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8:16am Friday 11th July 2008

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HEALTH inspectors have started an investigation after a 15-year-old girl was burnt so badly on a tanning salon bed that she needed hospital treatment.

Schoolgirl Katie Turner was rushed to casualty suffering from severe sunburn, sickness, and headaches after spending more than 20 minutes under the lamps.

Health campaigners have called for a change in the law to ban the use of tanning beds by children - a call supported by Katie's mother, Elizabeth Turner.

She said: "My daughter was burnt red raw - I have never seen her in such a state. She was in absolute agony and could hardly stand. She should never have been allowed to use a sunbed for so long."

Government guidelines state that UV lamps should not be used by under-16s - but it is not a legal requirement.

Nina Gould, of the British Association of Dermatologists, told The Northern Echo that laws should be introduced to ban children from using sunbeds.

"This law has already been passed in Scotland, which is fantastic, but we want the rest of the UK to follow," she said.

"Being burnt this badly increases your chances of getting melanoma, which is the deadliest form of skin cancer."

More than 100 deaths from skin cancer every year in the UK are thought to be linked to the use of sunbeds.

Recent research by Which?

magazine found three per cent of eight to 15-year-olds, 170,000 young people, have used a sunbed despite accepted advice about the health dangers.

Ministers are considering draft guidelines drawn up by the Health and Safety Executive that would result in tougher regulation of the sunbed industry.

As well as banning children, salons would have to be staffed at all times and unsupervised, coin operated sunbeds would be banned.

The Darlington teenager went to the salon with a schoolfriend and lay on the bed for 12 minutes. She returned later that afternoon thinking the session had not worked and was allowed back on for another nine minutes.

By the end of the day she needed to be treated with antihistamines and painkillers at Darlington Memorial Hospital's accident and emergency unit.

Ms Turner, 34, of Hutton Road, Darlington, said: "Katie has asked me before if she could go on a sunbed, but I have always said no. She's far too young and she has lilywhite skin.

"But kids being kids, she went after school with her friends. The people at the salon didn't ask her age or talk her through what she was meant to do.

"After the first 12 minutes she thought that it hadn't worked so she went back and asked for another nine minutes.

She didn't wear any goggles so she was staring into the bulbs with her eyes open the whole time."

Later that evening, Ms Turner heard cries coming minutes, but she looked like she had been lying in the sun for two days."

Philip Glancey, who runs the tanning parlour in Nightingale Avenue, Darlington, said Katie told him she had used the beds before, and was served by another member of staff when she came back the second time.

"She did it all underhand,"

said Mr Glancey, who runs his business separately from the Head to Toe hair salon, which operates from the same premises.

"I advise people who have not been before to go on for no more than six minutes.

"I asked if she had been on a sunbed before and she said yes. I also told her the goggles were there, but she did not want to use them.

"She came back in the afternoon when I was out and my wife served her. She had no idea the girl had already been in.

"I have told the mother to come round to see me to speak to me.

"I have done everything by the book. I have put notices up to tell people what they can and can't do.

"When I first opened, I was concerned about kids from the nearby school coming in.

I asked the council if there was an age limit but there is no age limit. I don't let people in who are ten, 11 or 12 - but I could do. "She got herself burnt and is trying to make it look as if it's my fault."

A spokeswoman for Darlington Borough Council said officers would be interviewing the Turner family and the salon owners.

"The council's environmental health team is continuing to collect information about a possible offence," she said.

"Tanning salons should have proper systems in place to ensure customers do not exceed recommended usage."

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??, durham says...
8:45am Fri 11 Jul 08

How stupid!!!!

For starters what sort of parent lets a teenage girl of 15 go on a sunbed. And it takes 24hrs for a tan. What sort of an idiot goes on a sunbed twice in one day???

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Darlogurl, says...
8:58am Fri 11 Jul 08

What a stupid girl! There are signs all over tanning salons stating not to go on more than so many times a year and def not than once a day! And not wearing googles? That is why children shouldn't be allowed on sunbeds as they just don't pay attention to warnings. The law needs to be changed to stop these sort of things happening. Why can't kids just be kids. I really hope the tanning salon doesn't get blamed for the stupidity of one person.

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Geoff, Darlington says...
9:25am Fri 11 Jul 08

Yet again, another instance of parents not accepting responsibility for their childrens actions, but looking to blame other innocent parties.
Also, did the Council official think before she spoke, when talking about 'proper systems'? How do you stop anybody from cooking themselves on a sunbed. The girl could easily have visited a number of salons to achieve the same results. Who would you blame then?

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Lucy Vickers, Richmond says...
9:27am Fri 11 Jul 08

What does she expect after going on for over 20 mins - stupid girl, she ought to have more common sense! Sunbed shop cannot be held fully responsible. What an idiot!!!

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hayley, darlo says...
9:39am Fri 11 Jul 08

Stupid girl! The parents blaming the sunbed shop it is not the responsibility of the sunbed shop to to keep 15 year old kids out, it is the parents responsibility if she is that desperate for a tan get her the tinted body lotion at least this way she won't end up getting skin cancer!

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Kate, Newton Aycliffe says...
10:42am Fri 11 Jul 08

I certainly hope the parents of this girl aren't angling for compensation or looking to blame the salon. This girl has been silly and is paying the price.

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Anon, Co Durham says...
12:00pm Fri 11 Jul 08

I don't really think there is any need for calling her a 'stupid girl' do you people no this girl personally????? She may be a decent memeber of the public and has made a mistake and is paying the price - has any of your Children never made any mistakes!

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????, Darlington says...
12:08pm Fri 11 Jul 08

she is known around the area but i don't believe that her mother said she couldn't go on the sunbeds she is just looking for a way to pin the blame on someone else

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Anon, Darlington says...
12:11pm Fri 11 Jul 08

How stupid can one person be?? I go to school with this lass, and to be perfectly honest, it doesn't surprise me! She's made the mistake, she's in the wrong, and she can't accept it, so she's trying to blame someone else.

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Hannah, teesside says...
12:15pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Anon wrote:
I don't really think there is any need for calling her a 'stupid girl' do you people no this girl personally????? She may be a decent memeber of the public and has made a mistake and is paying the price - has any of your Children never made any mistakes!
She very well maybe a decent member of the publi as may her parents and yes im sure our children have made mistakes but it's of no fault but their own, the story sounds like the mother is clearly trying to blame the sunbed shop what do they have to do next advertise babysitting services.

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HaughtonCreewwwww, Darlington says...
12:15pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Yes i do know this girl personally. And i know the sunbedshop personally aswell, fair enough they should have a record of when everybody visits the sunbeds but it doesnt take a lot to know the limits of sunbeds and their is nothing more they could of done if she did not want to take the goggles when offered! She is paying the price now, but i dont think anything more could be done with the sunbed shop and i wouldnt like them to be given all the blame over one person.

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C, says...
12:15pm Fri 11 Jul 08

hayley wrote:
Stupid girl! The parents blaming the sunbed shop it is not the responsibility of the sunbed shop to to keep 15 year old kids out, it is the parents responsibility if she is that desperate for a tan get her the tinted body lotion at least this way she won't end up getting skin cancer!
Most 15 year are 'stupid'. There were no sunbeds when I was a teenager but I certainly baked in the sun without sunscreen to get a tan. Their priority is looking good and I suspect however much her mother said it was dangerous she would have ignored her, You cannot keep constant tags on a 15 year old and my own teenager went on sunbeds without my permission. The girl will have learned the hard way.

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haughton school pupil, Darlington says...
12:15pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Anon, please shut up. yes we do no her and i wouldnt exactly call her a decent member of the public. i also no the sunbed shop 'PERSONALLY' and katie should of known better than to go on the sunbeds twice in one day, and for so long.

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****, Darlington says...
12:16pm Fri 11 Jul 08

I know this girl, and i'd expect her to do this sort of thing. What an idiot! She can't blame the tanning salon when SHE was the one who spent 20 minutes there. Its like trying to blame MFI when you burn yourself on your oven!

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anon, Darlington says...
12:16pm Fri 11 Jul 08

How dare she and her mother try to blame someone else.She is hardly a pillar of the community.It is her own fault.She is 15 will leave school next year.Doesn't she have better things to do with her time rather than get burnt.Serves her right!!!

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anon, Co Durham says...
12:34pm Fri 11 Jul 08

I think that she is trying to pass the book. Yes the shop should have had better procedures in place to ensure that 1 she was 16 and 2 check that she had not been on within 24 hours. But lets face it she is old enough to know better and shoudlnt have been so stupid. If my daughter went behind my back in this was I would be motified as it just shows how much respect she hasnt got for her family

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M., says...
12:35pm Fri 11 Jul 08

If I was that stupid,I sure wouldn't want my picture in the paper. It's entirely the girl's fault and not the firm's. Another case of someone trying to get money out of a compnay for something that is their own fault.

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Danie, Bishop Auckland says...
12:45pm Fri 11 Jul 08

I think its all rather unfortunate, its just another example of young people not realising the extent of things. We've all done stupid things in our youth and I think we would heed well to remember that, however we all also had to take responsibility for those mistakes as does this young lady. I believe the fault lies with the law and that it should be plain and simple that nobody under 18 should be allowed to use sun beds!

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C Smith, says...
12:55pm Fri 11 Jul 08

This is on par with that stupid girl who had 'supermarket' tattooed on her stomach in some foreign script, believing it was her now ex-boyfriend's name. Accept it Ms Turner, you've been stupid and caught out. Learn and move on. And stop advertising your stupidity in regional papers and on the internet across the world!

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Steve Day, Co Durham says...
1:07pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Another stupid teen under the control of the ubiquitous stupid parent. The council should be looking at prosecuting the stupid mother, rather than harrasing the shop.

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EVPupil, Education Village says...
1:19pm Fri 11 Jul 08

C Smith wrote:
This is on par with that stupid girl who had 'supermarket' tattooed on her stomach in some foreign script, believing it was her now ex-boyfriend's name. Accept it Ms Turner, you've been stupid and caught out. Learn and move on. And stop advertising your stupidity in regional papers and on the internet across the world!
This is so not the same. The girl who had "supermarket" tatooed on her stomach was swindled out of her money. Katie, on the other hand has definaely made the mistake here.

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kate, Darloo! says...
1:24pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Well it is her own fault realiii for going on for tht longg :S i knoww her personally and she shud know better!! What dus she expect her skin to change within a few minutes, how stupid. I do not think laws should be changed becoz of one person. And stupid 15 year olds!! Everybody i know has and will go on the sunbeds.

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robert k, darlington says...
1:44pm Fri 11 Jul 08

nw thn people everyone jst shut up she made a mistake aand is payin for it who cares honestly

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Someone, DARLINGTON says...
1:45pm Fri 11 Jul 08

MINT MATE WITH THIS LASS.......WHAT THE **** YAS ALL FOIN ON ABOUT LYK WHAT HAS KATIE DONE WRONG REALLY YOUU ALLL JUST LOOK FOR SOMTHING TO ARGUE BACK AT DAFT ****. ALLL GET A LIFE TEH POOR LASS ONLY WENT ON TEH SUN BEDS. A BET ALLOV YOUU GO ON AND LET YOUR STUPID KIDS GO ON ND CUNDNT CARELESS CUD YOU NOOOO<<...... LOVE YAH KATIE DARL X X X X

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rob k, darlington says...
1:46pm Fri 11 Jul 08

nw thn people everyone jst shut up she made a mistake aand is payin for it who cares honestly

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ev pupil yr10, darlo says...
1:47pm Fri 11 Jul 08

i dont think it is any onces falt and any one trying to blame her , her mother or the firm are stupid themselfs i go to school with her and im 15 every one thinks differntly no one is the same so stop blaming her

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BETH DIXON, DARLINGTON says...
1:49pm Fri 11 Jul 08

robert k wrote:
nw thn people everyone jst shut up she made a mistake aand is payin for it who cares honestly
AS IF YOU ARE ALL GOING ON ANAL. IT WOULD BE THAT IF IT WAS YOUR KID.. LEAVE THE LASS ALONE. LOVE YAH KATIE DARL X X X

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robert kennedy, darlington says...
1:50pm Fri 11 Jul 08

she is a bang on lass wat has she done to u lot jst leave her alone man we all make mistakes(get well soon katie)

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jabdc5, darlo says...
2:22pm Fri 11 Jul 08

This can be sorted out quickly and easily. She needs to go back twice more and get the front of her to go the same colour, end of problem ;-)

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hahaha!!, darlo says...
2:40pm Fri 11 Jul 08

i totally agree with every1 callin her stupid as thats what she blatently is! everyone knows the risks of sunbeds and she made the decision to go on for so long twice, so its her own stupidity thats got her burnt, and i agree its up there with the supermarket tattoo, both daft things dont by nieve little girls who have advertised their idiotic acts in a paper, they deserve everythin they get and will hopefully learn by their mistakes

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Ando, Darlington says...
3:09pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Yes the girl has been stupid and should be made to realise how irresponsible she's been. It's difficult to defend her actions, but she is only 15 and surely it is the duty of the salon to protect young people from themselves. At the end of the day, she has a terribly burned back as a result of a service provided by the salon - surely they've got to take some responsibility.

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anon, says...
4:04pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Someone wrote:
MINT MATE WITH THIS LASS.......WHAT THE **** YAS ALL FOIN ON ABOUT LYK WHAT HAS KATIE DONE WRONG REALLY YOUU ALLL JUST LOOK FOR SOMTHING TO ARGUE BACK AT DAFT ****. ALLL GET A LIFE TEH POOR LASS ONLY WENT ON TEH SUN BEDS. A BET ALLOV YOUU GO ON AND LET YOUR STUPID KIDS GO ON ND CUNDNT CARELESS CUD YOU NOOOO<<...... LOVE YAH KATIE DARL X X X X
Why dont you spend more time on learning to spell? instead of visiting sunbed shops.

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Geoff, Darlington says...
4:12pm Fri 11 Jul 08

In response to Robert Kennedy. The girl and her Mother chose to go public and therefore left themselves open to public comment over her actions.

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Marie, Darlo says...
4:46pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Do they even teach spelling anymore? How do these people get out of school and get a job?
Amazing. Maybe the girl couldn't read the signs posted in the shop. Wouldn't surprise me. Hope they aren't trying to sue the shop, as it was their own stupidity that caused this.

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caroline johnson, darlington says...
5:19pm Fri 11 Jul 08

after reading all these hurtful comments lets hope katie does,nt read them.as a close fam friend i know k would,nt of deliberatly done this to herself and if had been given proper guidance in the 1st place would of thought twice,the irresponsible owner maybe needs 2 think twice before allowing kids to use sunbeds,and do you know wat your kids are up to all the time?i doubt it!get well soon love ya ++

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jeff, aycliffe says...
5:27pm Fri 11 Jul 08

kids ARE kids.....how many of YOUR kids are out drinking of a weekend despite receiving guidance and good advice from us parents. Surely its up to us ADULTS(as the shop keepers are) to prevent kids from hurting themselves as its US that should know better.!!!

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jak, durham says...
6:16pm Fri 11 Jul 08

wonder if she filled the test card in b4 she tryed to fry herself ...

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Richard, Darlington says...
6:39pm Fri 11 Jul 08

What kind of brain-dead moron lets her child do something like this? People really need to undergo exams before they're allowed to bring up kids.

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trailertrash, north east says...
6:57pm Fri 11 Jul 08

Yes, she's a CHILD!! and CHILDREN do stupid things, but to publicise the fact that your CHILD has done a stupid thing rests solely on the mothers shoulders. What is her mother hoping to achieve? Sympathy from the public and maybe a bit of compensation from the salon owner?

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Dave, Darlington says...
9:24pm Fri 11 Jul 08

i know the lass right, yer it was a little stupid but the saloon should not of let her on for that long the law says you have to be over 16 for more than 10mins. they should ask fot identity because she does not look over 16. to be honest she doesnt evan look 15

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michelle, darlington says...
9:26pm Fri 11 Jul 08

firstly its not her mothers fault...
and not the shops fault...but her own

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jason s ov haughton, darlington says...
9:27pm Fri 11 Jul 08

quote
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In response to Robert Kennedy. The girl and her Mother chose to go public and therefore left themselves open to public comment over her actions.Geoff shut the hell up yh m8 go and find sum one eles to bother and leave my school friends alone yh

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harry, darlington says...
9:27pm Fri 11 Jul 08

wow biggest comments i ever saw and all because a naive not stupid (she wuld be stupid if she was to know the outcome)15 Year got burnt bad on a sunbed, it is my belief when i worked where sunbeds are operated firstly a orm is filled out then a card should be kept on individuals,
no one is to blame here just bad circumstances.

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jason s ov haughton, darlington says...
9:30pm Fri 11 Jul 08

wonder if she filled the test card in b4 she tryed to fry herself ...
yh jak shut the hell up there will be hell on

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not-important, bp auckland says...
10:16pm Fri 11 Jul 08

i feel sorry for this kid ..the sunbed salon i visit uses a computer so evry time ppl use there sunbed's there name and amount of minutes are logged on the computer so staff can see when they last visited ..also there should of been a information sheet to fill in to make sure your old enuff to use sunbeds and what risk you are to the rays you get from sunbeds..you can't blame the salon at all

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harry, darlington says...
11:13pm Fri 11 Jul 08

when i was 15 i used to rub myself with olive oil and vinegar and lay in the garden burning myself.

sunbeds were around but we used to get natural summer then.

my daughter got a spray tan and i looked as far from natural as you can imagine.

i think katie and liz have been brave in highlightening this case and will hopefully stop others for falling into the same trap.

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anon, says...
11:15pm Fri 11 Jul 08

maybe if the sunbed place put up a sign which read....
yh lyk dnt do sbeds 4 2 lng..
she may have read it a little better?

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jak, durham says...
11:50pm Fri 11 Jul 08

jason ov haughton,button it muppet we are all entitled to an opinion,if you dont like mine dont f..... read it...

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Richard, Darlington says...
1:30am Sat 12 Jul 08

I don't know what saddens me more - that someone would be idiotic enough to spend that long on a sunbed, or some of the more moronic comments from the illiterate chavs trying to defend her.

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Oh dear, durham says...
10:34am Sat 12 Jul 08

Very interesting-, so where do i start ?.
Ok, who is to blame ?, well that would be both katie and the salon. Who would win in a court of law ?, that would be katie. You see, as most people know there is no legal age limit in the uk to use tanning equipment, but health and safety executive says no person under 16yrs of age should use tanning equipment, it also says that people should not use sunbeds twice within 24hrs period, it also says that you should not exceed the recommended times, (THIS WOULD NEVER BE 12MIN ON FIRST SESSION)let alone another 9min later the same day.
All companies have to go by the HSE, or they may find they have no insurance cover.
i could go on and on but the point is that this girl has been very silly and should have known better, The salon has been totaly ignorant and is putting its customers at risk. Yes i agree that katie could have gone to another salon later that day, but then she would loose in court, she would be totaly to blame.
This is the type of thing the press love to report, this is also the type of thing that gives tanning salons a bad name, even on page 20, shoptalk-Mrs Griffiths, babies and toddlers - opt for SPF 30 or 40, sorry but it should be SPF 50+.
Anyway i hope katie is ok soon and that people learn from her mistake, everyone has there opinion and mine is the salon is at fault here.
Oh and by the way, I AM A TANNING SALON OWNER.

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tin tin, darlo says...
10:34am Sat 12 Jul 08

it seems like every one is ust avin a go sayin all this but shes in a lot of ain say she aying for it so drop it

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kerry, says...
1:13pm Sat 12 Jul 08

dont realli know the lass but its not her fault the poor lass i hope she gets better soon x x x

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mr chalmers, darlington says...
5:31pm Sat 12 Jul 08

parental irresponsobilty seems to be rife these days, who in their right mind would let a child go on a sun bed in the first place??? why should anybody offer sympathy to a spoilt little brat who lied to get a second session? she got what she deserved and probably wont do it again, however the mother is at fault for encoraging her CHILD to use sunbeds, this is blatanly a case of NEGLECT AND ABUSE the mother should be charged with such, children these day are soilt ruined pampered and get what they want its high time parents drilled home the fact that NO MEANS NO. no doubt she will be sore and painful for a few days well tough luck lady you brought it on yourself. STOP BLAMING THE SALONS AND TRYING TO GET YOUR 15 MINS OF FAME I SAW YOUR TV NEWS INTERVIEW AND FELT NO SYMPATHY JUST ANGER AT YOUR STUPIDITY.

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Ian, james, Darlington says...
6:43pm Sat 12 Jul 08

I have seen alot of people around the town who use these sun tanning places and most of them look ill not well. I swear, i see all these women walking about who just look sooo unwell and they have skin that looks like leathery, worn- out shoes and it makes me laugh that they spend alot of money to look this way when they know the damage it does to them, but hey, its each to their own as long as its not me good luck to them and hope they get lots of free tanning minutes lol.

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Diane, Darlington says...
6:59pm Sat 12 Jul 08

How did this manage to make it as the main story on the front page?!

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marie, durham says...
8:38pm Sat 12 Jul 08

even if the salon had kept a record she could easily of given a false name.

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dozza, Darlo says...
11:45pm Sat 12 Jul 08

Diane wrote:
How did this manage to make it as the main story on the front page?!
Because its provoked enough interest to have 60 comments perhaps? And because people like you are still commenting on it three days later?!

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SS, Darlington says...
9:04am Sun 13 Jul 08

She is old enough to read the notices so only has herself to blame. Why the mother would choose to advertise her daughter's stupidity in the local paper I just don't know. Also allowing a semi-naked photo of her daughter on a website that can be seen by anyone is senseless. Hopefully Katie and the shop owner will learn from this

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*Haughton Gurlie*, Darlington says...
3:30pm Sun 13 Jul 08

Can I Just Say How Stupid Katie Is!! .. She Should Know Fine Well Not To Go On The Sunbeds Twice In One Day. I Know Her Well Enough To Know That Shes Not That Stupid, But I Was Obviously Wrong!! .. I Feel Dead Embaressed For Her, And Then Her Mother Makes It Worse By Taken It To The Papers, Even Though Its Perfectly Obvious Whos Fault It Is.. I Have No Sympathy For Her.

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anon, boro says...
6:02am Mon 14 Jul 08

If i had lied to my mum and snook about like this girl, i would be too embarassed and ashamed of myself to tell anyone let alone the newspapers.

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..., darlington says...
3:49pm Mon 14 Jul 08

jason s ov haughton wrote:
wonder if she filled the test card in b4 she tryed to fry herself ...
yh jak shut the hell up there will be hell on
You can just tell what sort of girl this is by all the idiot CHAVS posting on here who can't spell!!!

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jason ov haughton, darlington says...
10:22am Tue 15 Jul 08

..., darlington for one i am not a chave ust because we use slang deos not men that we are chave and can not spell i can spell shut up

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Working man, Durham says...
12:50pm Tue 15 Jul 08

Remind me not to send my children to school in Darlington. Shocking.

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me, darlington says...
2:42pm Tue 15 Jul 08

she is going on gmtv shortly

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Timmy, Newcastle says...
3:07pm Tue 15 Jul 08

Jeremy Kyle would be more suitable.

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Your Teacher, Darlington says...
3:49pm Tue 15 Jul 08

jason ov haughton wrote:
..., darlington for one i am not a chave ust because we use slang deos not men that we are chave and can not spell i can spell shut up
Chav is spelled C...H...A...V.
Just is spelled J...U...S...T.
Does is spelled D...O...E...S.
Mean is spelled M...E...A...N.

Your punctuation also needs work.

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darlington, darlington says...
4:27pm Tue 15 Jul 08

jason ov haughton wrote:
..., darlington for one i am not a chave ust because we use slang deos not men that we are chave and can not spell i can spell shut up
HAHA can you just explain ...ust? deos? men should be mean!!!
Go back to school Jason least you can spell your name.

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hachey, sussex says...
6:18am Fri 25 Jul 08

I live in Canada, not the UK...
However we do have SmartTan Certified salons. Considering that it is called SmartTan International I am amsuming that they would have this is the UK as well, if not something similar. This is not a chain of tanning salons either, it is simply a company with by law you're suppose to certifie your salon and workers under.

Although I feel no sympathy for this girl since we have all been educated on what over-expusure to the sun will do since we were little, the workers should have better educated her to avoid this accident.

Banning "children".. or in other words teenagers, from tanning bed would be absolutly ridiculous. We're starting to live in a world now that bans anyone under the age of 18 (sometimes even 21) from making lifestyle choices of their own. I agree with the Drinking Laws as well as Drugs and many others, however it is now becomming harder and harder to get your drivers license due to continuously stricter laws and even kissing now in some areas.

The people who pass these new laws did not have to live with them since they are obviously of age. I wish for once people would make decisions while putting themselves in that persons shoes.

Tanning beds prevent from worse sun burns outdoors, although they may be just as dangerous as the sun would you rather your child be tanning outdoors in a non-controlled environment or in a tanning bed where UV exposure as well as eye protection are available?

The entire earth knows the sun, banning the use of tanning beds will only cause people to tan outdoors more frequently, causing more sunburns and in turn skin cancer.

that is just my opinion, thank you

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INJURED: Katie Turner, who was burnt on a sunbed INJURED: Katie Turner, who was burnt on a sunbed