A NEW vicar will take over in the parish of Christ Church with St Matthew in Blackburn next Saturday.

The Rev Andrew Raynes will be installed by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters, at a service in the Mosley Street church.

Mr Raynes was curate of All Saints, Crowborough, in the Chichester Diocese.

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