Up until 5 years ago, Ingrid Connors was still working out her award-winning Monster Phonics reading scheme on her kitchen table. With magnetic modesty, Ingrid is keen to emphasise that it is her team, now numbering 12, – and the merits of the reading programme itself – that have done...

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Time to honour our gradely hill – Council Chap Puts Pike In Chorley – with a reading by Frank Speak in the local dialect. #LancashireDay ...