A CAMPAIGN to recruit 150 new foster carers has been launched with dozens of vulnerable children needing a home. There are 25 youngsters who are urgently awaiting fostering just in Blackburn with Darwen this Christmas, it has been revealed. Across Lancashire
EAST LANCASHIRE’S oldest woman asked her favourite Christmases during her 106 years have often been the simplest. Mary Lord, of Rishton, urged people to remember the ‘true meaning’ of Christmas and said modern celebrations put too much emphasis on
A GRAN who couldn’t eat solid food for five years is set to enjoy Christmas dinner again today after her granddaughter’s wish came true. Pauline Smithstone, 52, has a medical condition that means she struggles to swallow food and drink. The former
