C lit kero e 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)
Clear reason why the scanner is vital
Appeal takes off as over £7.000 pours in
the Ribble Valley. ..Local appeal chairman Mrs Mary Barnes is confi dent that residents of all ages will be doing their bit to ensure that the appeal throughout East Lanca shire hits its £lm. target. The Magnetic Reso nance Imaging Scanner is
K u f c M SuperScan Appeal in
regarded as a necessity. Developed in the 1970s, the first M RI scanner was used in Nottingham.
use radiation. A cross-sec
by Vivien Meath The scanner does not
tion of images are pro duced by the patient lying in a powerful magnetic field, with most scanners using a super-conducting magnet. Th e s c a n n e r
extremely useful for the early diagnosis of cancer and speeds up the detec tion of a host of other diseases. The CT Scanner still
i s
plays an important role in the diagnosis of disease and there are certain dis eases which are detectable with a CT scan but not an MRI. CT scanning is essential
in detecting brain injury and bleeding within the skull following trauma.
Top Army man returns to his roots
FIFTEEN years of soldiering for a Clitheroe man has reached a proud high. Major David James
by Max Gardner
has been selected for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and he is to become the commanding officer of a battalion
whose parents live in Balmoral Avenue, Clitheroe, is to take command of the 1st
close to his heart. Major James (39),
Supplies o f w a te r b a ck to normal
THE water
•West Water. But the mnjoi* problem
according to North h u t th e are a, p
thaw revealed burst pipes i and leaks throu g n o u
the
of water reserves remains, with many reservoirs at a critically low level • and continuing to fall after the d r ie s t December in decades.
sy s tem .” Over 2,000 repairs had been carried out over the holiday period. The bursts had caused
supply general manager, Mr Peter Birtwistle, said: “We have worked at a phenomenal rate to tackle a record number of bursts and leaks on our supply
The company’s water
situation in the Ribble Valley is almost back to normal after
supply
training at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, he was commissioned into the Queen’s Lancashire
Pendle Junior School and went on to board at Lancaster Grammar School and gain a law degree from Cambridge. He joined the Army in 1980 looking for “a bit of adventure.” After six months’ officer
selected to command this battalion of regular soldiers, 99% of whom are recruited from Lancashire, and East Lancashire in particular.” He is a former pupil at
appointment, Major James said: “It is a great privi lege and honour for me, a Lancastrian, to be
Lancastrian in over seven years to lead the infantry battalion, which is Lancastrian in nature as well as in name. Commenting on his
Battalion of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment. Though his command does not take effect until December, 1996, his selection was the perfect Christmas present for 1995. He becomes the first
three tours in the troubled province — one 15 months m duration — as well as serving in the former West Germany, including Berlin, and Cyprus, Canada and Gibraltar. A keen Blackburn
Regiment and, within 12 months of becoming a full-time soldier, he had served a tour in Northern Ireland. Major James has served
command of the battalion, after a meeting with the Queen next December. He will then lead his men, back to Northern Ireland.
cadets at Sandhurst before rejoining his battalion at Tidwortn, Hampshire. In the meantime, he is to serve a tour of duty in Bosnia. Major James takes
by a career in the Army, opportunities which he believes still exist. A married man with two children, Major James is to command a company of
Rovers fan, Major James has more than fiilfilled his youthful ambitions for travel and adventure. In fact, he has grabbed, with both hands, the opportunities afforded him
But in certain cases the MRI is more accurate, pleasant for the patient and does not use radiation. These pictures show,
quite clearly, the differ ence and extra clarity pro duced by the MRI scan ning technique in relation to the CT scanner.
THE differ ence between the two pic tures by the CT scanne (above) and the MRI scan ner (lef t ) clear — and should spur Ribble Valley residents to rally to help buy the new equipment
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ACCIDENT victim Iain Anderson was banned from driving for four years after he
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when his motorbike was crushed in a collision with a lorry, but only had a pro visional licence, Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard. But he ended by losing
down two jobs. Anderson bought a car
ted a catalogue of motor ing offences committed in a five-month spell starting in February last year.
Street, Clitheroe, admit
Among the charges he admitted was one of driv ing with excess alcohol — 92mg of alcohol was in his blood (legal limit 80mg).
to having an offensive weapon in public at the Swan and Royal Hotel, C lithe roe, and using threatening behaviour. He admitted an additional charge of burglary in Simonstone, where goods worth £13 were taken from a shed.
He also pleaded guilty
(prosecuting) said police were called to the Swan and Royal after an intoxi cated Anderson became abusive. A sharpened pool cue was found up his sleeve as he struggled with officers and hadto be forced into the police van. No one was injured.
Mr Michael Travers
Anderson, said that the defendant was offered sleeping tablets by a friend and the next thing he knew was waking up in a police cell the following morning. He added that the bur
Mr Simon Gretton, for
glary was at the lower end of the scale and should be dealt with accordingly.
accident with the lorry. “He had two jobs, one in
that Anderson starting driving a car after the
as the only way to hold down both positions.
Padiham and another in Rimington, and saw a car
finally lost the jobs. This was the catalyst for the motoring offences. As the summons kept coming her lost track of when he was due to appear in court,” he
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