AN eye-catching design incorporating Blackpool Tower, a rollercoaster and the number 2000 is being used as the resort's mark for the Millennium.

The logo has been designed by 13-year-old Andrew Chambers from Highfield High School after a call for schoolchildren to put their artistic talents to good use.

Andrew's work will now be used on all correspondence and promotional material sent out by Blackpool Council's Millennium office, turned into a banner to go on show in the town centre, and may end up in lights for a special Millennium Illuminations display.

Designs by fellow Highfield pupils William O'Neill and Ashley Clarke came second and third, while Palatine High pupil David Torr's design was placed fourth.

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