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Clitheroe FC, now well on the way to Wembley, is look­ ing for sponsorship to h e lp w i th accommodation for the first leg of the F A


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There is a call from the council chamber to be v ig i la n t o y e r plume-grounding at Castle Cement,


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Plan for a possi­ ble m e rg e r of Clitheroe’s two tourist information centres has been scrapped.


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A local mother is furious over park­ ing “nonsense” at Blackburn Royal Infirmary.


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A reader writes about a long list of council blunders.


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Police plea for help with this fatal accident


POLICE are appealing for witnesses to this road acci­ dent, in which a Rimington


man was killed. Mr Frank Simpson (65), of Carr


Croft, died when his Volkswagen Golf estate car was involved in an accident with a brewery lorry at the junction of the A59 and Pendle Road. It took place at 9-30 a.m. on Wednesday of last week. The inquest was opened and


treated for minor injuries and shock at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, but were later released. They were Mr Edgar Hart (53) and Mr Robert Cooper (19), both of Blackpool.


adjourned on Friday. The two men in the lorry were


dent should contact the police at Colne on 01282 863161.


Anyone who witnessed the acci­


• A village says farewell to popular Frank -page 10.


F i r s t s u c c e s s f o r s e c u r i t y c a m e r a s


CHAMPIONS of C l i th e ro e ’s much- troubled town securi­ ty cameras have had their first success.


drugs bust in which three men were arrest­ ed and £1,000 worth of heroin was recovered.


It was used in a police E X P E R I E N C E


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Three arrested in heroin swoop by Stewart Pimbley and Max Gardner


from Clitheroe during the operation on Friday. Three men have since been released on police bail.


put to the test by CID offi­ cers from Colne and officers


this success, borough coun­ cillors confirmed that they were to press the pause but­ ton on CCTV Phase II as one of a number of mea­ sures aimed at saving £400,000 in their 1996-97 budget.


However, only days after


installation of Phase II was taken at a special meeting of their Policy and Resources Committee, last week, and ratified at a full council meeting on Tues­ day night.


The decision to defer the


cost the council £75,000. This money would have come out of its capital bud­ get.


Phase II is estimated to


A borough council budget working group, which has


The blighted scheme was


been specifically set up to define a strategy to save the £400,000, has suggest­ ed deferring Phase II until a clearer picture of Phase I’s performance has been recorded.


cial officer, Mr Marshal Scott, told the Advertiser and Times that this could take place in six months’ time.


Ribble Valley’s chief finan­


He said: “We are giving ourselves time to look at it again and it allows us more time to talk to the Home Office about its grant.”


£28,500 as a payment towards the installation of


Central Government gave


Phase II and Ribble Valley could have to pay it back if Phase II is not taken up.


be unanimity between councillors in putting Phase II on hold, the Lib­ eral Democrats feel that the deferral should last for the financial year.


Although there seemed to


, with CCTV.” Conservative vice-chair­


man of Policy and Resources Mr Peter Evans (Wilpshire) said: “It would be stupid to spend so much money on Phase I and then scrap it. I t ’s good that it can be reviewed at any time. It depends entirely on our financial estimates.”


On hearing the news of the drugs bust, the chairman of the group charged with the day-to-day running of CCTV said he was delight­ ed.


of Ribble Valley Partner­ ship, said: “Although we have had a rather difficult start, this news really is very encouraging and the partnership hopes there will be more successes in the future.”


Mr Don Wilson, chairman


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Jobs at the top are in the balance


JOBS at the top of the borough council hierar­ chy are balanced pre­ cariously today after councillors voted for an immediate review of the management struc­ ture. The decision came on


Tuesday, when the full council met to decide the capital budget for the next financial year.


already been discussed at the council offices, as part of an attempt to make sweeping savings of more than £400,000. But these redundancies were expect­ ed to come lower down the


Cuts in staffing have


hierarchy and outside the management structure.


group has been set up to find ways of making coun­ cil savings and, among its initial findings, it was thought that 15 jobs would have to go. More recently, that figure dropped to 12 and even lower.


A special budget working


Liberal Democrat council­ lors, supported by the lone Labour councillor, Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe), voted for an amendment put by the shadow leader, Coun. Howel Jones (Clitheroe).


ly following ratification of the budget, the review


It stated that, immediate­


would take place and this was with a view to making savings to add to budget balances. These would pro­ vide cover for uncertainties within the budget.


ing, Coun. Howel Jones said: “We are hoping that this review will put the management of the council under the same scrutiny as other staff. We are talking about posts and not peo­ ple.”


Speaking after the meet­


Asked when the review would start, he said: “We should not be constrained by time limits, but we should be looking to make savings all the time.”


leader in Ribble Valley, Coun. Howel Jones (Clitheroe),said: “When it comes to the capital bud­ get, there are so many imponderables. We have not yet decided what to do


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