Aspiring young gymnasts put their skills to the test in a championship contest. Fifty competed in the third annual Chorley Gymnastics Championships held at the Water Street sports centre. Rebecca Halton and Julie Nixon, both aged nine, perform the splits during the competition
Lining up to get snipped for charity are children from Brieryfield Road Day Nursery in Preston. The children were helping out hairdressing students from Tuson College taking part in a six-hour haircutting marathon to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall. Pictured here are Michaela Marshall, Natasha Frye and Kelly King, getting haircuts from Marc Johnstone, Karen Woodcock and Sharon Hamer