THE NSPCC's £100,000 Child Care Centre Appeal kicked off in style - with a £3,000 donation from Blackburn Lions.

People across the area were gearing up to raise cash for the appeal, to transform a run-down building in Wellington Street, St John's, Blackburn, into a desperately needed local base to work with children at risk and their families.

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