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A wetter-than-average month

Free lung tests at the PilgrimVISITORS to Boston’sPilgrim Hospital arebeing offered free lunghealth tests to celebrateWorld Spirometry Day.

The respiratory teamat the Pilgrim is offeringspirometry tests in themain foyer of the hospi-tal between 12.30-2pm

tomorrow (Thursday).Appointments are not

necessary.Spirometry is a

diagnostic tool used toscreen for lung diseasesand the test involvesbreathing repeatedly intoa small machine withadispisable end.

Author backs campaignto give Trevor freedomTHE plight of Trevor Wade,the Kirton man who hasspent more than three yearsin a Spanish prison on charg-es he denies, is featured in anew book.

The father-of-two has beenwaiting to clear his name sincehis arrest in September 2007 in aSerious Organised Crime Agen-cy operation. But under Spanishlaw, the 66-year-old could faceup to another year in prison onpre-trial detention.

Now, his case is being high-lighted in the latest version ofHoods.

Author Carl Fellstrom toldThe Standard the book is abouthow organised crime is a threat‘not just to democracy, but to or-dinary people in the way they goabout their lives’.

Trevor was travelling with afriend by car from UK to Spainahead of his arrest. A box of co-caine was found on the back seatand he and three other men were

arrested and charged with drugtrafficking. Trevor has alwaysasserted his innocence.

“It’s pretty shocking someonecan end up in that situation,”said Mr Fellstrom. “With thebest will in the world it couldhave been you or me.”

His family have been cam-paigning for his release throughFair Trials International, the For-eign Office and Parliament.

A Facebook page has also beenstarted in support of Trevor.

A pressing issue for the fam-ily is Trevor’s health - he has hadtwo heart attacks while in prisonand fears his cancer may return.

“It will be a very, very badday for this country if Trevorends up dying in prison” said MrFellstrom, 46.

“I’m hopeful the more we canget this out into the open therewill be a sea change and we willget him back home.

“The longer it goes on themore likely it’s not going to endin a good way.”

For more information, visitMr Fellstrom’s blog at carlosthe-hack.blogspot.com

By David seymourdavid.seymour@jpress.co.uk

Trevor Wade, of Kirton, who has spent more than three years in a Spanishjail on charges he denies, is featured in a new book (inset). NA

RAIN fell on Boston21 days out of 30 lastmonth, making for awetter-than-averageSeptember.

This is the messagefrom town weathermanAlbert Kirkham, whorecorded a total rainfalllast month of 65.8mm(2.59ins), against an av-erage of 56mm (2.21ins).

The greatest fall inone day came on Mon-day 6th, when 18.9mm(0.74ins) was recorded- more than a third ofwhat would be expectedfor the entire month.

It was, however, aslightly milder Septem-ber than usual.

The mean maximumtemperature was 18.9C(65.7F), against the av-erage of 17.8C (64.2F).

The mean minimumwas 10.6C (51.1F), com-pared to 9.4C (48.9F).

The highest maximumcame on Wednesday22nd, at 23.3C (74F).

The lowest maximumcame two days later onthe 24th, at 12.2C (54F).

The highest mini-mum, 16.1C (61F), wasrecorded on Tuesday14th.

The lowest mini-mum, 5.6C (42F), cameon Saturday 18th andSaturday 25th. The 18thalso had the lowest grassminimum, at 1.7C (35F).

It was a slightly dullermonth than would beexpected, with 151.3hours of bright sunshineagainst an average of153.5 hours.

The sunniest day wasFriday 3rd, when 11.7hours of bright sunshinewere enjoyed.

There were three dayswithout sunshine, andthunderstorms on oneday.

The highest barometerreading was 30.17ins onMonday 13th, the lowest29.48ins on Tuesday 7th.