By Ben Turner
FLAG UP THE ISSUE: Commonwealth debate by local college students at Blackburn Cathedral. Left to right, Adnan Younis, Richard Adewale, Shazia Arif, Mavish Anwar and Yasmoioin Mohamed fly their flags YOUNG people DO care about the world s big issues and 80 Blackburn College students proved the point by becoming heads of state for a Commonwealth event. We joined them. EAST Lancs students plan to become heads of state on a regular basis after stepping into the shoes of Commonwealth lead-ers during a Blackburn Cathedral event. The town was chosen to host a meeting of Youth Commonwealth Heads of Government, which saw 80 Blackburn College students act as delegates to represent the 53 countries in the Commonwealth.