MAJOR repairs are set to take place on one of the busiest routes into East Lancashire, causing diversions for motorists. The Highways Agency has announced a series of overnight closures over the next two months in order to carry out improvements
THE manager of Blackburn railway station’s kiosk is considering quitting after thieves escaped with £5,000 of cigarettes and his takings. Amjad Anwar said yesterday’s raid, while the shop was closed, was the latest in a string of incidents at the
EAST Lancashire’s water supplier United Utilities has warned people not to swim in reservoirs or quarries this summer. The company, which owns more than 180 reservoirs across the north west, said people should not swim in unsupervised inland water
ONE thing was for certain, Darwen Aldridge Community Academy would be crowned Lancashire Schools FA Under 19s County Cup winners – it was just a matter of which team. In unprecedented circumstances, DACA ‘A’ took on DACA ‘B’ in a final where friendships
THREE middle-aged men were involved in street violence, in which all of them were injured and weapons were brandished, a court heard. Zafar Iqbal started the trouble on Scaitcliffe Street, Accrington, but Araf Hussain and Iftikar Asghar finished
LAMMACK Juniors denied Mill Hill a hat-trick of cup wins and their manager Nathan Sargeson the perfect send-off. The Mill HIll manager was stepping down after six trophy laden seasons – including two LFA trophies – to concentrate on other projects
ST BEDE’S underlined its ability to unearth football talent after producing its second national girls football champions in three years. After the Blackburn school were crowned Under 13s winners in 2011, the super Saints are celebrating national
RIBBLE Valley netball girls are the toast of England after lifting a national crown and a clutch of county honours. The powerful Under 14a squad produced a stirring finish in the Netball National final, edging out rivals Tameside 23-22 in a thriller
TALENTED young Harriet Ashworth has earned a call up to the Lancashire hockey squad. The Oakhill College student has worked hard for the recognition since starting training with Pendle Forest Hockey Club. In 2012, Harriet was asked to attend
ONE of the county’s biggest junior football leagues has brought the curtain down on anaother succeussful season. Over the last four weekends, the East Lancashire Football Alliance, sponsored by Forbes Solicitors and McDonalds, have held 18 cup
YOUNG gymnasts have once again excelled at a top junior championship. Walton-le-Dale Arts College, which includes pupils from across East Lancashire, starred at the British Schools National Finals. Two teams went to Stoke as representatives
BILLY Walpole and Richard Crewe, who compete for Blackburn with Darwen Acrobatic Gymnastics Club, will be in action at the British finals at Stoke on Trent this weekend. The men’s pair won gold at the North West Regional tournament at Wigan’s Robin
Burnley Gymnastics Club created history on Sunday by entering boys into a competition for the first time since the Craig Heap days. The boys were taking part in the County two Piece Competition organised by the North West Gymnastics Association
WATER pipes across East Lancashire are returning to normal following reports of ‘bubbles in the water” over the Bank Holiday weekend. United Utilities reports that engineers traced the event to a local pumping station in the Ribble Valley.
Burnley Gymnastics Club recently sent a team of 33 youngsters to take part in the Milano Invitational Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Competition in Preston. The girls performed well on both days with each gymnast picking up a medal in the various
INDIE covers band Now and Then will perform on Friday night at the Hare and Hounds, in Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors. Entry is free. All are welcome.
THE Arden Inn, in Abbey Street, Accrington, welcomes classic rock covers band Trinity to the pub on Friday. Entry is free.
volunteers are being encouraged to do their bit for a youth project. A spokesman for 1stCallHyndburn, which works with young people in social housing to better understand the issues around debt and financial inclusion, said there were plenty of
A FUN fair is to be held in Oswaldtwistle next month in aid of charity. The event, on Sunday, June 8, from 10am to 4pm, will feature a full-size fairground at Oswaldtwistle Mills, in aid of Child Action North West. There will be a Punch and Judy
DARWEN Vale High School is holding regular weekly sessions to help pupils with application forms and further education advice. Drop-in sessions for help with college applications, personal statements, CVs or any post-16 advice are in room 208 every
A HIGH school is encouraging pupils to help each other in revision sessions. Accrington Academy has encouraged 13 of its best history students to experience teaching within revision sessions, in preparation for the school’s AS level exam.
OFF-road bikes are causing a nuisance for residents in Huncoat. Police are increasing patrols after receiving reports of people riding the vehicles in Station Road, and Altham Lane, at night, and at weekends.
JOHN Firth, ex-Darwen parks superintendent, will again judge the summer’s Whitehall in Bloom contest organised by ward councillors.
ST Peter’s Men’s Group will meet at Sunnyhurst Bowling Club on Thursday, June 19, from 6.30pm, followed by supper in the Sunnyhurst pub in Tockholes Road. The event costs £10.
THERE will be a strawberry tea event on Saturday, June 14, from 2pm to 4pm at Central United Reformed Church in Duckworth Street. Tickets cost £5 and there will be entertainment from the Ashleigh Singers. Call 01254 774715 to book.
DARWEN firm Jack’s DIY has donated 40 pairs of gardening gloves to a school gardening club. The Duckworth Street shop gave the gloves to Ashleigh Primary School in Ross Street, which recently made the final of the RHS School Gardening Team of the Year
THE rise of Islam and pre-colonial African kingdoms are among topics on offer in a draft new history A-level, due to be introduced next year. The course, offered by exam board OCR, will also include options to study the lives of Alfred the Great
A HIGH school is holding regular weekly sessions to help pupils with application forms and further education advice. Darwen Vale High School is to host weekly drop in sessions for help with college applications, personal statements, CVs or any
PUPILS at a high school are using email to make sure they don’t forget their homework. Norden High School in Rishton is amongst schools in the area using technology to improve homework feedback. The school tweeted: “Thanks to our year seven
THE ‘A Cappella Singers’ are to perform in Downham for the third time next month. They will be giving a concert full of ‘Music for a Summer Afternoon’ at St Leonard’s Church on Sunday, June 29, from 2.30pm. This concert will consist of old favourites
AN exhibition of paintings currently on display in Longridge is set to come to an end this Saturday. The paintings are on show at The Old Station in Berry Lane. For more information, call 0300 3031234.
THE next meeting of Dementia Friendly Ribble Valley is in Clitheroe on Tuesday, June 3. The free meeting will be in the Council Chambers, Church Street, from 10am to noon. For details, call David Ingham on 01200 414549 or e-mail david.ingham
A RIBBLE Valley village will host its annual fete in June. Pendleton will hold the event which doubles as the main fund raiser for the village hall, on Saturday, June 21, and will include a duck race, stalls and games. For more information
A TECHNICAL school is in the process of selecting a new staff member to oversee business subjects. University Technical College, in Burnley, is interviewing for a business learning coach. The deadline for applying for the vacancy passed on
A HIGH school is hosting a community fun day. Witton Park Academy is holding the free family event. It will feature workshops, craft and food stalls and sports demonstrations, on Saturday, June 14 from 11am to 3pm.
A CHARITY is asking teachers to help stamp out abuse. The NSPCC is looking for secondary teachers to be part of a project tackling child neglect. Anyone interested can email alice.haynes@NSPCC.org.uk for information.
NEW times for services have been announced following the retirement of Rev Alan Sowerbutts from two churches in the Ribble Valley. Rev Sowerbutts was in charge of St John’s, Read, and St Peter’s, Simonstone, in 1998. In future, at 9.30am there
A MEETING opposing the controversial method of fracking runs in the Ribble Valley today. The Longridge Against Fracking public meeting will take place in the Towneley Arms from 8pm.
CLITHEROE Town Mayor Coun Val Cooper will attend the official opening of the new community hospital next month. The hospital, which opened to patients last week, will be officially opened during a ceremony on Monday, June 9, at 3pm.
A DINE and Film night is to be held in Bolton-by-Bowland on Thursday. ‘The Railway Man’ will be screened at the village hall from 6.30pm. Entry costs £14 which includes a two-course meal. For details and tickets, call Catherine Curry on
THERE will be puppets galore in Bacup this week as the annual Horse and Bamboo puppet festival takes place. This year’s festival includes seven paid-for shows, including ‘The Frog and the Princess’, and ‘1001 Nights’. There will aso be an array
A BOROUGH councillor in Ramsbottom has thanked voters, and his family, after being elected for a second term. Conservative Ian Bevan was a convincing winner as he was re-elected for the town’s seat on Bury Council. He has paid tribute to his
A NEW friendship group has been set up at St Peter’s Community Centre, in Hall Street, Haslingden. It will meet on the first Monday of each month, from 10.30am, featuring guest speakers and refreshments.
NEWCHURCH Young at Heart Group meets tomorrow, at Newchurch Methodist Church, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The group is run in conjunction with Age UK, and is a social group for people to meet new friends. The cost is £1.
COMPLAINTS have been made about noisy parties, loud music, and anti-social behaviour, on the Cutler Estate, in Stacksteads. The issue is going to be raised with police officers at the next PACT meeting, to be held at Holy Trinity Church, in Newchurch
West Craven Probus Club meets at St Joseph’s Community Centre, in Bolland Street, Barnoldswick, today at 10am. Peter Watson will present part two of his talk, Stranger than Fiction.
A FUN day will be held at the young people’s centre in Byron Road, Colne, on Thursday from 2pm to 6pm. It features a rodeo bull, archery, assault course and ‘Cube’ challenge, for 12 to 19-year-olds, with a free barbecue.
A MOTORIST was taken to hospital following a crash in Rawtenstall. The accident happened at the roundabout, in New Hall Hey, when a Honda hit a lamppost shortly after midnight yesterday. The fire service was called as it had been thought the
FORMER Leeds United winger Eddie Gray will be the special guest at the Rossendale Sports Dinner in June. Eddie, who also played for his native Scotland, will be joined by comedian Jed Stone for the event, at the Rose ’n’ Bowl, in Stacksteads.
A NEW Indian restaurant, Lagaan, by the Akbars chain, is set to open at the former gift emporium premises, in Deardengate, Haslingden, between the town’s post office and dry cleaners.
A HEALTHY walk, suitable for all the family, will take place tomorrow. The walk is free, and will set off from Bacup Family Centre, in Pennine Road, at 1pm and should return at 2pm. It will be followed by tea and biscuits in the centre. No need to
NEW members are being sought by a ‘musical memory group’ which has been set up by Age UK Lancashire, and will meet every Tuesday at Walton Lane Day Centre in Nelson from 2pm to 3.30pm.
A NEW format of crown green bowling, free to play, is on offer at the Philip Wright Crown Green Bowling Academy, at Colne Cricket and Bowling Club, which is now taking place every Saturday from 10am until noon.
A PROJECT to help keep young people out of debt is calling for volunteers. The Big Lottery funded project, First Call Hyndburn, wants to use peer mentors to teach youngsters about money and create a network across Hyndburn. To find out more
RESIDENTS in Haslingden have reported a problem with youngsters hanging around the town centre and the library after school causing a nuisance. The issue is due to be discussed with police at the next PACT meeting being held in Stan the Van which
CLOVERHILL Residents' Action Group in Nelson are appealing for more residents to come to their monthly meetings. The group meets on the first Thursday of every month at the Nelson United Reformed Church, in Brunswick Street, between 7pm and 9pm.
SCOUTS are being urged to make their voices heard when the movement’s leading lights get together. Mytton Fold Hotel in Langho will be hosting the area’s first ‘Speak Up’ event on June 22, from 10pm to 3pm, it has been announced. The morning
THE Prince’s Trust is looking to recruit 12 to 15 people for a 12-week programme helping young people into work. The programme gives the chance to gain nationally recognised qualifications and is aimed at people aged 16 to 25 who are unemployed
PROPOSALS to use a building at Proctor Cote Farm, in Todmorden Road, Briercliffe, as two separate homes, have been submitted to Burnley Council by Alan Duffy.
BUILDING work has started on a new canopy in the foundation stage playground at Hapton Primary School, Manchester Road. Letters will be sent home to Year One parents advising of alternative pick-up and drop-off arrangements.
AN EIGHT-week course teaching people how to design and cut glass and make fused key rings, coasters and bowls is starting next week. The course is being run at Sion Baptist Church in Burnley starting on Wednesday, June 4 from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
TEACHING leaders have responded to Ofqual claims that exam results are likely to decline this year. Schools could face a downward turn in GCSE and A-level results following changes to the assessment system, the exams watchdog has warned. Ofqual
A ‘TO LET’ sign advertising for a Pakistani family only has shocked a community. Both police and Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson received a dozen complaints from residents after the sign appeared in a window at a house in Nelson. The handwritten
A BURNLEY-based estate agency is investing in the future by appointing four apprentices to departments across the company. Petty’s, which has offices in Burnley, Nelson, Colne and Barrowford are keen to support routes into employment for young
EAVES Hall Rest Home in Kiddrow Lane, Burnley, met all the essential standards that were examined during a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
THE next branch meeting of the East Lancashire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) takes place on Tuesday, June 3, at the Griffing Inn, Hud Rake, Haslingden, from 7.45pm.
FIREFIGHTERS are again warning about the dangers of deliberately starting fires. It comes after crews were called to two blazes which had been lit in the same Blackburn street during the early hours of yesterday morning. They were first sent to
KATRINA Jackson, 50, of Cleaver Street, Burnley, was conditionally discharged for 12 months by Pennine magistrates after she admitted to stealing clothing worth £93.88 from Store 21 at Nelson on April 11.
BEHZAD Ali, 28, of Belvedere Road, Burnley, was fined £250 by Pennine magistrates after he admitted to unlawfully damaging a police radio and stab vest worth around £1,000, and resisting arrest, on February 10. A police assault charge, which he denied
A CHARITY Night in aid of North West Air Ambulance will be staged in Burnley on Friday. Tickets cost £3 and the event will start at 7.30pm at the Byerden House Club in Colne Road. It includes a raffle, performances and an auction.
GARY John Halstead, 51, of Palace Street, Burnley, has been given a six-month community order and ordered to attend Lancashire Safer Relationships course, with a £50 fine and £85 costs, by Pennine magistrates, after admitting to assaulting Karen Halstead
TEDDY bears from Burnley and beyond will be given makeovers this week as part of a number of half term activities. The crafty session are offering children aged four to 11 the chance to give their bears or toys a ‘steampunk’ makeover. They run
RIBBLE Valley Borough Council could agree to raise no objections to plans to build 190 homes in Longridge this week. Councillors have been recommended to tell Preston City Council that they have no objections.
A CHARITY bike rides set to be held next month has been orgainsed by two rotary clubs. The events will be held on the same day. The rotary clubs of Accrington and Clitheroe are working together to organise the events on June 8.
AN illustrated talk is set to be held in the Ribble Valley next month. The talk marks the 50th anniversary of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Nick Osbourne, sit access and AONB manager will speak at The Old Station in
NEW classrooms are in the pipeline for children at two neighbouring schools after one announced expansion plans. Governors at Holly Grove School, Burnley, want to expand their roll from 50 to 70, as the number of young students with learning difficulties
THE Boo's Annual Puppet Festival is set to be held in Rossendale from Friday to Sunday. It will be staged at The Boo Theatre in Bacup Road, Waterfoot. Tickets cost £7 and for more information visit www.horseand bamboo.org or call 01706 220241
RESIDENTS in Blackburn, Great Harwood, Mellor and Langho reported ‘white’ tapwater. United Utilities received 23 reports on Friday across Blackburn, Great Harwood and Langho and Mellor. The supplier said that it had inspectors monitoring the
GOSPEL to Gershwin is the next in the series of popular concerts at Christ Church, Chatburn. The concert is the first in the fundraising series of summer proms, and will take place on Friday, July 4 from 7.30pm. It will include live music performances
THE new £2.3m community athletics stadium at Witton Park could host more high-profile sports events, it has emerged. Blackburn Harriers bosses hope the revamped track will be chosen for major competitions in the future. The news comes as the
A CHARITY for retired police dogs is being set up in Canada after organisers were inspired by the success of the Lancashire group. Sheila Maw, chairman of the Retired Lancashire Police Dogs Benevolent Fund, said fundraisers in the Saskatchewan
DOZENS of protesters from two communities took part in a moorland march to fight proposals to install 12 giant turbines between Waterfoot and the outskirts of Rochdale. Ramblers, horse riders, mountain bike riders, and runners have united as the
AN East Lancashire podiatrist has put his best foot forward on the biggest challenge of his life. Adrian Clark, 48, from Simonstone, is set to complete all 214 peaks in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, which will have
A HUGE clean-up operation, supported by several key agencies, is being launched today to brighten up a Burnley neighbourhood. Teams of volunteers from across the town are set to descend on land around Pennine Lancashire Community Farm, in March
HISTORIC parades which were under threat of being cancelled have been saved following intervention by the police and the county council. The police have confirmed they will marshal parades in the Ribble Valley until March 31, 2015 after withdrawing
A GROWING junior football club is running out of places to play in Barnoldswick, councillors have been told. Barnoldswick Town Juniors currently have around 15 teams across various age groups, catering for 222 children. But FA guidelines stipulate
A RECYCLING depot in Padiham which was destroyed in a blaze last year is set to rise from the ashes. Stephen Barnes, boss of Jigsaw Quest, wants to build a new industrial unit at the Park Road site, which was wrecked when it was torched by arsonists
RESIDENTS of a sheltered housing scheme in Burnley are to be moved to a controversial new development next year. Bosses at Calico have decided that Royal Court, off Tennyson Street, Briercliffe, was too outdated and unsuitable for 21st Century
DELEGATES at a World Cup-themed networking event got more than they bargained for after they were treated to a surprise performance from an international opera star. Rossendale tenor Sean Ruane wowed guests at the session of ‘Meet and Eat In The
THREE friends from East Lancashire who had the goal of helping conflict victims in Syria have raised more than £2,000 by staging a football tournament. And Tariq Mushtaq, Wasim Hassan and Shebz Ali are considering whether their six-a-side fundraiser
BURNLEY Liberal Democrat MP Gordon Birtwistle last night warned his party boss Nick Clegg to perform a U-turn on Europe, or put his leadership future in doubt. After the Lib Dems’ disast-rous performance in the Eur-opean election, Mr Birtwistle
STUDENTS battled it out in the kitchen to be named ‘masterchef’. Pupils from Rhyddings, in Oswaldtwistle, Mount Carmel, in Accrington, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, and Shuttleworth College, in Padiham, prepared their best dishes for the
BOSSES at an Islamic centre in Accrington want to build a new mosque and community centre. The Raza Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre said its base, in Grimshaw Street, had reached capacity. It has applied for plann-ing permission to build a
THIS year’s Darwen Live music festival has been hailed the ‘best yet’ by organisers. Thousands packed into the town centre on Sunday and yesterday to catch the action, with 90s pop legends The South (formerly The Beautiful South) and SoulTrain
MARKETS! I am now beginning to think that I have an addiction to markets, as I really do enjoy them. I was going to say ‘love them’, but that makes me sound a bit of a nutcase, which my son says I am. He can’t understand why anyone would want
DANCERS descended on a Blackburn shopping centre to promote a charity fundraiser. The Flashmob at The Mall saw shoppers stare in amazement as the performers whirled around the makeshift dancefloor outside the Ryman stationey store. They were
KATE Hollern has promised to bring real-life experience to Westminster if elected as Blackburn MP next May. The 58-year-old rejected claims she is too old to follow 66-year-old Jack Straw as the town’s Commons representative. The Dumbarton-born
ORGANISERS have hailed a record-breaking year as thousands turned out for the Great Harwood Show. The 147th instalment of the popular event yesterday saw more stalls and attractions than ever before. And with it being only the second time around
HUNDREDS of guests saw community champions, sports heroes and entrepreneurs honoured at Fusion 2014. This year’s event at King George’s Hall in Blackburn was the biggest Fusion Awards ever and highlighted the work of charity champions, youth groups
A TEAM of researchers in Lancashire are exploring ways of improving the care and treatment for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. The team from Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which covers East Lancashire, are undertaking the work
A CRICKET club has vowed to spend ‘thousands’ improving security after being targeted by burglars twice in three days. Whalley Cricket Club was hit during the evenings of Wednesday and Friday last week. A spokesman for the club said on Twitter
VETERAN Liberal Democrat Chris Davies and British National Party leader Nick Griffin lost their European Parliament seats in elections for the North West declared yesterday. Both Labour and UKIP secured three Euro-MPs in the region with the Conservatives
A COUNCILLOR has welcom- ed the withdrawal of a cont-roversial plan to open a shisha cafe on an industrial estate. Usman Ali Perwez asked for planning permission for the venture, at Bullhorn, on the Whalley Range Business Park, in Boyle Street,
“RECARO seats at the Turf? Could be interesting,” said Sean Dyche, perhaps thinking how out of place the plush seats so familiar at Premier League grounds would be in comparison to the more traditional bench that occupies Burnley’s old school dugouts
TWIN Valley Homes apprentice Kyle Catterall has bagged another award after winning a top prize at the Construction Development Alliance Awards. Restoration man George Walker presented the 23-year-old, from Blackburn, with his Young Apprentice in
ALL creatures great and small from across East Lancashire flocked to an animal ‘blessing’ service conducted by a church minister. Pet lovers had been urged to ‘celebrate the lives’ of their favourite cat, dog, guinea pig, ferret, or more exotic
Les Jamelles Viognier 2013, £6.49, Co-op The first of two whites this week made from grapes you might not be familiar with. Viognier is fast becoming fashionable because of lovely apricot and fresh peach flavours that make it ideal for summer days
HOT-shots Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede will fire Blackburn Rovers into the top six next season. That is the verdict of former Rovers defender Mick Rathbone after he saw the strike duo lay waste to Championship defences at the back end of the
A CHILDMINDER has been slammed by Ofsted following an inspection. Karen Anne Pinckard, of Darwen, was rated ‘inadequate’ after an inspection in February, the results of which have now been published. In her report, inspector Linda Shore identified
A SCHOOL in Blackburn has been found to Require Improvement in a recent inspection. St Antony’s in Shadsworth Road was said to have seen inconsistent marking but maths was said to be well taught. Since a previous inspection flagged up problems
A FORMER Burnley rugby captain has spoken of his ordeal after suffering horrific facial injuries following a freak accident with a garage door. Lee Collins, 42, was left with a shattered cheekbone, fractured jaw and a shattered eye rim after he
A WOMAN suffered a brain haemorrhage just a month after being told there was nothing wrong because part of her scan results were missing. Bosses at Royal Blackburn Hospital later sent mother-of-four Hasina Ganchi a letter that said a section of
CRAIG Conway has warned Championship defences that Blackburn Rovers striker Rudy Gestede will only get better next season. The towering targetman ended the campaign with a run of nine goals in eight starts and as the division’s player of the month
A HIGH school was forced to recall 240 leavers’ yearbooks after a 16-year-old pupil indecently exposed himself in a group photograph. He managed to play the ‘practical joke’ while the picture was being taken for the annual publication for year
Blackburn Rovers winger Josh King could be in international action tonight when Norway face France in a friendly at the Stade de France in Paris. King moved to Ewood Park from Manchester United in January last year.
A PET cat could lose its paw after it got caught in an illegal gin trap. Gillian and Stephen Biggs, of Barden Lane, Burnley, were horrified when three-year-old ginger tom Driscoll came home with the device clamped to his leg. They rushed him
There is a fascinating fillies’ maiden to start the proceedings at Lingfield with debutantes Winter Queen and Peace And War (2.10) of particular interest and it is the latter that gets the vote for Olly Stephens. The filly cost $300,000 as a yearling
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche insists that members of his promotion-winning squad will not find themselves surplus to requirements next season – even if a number of new signings arrive this summer. The Clarets boss released David Edgar, Keith Treacy
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GRAHAM Alexander admitted gaining promotion as a manager with Fleetwood Town felt just as special as victory at Wembley with Burnley five years ago. Alexander’s Fleetwood defeated Burton Albion 1-0 in the League Two play-off final to reach the
BLACKBURN Rovers are to give away 20 ‘golden season tickets’ to celebrate the anniversary of their Premier League title triumph – and they have also announced only modest price rises for the new campaign. The 2014/15 season will be the 20th anniversary
Silver Ranger let favourite-backers down on his York debut but can reward those who keep the faith in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes at Leicester. The very fact master juvenile trainer Richard Hannon decided to send the Dutch Art
