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Master magician Richard De Vere finally got to the point while demonstrating his latest trick. But 21-year-old Richard suffered from a stabbing pain to the back and torn clothes as his impaling illusion went wrong four times when his assistant tried to spin him round on the steel spike to complete the magic. Richard was practising for the British Magician Grand Prix championship in Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Horseshoe Bar
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Toddler Dane Southworth is a baby in one hundred - and it could earn him a 1,000 prize. The 17-month-old youngster has reached the semi-final stages of the national Boots Baby of the Year contest. Mother Mrs Tracey Southworth, of Forest Gate, Blackpool, was stunned when she heard Dane had won through to the last 100 out of a total entry of 19,000
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Pupils from a Lancashire school had quite a ball when they took part in a 24-hour marathon sponsored basketball game. Seventy-three youngsters from Worden High School, Leyland, including 14 former pupils, joined in the fun, and the pace was fast and furious. Ryan Hepworth is pictured above scoring a point, watched by his fellow players
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Soap star Tony Scoggo, who plays Matty in Channel Four's popular Brookside series, joined in a fancy dress pub crawl to raise money for charity. The event round Preston town centre pubs was organised by NACRO, the National Association for Care and Resettlement, whose employment training skill centre is on Longridge Road, Preston. They started at the Stanley Arms in Preston