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Probe at school as swine flu strikes

Probe at school as swine flu strikes

A HYNDBURN schoolboy is the first person in East Lancashire to contract swine flu.

Eleven-year-old Qaasim Pervaiz, a pupil at Hyndburn Park Primary School, Church, was confirmed as having the illness by doctors on Sunday after numerous tests ruled out the the deadly brain bug meningitis.

And this week health officials said they were also treating a number of other youngsters at the school "as a precaution".


 

Councillor offers to pay back expenses

Councillor offers to pay back expenses

HYNDBURN opposition leader Councillor Graham Jones has admitted he is prepared to hand back planning committee allowances he claimed after missing nearly half of last year’s meetings.

Musician to play in father's memory

Musician to play in father's memory

A ROYAL College of Music scholar is dedicating his viola performance with the Blackburn Symphony Orchestra to the memory of his late father.


 

Town marks Pals anniversary

IT HAS been 93 years since the famous Accrington Pals Regiment first took to the battlefield.

Dead man found in flat after Swiss tip-off

Dead man found in flat after Swiss tip-off

AN EMAIL tip-off from Switzerland led to a former councillor discovering a pensioner lying dead on the floor of his Clayton-le-Moors flat.


 

 

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