BLIND walker Steve Cooper was planning to make hiking history by conquering three of Britain's highest peaks in less than 24 hours.
Piano tuner Steve, of Nelson, was attempting to scale the faces of Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike.
Teenager Gary Hope, 18, became Lancashire's youngest class one football referee after a meteoric rise through the ranks of the men in black.
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