EAST Lancashire went comic relief crazy to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for East Africa charities and needy youngsters and pensioners at home.

Four curates took part in a marathon cornflake sit-in in Morrison's, Blackburn, for the appeal, which beat the previous total of £15.8 million raised nationwide.

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