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R The Clitheroe A d v e r t i s e r a n d C L I T H E R O E
A D V E R T I S E R A N D
T I M E S THIS WEE a t A G L A N C E
Seven Clitheroe s o l ic i to r s have
signed a document protesting about the plan to close the town’s Magis trates’ Court.
™ — Page 3 The remarkable
lady who has been the driving force behind the Roe- f i e ld L e i s u r e Centre is stepping down because of ill-health.
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P a r e n t s a n g ry about their chil d ren not being given places in R ib b le V a l le y secondary schools are to meet the MP Nigel Evans.
l a i n a w p a g e 14 A retired teacher questions, in our letters column, the
value of school league tables.
n a n i im p a g e 9 Don’t miss our f r e e 1 2 - p a g c c o lo u r su p p le ment next week to m a rk a very sp e c ia l S to n y - h u r s t C o l le g e occasion.
W E A T H E R :
L i g h t w i n d s , cloudy, ra in at times, but sunny periods.
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th o s e w h o fe e l th a t th e • m o v e w o u ld f u r t h e r r a p e o u r v a l le y . He re v e a led to the
“Advertiser and Times” that he has successfully
by Theresa Robson environment correspondent
cation to give county coun cillors more time to con sider what is Lancashire’s la r g e s t - e v e r m in e ra l extraction proposal. As he surveyed Castle
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Cement’s existing Lane- head Quarry at the week end, Mr Evans told us exclusively of his fears of the “great damage” the application would cause to the environment and the “disastrous” consequences of a hasty decision without a full investigation. He withdrew his sup
port for the application after a meeting with Wor- ston re s id en ts , during which he visited the Bell man site and Lanchead Quarry. C a s t l e C e m e n t
Evans explained, has expressed an interest in the matter and has pro mised to call the applica tio n in, ‘‘b u t only if requested by the county councillors." Mr Evans said: “The
opment Control Sub-com mittee was due to debate the application on June 2nd, but the item has been defer red until August 18th, at the MP’s request.
marked only one hour for the Worston meeting, but was so impressed with the intensity of the villagers’ feelings that he extended the consultation to three hours. ____
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the existing quarry and looking at the proposed site made the extent of the application obvious and the impact it will have, p a r t ic u la r ly en v iro n mentally.”
He said: “Standing at
lised then that proper con sideration needs to be given to this application by experts, so I requested that County Hall defer its decision.”
He continued: “I rea
asked Environment Secre tary Mr Michael Howard to call the application to a public inquiry, said it was unacceptable that the mat ter was to be debated by a County Hall committee which had been newly re formed, due to the recent county elections.
Mr Evans, who has also
councillors on the commit tee won’t have the faintest idea of where Clitheroe is, let alone the quarry. I hope they will come here, look at the environment and consider the impact this application will have.”
He said: “Many of the He continued: “This is
expressed disappointment on hearing of Mr Evans’ change of heart. Works manager Mr P e te r del Strother said: “I do not feel able to comment fur ther until I have had the opportunity to discuss the matter with him.” County Hall’s Devel
county council can ask for a public inquiry, which is What everyone wants. This application is so lurge, and there are so many conflicting reports, that the only conclusion I can reach is tha t there must be a full independent inquiry.” He added: “This is an
extremely beautiful area, with a beautiful environ-
the largest mineral extrac tion application that Lan cashire County Council has ever received and it must not be rushed into making any hasty deci sions which might prove disastrous in the future.” Michael Howard, Mr
LANEHEAD QUARRY
A R E P E A T T H I S
W O U L D O P H E
Nigel Evans at L a n c h c a d Quarry at the weekend and (below) Castle C e m e n t ’s expansion plan fo r B e llm an Quarry
MP now sides w i th a n t i -q u a r ry c am p a ig n e rs An exclusive
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inquiry as being “about the appeals by Mr Ray Lynden and Gisbum Auction Marts Ltd against an enforcement notice issued by Ribble Valley Council relating to land at Gisbum for the purposes of holding markets for the sale of general goods.” The inquiry, which begins at 10 a.m., is open to members of the public.
A P U B L I C in q u i r y a b o u t m a r k e t s o n th e G is b u r n A u c t io n M a r t s i t e w i l l b e g in o n W e d n e s d a y in th e R ib b le V a l le y C o u n c i l C h am b e r . The Planning Inspectorate has described the
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ment and beautiful wild- that the application, if suc- life. This application could cessful, will protect jobs, cause great damage.”
Mr Evans also criticised tion at Castle Cement has Castle Cement’s assertion declined again this week
He said: “The job situa-
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and there is no guarantee that the decline will not continue. There also seems little chance of new jobs being created.”
T o R u s s i a w i t h lo v e
by Sue Butterfield
TEN-YEAR-OLD Kim Townson was so upset when she saw a . TV pro gramme about the condi tions children had to suffer in a Russian hospital that she decided she must do something about it. Images of tiny babies
C ottage. Shawbridge, C l i th e ro e , asked h e r friends at Chatbum Meth odist Sunday School to bring in food and toys and medical supplies which could be sent off to the hospital in St Petersburg. A sign was put up at the
crying for food and chil dren in pain because there w e re no pa in k i l le r s haunted her. So Kim, of Fellmongers
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church saying “ Kim’s Appeal for Russia” and members of the congrega tion brought gifts ana don ated £70 to buy desper ately needed items. Along with her Sunday
School teacher, Mrs. Mabel Leach, Kim also went around the chemists’ shops in Clitheroe, collecting pills and medicines and
baby , food which they so desperately need! Her proud mum,. Mrs
Mary Townson, said: “We were watching ‘T h a t’s_ Life’ on TV about two
weeks before Easter and there was an item about a
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