is, Juliette has a bigger plan to make sure his name will always be remembered.
The film was shot at Berlin Studios in Bispham and at Bootleg Social in Topping Street.
And Linsday, 36, a former Greenlands High School Pupil, was keen to get local talent involved.
It’s my first film so I’ve financed it myself which was a big step given I’m due to get married
Blackpool band Sound of Superstring provided the soundtrack with Paul Horrocks from the band taking the role of Alfie.
Lindsay said: “I’d written a couple of solo theatre shows, it seemed a logical progression from acting.
“I’ve been involved in a few independent films and I wanted to see if I could make the jump from in front of to behind the camera.
“It’s my first film so I’ve financed it myself which was a big step given I’m due to get married.
“But I wanted to do it and I had a very clear vision.
“I knew I wanted Paul Horrocks for the part.
“We wanted to use local talent.”
A production company from Bolton, which Lindsay had worked with previously as an actor, shot the film with the first-time director adamant everybody should be paid industry rates.
“It was a big undertaking,” said Lindsay.
“But I’m glad we did it.
“It’s a film which deals with some quite serious themes.
“I hope it will be well received.” Executive producer on the film was Rick Thompson, the man behind Blackpool’s Other World’s Festival.
And he was keen to have Linsday’s film screened as part of the event.
Lions, Tigers and Bears will be shown at the Regal Cinema in Church Street during the festival which runs from October 13 to October 16.
Lindsay, who also co-stars in the short, is hoping her work will be seen in wider circles to.
She said: “It’s been submitted for 55 festivals around the world.
“You never know with those but hopefully we’ll be able to show off what Blackpool has to offer on some international screens.”

Lindsay creates a film sure to be remembered


A Blackpool woman is preparing to premier her first short film having made the stop from in front of to behind the camera.


Hardship in the fells of 1930s County Durham and intrigue at a Second World War munitions factory are just two compelling new books from Quercus this September.
Nobody’s Child by Elizabeth Gill
Two traveller sisters from the wild countryside of County Durham face hardship, hunger and an uncertain future when they lose their parents and their home.
Consumed with grief and surrounded by hostility, can the teenagers survive the tough times ahead in 1930s England and hold tight to the family ties that bind them together?
Elizabeth Gill, author of over 30 books set in and around her native Tyneside, works her storytelling magic in a moving and gritty family saga of adversity and hope and love and loyalty that will delight her army of devoted fans.
On Christmas Day in 1930, Kath and Ella Watson are living with their parents in an empty house close to Castle Bank Colliery on snow-covered Durham Fell tops. They have been forced to take shelter there from their travellers’ wagon because their mother is gravely ill.
Kath is seventeen and her father believes she should have married long ago, particularly as she has been courted by the likes of rich traveller Will Hern. But Kath has seen the chaotic life of traveller women with babies, forced to raise their youngsters inside a cramped wagon.
Their mother Rose wants a better life for her two daughters but when she dies on Christmas Day morning, their father is overcome by grief and sets fire to the family’s wooden wagon, reducing it to a heap of ashes.
When the police arrive to tell them that not only has their father died in an accident after riding off on his horse but also that they must leave the house where they have been sheltering, the two sisters are left bereft and virtually penniless.
With winter closing in around them, and facing the hostility of locals who are suspicious of Gypsies, the girls strike out to find their way in a harsh landscape which sets them on a collision course with the wealthy Banks family of nearby Golden Hill Hall, local farmer Jake Sutherland and Will Hern, the man who would still have Kath as his wife.
Using her trademark warmth, experience and wisdom, Gill captures the essence of the hardy folk of the north-east in a story brimming with drama, romance, rich period detail and vivid characters.
Written from the heart and with a seductive sense of time and place, Nobody’s Child is the perfect read for autumn nights…
(Quercus, hardback, £19.99)
The Factory Girls by Rosie Archer
Friends in need, flying bombs and explosive revelations… it’s time to head back to the adventures and misadventures of Gosport’s ‘canary girls.’
The real-life munitions workers at Priddy’s Hard, the Royal Navy Armament Depot in Hampshire, who helped to arm the Allies’ D-Day invasion fleet, are the inspiration behind this compelling series from Gosport author Rosie Archer.
In the follow-up to The Munitions Girls and The Canary Girls, Archer sweeps us away again to England in 1944 and into the hearts and minds of the women who packed shells and bullets with sulphurous chemicals that made their skin and hair turn yellow.
Archer pays tribute to the dangerous and dirty work undertaken by the 2,500 women at the factory during the Second World War in stories that prove no matter how hard the times, despite bombing, short rations, cruel men and unwanted pregnancy, friendship will pull you through.
In autumn of 1944, V-1 flying bombs, known as doodlebugs, are the latest threat to war-battered Gosport. And at Priddy’s Hard munitions factory, Em Earle is about to suffer a threat to her livelihood that comes from much nearer home.
Meanwhile, local crook and black marketeer Samuel Golden is back and up to his old tricks as he tries to find ways to exploit the hardships of local people for his own gain.
As well as Samuel’s unwanted attentions, Em has to deal with some huge revelations from within her own family. Her daughter Lizzie is pregnant, and a strange woman has turned up on Em’s doorstep claiming to be her sister.
Em is excited but cannot help feeling wary. Could this woman be too good to be true? Once again it will be up to the girls from the bomb factory to rally round and support one of their own.
The triumphs and disasters of this entertaining, close-knit group of friends spring to life in a nostalgic story packed with drama, tension, passion and the grim realities of life in wartime England.
Archer has her finger firmly on the pulse of the munitions workers… their hardships, their struggles and the determination to win wars in both their personal lives and on the bigger stage.
Romance with a gritty edge…
(Quercus, paperback, £6.99)

Book reviews: Cosy up with two family sagas from Quercus Books


Hardship in the fells of 1930s County Durham and intrigue at a Second World War munitions factory are just two compelling new books from Quercus this September.


With GCSE Results Day finally upon us, hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country will be weighing up their options for the future.
Although A-levels remain the traditional educational route after GCSEs, they are not the only option. More and more students are turning towards apprenticeships and further education as real alternatives.
Many of the teenagers picking up their results have already been in education for the best part of 12 years.
But, these days teenagers, up to the age of 18, are legally required to stay in education, training or get a job with accredited training, something the government calls 'raising the age of participation'.
Being in further education or training doesn’t mean teenagers have to stay in the same school. There are lots of options.
So, for those students who didn’t do so well in their GCSEs, or don’t find the prospect of another two years at school studying A-levels appealing, here are our top three options for life after GCSEs.
Do an apprenticeship
Apprenticeships have had some mixed press. The quality and rates of pay have been in the news, but there are lots fabulous apprenticeship opportunities out there and lots of organisations who can help, and offer you the right information; checkout The Student Room’s new Apprenticeship Hub it’s full of accurate and up-to-date information and it can even help to dispel some of those apprenticeship myths.
We found a fabulous apprenticeship scheme with national company, Be Wiser Insurance - they offer a starting salary of £14,000. There are other companies doing similar, so do your homework.
Do a traineeship
Not quite ready for an apprenticeship? Need to work on your skills? Don’t worry there are lots of opportunities for you to complete a traineeship – Have a look at what a company like EDF Energy can offer you.
Go to your local college
There are two types of college – 6th Form college and Further Education college. 6th Form Colleges are mostly geared up for students between 16 and 18 years old, and tend to concentrate on academic education. Further Education colleges are generally much bigger than 6th Form colleges and offer a wider range of subjects, including vocational education (Btecs and NVQs), and they’re not just for teenagers. Further Education colleges offer adult education and higher education too.
The GOV.UK website can help you find more information about courses offered by schools and colleges in your area if you’re between 14-19.
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With GCSE Results Day finally upon us, hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country will be weighing up their options for the future.


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It was only appropriate that I rocked up to Manchester’s Opera House on a classic English sunny afternoon, the city almost horizontal in the longed-for heat.
Within sight of the theatre was mayhem as theatre-goers and a smattering of celebrities packed into the press night showing of multiple Olivier award-winning Sunny Afternoon, the latest musical to land in the city and one with a buzz we haven’t seen in a while.
This is a very British musical, but is much more than a showcase for 60s legends The Kinks and a celebration of Britishness, it is a reminder of how stupendous their musical, societal and political legacy actually is - and what’s more it’s a great night out.
If you think you are not really a fan of the Kinks, you probably are really.
The band’s raw, powerful and riotous sounds and lyrics are the backdrop to more than one generation and though germinated in the 60s moved across the 70s, 80s, 90s and are just as resonant now.
This genius of this production, already a hit in London and now on tour, is that Kinks frontman Ray Davies and his team, who created the story, have sought out some extraordinarily talented musicians to recreate that authentic Kinks sounds and tell the tale of the band’s explosion on to the music scene.
The cast play and sing their own music with remarkable power, with only a few supporting musicians on stage.
Hits such as ‘You’ve really got me’, ‘Dedicated follower of fashion’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and the eponymous ‘Sunny Afternoon’ are belted out by the remarkable former Jethro Tull band member Ryan O’Donnell (as Ray Davies) Mark Newnham (Dave Davies), Garmon Rhys (bassist Pete Quaife) and Andrew Gall (as drummer Mick Avory), with the support of a small powerful cast with a special mention for talented Lisa Wright, as Ray’s wife Rasa.
It’s also easy to forget Davies penned tunes for other artists and elements of this discography are included in this show, namely ‘Stop your sobbing’ and ‘I go to sleep’ which were both recorded by Davies’ one time squeeze Chrissie Hynde (of Pretenders fame).
Also on the playlist is my favourite ‘Lola’ which has been recorded since by multiple artists - it is also a little known fact that Davies had to alter the song from Coca Cola to Cherry Cola in the British version of the song to appease the staid BBC re a commercial reference.
The scene where the band stab holes in their amplifiers to crate their unique sounds, explains why it is quite so loud.
Signs stuck to theatre walls to warn of this fact in advance.
But the show starts low-key as it introduces the Davies brothers and their family and the early development of The Kinks, the storylines focusing on emotional highs and lows with the constant battle between artists and management.
More importantly it chronicles the socialist-leaning Kinks v. the system, their battles with the taxman and the rude and unfair realities of the music business and 60s exploitative business in general.
It was also fantastic to see the man himself Ray Davies not just in attendance on this special night but making an appearance on stage with his guitar at the age of 72. A real honour to be there.
A fantastic and entertaining night exploring the euphoric highs and lows of a band and of Britain in the grip of rapid change. It resonates and not just amongst the Kinks’ most loyal fan base.
As I made my way out of the historic theatre, I could hear a deep choral bass emanating from the confines of the men’s bathroom, which was quickly accompanied by a sing along from the queue.
I will now be humming it ‘All day and all of the night’..
*Runs until August 27

Review: Sunny Afternoon at Manchester Opera House


It was only appropriate that I rocked up to Manchester’s Opera House on a classic English sunny afternoon, the city almost horizontal in the longed-for heat.


Here are the GCSE results for schools across the Fylde Coast.
AKS Lytham
Ten passes
M Bittar, A Bowker, D Brenner-Lawton, J Cowburn, N Forster, I Fraser, O Gavin, A Naeem, A Park, R Pickersgill, S Reams, L Rigby, C Shaw, S Southern, J Willcox, J Wood.
9 passes
A Abbott, I Arnold-Turner, G Aspinall, S Baines, C Barcock, A Broadbent, H Bux, H Bux, C Cadley, E Chambers, J Chopra, J Clayton, M Clayton, M Cookson, D Cooper, A Counsell, G Dale, A Douglas, S Drinkwater, I Eastham, R Ellis, R Evans, N Frankel, N Gallagher, E Garstang, C Hall, E Hall, J Harvey, J Heaton, J Howland, H Hudson, K Iqbal, A Iredale, J Kurtis, J Lowther, A Lusher, L Macaulay, A Marrs, L Meek, R Mill, J Moore, R Newman, O O’Neil, G Powlesland, J Pyrah, B Smyth, F Stanier, D Stone, M Storton, J Taylor, T Taylor, M Turpie, I Walton, S Wen, R Whitaker, O Wilkinson-Gray, J Worsley, G Wyatt, T Wyatt.
Eight passes
S Barker, M Cherry, A Foulds, M Haythornthwaite, S Kyle-Clay, O Lea-Taylor, J Moreau, G Powell, G Wallace.
Seven passes
M Baker, B Dagger, J Duncan, O Fagan-Weston, L Halliwell-Fletcher, R Spurway.
Six passes
A Shelmerdine.
Montgomery High School passes
Eleven passes
O Bach, R Halliwell, R Hartley, S Hartley, K Holmes, G Hope, T Kambouri, B Loder, M Mills, W Murray, A Platt, M Rigby, B Singleton, C Stokes, K Szepecko, A Tumalty, J Waters, L White, J Williams, A Wood
Ten passes
Y Abdali, D Adshead,P Allbutt, S Almond, S Anderson, J Arliss, H Austin, E Bailey, E Banks, M Barclay, J Barratt, B Berresford, L Berresford, V Blackburn, L Brook, R Brown, T Brownrigg, J Bryan, E Bunting, R Burgess, J Byrne, R Cable, D Carr, M Carter, R Cato,G Charlesworth, J Cheeseman, M Cherry, A Christy, A Clarke, M Cooke, L Cooper, J Cotton, E Cross, J Cullinan, J Cunliffe, C Danson, M Davies Clarke, A Devonport, C Dickman, Z Dickson, L Donnelly, M Dooley, J Downs, C Edge, J Ellison, C Evans, H Evans, J Evans, E Farquhar, E Farrell, C Fearon, K Fenton, H Ferguson, R Fielden, M Fielding, S Formosa, J Fox, E Froggett, M Froggett, B Fuller, E Garlick, B Gaunt, B Green, C Grogan, C Haines, C Hanson, M Hayhurst, N Heller, S Hill, B Hindle, K Hodson, C Horrocks, D Hughes, K Hughes, S Hughes, L Hulton, C Isherwood, C Jackson, N Kelemen, C Kendrick, N Kenworthy, S Khanum, G Lomax, E Luce, G Luckett, Z Machen, L Marshall, E Masterton-Taylor, G McClean, H McCready, H McCreedy, G McGonagle, S Mercer, H Moore, C Moran, M Morris, K Moulson, L Moulson, C Mulhall, A Mulvey, J Nash, M Noble, D Norwood, J Nuttall, R Oldfield, D Park, T Parkinson, S Pearson-Brown, H Peel, S Pepper, D Percival, C Phasey, J Pickavance, L Poole, J Priestley, N Pyatt, C Richards, M Riedel, M Roberts, T Robinson, E Rose, K Rothery, M Rothwell, C Sanderson, K Sandiford, R Shepherd, G Shobayo, M Shonhiwa, B Smith, M Smith, M Smith, N Smith, S Smith, R Stewart, A Stirk, J Street, J Sykes, D Sykes-Livingstone, D Taylor, A Thornton, J Tolley, W Tomkinson, L Torralba, S Wainwright, R Walkden, K Walsh, H Whitehead, H Whitworth, D Wiles, R Wilks, C Williams, L Willis, J Wilson, J Wilson, K Wilson, C Winrow, M Worster, J Wright
Nine passes
E Alexander, M Balcerak, E Bartle, C Burgess, K Caine, C Cardwell-Wilsdon, A Clark, L Craddock, M Crumpton, E Day, X Devere, S Eaton, L Eckersley, C Eland, J Fenton, L Fleming, N Frankland, L Galloway, C Gibson, B Hall, S Hall, J Harrington, S Howarth, A Hutchings, P Iddon, E Jacklin, M Jackson, H Kadic, Y Knapman-Fletcher, R Linley, A Maillot, M Masters, J Maxwell, T McGawley, D McMahon, N Mew, A Mills, B Mullaney, H Nester, C Owen Steeden, J Parry, S Priestley, N Rhodes, C Rourke, S Sanderson, A Sisson, A Smith, E Smith, H Smith, W Townson, I Wild
Eight passes
L Bicket, B Bury-Young, M Da Costa, L De’Ath, Y Hegarty, T Higgins, M Jones, K Kirkman, I Mather, A McCabe, J McKnight, N Moody, N North, C Portlock, H Pugh, T Roberts-Rembowski, K Rossington, L Scotland, C Stott, L Thomas, E Tomlinson, K Walker-Earnshaw, L Webster, K Williams
Seven passes
M Crook, M Kennedy, T Knowles, J Laverty, B Standaloft, A Tattersall, E Wilcock
Six passes
C Elliott, S Sawers, B Scott
Five passes
L Gaulter, C Nelson, M Smith, C Spencer, J Willis, B Wright
Four passes
A Scott
Three passes
A Ashford, J Matley
Two passes
S Faulkner, V Johnston, L Leary
One Pass
A Hurwitch, L Mellad
Cardinal Allen High School
Ten passes
J Ballam, J Basquill, S Bennett, K Bradley, O Brady, B Carmichael, M Clark, L Grassie, C Haigh, H Hampson, T Hardman, R Heyes, L Male, D Morgan, P Paul, E Rapaccioli, O Rhys-Rowley, E Roberts, S Sherrington, L Waite.
Nine passes
F Ashworth-Prescott, A Atkin, J Beanland, C Benson, E Bleasdale, W Blunt, E Bradford, F Burgess, O Cattle, D Clerkin, K Cody, A Colebourne, T Fearnley, L Flemington, L Franklin, V Fusco, J Graham, D Hopkins, A Jewitt, J Jones, A McCaskill, H Miller, E Mooney, C Moyle, O Mullen, W Myers, A Ogden, L Oldman, J O’Neill, E Orr, M Pumphrey, T Scantlebury, H Seed, R Sharpe, J Short, C Simpson, M Sinclair, J Smith, L Smyth, K Wade, M Waldermar, B Watson, M White, K Wilson, K Wright.
Eight passes
R Anderson, C Andrew, J Austin, M Bardsley, J Beaton, L Black, S Blair, E Bradder, J Bradley, L Brayshaw, K Bruno, E Bulmer, S Bunn, T Callighan, P Carter-Barnes, T Clarke, R Corcoran, J Croston, C Devine, L Donnellon, R Garrett, L Gibson, J Greaves, Y Gregson, M Hargreaves, M Kaur, L Knights, M Lee, F Leonard, K Logan, L Mangan, H Martin, J McCann, K McCann, J McCaul, J McKevitt, O Mellor, K Mercy, T Metcalf, J Mizon, H Monaghan, R Moody, A Moran, C Newsham, E Noble, C Nuttall, T Parker, L Patterson, J Pinder, R Poole, K Rhodes, J Richardson, J Roberts, G Roney, O Salthouse, N Sintes, M Southward, T Stones, B Symons, C Thornborough, D Warren, M Watthey, E Webster, E Webster, T Welsh, K Whipp, C Williams, H Wilson.
Seven passes
J Bedford, O Bridge, N Cossey, A Crowford, E Hadgraft, B Hay, C Holden, J Holland, K Lane, B O’Keefe, L Peake, A Price, S Scott, S Simms, E Tester, R Thomasen, C Young.
Six passes
J Almond, C Barker, J Dale.
Five passes
M Waterman
Four passes
J Silver
Three passes
C McLeod
One Pass
J Tyler
St Mary’s Catholic College
Ten Passes
Barczynska L, Gierczak N, Machowiecki M, Tomas W, Wiecha N,
Nine Passes
Anderson F, Arnold C, Ashton T, Baker A, Baker C, Barclay C, Beardall N, Berrett-Phillips R, Bezaras D, Bibby J, Biju S, Blakey C, Boccaccio A, Boyne D, Bradley J, Brattley-Farnell T, Brown G, Brown T, Brzozowska K, Burgess C, Calle-Calatayud M, Clossick M, Copp E, Cornwell C, Cornwell J, Critchley S, Daniels L, Davey C, Davidson C, Devaney K, Devonald R, Dillaway C, Donnelli-Hunn K, Fearnley C, Fisher B, Flete E, Foster M, Galvin B, Garaba M, Gavin L, Gibbons D, Giddings C, Glover B, Graham G, Hannibal G, Hannibal R, Hawkins G, Hearsum L, Henderson D, Herbert L, Hester D, Hodge W, Holt A, Hoyle L, Hughes B, Humphreys L, Hutt C, Ireland E, Johnson F, Johnson O, Kay E, Kershaw J, Kilgallon J, Kucinski A, Lea -Sain J, Lewis B, Leyland M, Lightbown S, Lloyd C, Lonsdale P, Lovell S, Lowe J, Martin E, Mathew J, McCluskey S, McKenna K, McMullen J, McNeill A, McNickle N, McWilliams J, Molloy R, Montague J, Moonemalle M, Nelson Colsey J, Ney J, Parriss-Riley L, Partridge J, Patten L, Payne E, Perrett K, Plummer N, Puthenpurayil A, Pyper C, Riley K, Robb G, Rodaway J, Ronson A, Roper C, Rowley E, Salt L, Scot-Curwen H, Shahsavari Z, Sheta Z, Sieradzki N, Skivington C, Slater A, Smithurst S, Stambridge A, Stephens A, Stevenson C, Tench M, Towers R, Turley M, Turner J, Tyrrell C, Utomi V, Valentine P, Veitch M, Verma M, Verzo V, Vincent M, Walsh C, Walton B, Watson M, Welsh C, Williams M, Wilson E, Winder M, Wood J, Wren K, Ygona R, Zafar J, Zhi Yang C,
Eight Passes
Blackwell L, Brownwood R, Cardwell E, Cheetham J, Costello M, Cubitt C, Dale H, Dela Cruz D, Dent-Watson E, Dewhurst O, Drake A, Evedon J, Fahey J, Gallagher K, Godwin S, Greenop O, Grimes S, Hodgkinson S, Houghton R, Hughes M, Ingram K, Innes A, Johnson C, Leaf C, Madden N, Martin L, Meechan J, Moreau K, Ogiogwa G, Orritt J, Oscar M, Richardson J, Sharlet B, Simpson K, Smith W, Starkie J, Tanner C, Taylor M, Thomson R, Tribe O, Wells C, Williams J, Winter N, Wrigley J, Young G, Zielinski K
Seven Passes
Allen R, Carney H, Grant C, Grindley T, Henshall L, Keogh A, Koziol D, Lister J, Marshall-Fitzpatrick C, O’Brien, Gleeson L, Parsons K, Shaw M, Slachciak O, Smith G, Smith M, West S
Six Passes
Craven S, Haney C, Kerry E, Lea-Sain F, O’Neill M, Taylor J, Wood R, Woodhouse J,
Two Passes
Kersh S
Fleetwood High School
Eleven passes
A Barlow, A Douglas, J Hall, A Poole, C Riding, A Stevens
Ten passes
S Adams, C Bidle, C Bradford, R Chelton, F Coates, A Coventry, J Cummins, T Delves, A Entwistle, L Fox , T Gotto, D Harrison, E Hassall, N Hogg, E Houton, N Howell, J Hunter, S Hutcheon, A Hutton, J-F Jones, L Jones, M Khan, A Leach, B Marriott, A McCarron, J O’Connor, K O’Rourke, B Pearson, R Reddington, L Samson, T Sargeant, T Sharratt, T Smith, K Shaw, L Simm, L Thomas, C Wardle, Ben Wilson, Bethany Wilson, A Wright H Youngson
Nine passes
R Andrews, D Baker, A Bainbridge, R Beech, C Bidle, T Briggs, L Bowman, C Cawley, D Clough, K Crewdson, H Cygal, M Emsley, R Garrett, D Haworth, S Heron, L Hutchings, J Impett, C Jones, J Jones, E Jorgenson, M Kennedy, C Lynn, J Manning, S Nicol, J-L Paine, J Paterson , A Price, C Slater, L Stark, A Stewart, D Underdown, K Valentine
Eight passes
J Barrow, A Blyth, D Burns, C Dawson, B Flowers, L Gaynor, C Hall, S Irvin, C-E Jones, C Lee, J Marshall, J McLaughlin, C O’Malley, B Parker, K Parker, R Robinson, K Rouse, M Stoney, C Tomkins
Seven passes
E Barkworth, C Duncan, J Harrison, T Howard, J Joyce, R Oldcorn, J Rudge, B Tripp,
Six passes
J Davies, C Driscoll, C Ethell, K-A Ethell, F Macklin, A Royle,
Five passes
M Ellis, A Heaton, M Rawcliffe - McDermott
Four passes
C Burgess, L Feike, A Mills
Two passes
J McLaughlin
One pass
J Crane, O Douthwaite
Millfield
11 Passes
L, Allison,L Deery,A Jolly.
10 Passes
J Allinson,E Ball,E Bond,A Boyle,K Bradshaw,E Brown,H Brown,E Buckley,I Chantrell,D Chettoe,A Chisam,T Choudhury,L Crane,C Croft,H Cudlip,A Daly,E Davies, C Dickinson,J Ellwood,R Evans,
T Farrow,E French,O Gorman,E Gouldin,B Green,C Grogan,A Hayes,S Hepworth,C Hill,L Hogarth, J Hurst,E Johnstone,J Joyce,L Kidd,T Kirkman,N Lee,W Liptrot,A Mayall-Buckley,L Moyes,T Nuttall,A Owens,
C Payne,A Potts,F Railton,C Ratcliffe,L Riley,S Robinson,J Schofield,L Schroeder,B Sharp,E Simms,R Simpson,L Smith,C Tarpey,R Trott,H Warne,M Wright.
9 Passes
M Ball,R Bamber,C Barclay-Smith,E Blair,J Burr,C Buston,E Cartmell,L Cooper,J Cresswell,K Daniells-Tarry,D Evans-Bowker,M Fisher,A Gratton,K Gudgeon,C Hannigan,C Haslam,J Hind,L Kelly,C Kight,
L Kilmartin,N Latus,G Lumley,R Munro,R Pogson,C Porter,J Pye,J Raina,C Richardson,M Ronson,R Shaw,T Slater,G Stansfield,D Street,A Todd,C Tregonning,J Wilkinson,L Wilson,S Wright.
8.5 Passes
R Jones.
8 Passes
K Ablett,D Ainsworth,D Baker,E Berry,S Carr,N Casey,O D’Arcy,M Diack,L Eccles,A Foster,M Green,J Hampson,B Handley,M Hindle,B Ingham,J Johnston,L-J Kennedy,Z Kirkman,L Lowe,E Lucas,L Matthews, R Midgley,F Mooney,H Naylor,K Pipe,S Potts,O Quinnell,L Rumming,W Singleton,S Slapp,J Thompson,M Turner,J Twyford,O Van Bogerijen,C Watson,L Whyment,J Williams.
7 Passes
A Bowker,A Campbell,A Carr,T Crane,S Ellis-Graham,A Gibson Swarbrick,E Gregory,T Kirby,J May,D Norton,S Rushton,M Sielski,D Smith,C Stead,E Thomas,T Thornton,F Vickers,M Wilcock,J Willis,R Wright.
6 Passes
L Foster,A Keay,T Potts,A Reeves,W Young.
5 Passes
C Sielski.
2 Passes
M Thompson.
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Ten Passes
S Alikasa, A Deroxinska, N Radzanowska
Nine Passes
J Adamson, J Barker, M Black, J Booth, C R Bullen, D Bullough, L Cameron, C Casey, S Clegg, J Curran, C Davis, E Davis, J Eadie, R Ferguson, E Fletcher, M Goodinson, J Harrison, C Heath, K Hill, Z Hill, H Hilton, L Hurley, J Jackson, S Joliffe, J Lee, M Lion, J Lu, J Lyle, D Moore, K Morgan, C Murphy, K Ostrowska, K Pentony, C Ralph, C Regan, H Rudd, K Walerowicz
Eight Passes
L Abbass, C Atkinson, L Bailey,S Beatie, S Bioletti, S Bowe,C Boyes, J Bradford, C J Bullen, C Chapllin, L Chinn-Batten, H Coffey, C Crolla, E Derbyshire, C A Dowling, C M Dowling, D Duffy, F Dyson, K Faulkner, J Fay-Southall, C Fisher, H Folger, M Gordon, N Guy, V Hague,T Hamer, N Hassall, D Heaton, S Henson, C Hiller, N Hirst, J Jones, M Jones, S Kirby, E Langridge, S Lavelle, A Lens, M Lidgley, R Lindsay, J Linton, E Longthorne, A Mallinson, A Marchant, M Marcus, C McCartney-Page, K McKenzie, M McLellan, C Morris, C Papp, M Parker, L Partridge, J Pearce, L Perry, J Porter-Thomas, K Priest, R Rhaman, C Riches, M Richmond, K Ridings,L Rogers, C Ronson, E Rowe, R Ruddock, B Ryan, S Scanlon, E Scowcroft, C Smith, J S Smith, Jacob Smith, J Smith, Z Smith, A Smith-Griffiths, S Staff, A Strickland, D Strother, A Taylor, D Taylor, G Taylor, R Taylor, S Taylor, H Trask, L Vaughan, M Vowels, R Walmsley, B Walton, H Waterhouse, M Weilding, C Whatmough, S Whiteside, J Wilmore, S Worthington, C Wylie, J Yardley
Seven Passes
S Burns, N Casson, J Cook, R Currie, D Daly, C Dodds, G Folger, J Hanby, L Harrison, C Keogh, P Langley, M Mahoney, C Palin, A Parfitt, R Riddick, S Roney-Wilton, T Sparks, A Taylor, C Walker, C Wright,
Six Passes
K Dickinson, S Flynn, C J Mcdonald, E Owen, K Philipson-Grant,D Sanderson, A Sharif, M Yates
Five Passes
S Brewster, L Butterworth, A Hartley, D Porietis, E THomson, R Turner
Four Passes
R Miller, E Muir,
Three Passes
A Clare, S Mitchell
One Pass
E Roberts
St George’s
Twelve Passes
M Burgeen
Eleven Passes
S Ardrey, A Brocklehurst, P Cartledge, T Davis, A Dixon, J Eaves, C Gill, G Gray, C Gregory, C Henderson, E Khan, E Lawrence, B Leonard, J Lock, L Martin, R Morris, L Nixon, C Pound, E Robinson, A Sagar, P Salanki, J Toal, E Walsh
Ten Passes
D Andrews, C Baggaley, D Bailey, M Barker, K Baron, C Baxter, C Berry, L Bowden, R Bowler, E Briggs, A Brown, J Burke, M Butler, K Campbell, C Carter, C Clough, K Clough, H Colledge, M Conn, W Cottam, E Counter, J Cowling, T Cox, L Crewdson, G Cubbins-McCorry, B Davidson, C Davidson, A Dixon, D Dixon, S Dodd, C Emery, K Fairlie, R Fisher, L Frain, P Froggett, R Gibson, S Gilligan, C Good, K Green, H Greenhalgh, C Hammond, E Harwood, J Healey, J Hemming, J Higgins, J Hill, M Holmes, H Hughes, Z Iglesias-Blackburn, J Jackson, D Jones, J Jones, L Jones, M Langley, A Lenton, K Lewin, C Lonsdale, C Mason, K May, J McAnena, D McCulloch, E McKay, L McNaught, L Mills, C Moorhead, D Moorhouse, L Mundow, M Norton, M Nuttall, H O’Brien, A Pemberton, L Phillips, K Piper, L Quinn, R Randell, J Richardson, L Richardson, C Riding, T Rogerson, E Rowland, K Rutherford, N Salmon, C Searle, H Simpson, T Singleton, L Smith, O Smith, W Sontowska, J Southern, T Stewart, G Stillwell, J Sudell, E Taylor, L Thorpe, L Topham, D Townson, J Webster, M Wilson, B Yiu
Nine Passes
L Aaron, F Allan, M Atkinson, A Bamber, B Bayman, A Campbell, S Ellis, J Green, C Gregory, C Harrison, S Heyes, L Marsden, T May, M McGregor, O Millard, L Morgan, E Nixon, C Roberts, K Shaw, R Thomas, C Tyldesley, E Wasp, C Wildon
Eight Passes
E Burgess, J Dodd, R Everington, S Frankle, P Jones, S Macfarlane, T Roberts, A Scarlett, J Taylor, M Wood
Seven Passes
R Ahmed, C Barkworth, M Bracewell, M Burgoyne, A Fisher, A Hart, B Lindley, C Murphy, L Thomas, C Whitaker, J Wright
Six Passes
B Burgess, G Everton-White, J Fielding, B Gillett, J Hamilton, P Holyoake, H Mylroie, C Norton, K Sarjantson
Five Passes
D Bristow, L Logan, T Nugent, M Preston
Four Passes
R Baldwin, L Webb
Three Passes
A Merchant, J Stock,
Two Passes
Z Elkirat
St Aidan’s
Thirteen Passes
T Lord
Twelve Passes
R Born, D Burke, LEagles-Martin, C Ellam, K Hesketh, E Holden, B Holding, E Kearton, I Long, E Marks, E Nagle, V Scragg, J Thompson, F Thompson-Jolley, I Unsworth
Eleven Passes
C Abram, P Abram, H Allen, K Anderson, C Bennett, A Betteridge, L Bradley, B Brignall, S Brown, J Clarkson, C Conley, J Corkery, R Davison, O Fivian, M Gair, F Galloway, S Green, M Guerin, J Guthrie, N Harrison, A Haworth, M Head, M Hill, A Hinchcliff, J Houldsworth, A Howard, K Hoyle, A Hughes, H Hunt, G Isles, H Jackson, G James, A Jenkinson, L Jones, S Kelly, W Lewis, T Nelson, C Palmer, R Platt, T Preston, H Saunders, A Sealy, K Southern, E Street, C Swarbrick, D Szcypiorska, E Thompson, M Thornhill, T Townley ,J Twiss, O Verity, G Wareing, S White, A Wilkinson,
BD Acton-Higginson, D Ashworth, S Atkinson, H Boothby, J Cardwell, W Clegg, S Coop, A Curtis, G Dixon, L Dooley, L Goodfellow , C Hirst, R Horvarth, B Hutton, A Jeffries, H Johnson, J Jones, M Jones B Mason, C Miller, L Morgan,
H Moulding, S Nowotarski, E Oakey, J Penswick , M Ralph, M Sandford, J Simey, D Sutton, E Wood, A Wyatt
Nine Passes
A Bleakley, P Cox, O Crisp, T Cross, N Danson, M Denny, B Gardner, C Houghton, G Howard, T Jenkinson, S Johnson, E MacGregor, J Ogden, S Patten-Clayton, S Proctor, B Redmond, A Richardson, J Ronson, C Soothill, B Whalley
Eight Passes
C Andrew,J Bamber, A Bowers, D Cowgill, B Crellin, D Devonport, O Evans, L Guerin, R Hargreaves, B Johnson, P Manikum, C Marsden, M Peace, A Pope, O Shaw, J Wall, C White
Seven Passes
B Britton, A Chard, L Dalton-Lee, J Galt, B White
Six Passes
S Riley, D Sarre-Bamber
Five Passes
K Marsden, N Roskell,
Four Passes
C Butler, A Waters
Three Passes
J Allison, J Jackson
Baines School
11 Passes
J Churms, H Clayton, I Cooper, C Cronshaw, M Crooks, L Eyres, G Faulkner, E Fielding, C Hurt, J Knowles, R Monks, E Neath, D Ricchiuti, C Simpson, G Stephenson, J Strain,.
10 Passes
G Ainsworth, E Asiliskender, D Balshaw, A Barton, J Bedell, B Bloxham, J Brewer, E Bridge, A Brookes, R Causer, A Ellis, E Fredrick, E Hessey, E Hume, J Lau, A Manders, J Marshall, E McGawley, L McIvor, M Miller, R Moss, M Newiss, C Norton, T Pagen, C Parr, E Pawson, N Pinkney, E Pymm, H Stringfellow, B Tinkler, J Watson.
9 Passes
T Alston, M Asquith, R Atkin, M Barrett, T Bateman, J Bethell, H Blackhurst, A Boulton, J Boulton, H Broughton, J Carroll, S Carter, M Cartmell, P Clegg, D Collins, S Collins, E Copp, S Cross, B Daly, A Davies, J Davis, T Dowie, M Dowman, M Eaves, L Eccles, E Fitzmaurice, O Fitzpatrick, I Fletcher, A Flynn, I Foote, K Gannon, G Gerrard, H Gigli, K Webster, K Harris, A Hasan, L Higham, M Holdip, S Holland, J Jacobs, B Jones, M Jones, N Joynes, A Kershaw, A Key-Otero, J Knott, E Leadbetter, D Lee, M Lee, E Lees, N Malhotra, B McCain, J McCausland, C McIlwaine, J Middleton, J Mitchell, B Molyneux, C Moore, T Mottershead, C Moynes, J O’Connell, J Pickup, D Porter, T Robinson, C Sheridan, C Skivington, A Smith, A Swann-Holmes, O Tattersall, C Thomas, C Thomas, L Thompson, A Vallance, A Waters, H Watkins, J Whitehead, Z Zampini.
8 Passes
A Biviano, T Connor, L Dunn, L Durow, J Fletcher, C Hall, K Harper, G Jones, J Kielty, J Maskery, O McVicar, S Rathbone, L Raynor, J Robinson, S Swan, O Tattersall, M Tierney, D Trent, R Tupman-Bell, B White,
7 Passes
C Lee-Hardman, C Humphreys, J Leak, R Mace, R McGawley, J Newton, J Rogerson, A Sumner.
6 Passes
R Bellew, M Fleming, O Hey, J James, J Power, W Whitaker
5 Passes
D Benson, A Douglas, J Sharples, T Rogerson, R Wood.
4 Passes
L Turner,.
3 Passes
K Bambrook.
2 Passes
M Knapman
Hodgson Academy
Eleven Passes
W Brown, J Hill, A Hogarth, R Morten, M Zubowicz.
Ten Passes
N Adshead, C Akram, C Allsopp, M Baldwin, O Banks, Y Barker, O Bennett, J Bonsell, J Bowley, N Broadbent, C Brow, A Callaghan, B Cardwell, A Carter, A Carter, S Cartmell, J Churchouse, J Cookson, H Douthwaite, C Eaves, B Edwards, A England, E Fitzpatrick, T Galler, H Gardner, J Gregg, J Guy, W Haddow, E Hadwin, C Hall, K Hargate, E Hayton, J Heaton, J Hester, M Holland, S Hopkinson, E Hoyle, J Hughes, L Jackson, C Kay, L Killingbeck, C Kimberley, C Kimmance, R Lambert, G Latham, H Lester, A Lewis, J Lydon, J Macdonald, C Manifold, G Markham, A Marmo, H Maskill, R Maxwell, T McFadyen, R Moore, E Morden, O Mulhall-Taylor, J Mullin, C O’Connor, C O’Neill, J O’Neill, T Pearson, M Peill, T Poole, A Pople, T Preston, C Roberts, K Rodgers, E Rose, D Russell, C Scott, J Shaw, D Siddall, V Smith-Payne, S Strutton, R Swarbrick, A Thomason, J Thornton, M Tingey, B Whiteside, E Whittaker, A Whyatt, J Williams, J Williams, A Wooton.
Nine Passes
L Armstrong, A Atkinson, L Atkinson, L Bailie, N Beardsall, S Beckett, T Berkeley, L Bradley, L Bramhall, C Buchanan, W Butler, L Cantona-Murray, J Carbutt, C Chippendale, G Clark, N Clark, E Clarke, C Clewlow, C Coates, C Collinge, C Condron, L Connearn, H Crawforth, T Cryer, N Curran, E Demar, A Dixon, J Doherty, L Eastoe, S Eaves, T Eckersley, J Edgington, R Falkingham, J Fisher, H Foster, A French, E Galloway, M Gardiner, J Gardner, R Gardner, D Glover, J Graham, K Grant, C Green, E Green, S Green, G Guy, H Haddrell, J Haigh, L Hartley, E Haslam, G Heath, X Herschell, J Hindley, H Holland, L Hudson, J Hulme, A Jackson, O Johnson, J Kanuritch, S Kenyon, P Kiernan, S Knight, S Langer, S Lawson, S Laycock, J Layton, M Leonard, T Lewis, J Marsden, C Masters, T Miller, G Mitchell, D Molloy, J Molloy, J Moore, M Moshona, J Murray, E Newman, A Norazlan, G Norman, R O’Connor, A Partington, T Paterson, M Penswick, C Pilkington, J Porter, C Portman, L Price, A Rashid, O Reading, O Renshall, J Roe, W Saunders, M Scullion, D Seville, D Shorrock, G Simms, L Slater, E Smith, R Smith, I Sutcliffe, M Swarbrick, E Tax, L Taylor, D Thornton, E Threlkeld, R Walker, M Webster, M Wild, C Williams, D Yates.
Eight Passes
R Barrot, A Black, R Bradwell-Pritchard, Y Brown, C Clegg, J Dodd, D Fisher, B Gregory, O Hills, K Markham, J Maycock, J Monk, J Weiss, A Whelan.
Seven Passes
R Barrot, K Cardwell, C Dewsnap, J Green, H Mcgrath, B Stubbs.
Five Passes
B Thompson.
Four Passes
L Cooper.
Three Passes
T Armer.
Two Passes
B Brookes.
One Pass
S Martin.
Highfield Leadership Academy
Ten Passes
L Baldwin, M Bourne, L Calvert, J Faber, E Jenkinson
Nine Passes
M Alcock, C Allan, T Anthony, C Aspey, C Barritt, H Barron, C Beadsley, L Bellew, N Bend, A
Birch, T Bowen-Price, C Brannan, B Bremner, L Britnell, G Brown, D Buckley, L Buckley, A Butcher, C Byrnes, C Campbell, E Carr, L Chow, K Chudynka, C Clough-Texel, L Connell, E Cottenden, C Coulburn, R Crawford, O Cubbins, B Culpan, A Curran, L Curran, C Daly, J Dempsey, B Dickinson, J Dodson, T Drew, C Driscoll, M East, A Eaves, H Eccles, C Edwards, M Eldershaw, H Errington, J Escott, R Farrell, L Farricker, T Figg, C Finlayson, B Fitzpatrick, J Frodsham, I Frolov, M Gibson, N Gibson, O Grant, C Green, B Gregson, C Harnett, K Haworth, S Heaton-Gilmartin, J Heighton-Lewin, S Hemmings, K Holden, B Holland-Ball, O Holmes, K Houghton, J Hunt, T Hyndman, A James, D Jenskins, E Johnson, B Jones, J Jones, K Kelly, N Kenny, K King, C Kirk, G Knight, K Leonard, K Lindeman, M Livesey, H Lloyd, J Lomax, B Lowin, M Lui, K Machin, A Mackay, A Marshall, T Marshall, L Mather, R McAdam, J McGonagle, G McKay, G McLean, J Meszoly, L Mills, K Monaghan, R Monkman, B Montgomery, A Moran, K Morris, E Morrison, D Mulligan, J Nelson, K Openshaw, C Parker, B Parker-Starkie, D Penn, B Phillips, K Pilling, N Powell, S Ralston, E Rata, C Rawes, C Roberts, N Roberts, H Robinson, J Robinson, L Ross, C Rowlands, K Ryan, O Samways, B Sarjantson, M Schofield, C Scott, M Senior, B Shearing, C Sheldrick, J Shiel, H Simpson, S Simpson, S Singleton, A Smith, B Smith, C Smith, D Smith, E Smith, K Smith, L Smith, J Snelson, H Speight, D Stead, C Straathof, E Summerfield, E Taylor, J Taylor, L Teale, O Tetlow, J Thompson, B Turner, C Walker, C Walsh, M Watts, T Webster, K Weir, J Wilding, G Willoughby, C Worrall, C Yates,
Eight Passes
J Brooks, S Carr, R Casey, K Ceesay, C Cope, J Dutton, C Flood, R Hall, J McGibney, J Meadows-Anderson, J Morris, J Murray, J O'Donnell, S Smith, H Weber, L Witts, K Wood
Seven Passes
M Bowerman, E Briggs, E Cheetham, J Cooper, N Dawber, J Glass, S Haworth, C Hurd, R McDonald, S McGuire, J Perry, Q Ravalli, J Reid, E Ryan, A Shah, L Withers
Six Passes
C Taylor
Five Passes
D Conroy, K Wright,
Four Passes
D Gray,
Three Passes
S Harnett, A Mackin, C Robinson
Two Passes
D Beresford, K Carlyle, B Jones, K Kennedy, L Williams
One Pass
C Waldron
Rossall
Eleven passes
G Fackler, P Gaud
Ten passes
J Amor, L Bannister-Nunn, A Eastham, U Gaultney-Udjo, O Gregory, C Jordan, M Klebais, S McGailey, J Sharratt, H Stott, E Tikoisuva
Nine passes
C Avery, T Beaumé, A Brown, M Finney, Y Gan, B Greenwood, E Hall, I Hockings, B Hoggmascall, H Mercer-Jones, C Metcalfe, H Monteiro, R Purnell, E Robinson, J Sangha, B Sharples, F Smith, C van Blerk, R Wright
Eight passes
N Ivanchenko, E Pastore, M Rave, K Swarbrick
Seven passes
J Braidford, L Jagger, D Meiffert, K Porter, M Shagina, O Surikov
Six passes
A Dürrmüller Acosta, H Hockings, H Kwong, J Ostler, M Ott, Y Pan, H Stansfield, I Timokhin
St Bede’s Catholic High School
Eleven Passes
M Solarska ,J Wilkinson ,G Zinna
Ten Passes
B Anderson, G Anderson-Shepherd, L Ashton, M Baker, F Ballout, L Banks, G Bennett, E Beverley-Shaul, H Boardman, O Booth, I Boxwell, A Bradley, R Brow, M Cairns, B Cardwell, W Clancy-Collins, G Collings, C Collison, L Couvaya, A Cross, R Cusworth, G Dalton, F Davison, H Dennison, J Desborough, C Dickason, G Dodd, C Duffy, G Dunford, K Durnan, J Edmondson, J Ellison, R Elsender, T England, H Fisher, M Gardner, V Glowczewska, A Greaves, G Griffiths, C Hargreaves, R Hart, H Hay, M Hayes, C Heron, A Hills, J Hirst, M Hoare, M Howley, V Ingham, K Jones, N Keegan, G Lanzani, D Lardner, T Lawrenson, A Lee, K Lee, P Linley, K Malihi-Shoja, M Manning, A McAvoy, M McGivern, A McGrane, J Mercer, M Murray, E Myerscough, E O'Farrell, E Ormerod, J Parry, J Plant, S Price, K Pritchard, J Prout, T Rawcliffe, J Ribaya, A Roberts, L Rooney, N Rourke, M Sane, B Schofield, J Simpson, L Simpson, C Smith, O Squire, H Taylor, S Teale, T Thompson, A Tolley, L Trickett, E Walsh, A Ward, D Webb, J Westhead, C Wilson, D Wojkiewicz
Nine Passes
H Ailsby, L Belton, C Bramma, C Britton, E Disley, J Doddemeade, C Francis, S Gajos, A Green, C Griffiths, L Hargreaves, D Jones, R Jones, R Lewis, T Makepeace, E Marsland, S McCluskie, E Melvin, E O’Dea, S Oldfield, D Richards, J Riding-Chapman, W Salisbury, E Sanders Fox, V Singh, M Taylor, S Thornton, J Treasure, A Whittlestone
Eight Passes
S Bowman, R Bragg-Jensen, O Dodd, G Fawcett, H Fiddler, A Green, A Harrison, B Jones, L Lewis, A Murray, J Richardson, S Rule, H Sagar, R Smith, A Thompson, P Travis, C Turner
Seven Passes
S Dean, A Naylor, C Oueslati
Five Passes
C Taylor
One Pass
L Laughlin, S Nicholson
Unity Academy
eleven passes
J Brown, K Literska
Ten passes
C Aldren, K Allen, A Begum, A Carter, B Cooke, A Drury, B Duckworth, C Egan, N Ferguson, J Gibbons, A Gillespie, B Gomersall, S Goodwin, L Hallett, S Hancock, C Harvey, L Hornby, A Howarth, S Howarth, D Howell, Z Hudson-Williams, O Hughes, K Jenkins, T Jones, B King, R Kumar, A Logan, T Lynch, M Mainds, D Makinson, J Mallinson, S McAllister, A Mitchell, A Mitchell, K Mongan, S Morrissey, L Robinson, D Rooney, R Sadler, B Seel, C Shepherd, M Smith-Wilkinson, D Stretton, L Strickland, C Tatters, B Taylor, L Tite, J Wallis, E Ward, K Warnes, N Westwater, B White, C Willis, P Wooderson
Nine passes
W Akponwei, L Barrett, S Foden, S Gray, D Harding, AJ Jackson, L Kenyon, T Lee, K Parsonage, C Phelps, W Quilty, R Rosie, S Rosie, C Scheepers, T Taylor
Eight passes
L Kearsley, B Mason, J McIntyre, A Rowley, T Simmons, D Wilson
Seven passes
D Beard, H Fleming, L Gibson, G Hughes, L Walsh
Six passes
N Harwood
Five passes
M North
Lytham St Annes High
Eleven passes
C Cunningham, L Deveney, D Santos, A Shipton, M Tinsley
Ten passes
G Allen, T Bailey-Shields, B Bainbridge, L Bainbridge, J Barrow, B Baxter, J Bishop, S Booth, M Boyce, B Bradley, H Brett, R Buglass, A Butterworth, L-M Cain, R Canham, E Caswell, A Cessford, A Charnley, D Connolly, E Cooper, E Crowther, J Cuff, C Da Silva Grave, B Davies, N Dawber, R Dawson, J Deveney, E Dobson, H Drysdale, A Dunn, T Edington, S Fish, K Fisher, M Fisher, N Fletcher, R Frankland, J Gallagher, M Galloway, H Gill, R Gill, H Glover, A Greenman, P Greenman, B Gregson, G Grierson, C Hagger, L Hales, E Halsall, R Hamilton, E Hammond, I Harrop, C Heath, L Hesketh, E Heslop, A Houghton, O Houghton, R Howarth, K Hughes, J Hughlock-Williams, S Hunt, W Hunt, L Irving, H Jamil, N Jenkinson, P Kelly, S Kember, A Kirkham, A Leivers, K Levin, L Lockhart, S Lord, A Loveday-Binks, H Lucking, R Mackay, C Maddox, K Marsh, M Maunder, E Mawdsley, E Maycock, J McKenzie, S Modi, A Morgans, M Morris, F Moxham, O Muir, T Nunez, O Palser, M Parsons, G Payne, K Pennington, C Perrey, C Pickersgill, E Pixton, E Plunkett, W Plunkett, S Potton, O Price, T Pumphrey, G Randles, B Rawling, E Revill, I Riley, L Robinson, J Sanderson, K Shaw, K Skelly, A Smith, O Smith, J Sooriyakumar, D Sparrow, A Springford, S Stewart, J Street, J Sumpton, H Thompson, F Tierney, H Toates, E Tracey, H Trott, S Tsang, C Turnbull, C Wallbank, S Walsh, A Waterfield, H Webber, J Webster, C Whatmough, J Whitehead, L Wilson, J Wood, J Wragg, E Wright, J Wynn, M Yeadon, S Zahmat Keshan
Nine passes
C Baker, K Bavidge, K Beacher, L Blower, J Bradley, S Burgess, M Cavanagh, N Chandler, R Collier-Baker, O Coulter, L Docherty, J Downie, C Dunkerley, K Elliott, E Fewings, P Fleming, M Foster, H Graham, C Harkin, C Heffernan, J Hodson, S Johnstone, L Kelly, T Kirkham, S Komorovskis, L Lawrenson, J Levin, X Li, J McGlue, E Monk, D Parr, K Ritchie, I Roffey, A Rutter, J Shaw, J Slater, R Smethills, C Smith, G Smith, H Smith, M Smith, C Stephenson, E Swindells, W Tang, P Thompson, A Thornborough, L Thornborough, C Turner, H Windsor, A Winter, S Allan, K Hornby
Eight passes
S Ackrill, B Beesley, J Bhakta, C Choi, B Coker, Z Faraj, D Franklin, A Joyner, J Kirkham, L Martin, J Nelson, R Roache, E Shaw, Z Shepherd, C Sullivan
Seven passes
J Bell, N Burroughs, K East, C Harvey, R Lanyon, E McQueenie, S Morrison, L Thompson, D Whatmough
Six passes
D Glover, E Laver, R Oglesby, J Parkin, L Sandiford, B Smith, S Vaughan
Five passes
L Dainty, T Young
Four passes
H Buckley-Mills, D Clark, O Geraghty, Z Linton, J O’Sullivan
Three passes
S Sommer
Carr Hill High School
Thirteen Passes
L Bonney, T Collinson, S Cope, M Davis, A Fraser, O Groom, O Hall, L Irwin, R Kareckas, H Manley, H Mulholland, B Needham, F Orme, S Royle, L Simpson, M Stothard, L Swarbrick, H Walker
Twelve Passses
M Armstead, L Bailey, E Benson, E Binns, J Brett, C Camilleri, E Chang, C Charlton, J Chatfield, T Christie, E Cowell, D Edmondson, C Edwards, S Evans, J Fellows, J Forrest, I Gibbins, O Greenwood, S Hartley, A Holloway, F Hubble, A Hughes, N Hurst, W Keenan, E Lennie, J Lio, A Marshall, W Martin, R Moore, C Shaw, J Short, A Singleton, E Sowden, A Statham, L Steele, L Stretton, J Taylor, E Thomson, L Timms, L Welch, B Wilson, R Wilson, L Wyatt
Eleven Passes
Z Aleksejevs, S Charoenwijitkul, E Gregoire, K Hmelnika, V Lasinskis, K Reed, C Rushton, E Staimilere,
Ten Passes
A Aberdeen, K Anderson, M Atkinson, L Bates, S Bishop, P Bourne, C Burrow, K Cartmell, L Chiwanda, J Collier, O Cooper, E Coppersthwaite, T Cunliffe, J Curtis, L Curtis-Monk, R Davenport, M Dewhurst, J Eckman, I Ellison, P Entwistle, E Fellows, S Ford, K France, J Francis, O French, A Gaskova, R Gayle, B Green, K Hall, B Harrison, D Harry, C Higginson, M Holt, V Hughes, G Humphreys, K Johnson, J Jones, A Kirby, E Leaper, A Lowe, J Marshall, P Mason, A McCaffery, I McDonald, A Myers, W Ochieng, E Parker-Hodskinson, T Parkinson, C Porter, A Price, M Richardson, J Roylance-Moore, R Saiger, A Sheriff, M Snape, M Spafford, C Stanley, N Stuart, I Sungurova, M Tattersall, S Taylor, E Tiffen, J Turvey, R Widdows, M Williams, C Wilson, N Wilson
Nine Passes
J Craven, C Finlay, K Fryett, S Hartshorne, N James, P Jaundrill, P Lees, J Morris, J Naftel,S Normington, J Parkinson, A Robinson, L Smethurst, C Stocker, Z Thomas, Y Tierney-Bordewijk, J Tucker, A Unsworth, L Ward, M Williams, R Woods
Eight Passes
G Bretherton, A Colquhoun, D Coogan, T Fishwick, T Goulding, L Gray, E Holden, A McFaulds, R Minshull, L Parker, S Parker, J Rossall, G Taylor, M Watkinson
Seven Passes
C Bonney, K Burns, L Coburn, M Gerrard, N Ivanov, M Keegan, D Lowe, C Shaw
Six Passes
L Christian
Five Passes
N Dawes, H Fort-Smith, B Knibbs, F Mullard, D Pownall, C Rowson, L White
Four Passes
A Baggaley, G Blackwell, E Crossley, M Newby, J Reid, C Rodowicz, M Watson, J Whiteside
Three Passes
L Lote, G Preston
South Shore Academy
Twelve Passes
L Horrocks
Eleven Passes
N Amin, K Green, P Nabil-Islam, T Tongue, A Tredinnick, W Yekeh
Ten Passes
L Ainsworth, H Aounallah, R Ashworth, C Blank, K Boyce, L Bucher, J Burke, H Chapman, A Csonge, F Culley-Wright, R Devine, B Draycott, K Edwards, C Erskine, M Finglas-Coats, E Gee, S Geraghty, J Gledhill, T Graves, J Gurung, D Hall, M Hall, R Horrigan, L Howard, S Howard, H Howarth, A Ingrey, R Johnston, A Jones, K Karpinska, N Kelham, S Kenny, J King, J Kinmond, C Kirby, P Knaur, P Krawczyk, S Murphy, R Nicholson, D Paster, N Payne, I Phimphasoi, A Pugh, A Rawcliffe, G Robson, C Self, A Smith, D Straine-Francis, E Stuart, C Sutton, A Thom, S Tongue, L Truckel, K Wanyo, P Wilson.
Nine Passes
C Bailey, J Baron,A Barrett, C Beardall, N Blackburn, T Blackwell, B Borland, T Bostock, C Bumby, L Casey, R Chick, J Clarke, M Conway, R Cowden, C Cox, M Crowther, L Davenport, E Dugmore, K Edwards, J Foley, E Francis, C Gellatley, J Green, S Greenwood, J Hall, T Harper, L Holden, S Hughes, K Ingham, C Jepson, B Johnson, L Johnson, L Kenny, A Kidd, C Luby, C Maden, J Manser, D Marsden, N Marsh, G Mercer, A Miller, C Nice, C Owen, C Page, A Parker, S Plank, M Pritchard, I Raistrick Jones, J Rayner, A Reid, A Stirling, D Taylor, S Taylor Bushell, E Till, J Walford, R Wareing, N Wheatcroft, R Whitaker, K Whitehouse, C Whittaker, L Wrigley.
Eight Passes
K Bell, C Rodgers, M Senghore, B Wilson.
Seven Passes
E Smith, D Waddington.
Six Passes
J Pickin

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Here are the GCSE results for schools across the Fylde Coast.


From poet John Keats to Prince Charles, and from life-changing scientists to prize-winning authors, some of the world’s most famous people have relied on ‘bedders’ to see them through their toughest student days at Cambridge.
In her fascinating account of just some of the hundreds of working-class women who have looked after the students of Cambridge University, Catherine Seymour, whose grandmother and great-grandmother were bedders, reveals their secret lives, heartaches and joy.
For centuries, the university’s bedders – the equivalent at Oxford is a ‘scout’ – have cleaned, tidied, made beds, dispensed advice and physical aid, and offered a reassuring maternal presence to generations of nervous, lonely students.
Bedders still look after today’s Cambridge students but the work they do, and the young people they care for, have changed over the last decades.
Until the 1980s, bedders carried buckets of coal up the stairs to light fires in the rooms of the fellows as well as dusting, tidying, taking away rubbish and, in some colleges, making the students’ breakfasts.
It was hard work but it came with privileges and offered an experience unlike other jobs available to working-class women. Some of the bedders had previously worked in shops or as waitresses, cleaners, factory hands and other low-paid manual jobs.
The college offered them family-friendly hours, starting work early but allowing them to get home in time for lunch and to make an evening meal for their children. Often bedders would pay neighbours to look after their pre-school youngsters.
In the first half of the 20th century, some of the upper class (male) students saw their bedders as simply servants but for many others, these women who instructed them on everything from dressing properly to combing their hair, were the only warm, motherly presence in an otherwise cold, paternalistic environment.
In turn, many bedders enjoyed their glimpse into a world they knew little about and during her research Seymour discovered that the women appreciated the genuine return of affection from students who often left gifts for them at Christmas, term ends and after graduation.
And for some of the bedders who got to know their students well, graduation was almost like watching their own children leave home.
In these unique, vivid and often moving stories, inspired by the accounts of bedders from the 1920s to the 1960s, we meet women who endured the Second World War and then had to contend with poverty, ill health and bereavement.
For 16-year-old Joyce, who lived in one of the poorest streets in Cambridge, the college building where she was about to start work represented privilege, wealth, a life she would never live. What she never expected was to find herself mothering, chastising and sometimes even covering up for ‘her boys.’
These hard-working women loved, lost and loved again. But their friendships gave them strength, and their work gave them happiness, and even a lasting connection with their charges, some of whom would go on to run the country.
As much a social history as the individual stories of the bedders, The Staircase Girls is a memorable and eye-opening glimpse into the remarkable lives of a very special group of women.
(Pan, paperback, £7.99)

Book review: The Staircase Girls by Catherine Seymour


From poet John Keats to Prince Charles, and from life-changing scientists to prize-winning authors, some of the world’s most famous people have relied on ‘bedders’ to see them through their toughest student days at Cambridge.


Motorists experienced greater delays on the roads as journey times increased during the second quarter of 2016, according to data from the Department For Transport.
An average delay of nine seconds per mile on the strategic road network (SRN) was a 1.3 per cent increase on the figures for the year up to the end of March 2016.
Average speed on the SRN - the motorways and ‘A’ roads managed by Highways England - also fell. Between July 2015 and June 2016, the average speed was 59.2mph, a 0.2 per cent decrease on the previous figures.
The reliability of travel times on the SRN also fell, with 68 per cent more time needed to ensure on time arrival - a 2 per cent increase on the previous quarter.
The average delay on local ‘A’ roads in England in the year ending June 2016 saw a year-on-year increase of 3.8 per cent to 45.2 seconds per vehicle per mile, with average speed consequently down 1.5 per cent on the year ending June 2015.

Average road journey delay time increases


Motorists experienced greater delays on the roads as journey times increased during the second quarter of 2016, according to data from the Department For Transport.


A Blackpool born globe trotter is heading back to his roots to launch a book about his American dream ride.
Motorbike-mad Steve Starling is back in Lancashire once more to tell the tale of a 5,000 ride through some of the most iconic countryside in the States
Travel writer Steve Starling as a teenager in Blackpool
Steve, who was born in South Shore and went to Hawes Side and Highfield schools, now lives in Perth in western Australia having emigrated in 1971, aged 23, as one of the so-called £10 Poms looking for a new life down under.
Steve was an electrical engineer working for Norweb and rode to work on his beloved motorbike every day.
His love of bikes continued when he worked as an engineer in Western Australia and other places around the world specialising in mining and later as a consultant.
Steve, who regularly returns to Blackpool to see relatives, his wife Sally is also from Blackpool, said the road trip in the US was a dream for him and his two mates Jim and Peter. He said: “We are members of a motorcycle club for older riders called Ulysses.
“We had this idea to go to the US and ride Harley Davidsons through some of the legendary locations and also to see how the ordinary people in the USA are faring
“We had this idea to go to the US and ride Harley Davidsons through some of the legendary locations and also to see how the ordinary people in the USA are faring. To see if the American Dream is still alive and well.
“As a kid a I grew up in Blackpool listening to Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America programme on Radio 4 and was fascinated by the lifestyle over there. So on the ride we sought out real Americans - trappers in Utah to millionaires in Southern California.
“The different people and places could be almost countries from different parts of the world instead of living in the same country.”
Steve’s book is available at Waterstones and on Amazon.


A Blackpool born globe trotter is heading back to his roots to launch a book about his American dream ride.


Blackpool is in the running to host a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, showcasing the best of art, culture and design across the north of England.
The resort is one of four finalists hoping to stage the Great Exhibition of the North, with judges visiting next week.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Organisations from across the region are now being asked to throw their weight behind the campaign, to bring the two-month exhibition to Blackpool.
Marketing Lancashire, the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and Blackpool Council submitted the joint bid to host the 2018 event, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced the shortlist.
Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has been chosen as the “hub” that would host the exhibition.
The resort is now up against Bradford, Newcastle-Gateshead and Sheffield to host the event.
Blackpool is absolutely the right place to host this
Blackpool Council deputy leader Coun Gillian Campbell, said: “We are delighted that Blackpool has been selected to move into the next phase of this process.
“The Great Exhibition of the North is a hugely exciting opportunity and one that we firmly believe that Blackpool can deliver for the benefit of all of Lancashire.
“Blackpool has a long history of staging world-class events and we are confident that, given the chance, we can produce something that will truly capture the public’s imagination.
“We are the perfect location to celebrate the best of art, culture and design across the North of England.”
Ruth Connor, chief executive of Marketing Lancashire, said the team was working together to make the “best submission”, showcasing the latest design, innovation and “pioneering spirit”.
She said: “The heart of the exhibition would be Blackpool, but would have a hub and spoke effect in Lancashire and the north.”
She described the town as the UK’s favourite seaside resort, and said: “We know we already have a thriving visitor economy, we’ve got a large exhibition space in the Winter Gardens complex.
“For us, the core principle would be centred around pleasure palaces, because the original exhibition in 1851 was how the Crystal Palace was built. It’s all about culture, design, art and technology.”
The exhibition would have elements including a digital palace, a palace of dance, a palace of “new realities”, and Ruth described the event as a “real diverse offer”.
She said: “Part of it is the latest technology, robotics, product design and manufacturing, because of Lancashire being the home of advanced manufacturing.
“From a digital perspective, visitors can interact with the latest in IT and gaming and computing and digital arts.
“We are trying to create experiences where visitors will not only come and enjoy, but experience and explore as well.”
She added: “What better way to showcase the Winter Gardens than having this pleasure palaces exhibition, where people get to see it first hand.
“It is about using one of our most important assets from a heritage perspective, but actually bringing it to the modern day.”
She said hosting the exhibition would support the resort’s vision to “make the Winter Gardens a leading UK centre for popular culture”.
An interview panel will visit Blackpool next week, where they will be shown the Winter Gardens and “how the resort will deliver”.
There will be interviews with Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire and chairman of the Great Exhibition Board, and the winning venue will be announced this autumn.
Ruth said: “We are giving it our all, there’s tremendous ambition to secure this for Lancashire.
“Blackpool is absolutely the right place to host this.
“We believe we’ve got the strength, the right assets, and above all the people to deliver it.
“It’s about putting ourselves on the map, it’s saying we can do this, we want this.
“We’ve got a great foundation already with 63m visitors per year, and it’s about saying we can do more.”
Ruth said the team was bidding for a £5m initial fund.”
She added: “There’s a legacy attached of around £15m, so the idea is we create a reason to come, visitors come and spend while they are here, and also stay over.”
A new visitor economy strategy for Lancashire aims to grow visitor numbers from 63 million a year to 70 million by 2020.
Blackpool will play a key role in reaching that goal, as current host to 17 million visitors annually.
Support needs to be shown as part of the bidding process for the chance to stage the exhibition.
Tony Attard, chairman of Marketing Lancashire, said: “When asked if I would support a bid to host the Great exhibition of the North I had no hesitation.
“Lancashire has a great heritage of creativity and innovation and indeed was the powerhouse of the Industrial revolution that gave birth to the Great exhibition in 1881.”
John Barnett, High Sheriff of Lancashire, said: “Blackpool has undergone a major renaissance over the last 10 years with new attractions, the headlands, rejuvenated facilities like the Winter Gardens and I believe that attracting the Great Exhibition of the North to Blackpool would bring these improvements to the nation’s attention, to change outdated perceptions of the resort.”
Ruth Eastwood, chief executive of Grand Theatre Blackpool said: “As one of England’s most celebrated architectural gems and a fully-functioning theatre, we look forward to welcoming new and different audiences to both our beautiful building and our rich artistic programme.”
Daryl Platt, executive director of commercial development at Blackpool and The Fylde College said: “I welcome the news that Blackpool has been shortlisted.
“The exhibition would be a welcome opportunity for our students to be involved with a high profile event and gain valuable workplace experience in this dynamic and thriving industry.”
And Illuminations designer, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen described the Winter Gardens as “The most magnificent palace of amusement in the world, a jewel box of architectural styles…Hollywood glamour”
Show your support at www.marketinglancashire.com.

Expo win could leave Blackpool with £15m legacy


Blackpool is in the running to host a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, showcasing the best of art, culture and design across the north of England.


As we look back on Team GB’s 27 gold medals at the Rio Olympics with fond memories, it is easy to forget some sports have fallen by the wayside.
Team Great Britain made history at the London 2012 Olympics by fielding a handball team for first time in the history of the games - but the legacy couldn’t continue in Rio due to loss of funding.
Handballs Lionel Messi equivalent: Nikola Karabati a French two-time Olympic gold medallist, is one of the faces of Adidas in France and commands a 12.5m euros a year salary.
Chris McDermott was part of that 14-man squad and he joined Lytham Town FC first team and myself at Fylde Handball Club for a taster session.
Despite being played by 39 million people in 159 different nations, its popularity hasn’t been replicated in Great Britain, something Chris, in his role as National Academy Boys Head Coach, is looking to change.
At six foot eight inches tall, 27-year-old Chris epitomises a typical handball player and is currently Great Britain handball team’s most capped player.
He’s played in teams in Slovenia, Denmark and Germany but currently plays for Warrington Wolves.
Contact sport
And Chris explains he’s been playing the game since he was 11 years old.
“I grew up around Liverpool and there were some facilities there so I started to play,” he said. “At 16 I moved to Romania to attend an academy and that’s where we started training regularly and moved into teams across Europe. I absolutely love the game and in European countries there’s as many handball courts as there is football pitches in England.
It was brilliant to be part of Team GB in 2012, but unfortunately if you weren’t expected to get a medal in 2016, your funding was stripped, especially in teams sports.
“Now we’re training young people in handball and hopefully we can get the funding to get us back into the Olympics.”
Reporter Mark White visits Fylde Handball Club to try out the sport following the Rio Olympics 2016.
Chris then started us off with some basic drills as one team tried to pass the ball without being intercepted by the other team.
And after explaining the basic rules put the 12 of us into a game.
The game itself is easy to pick up and play. Face-paced and end to end, the game requires good fitness, hand-eye co-ordination and an eye for goal.
There are definitely similarities to football in terms of the strategy but the game will appeal to most sportsmen and women with elements of most sports incorporated.
Getting into the action
And although there aren’t hundreds of teams in the country, Fylde Handball Club boasts some of the best facilities in the north following the refurbishment of Carr Hill School’s Sports Dome in Kirkham.
With the sport open to anyone over the age of 16, the club train every Thursday from 5.30pm until 6.30pm.
The club is always looking for new members and after trying it out...and giving handball a go is something I’d thoroughly recommend.
The rules of the game
The ball: Team handball is played with a 32-panel leather ball. For women, the ball is 54 to 56 centimetres and 325 to 400 grams. For men, it is 58 to 60 centimetres and 425 to 475 grams.
Number of players: There are seven players on each team (six court players and one goalie). A maximum of 12 players may dress and participate in a game for each team. Substitutes may enter the game at any time as long as the player they are replacing has left the court.
Getting instructions
Duration of the game: For players 18 years and over, the game consists of two, 30-minute halves with 10-minute half-time. For tournament and youth games two, 15-minute or two, 20- minute halves. Overtime consists of two, five-minute periods.
Passive play: It is illegal to keep the ball in a team’s possession without making a recognisable attempt to attack and to try to score. In other words, a team cannot stall free-throw awarded to the other team.
Throw-off: A throw-off is taken by the team that wins the coin toss and chooses to start the game with the ball. Each team must be in its own half of the court with the defence three meters away from the ball. Following a whistle, the ball is passed from centre court to a teammate and play begins. Throw-off is repeated after every goal scored and after half-time.
Scoring: A goal is scored when the entire ball crosses the goal line inside the goal. A goal may be scored from any throw - free-throw, throw-in, throw-off, goal-throw.
A player is allowed: To run with the ball for three steps, to hold the ball for three seconds, unlimited dribble with three steps allowed before and after dribbling but no double-dribbling.
A player is not allowed to: To endanger an opponent with the ball.
To pull, hit or punch the ball out of the hands of an opponent.
To contact the ball below the knee.
To dive on the floor for a rolling or stationary ball.
Reporter Mark White visits Fylde Handball Club to try out the sport following the Rio Olympics 2016.

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It is never a good start for any performance when ‘technical difficulties’ delay the start, particularly for half an hour in a particularly humid, packed theatre on an August Bank holiday Monday night.
And it was clear when curtains finally came up just after 8pm, that the enforced delays had left several of the cast as well the audience a tad discombobulated.
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
Nerves were apparent in the opening scenes but as the the cast got into their stride the audience went along for the ride, making for a memorable performance by a truly talented cast.
Alexandra Burke of X Factor fame was perfectly cast as the outrageous singer on the run Deloris van Cartier, making the role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg her own, and once again proving she has the vocal chops to shine on stage following her extremely successful run in the Bodyguard.
There is no doubt that she and the other nuns are the stars of this piece, juggling Craig Revel-Horwood’s (of Strictly fame’s) witty choreography, with some roof-raising and memorable numbers.
Sarah Goggin’s performance as Sister Mary Robert constantly drew the eye and raised the roof with her remarkable voice..
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
But set pieces and solos by the male cast members, gave the production a depth and context that set up the exhilarating ensemble numbers.
Under Revel-Horwood’s direction, the comic acting and singing by Aaron Lee Lambert, Ricky Rojas, Sandy Grigelis, Jon Robyns andSamuel Morgan-Grahame has the audience sniggering and laughing out loud.
All the music was produced live by the cast and small band, meaning some characters were singing, dancing, acting and playing a variety of wind and string instruments. There was so much going on it was difficult to know where to look on stage ( in a good way).
If I was being super critical I would say this approach left a slight disconnect between some of the scenes, possibly due to the multi-role playing and hard-working cast being tasked with moving scenery and performing simultaneously.
But like all good productions the niggles seem to melt away as the performance progressed.
The audience were on their feet for a well-deserved standing ovation at the end as the production ended on an extremely enjoyable high note.
Sister Act is on at Manchester Palace Theatre until September 3.

REVIEW: Sister Act at Manchester Palace Theatre


It is never a good start for any performance when ‘technical difficulties’ delay the start, particularly for half an hour in a particularly humid, packed theatre on an August Bank holiday Monday night.


Trapped in a marriage to an abusive, violent police officer, battered wife Joanna West has no one to turn to… until a stranger offering help walks into her life.
For the first time in years, Joanna and her young daughter have the chance to flee, but can you ever really escape from a brutal, vengeful husband?
Moved and inspired by the testaments of abused wives, former journalist Tamara Dietrich tackles the scourge of domestic violence head on in a highly original and powerfully imagined debut novel which melds menace with paranormal magic.
The Hummingbird’s Cage, a hard-hitting, page-turning thriller with an intriguingly soft middle, almost defies genre as Dietrich weaves seamlessly between gut-wrenching cruelty and spiritual sublimity in a tale of hope, despair and redemption.
Everyone in Wheeler, New Mexico, thinks that Joanna West leads the perfect life. She is married to Jim, the dashing deputy sheriff of McGill County, and has a beautiful seven-year-old daughter, Laurel.
But the truth is that Joanna is married to a monster who regularly beats her, subjects her to verbal and mental abuse and has isolated her from the people who live around her. Once upon a time she would have challenged him but now every time Joanna cries, ‘more of me washes away.’
Ten years ago, Joanna was swept off her feet by handsome Jim, her head turned by his uniform and ‘bad-boy grin’ but now she is trapped in a violent marriage and, with a young child to care for, escape seems impossible.
But then Bernadette, Jim’s feisty biker chick ex-girlfriend, turns up with an escape route. On the run, Joanna and Laurel stumble upon Morro, a charming and magical village that seems to exist out of time and place.
Farmer Olin Farnsworth and his wife Jessie offer her sanctuary and soon, between the comfort of her new home and blossoming friendships, Joanna’s soul begins to heal, easing the wounds of a decade of abuse.
But her past – and her husband – aren’t so easy to escape. Unwilling to live in fear any longer, Joanna must summon a strength she never knew she had to fight back and forge a new life for her daughter and herself....
Dietrich delivers a clever and compelling first novel, conjuring up a mysterious but idyllic town suspended somewhere between reality and fantasy, and juxtaposing this haven of peace with the terrifying threats that lie behind and beyond.
To read The Hummingbird’s Cage is to experience high emotion and high drama and to understand the visceral realities of domestic violence, but there is also the opportunity to marvel at the power of love and hope, and to rejoice at the human capacity to reach out and find redemption.
A heartbreaking tale written with insight, beauty and honesty…
(Orion, paperback, £7.99)

Book review: The Hummingbird’s Cage by Tamara Dietrich


Trapped in a marriage to an abusive, violent police officer, battered wife Joanna West has no one to turn to… until a stranger offering help walks into her life.


County Hall releases list of 100 buildings to be sold off at 8pm on a Friday before Bank Holiday weekend
Seven Fylde coast libraries and 14 children’s centres have been earmarked for closure as Lancashire County Council bids to save £200m by 2020.
The bombshell recommendation were made in a 1,468-page document released by county officials at shortly before 8pm on the Friday before a Bank Holiday Weekend.
The Fylde centres earmarked for being sold off are:
Ansdell Library
Freckleton Library
Kirkham Library
Kirkham Young People’s Centre
Lower Lane Young People’s Centre
Lytham Children’s Centre
Lytham Library and Registration Office
Orchard Children’s Centre (Freckleton) (designated)
Pear Tree Children’s Centre (Kirkham) (designated)
And the Wyre centres earmarked for disposal are:
Cleveleys Library and Children’s Centre
Fleetwood Children’s Centre (designated)
Garstang Young People’s Centre
Northfleet Library
Over Wyre Children’s Centre (Hambleton satellite)
Over Wyre Children’s Centre (Preesall satellite)
Poulton-le-Fylde Children’s Centre
Preesall Young People’s Centre
Rural Wyre Children’s Centre (Garstang) (designated)
Thornton Library
Thornton Young People’s Centre
Thornton Youth Offending Team (Marsh Mill)
The county council’s cabinet will be asked to agree revised plans to save millions of pounds, by reducing the number of buildings the council owns and rents, after seeking people’s views during an extensive consultation.
Feedback from 7,700 responses has been taken into account in forming the proposals to bring services together to form a network of multi-functional buildings known as Neighbourhood Centres, which would provide a base for a range of different services in one place.
The plans, which form part of the council’s property strategy, propose changes to where some services including libraries, children’s services, children’s centres, young people’s centres, youth offending teams, older people’s daytime support services, adult disability day services and registrars are delivered in the future.
More than 100 buildings would no longer be used for county council services and the number of places at which some services are available would reduce.
The cabinet will also be asked to agree to explore proposals made by a number of community groups and other organisations to take on responsibility for running some of the affected buildings and services.
The changes are in response to Lancashire County Council’s need to save £200m by 2020/21 as a result of ongoing government cuts to its budget and rising demand for services.
The report to the council’s cabinet published late on Friday outlines changes to the original plans, following a 12-week consultation held from 18 May to 14 August, with a number of revisions to which buildings are being proposed to house future services.
County Coun David Borrow, deputy leader of Lancashire County Council and portfolio holder for finance, said: “We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to the consultation – their feedback has been invaluable in helping to shape the final proposals and the Cabinet will be giving the report careful consideration.
“Our aim is to find a solution that still gives everyone in Lancashire good access to good services, despite the pressures on the council’s budget. We have done a lot of work to assess where services should be located in future, taking account of things such as geographic spread, accessibility and the needs of different communities. Some of the changes to the proposals reflect what people have told us about the way they access these services.
“We’re also keen to continue exploring the potential for other groups and organisations to take on responsibility for some of the affected buildings and services, so we’re grateful for the interest that has been shown in that possibility over the last few months. The report acknowledges that more work will be needed to assess the business cases that have been put forward.”
The report also asks councillors to agree plans to explore alternative options for the future delivery of library services, with a focus on examining whether community-run libraries could add to the statutory service provided by the county council.
A package of help is proposed to help establish any community-run library, including £5,000 to cover set-up costs, shelving, an initial supply of books from the county’s store, and advice from a dedicated community library development officer.

Libraries and children’s centres to close


Seven Fylde coast libraries and 14 children’s centres have been earmarked for closure as Lancashire County Council bids to save £200m by 2020.The bombshell recommendation were made in a 1,468-page document released by county officials at shortly before 8pm on the Friday before a Bank Holiday Weekend.The Fylde centres earmarked for being sold off are:Ansdell LibraryFreckleton LibraryKirkham LibraryKirkham Young People’s CentreLower Lane Young People’s CentreLytham Children’s CentreLytham Library and Registration OfficeOrchard Children’s Centre (Freckleton) (designated)Pear Tree Children’s Centre (Kirkham) (designated)And the Wyre centres earmarked for disposal are:Cleveleys Library and Children’s CentreFleetwood Children’s Centre (designated)Garstang Young People’s CentreNorthfleet LibraryOver Wyre Children’s Centre (Hambleton satellite)Over Wyre Children’s Centre (Preesall satellite)Poulton-le-Fylde Children’s CentrePreesall Young People’s CentreRural Wyre Children’s Centre (Garstang) (designated)Thornton LibraryThornton Young People’s CentreThornton Youth Offending Team (Marsh Mill)The county council’s cabinet will be asked to agree revised plans to save millions of pounds, by reducing the number of buildings the council owns and rents, after seeking people’s views during an extensive consultation. Feedback from 7,700 responses has been taken into account in forming the proposals to bring services together to form a network of multi-functional buildings known as Neighbourhood Centres, which would provide a base for a range of different services in one place. The plans, which form part of the council’s property strategy, propose changes to where some services including libraries, children’s services, children’s centres, young people’s centres, youth offending teams, older people’s daytime support services, adult disability day services and registrars are delivered in the future. More than 100 buildings would no longer be used for county council services and the number of places at which some services are available would reduce. The cabinet will also be asked to agree to explore proposals made by a number of community groups and other organisations to take on responsibility for running some of the affected buildings and services. The changes are in response to Lancashire County Council’s need to save £200m by 2020/21 as a result of ongoing government cuts to its budget and rising demand for services. The report to the council’s cabinet published late on Friday outlines changes to the original plans, following a 12-week consultation held from 18 May to 14 August, with a number of revisions to which buildings are being proposed to house future services. County Coun David Borrow, deputy leader of Lancashire County Council and portfolio holder for finance, said: “We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to the consultation – their feedback has been invaluable in helping to shape the final proposals and the Cabinet will be giving the report careful consideration. “Our aim is to find a solution that still gives everyone in Lancashire good access to good services, despite the pressures on the council’s budget. We have done a lot of work to assess where services should be located in future, taking account of things such as geographic spread, accessibility and the needs of different communities. Some of the changes to the proposals reflect what people have told us about the way they access these services. “We’re also keen to continue exploring the potential for other groups and organisations to take on responsibility for some of the affected buildings and services, so we’re grateful for the interest that has been shown in that possibility over the last few months. The report acknowledges that more work will be needed to assess the business cases that have been put forward.” The report also asks councillors to agree plans to explore alternative options for the future delivery of library services, with a focus on examining whether community-run libraries could add to the statutory service provided by the county council. A package of help is proposed to help establish any community-run library, including £5,000 to cover set-up costs, shelving, an initial supply of books from the county’s store, and advice from a dedicated community library development officer.


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Which of these TV game shows would you most like to see return?


The Crystal Maze is set to return to our TV screens and that got us thinking - which other game show would you like to see back on TV?


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Jordan Bateman, Canadian Taxpayers' Federation
The B.C. government is hearing objections from businesses and individuals faced with increasing Canada Pension Plan contributions in the coming years, and is the last province needed to ratify the increase.
Instead of joining other provinces in meeting the federal government's July deadline to adopt the change, the B.C. government launched a consultation phase expected to run through August. And they are getting push-back on a plan that would increase payroll deductions and employer contributions starting in 2019.
Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation, said he's receiving hundreds of responses to his call to supporters to make their views known to the B.C. government. Most concerned are employers who would pay higher contributions for each of their employees.
Employer and employee contributions are to go up from the current 4.95 per cent of earnings to 5.95 per cent by 2023. For each employee earning $54,900, the employer contribution goes up $7 to $8 per month in each of the first five years of the phase-in.
"Obviously, lots of people are concerned about having to pay more," Bateman said. "But the interesting ones are the small business owners who talk about just how close to the edge they are financially."
B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong joined other provinces in agreeing in principle to the expansion in June. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he is concerned about the decline in workplace pension plans and wants the CPP to move from replacing one quarter of employment income to one third by 2025.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business surveyed its members nation-wide when the CPP plan was announced, and more than 80 per cent wanted consultation and a delay of implementation. Morneau has indicated he plans to table legislation this fall.
B.C.'s refusal to sign on could derail the federal plan, but it shows little intention of doing so.
"British Columbia is committed to engaging with stakeholders in advance of ratifying the agreement in principle," said the statement from de Jong's office announcing the consultation.
The province's consultation website and feedback address can be found here.


B.C. stands in the way of Justin Trudeau government's plan to hike Canada Pension Plan contributions, but likely not for long


Unionized workers at the Empress Hotel gave 72-hour notice of job action on Tuesday morning, right before the Labour Day long weekend.
The earliest a strike could begin is Thursday morning if a deal cannot be reached.
“The ‘new’ Empress has a dirty secret: the renovations have led to harm and stress on the people who work there,” Stu Shields with Unifor said in a statement.
He said staff are being forced to work overtime because they aren’t enough people on shift. Some have worked 60 days straight.
The hotel announced its renovation plans earlier this year, including in the popular Bengal Lounge.
“The renovations are incomplete if the staffing levels remain stuck in the past,” Shields said.
Uniform Local 4276 represents nearly 500 workers at the Empress, including those in housekeeping, groundskeeping, serving, engineering and guest relations.
More to come.

Empress Hotel workers give 72-hour strike notice


Workers could take job action as early as Thursday -- right before the Labour Day long weekend.