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Movie stars Brad P itt and Johnny Depp have been linked with a new; version of the clas-.- sic: film “Whistle Down the Wind”.


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This newspaper’s hard-hitting cam­ paign to heTp fight' the growing men­ a c e o f d r u g s receives a pat on the back from one of those in the frontline against this evil trade.


• Valley comes cour- t e s y o f “ Top Class”. W r i tten ,1 designed and pro­ duced by local pupils and their teachers, it is pub­ l ish ed by th is newspaper. You can have a sneak


A f a s c in a t in g insight into school ' life in the Ribble


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Local Caledonian enthusiasts cele­ brate St Andrew’s Day in style,


FOGGITT’S WEEKEND


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PALS FT EE EARTHQUAKE TERROR


TWO Ribble Valley holidaymakers fled in terror last week as they were caught up in a powerful earthquake that shook Israel.


den’s Kathleen Smith ran in shock from their second-floor holiday apartment as the quake, which measured 6.2 on the


Richter Scale, struck. “ I t was te r r ify in g ,” said Burnley


Read resident Sally Robertson and Sab* ■ _ ,


collapse, it was moving so much,” said Sally.


Express sub-editor Sally. “The room was swaying from side to side and the rum­ bling noise in the background was eerie.” The earthquake, which struck at 6-15 a.m. brought hundreds of dazed holiday­


makers in Eilat, a sunshine resort on the Red Sea coast, stumbling from their hotel


rooms into the streets. One Israeli man died from a heart


Jordan. “We thought the building was going to .


attack as he carried his disabled wife from their hotel, and several people were killed as buildings collapsed in nearby resorts just over the border in Egypt and


resort’s multi-storey hotels and one had to be closed as it was considered too. dan­ gerous. A small crater appeared in one of the roads, kerbs were lifted from Eilat s major bypass, clectricty was cut and


Large cracks appeared in many of the , . ■


water pipes burst. The e a r th q u a k e , which was fe l t


arrived in the resort just 36 hours before the tremour, counted themselves lucky they were leaving on a two-day trip to the


The local holidaymakers, who had only ■


throughout the Middie East, had its epi­ centre 110km south of the resort in the Syrian-African Rift in the Gulf of. Eilat and was the strongest in Israel since 1927, when 400 people died.


Holy Land ju s t 55 minutes after the shock. ; ; .


to the holiday resort they were again sent fleeing to safety outside os a strong after­ shock, measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale, struck and they were plunged into darkness as the electricity was cut. There were several smaller shocks —


However, within an hour of their return ■. . .


which sent the three-storey building swaying — for the remainder of their week-long stay.


edge,” said Sally. “Oiir nerves were in tatters and fellow holidaymakers jumped out of their skins at any loud noises or


“I t felt like we were living on a knife- ■ , . .


vibrations.” Hundreds of terrified holidaymakers


decided to cut short their stay and flew home, one woman braved sub-zero tem­ peratures and slept outside as she was too scared to return to her hotel while many others took official advice to crawl under a strong table or shelter in door frames if the ground started moving again.


SAFE and sound: Sally with a copy of the Jerusalem Post


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food, as well as organising and attending parliamen­ tary meetings.


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He will also fo s te r understanding of agricul­


tu r e w i th in v a r io u s Government departments and fight for the rights of British farmers in Europe.


- A delighted Mr Evans stressed the importance of agriculture to the nation and the value of repre­ senting a rural constitu­ ency... He commented: “I am delighted with this


make massive savings, due to be finalised shortly, in next year’s budget. And it was given the^unanimous backing of councillors at a Personnel Committee;


The review of all staff levels is part of a dnye to ,


from the union, Unison, to discuss the committees; recommendations, .which include offering staff the option to take early retirement or voluntary,


Tomorrow council officials will meet representatives ’ —C o u n c i l - - le a d e r •Coun^'ChisHoltom-described'the : ' V It is expected that the council will have to save ; , I 1 • -v r .. • • redundancy. meeting. by Stewart Pimbley


sweeping staffing review was launched m a bid to save an estimated £360,000. - . . .


£360,000, following the Government’s announcement about the levels of financial savings for local authorities at the end of the week. Already the council has decided to freeze all vacan­


Another option is to allow staff to go part-time, .perhaps on a job-share basis, r. -


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'move as “prudent management.” saying-savings are- needed, but they will not be at the expense: of ser- < vices to the public.


- The review conies a year after, two. senior officers^- Director of Development Mr Philip Bailey and Chief


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Wnanwal Offigp.r Mr J o ^ Hunt..announced.tb£l&carly \ ...


sory redundancies. ■ ■


, • sift through the! council’s . 260-strong staff structure to consider various measures in an effort to avoid compul­


Over the next few months, a management team will


cies, and voluntary redundancy/early retirement options are expected to be introduced after tomorrows -


review. He said: “We’ve identified savings of £360,000 that could be needed in the 1996/97 budget, so we are planning sensibly for the future.


Coun. Holtom explained the reaspns behind the


have to examine staffing budgets, which are the largest cost to any organisation.


“To make savings of this magnitude we obviously .


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-reduce the need for drastic action later. It’s just pru­ dent management.”


' .Unison earlier this year. However, a Unison spokes- 'man said these consultations had been..overstated . and. this^matter«ypuldJjo discussed..atJFriday a.


; -The review-was ordered following consultations with


“Looking, closely at the. budget now will hopefully - -..


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' mcetincTt' 1 The spokesman confirmed that they ,would be discus­


side of the chamber. The opposition, leader, Coun. Howel Jones, said councillors recognised the sen-, ous funding position” of most local authorities, caused by continual underftmding by central government. He said: “There are numerous projects which would benefit Ribble Valley and which cannot be. earned out


Support for the review has come from the other .. .,


due to lack of funding. “By the nature of its work, the local authority


spends more on staffing than on anything else. Reduc­ tions in the budget expenditure on the scale required must inevitably affect the amount spent on staff. A progress report will be given to the Personnel


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sing the recommendations and their effect on the structure of staffing. A meeting between Unison offi­ cials and council staff union members is also expected to take place next week.


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Committee on January 17th and the final recommenda­ tions will be made on March 20th next year.


appointment, considering the importance of agricul­ ture to the Ribble Valley


a n old i d e a b r o u g h t UP TO DATE, IT MAKES SENSE


. have always taken a keen interest in fighting on behalf of farmers, who have had a particularly hard time in recent years.


people who do not under­ stand or appreciate the farming industry in Brit­ ain ana I hope that repre­


'There are too many


senting a rural farming constituency will mean that I can call upon the


expertise of the hundreds farmers.’’


vate parliamentary secre­ ta ry is gtenerally con- si 'der -eed tne first- -ssttep to


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A SIMONSTONE computer : firm has . logged on to success by being a runner-up -in a- top


business award. - Granville Technology narrowly missed out on.wm-


ning the Midland Bank Business Enterprise Award,


one of the countiVs top commercial accolades. The high-flying Firm, ;-which started with 25,


^employees nine years ago and now employs 320, received its runners-up award at a prestigious cere­


' tair Stewart, the Rt Hon. Ian Lang MP and showhusi- 'ness personahty Lord Brian Rix, in his capacity as 'chairman of Mencap, which also sponsors the awards. At the ceremony, a runner-up certificate was pre­


mony held at the Savoy Hotel, London. The ceremony was addressed by broadcaster Alas-


sented to Granville Technology’s : sales director, Mr Colin Silcock, of West Bradford, who described it as a testament - to the hard work of the Granville


- directors ’down.- It' is va: testament to the ^enthusiasm Hand dedication of everyone at Granville Technolow., ,.i.


i^-He said: “We are naturally very proud. This award is ; ia-recognition^-.of- the hard work of everyone, from the


■•' The company-was started in 1985 by Dr.Tanq " Mohammed in a comer shop in Blackburn. Haying pro- , s grammed his office Macintosh to calculate feed.dosages- ■


' tf Since then.GranvilleTechnology has beenobligedto '


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paper.’ The response was astounding and, after arrang- . ' mg to buy more computers from a local distributor, Dr: but his family’s home.


iTo see whether his hunch was right, he placed; - an'advertisement for a computer in a local news-;;


ft for his baby’patients; he saw; a gap in; the market for; mail-order PCs. > ^


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- Mohammed placed advertisements rn the national press; ‘ and soon his computers filled not only.,the comer shop


■a - Dr Mohammed’s-brother, Tahir Mohsan, at • 23, is ;■ thought to be the country’s youngest, managmg direc­


relocate three times and now has a turnover,of:£ipOni.; and 150,000 customers.


Z As an idea, of the prestige of the Midland Bank,


'o f Despite the phenomenal growth of- the company, •Dr Mohammed continues to work part-time at a chilj dren’s'unit in a Manchester Hospital. *


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