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A GLANCE Cemfuel protes­ tors are angry at a l e t t e r f r om Environment Min­ is ter Mr Robert A tk in s .


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Planners say yes to a public meeting to discuss fears over proposals to redevelop the Cal- derstones Hospital site.


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A playground acci­ dent in which a child broke her leg is to be discussed by p a r i s h councillors.


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Candidates line up for the Ribble Val­ ley Council elec­ tions on May 4th.


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An allegation of impropriety by a R ib b lc V a lley councillor has been discounted by the o o uncil’s legal advisor.


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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER:


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DID you feel well and truly April-fooled over our “Ribble Valley to declare independence


story last week?


Well, don’t be fooled — despite appearances, the move is for real.


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The Ribble Valley, instead of being the official centre of the United Kingdom, is shortly to become


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a kingdom in its own right. Declaring independence from the UK will enable the area to enforce the laws of the new kingdom


Ribble Valley worldwide as a centre of excellence and, in so doing, help protect its character and


environment for future generations. The tongue-in-cheek move will help put the Kibble


, ~ * > Don’t be fooled from United Kingdom is no joking matter


encouraging local people to fully appreciate the qual­ ity and specialist nature of the area’s shops and


businesses. Too many towns the length and breadth of the


country have seen their high streets lose their charac­ ter, as specialist shops have been replaced with national and multi-national concerns. Clitheroe — and surrounding communities — must


not follow suit. If we do not appreciate and preserve what we


Valley even more firmly on the map as far as tourism is concerned. With many promotional plans afoot, it should give the local economy a big boost, as well as


have — quality shops which are jewels in a remark­ able tourism crown — then we face the serious


risk of losing it all in years to come. Experts predict that, in 10 to 15 years, Chtheroe


Cannabis row head quits


school board


Governors decide on clemency over pupils who were caught smoking ‘pot’


A BITTER row over two pot-smoking pupils has split teachers from their governing body in a shock chain ^oT,resignations- at a Clitheroe


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School head te a c h e r Glynne Ward has resigned from the governing body, after her decision to expel


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two fifth- form boys, caught smoking cannabis


governors. Mrs Wendy S tre e t ,


in the school toilets, was o v e r tu r n e d by th e


head of English, and Mr Jem Lees, head of middle school, have also resigned as teacher governors. Co-optea governor Mr


by Sheila Nixon


explaining her reasons for her resignation from the


foverning board, which


as head teacher. She said: “On March


oes not affect her position


Bernard Lord, a town- centre trader who has four indchildren at Ribbles- lale, has followed suit, in


su p p o r t of th e head teacher’s stand against


drugs abuse. Meanwhile, all 54 teach­


ers at the 930-pupil school rallied round to give their full backing to the head and have passed a vote of no confidence in the governing body on this


issue. This was the second


time the boys had been involved in a drugs inci­ dent at Ribblesdale and it is believed that they had been left in no doubt what the consequences would be if they reoffended. The governors, how­


ever, voted to show them clemency, after their dis­


tressed parents, using an a p p e a ls p ro c e d u r e , pleaded with them to allow them back into school to continue examination courses. The teachers held an


13th, I p erm an en tly excluded two pupils who had been caught smoking cannabis in the boys’ toi­ lets. This was the second time that the two lads had been involved in a drugs incident in school. “Last Thursday, March


governors and myself, have resigned from the governing body of the


school.” She added that she had


taken legal advice from her union, the Secondary School Heads’ Association, which had advised her not to make any fu r th e r


comment. The chairman of the


30th, the governors were convened to either support or overturn my decision. The outcome was not u n an im o u s , b u t th e majority voted for the boys to be reinstated. As a result of that decision, four of the governors, including both teacher


g o v e rn o r s , Mr Ron Pickup, said that the boys’ reinstatement was an act of clemency arrived at by a majority decision at a confidential meeting.


HEAD teacher Glynne Ward


head teacher had sole responsibility for disci­ pline in school and had the


legal right to expel pupils, but the governing body had decided to show clem­ ency to the boys, as part of a democratic appeals


procedure. “ I deeply regret her


resignation and the deci­ sion to reinstate the boys is in no way a vote of no confidence in the head,” he declared. Explaining how they


He pointed out that the are satisfied that the boys


arrived at their decision, he went on: “The gover­ nors have supported the head teacher’s decision to exclude the pupils. They


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mi Story continues on page 2 O “Governors pu t themselves a t


top of very slippery slope” — see letters column on page 15


____ CHAIRMAN of the


school governors, Ron Pickup


Murder charge is dropped — angry family speaks out


extraordinary meeting in school on Monday and, in addition to their “no confi­ dence” vote, unanimously passed the following motion: “We, the staff, support the head teacher’s policy of permanent exclu­ sion of any pupil who, fol­ lowing a previous warn­ ing, is found to have been involved in any way with an illegal substance on the


premises.” The resigning governors


have refused to give full explanations for their


resignations, but sources close to school affairs say all believe the ruling body should be giving out clear signals to pupils and par­ ents that drugs abuse will n o t be to l e r a t e d a t Ribblesdale. The head’s decision to expel the GCSE students


was, overturned after the governing body took into account tne boys’ remorse


and their parents’ distress a t having th e i r sons’ schooling interrupted at a crucial time.


back a fte r the Easter holidays.


They, are now expected ' ' . ,:


leadership took Ribbles­ dale to the top of the Government league tables for secondary modern


Glynne Ward, whose


schools two years ago, issued a brief statement to th e ‘‘A d v e r t is e r and


T im e s” on Monday, .4 by Max Gardner


A CLITHEROE cou­ ple feel betrayed by the law after the mar­ tial arts expert who was charged with the murder of their son walked free from .a magistrates’ court in


Uxbridge: Surrounded by memora­


bilia of their son, Mark, Mr and Mrs Gordon Tay­


lor, of Mytton View, spoke of their horror and disgust at the decision to drop the


charge. On December 3rd last


year, Mark, who was stu­ dying engineering sciences at Brunei University in Uxbridge, was in a group of revellers returning home from a late-night


main street as we know it could change out of all


recognition. The time to act is now. And this is why a local group currently made up


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Times is swinging into action to provide the area with a marketing tool which could have spin-offs


. • • i ___ l :__t , . n./tvifln I mq n ro n Ideas being talked about so far for 1995 include. . , .


to which Ribble Valley residents will be elected on an annual basis.


- for decades.


• A Ribble Valley currency. • The area’s own parliament — Ribbleminster —


of Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade, Ribble Valiev Council and the Clitheroe Advertiser and


• Immigration and border control, with visitors


issued with passports to enable them to take advan­ tage of town discounts.


queen, who will be installed at a special coronation. That’s the talk.


• And to top it all, an annually-elected king and . , , ,


of a working party to take the Ribble Valley down its path of independence.


Now comes the action — with the formation shortly , .


spearheading the campaign. As they say, watch this space.


THREE cheers for Nop and Sam! The two border collies, who live at 17 Conway Avenue, Clitheroe, got their teeth into a burglar or two between midnight and 7 a.m. on Tuesday last


Dogs get their teeth into intruders


WThe burglars, who Clitheroe police believe could have used a duplicate key to enter the kitchen bit off more than they could chew and left empty-handed and


8 Occupier Mr Peter Cnittenden locked up at mid­ night and realised that something, had happened only when he came down in the morning to find the door wide open and blood smeared across it. “The intruders got their just desserts, he said. This was the second incident in the week, ine


for the Ribble Valley for decades to come, said chamber of trade president Judith Hitchen, who is


“It is a fun idea which should have lots of benefits


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previous Thursday, when Mr Cruttenden returned from walking the two clogs at 10 minutes past mul- night, he was told by his daughter that she had heard noises in the kitchen. When she went to investi­ gate whoever was responsible had disappeared, leay-_


burglary, when no dogs were about, could have led


t0Both°Nop and Sam are retired sheep dogs. Even so, they still had enough vigour about cruttencien off a couple of unwanted visitois. Mi Ciuttenden and his family are proud of them for that.____________


Our Easter bunnies out and about on Saturday


WATCH out —our bunnies arc about. A trio of “Advertiser and Times staff — Rachel


Curran, Joanne Wilkinson and Paula Mason — will be donning rabbit costumes and handing out chocolate Easter eggs to Ribble Valley children in


the town around noon on Saturday. The eggs are being given by courtesy of ourselves


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