ENGLAND handball star Leonah Ellis was honoured to be named as the Rising Star in Rossendale Sports Awards. Leonah, 15, in Year 11 at Haslingden High School, said: “When they said my name I was shocked because I didn’t think I would win it. There were three of us who […]

EXPLORER Scout and Young Leader Adam Hanson enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to the International Scout Jamboree in Japan. Adam, 15, in Year 11 at Haslingden High School said the experience really brought home to him how large the fellowship of Scouting is and how many people across the […]

PHOTOGRAPHER Beth Holt has combined her passion for working on the family farm with a love of taking photographs. Beth, 15, from Haslingden, spends all her spare time on the farm in Edenfield run by her father Robert, grandmother Pat and aunt Diane. The Haslingden High School Year 11 student […]

BUDDING professional footballer Finn Bartram is only 11 but already he has been scouted by Everton, Blackburn, Burnley and was offered a contract with Port Vale. Stoke was a bit too far from his Irwell Vale home but Finn has been playing for Bury Football Club since 2012 starting with […]

GOLFER Luke Bartram has won a place in the Junior European Open in the Costa Del Sol in Spain. The Open is organised in association with the Daily Express and Luke, 15, a Year 11 student at Haslingden High School, won his place after a three way tie in the […]