.... Mr Prentice said: "The scale of what is being proposed is truly staggering. We can only go on Press reports, but 5,000 students is a huge number - equivalent to the population of Earby. It would dwarf every one of our secondary schools in Pendle.
I want to see young people of all faiths and genders study and mix together as they grow up. "British National Party councillor Brian Parker said the school and an Islamic college proposed for Burnley were not needed. "Quite apart from anyone's view on the desirability of having two communities living side by side with little in common and divided by religion, the sheer scale of these proposals make them unsuited to our two towns. [pendletoday] Read more
