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I AM writing to congratulate your newspaper on its recent series of articles on drugs issues


. have been extremely impressed by the series of articles called “Drugs Watch”.


, People in my position naturally get cautious when anticipating articles: on such issues in local or national : Press. I have to say, however, that I


pass , on my congratulations-to Stewart Pimbley, the writer of the articles.


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OUR DRUGS CAMPAIGN PROVES TO BE A HIT


' [ Mr Pimbley’s articles were ccr-.


and young people. In particular,! would like you to-


: and authoritative contributions to a live local issue. I know that the arti­ -cles have made a positive contribu-


tainly not sensationalised. They were very well-researched, well-written


tion to raising the awareness and. concerns of parents living in Clith- eroe and Ribble Valley.


togethcr over the past few weeks, using devices such as the publishing of useful telephone numbers in each issue containing a Drugs Watch item.


ative.-They have been linked


Why quibble over a few decorations?


cosfc_of a few decorations at this festive season when we. pay, billions of pounds into the EU


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' place their faith, religious leaders also! The UN began in 1945 with a staff of


around th e world, with 53,000 employees costing £6.45 billion per year, each retiring on huge pensions.


house in New York. I t now has agencies, buildings etc.


1,500 and an annual budget of £4.9m. ' It was housed in the 39- storey glass


the Festival of Lights in honour of the pagan “Sun God’!, not “Son of God”; while the EU and UN are modern pagan gods in which gullible politicians


and UN each year? Truly the festive season is really the


Rifkind, is reported as saying the UN faces a crisis of confidence. Rhetoric is not enough; reform has to


- Kenneth.Clarke and Gordon Brown also provide us with rhetoric, while their leaders keep these huge wasteful costs from us, for these costs are bom by taxpayers, which could and should be reduced, brought about by with­ drawing from th a t bureaucratic monstrosity.


could not justify to the taxpayer the lack of accountability.


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.from £495m. in 1989/90 to £668m. - in 1994/95.


THE figures given in the Lancashire County Council leaflet, which comes with our local tax demand, shows that Education Department gross expenditure rose


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mThe articles have been very infor­


These telephone numbers will have.; been useful to anxious parents and1 young people.


. especially parents. They arc helping* local people to understand that the educational approach to ’the drugB wit issue is more likely to have success


structive contribution to. the local debate which helps groups such as ours to be listened to more seriously.


h young people. They are a con­


. to continue to develop this series on : drugs issues. They arc helping to put' , over the concerns of local people;*


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- know that my colleagues are willing to help support him in developing his work to our mutual advantage.


GEOFFREYJACKSON, : : Youth and Community Worker, Trinity Youth; and Community Centre, Parson Lane, Ciitheroe.


I F W E G A N D E L I V E R l ^ H V i G A N T B R I T I S H ® H K T ® f i i ?


I WAS sorry to read in the “Advertiser and Times” a piece about the commuter who is unable to rely on the rail service from Ciith­ eroe to get him to Bolton and the letter about the party of schoolchil­ lax.


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r e>fvne HM IP : We do not use cement industr y standards)


YOUR correspondent Mrs Horner in last week’s newspaper makes statements which are incorrect.


She says that pollution standards for the cement industry are based on instructions from seven organi­


guidance for the cement industry in 1992, for use by inspectors in setting emission limits for the industry


able pollution control technologies by an independent contractor.


Draft guidance was produced after a review of avail­


received from 18 other organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive, the Ministry for Agricul­ ture, Fisheries and Food, the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Denton Hall, the Environmental Auditors consultancy and the Association of Metropolitan Auth­ orities, and taken mto account before the guidance was published. The implication of Mrs Homer’s letter was that.


As well as the cement industry, comments were


the same leaflets, the number of pupils ' ■, increased by half a per cent and the number of teachers by two per cent.


there was one teacher, showing a shght ■ improvement m the above period. The number of schools fell ' by 14, and 10 colleges of further education came out of county control.


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- mstead of political * waffle? (letters November 23rd). The long-suffering taxpayer is bemg taken for : another nde by this . inefficient and spendthrift council. Management restructuring is long overdue! • *.


Andrew Collier, Chief Education Officer, debate with some real facts and figures


Why cannot Mr


ARTHUR HOLMES, Langho.


True, according to •


sations, all related to the cement industry This is far from the truth. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution published its


. because .the .cement, industry is consulted on guidance-' ■ i-


when it comes to decisions on liquid fuels.


notes, it is the tail^wagging the dog, in this case HMIP, ...i -•*


the burning of secondary


ment of Health on the trials that have been completed at Ribblesdale


HMIP is currently awaiting advice fmm the Depart­


considered all the other issues that have been brought to our attention during the public consultation which we have conducted, then and only then will we make a decision on the burning of secondary liquid fuels at Ribblesdale


When we have received this advice and carefully


will be made in the context of our primary duty to protect the environment


The decision will be made by HMIP alone and


Communications and publicity,; . . . Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution, . Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London,, SW1P3PY.


Bernard McDonnell,


though, since I listen to the travel news on local radio while travelling around Blackburn deliv­ ering our milk round and hardly a day goes by with­ out at least one train being cancelled. What does surprise me


dren who were let down while going on an outing to.Halifa It does not surprise me


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cannot, for example, man­ age to find a driver or cope with the wrong kind of snow! ' [\ . v . ;• ' ; -


; and holidays, illness and- mechanical breakdown. Oh


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to our customers in spite * of babies and bereave­ ment, hospital admissions


We have delivered milk


rail management? How' can-it let its customers down like this, to say, nothing of the volunteers who put in all that effort to re-open the line?


CHRISTINE E. BOOTH (Mrs),Higher Bolton Hall Farm,


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Gan any readers help?


happened at-Bolton Peel in the summer of 1914/15 or 1916.


plane landed, which was quite a sight to behold for the locals, as you can imagine. No one was hurt and it took off again after a day or two.


Apparently, a


, ■ " ’ i" *- vr»ha model of it. • Several of my


know what kind of plane it was as my cousin wants to make


I would like to


Pollution issue: points raised show a misunderstanding of the true facts


M. V.' HORNER’S letter, regarding pollu­ tion control of the cement industry, was very interesting, but unfortunately represented a misunderstanding of the true facts.


. ment (DoE) working parties referred to by M. V. Homer... ....


: by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution, not under guidance produced by the Department of the .Environ-.


Cement manufacturing is controlled under inte­ grated Pollution Control, developed and implemented


for the DoE’s local authonty unit and, in the cement u industry case, are of much more relevance to cement


- officers seconded to the DoE. ; : Your readers may be ' interested; to know that, to


: 70 different sectors of Bntish industry are covered,— •are chaired by * local authonty environmental health


sers tnan cement makers. Meetings: of such a working party — and over


• PG/1,:which:covers the blending, loading.and packing of bulk cement.


date, the.working party for: the cement industry has only, been responsible for one guidance note, reference


i LETTERS for publica­ tion are accepted only on the understanding


/ bodies; including. the Health and' Safety Executive, environmental groups, local-authonty: associations, TUC and CBI.


■ that they may be edited ;JIM STEVENSON,


or condensed at the: Editor's discretion.


Century House, « Telford Avenue,


Chief Executive,-British Cement Association,


Crowthome, Berkshire. “ >


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Such guidance, once m draft, is referred for com­ ment: pnor/ to final, publication to other interested


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- mother’s family . remember the , incident; one said it * was during haytime ^ — and the excitement it caused. I wondered if anyone elsewhosawitor.. heard tell of it, could help me..


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.. Mr Pimbley has attended our Cllth- croe Drugs Partnership meeting, ihe ; has gathered information .for‘the:: meetings and has used it very well in his articles. I am looking forward to -more articles of the. same nature. : I :


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