TEENAGER Suzanne Liddle, 15, was named as Blackburn's youngest mayoress. The Pleckgate High School pupil was the given the job of the borough's First Lady when her mother was named as Mayor.

Her mother, Councillor Sylvia Liddle, at the age of 39 became one of the youngest mayors elected to serve Blackburn. She Liddle said she had no hesitation in asking her daughter to be mayoress and was confident she could do the job.

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