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Role in smuggling cannabis brings three years’ jail


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A WHALLEY man involved in smug­ gling £61,000 worth of cannabis into the country lias been jailed for three years.


convicted last week at Preston Crown Court of being concerned in the importation of 17kg of cannabis, which was hidden in boxes of replica American football shirts recently delivered from Holland.


Francis Doyle (51), of Portfield Lane, was


Concern over development at Brockhall site


opment Committee has authorised director of development Mr Philip Bailey to negotiate a sec­ tion il)(i agreement cover­ ing the provision of infras­ tructure on tile site and its future use. Their decision was


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developed in the context of and delegate the matters un overall plan taking into to him, with a view to account factors such as the importance of employment


aimed at ensuring that the former hospital site is


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a recommendation con­ cerning three separate planning applications to convert properties known as Cedarwood, Kibble Hostel and Ash wood House into 23 residential units, a sports clinic and ancillary offices. They agreed to defer


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A (1 LOSSY new guide on the restoration of Clith- croo Station is now avail­ able to Kibble Valley residents.


outlines the history of tile station, which was built in 1X70 and is a good example of Victorian rural railway architecture.


The four-page guide


sent out 2.000 gallons of milk daily from Clitheroe and the station was used for regular passenger ser­ vices until 1002.


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The building is set to


approving their consent to appropriate conditions relating to design, layout, car parking and access. Conn. Howcl Jones (Clitheroe) had recom­ mended that the commit­ tee wait to decide the three applications until March, when an overall planning application for tile site is expected. He also argued that any


jury’s 11-1 majority following a four-day trial. During the case, the court heard how Doyle had


He had denied the charge, but was convicted by a


travelled to Holland in June last year and arranged with a Scottish haulage firm for it to take two boxes of replica shirts from Holland to Blackburn.


total of six blocks of cannabis resin were found con­ cealed among the shirts. Doyle claimed he had no knowledge of the drugs.


But when the boxes were delivered to Blackburn, a


Mr John Duncan, defending, said the street value of the cannabis, sold in small quantities, was £(11,000.


around £35,000 or £*10,000. Mr Duncan said others were clearly involved in


Bill, no stiiu, i»n ..,.oic-.iie Value vvuuut bail, uceo the importation, but only Doyle was in the dock to


be punished. He told the court that Doyle was of previous good


character and asked for the sentence to be at the lower end of the scale for such offences. Passing sentence, Judge Reginald Lockett told


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Doyle: "The jury accepted that, when you went to Holland, you went with the purpose of importing this cannabis. The offence is so serious that nothing but a prison sentence can be passed.”


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THE Kibble Valley Council is to commence negotiations with the owner of Brockhall Hospital in the hopes of tightening control over the rapidly growing development.


generation. Members were acting on


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THE driver of a Mercedes saloon was banned from driving for 20 months by Clitheroe magistrates sit­


ting at Reedley. Ryan Brice (23), of


I.angho, pleaded guilty to the offence of driving a


Lariihall Cottages, Old


motor vehicle when his alcohol level exceeded the legal limit. The court heard that


two police officers saw Price driving out of the flogs Head pub car park at Whalley and on to King Street at 1-20 a.m. on a Sunday. The police followed him


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be riding a brand new bicycle around the Kibble Valley shortly, courtesy of Mr John Hargreaves, pro­ prietor of A. E. Har­ greaves’ Cycles. Modi Lane. Clitheroe.


and. when an officer noticed that he was not wearing bis seatbelt, they stopped the car. The officer who went to speak to him could smell alcohol. Price was given a breath


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test and was found to have 70 micrograms of alcohol


in 100 ml. of breath, the legal limit being 35 micro- grams. He was taken to Clitheroe Police Station, where he was charged for


agreement with the site owner about the total development should come back to the committee, rather than be delegated to th e d i r e c t o r of development. “1 am concerned at the


the offence. Price, who represented


piecemeal development. We have said that is not the way we want it done. That is the way it is being done,” said Conn. Jones. “We have said it is to be


free of charge from the Kibble Valley Council offices on Church Walk. Further details on the


well) took a different tack, applauding the devel­ opments taking shape i under tile watchful eve of site owner Mr Herald Hitman. “1 can't help feeling that


tle bits and pieces." Coun. Myra Clegg (Wis-


Station Visitor Centre and how to offer your support


Brockhall could have been an empty site going dere­ lict and being neglected.


are available from the council's design and con­


servat ion officer, Mr Richard Kirkbv (Clitheroe 25111).


Pendle Club


WINNERS at the Pendle Club weekly bridge ses­ sion in Clitheroe were: Mrs K. Bulcock and Mrs P. Alley, Mrs K. dudgeon and Mr T. Thornber.


Here we have someone who at least has got some schemes coming forward.


There could have been a lot more problems with


that site if nobody had


bought it,” she said. The commi t tee has


approved two other appli­ cations for houses on the site. Members consented to the conversion of two buildings, known as Brad- dyll and l’raddyll Barn, to form dwellings.


A NEW president has taken over the Kibble Valiev Business and l’roles- sional Women’s Club, following a ceremony at the Red rump Inn. Basball


' 'Mrs'Gillian Faulkner, who is a social worker, received the chaini of of f ice from retiring president Mrs Jacqueline llesketh, a teacher at Ribblcsdnlc


a total scheme. At the moment we are getting lit­


sional Women’s Federation, meets on the first and third Monday id every


High School. Clitheroe. The Kibble Valley club, which is affiliated to the UK Business and 1 roles-


ness, education and (raining. Anyone interested can contact Mrs llesketli ((1251 3251115 >.


Play scheme is ready to swing into action


A £20,001) scheme lo upgrade playground equipment at various Ki


Lie Valiev sites is expected to swing into action in the spring. Mr J oil’ll Heap, chief ground work as their man- gridge: £5,0(111 to repli her one concern when they drew up a list of priorities for their £2(i(),(i(K) draft capital programme for 111


co m ill e r c i a 1 s e r v ices officer, told the borough


council's Recreation and Leisure Committee that the work would begin in drier weather and that the money earmarked for the scheme should have been spent by the end of the year. Members were unani­ mous in naming the play-


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S1NCK 1!M)2, the British Trust for Ornithology’s Common Birds Census has been monitoring numbers of breeding birds on farmland and in woodland: birds of rivers and canals have been monitored since l‘J7-l by a Waterways Birds Survey. Long-term population trends, such as the decline of the wlutethroal, have


been well documented. Unfortunately, the CBC and WBS cover only cur-


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the south and east of Britain; monitoring is poor, therefore, for species such as buzzard and meadow


Census plots, chosen by volunteers, are mostly m . .


pipit, which are found mainly in the north and west. Following two years of pilot surveys, 19P I sees the


launch of the Breeding Bird Survey, which is designed to overcome the problems mentioned above. The census sites have been chosen at random to ensure that monitoring is truly representative and the census method itself is quicker and simpler than either the CBC or WBS.


national grid. Observers will make three visits, eaeli of DO minutes duration: the first to set up a route and record the habitat, the following two reasonably early in the morning during the breeding season to walk the route and record the birds they see and


Kacli census site will consist of a 1km square ol . BO BAY YBB TOCSl!


llt'it is hoped to cover some 1,000 sites this year increasing later to 3,000.1nitially, there will hel-l sites in East Lancashire, for which I am the B l0 s regional representative. 1 shall lie looking for volun­ teers who are willing to commit themselves for some- years, a minimum of perhaps three or four. The reason we are asking for this commitment is


because the primary role of the survey is to measure changes in bird population levels through time. Although aimed primarily at members of the BID, I would welcome offers from anyone who is able to identify local breeding birds. If you would like to know more about this exciting survey, then contact


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playgrounds at Low Moor and Mardate Road. Lon- gridge, had also been sin­ gled out for special new safety surfacing.


It was reported that


capital programme were listed in the following


Other projects ill the


Park: £15,(100 for repairs to walls and £10,000 for


order of priority: • Cl i lheroe C as tie


additional lighting. • Clitheroe Museum


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scheme for a synthetic sports pitch at l.ongridge Sports Centre was also included in the pro­ gramme, hut this project, it was reported, would not go ahead until next year,


month at the Red l’uinp Inn. It is aimed at furthering the interests id local professional women m I us -


himself, said: "1 would like to apologise for all the time I have wasted. It was irresponsible and 1 regret the incident." In addition to disquali­


costs.


fying Price, magistrates fined him £500, with £30


PUPILS at one Clitheroe school had a feathered addition to their class this week — a blue budgie. g The budgie, with a disfi­


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owner of the bird can con- ta e t Mrs Ca th e r in e Whit ha m (Cl i th e ro e 23X33).


Needed funds to provide headstone


AN Accrington man who was sorting through refuse at the Heiithorn Road Recycling Centre in Clith­ eroe was given an absolute discharge by Clilheroe magistrates at Reedley. David Ward (28). of


Frederick Street, pleaded guilty by letter lo the offence of disturbing


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