MAY I thank the many people who voted for me in Oswaldtwistle's St Andrew's ward on May 6. Sadly, not enough to retain my seat as it's only Labour councillor.

It is with great sadness that I will be unable to continue with the Saturday surgeries that I ran for some eight years. It was a great pleasure to represent some very nice people in St Andrew's.

MAURICE COWELL, Richmond Road, Accrington.

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