AN OUTSTANDING GCSE student dedicated her own time through lockdown and now into her A-level year to help others to achieve in maths. Olivia Doody, 16, from Rawtenstall, set up an Instagram account ‘Revise with Livs’ where she would help fellow students with their revision. The Haslingden High School student […]

STUDENTS and staff at Haslingden High School held mini Remembrance services for different year groups when poems were recited and wreathes laid. A collection of poignant Remembrance rocks had been made by students and their families and art work was created for the school’s Remembrance Garden. All of the school […]

HEAD Boy of Haslingden High School Harry Turner is following in his brother’s footsteps. Two years ago James Turner, now 20, was delighted to be accepted for the prestigious role. James, who started a BA degree in Geography at Newcastle University this year, said: “It has been such a difficult […]

LOCKDOWN and a personal fitness challenge not only led Science Technician Emily Slinger to lose three stone – it gave her more control of her diabetes. Her type 1 diabetes is likely to be hereditary, as her mum has also just been diagnosed, and in March, before lockdown, she admitted […]

THE first women’s and girls’ cricket teams at Ramsbottom Cricket Club have proved their worth winning championships, a league and a T20, despite it being a tricky year. The 175-year-old cricket club had been running an All Stars programme for 5-8 year olds, but decided to launch its own female […]