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A Langho mother whose son died of a drug overdose tells the dealer who sup­ plied him th a t she is pleased he is mak­ ing a new s ta r t .


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Two Whalley fami­ lies have a lucky escape as a fierce fire wrecks the Abbey corn mill.


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Traders claim they are being driven out of town as the bor­ ough council makes decisions with o u t c ar ry in g o u t s u r ­ veys.


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A squire’s proposal to build a diner on his land is causing an uproar with vil­ lagers.


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A reader hits out a t “downright selfish and inconsiderate” drivers who park in places th a t are clearly marked for disabled people. .


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A SHOPPING trip to Manchester turned into terror for three Clitheroe women when they were caught in Saturday’s huge explo­


sion. Miss Jo an n e Loveridgo


(23), of Hayhurst Street, was hurled into her moth­ er’s arms and suffered cuts to her neck when the bomb


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exploded near the Arndale Centre. Tamsin P a l in g (16), of


York Street, Clitheroe, suf­ fered minor injuries a fter


being hit in the legs by fly­ ing glass a t .n ea rb y . C h e e th am ’s School of


Music. Joanne, a former Ribbles-


dale High School pupil, had travelled to Manchester on th e 10 a .m . t ra in from Clitheroe with her mother, Mrs Cilia Loveridge, and fam ily fr ien d M rs K a te Bellamy. They arrived a t Victoria Station a t 11-10, ten min u te s before the bomb went off. Joanne commented: “Hun­


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dreds of people were milling around. We headed for the Amdale Centre, but i t had been blocked off, so we turned around and made for the station again. “No one told us anything


and we th o u g h t i t might have been a royal visit, but as we walked u n d e r th e overpass near Marks and Spencer someone shouted: I t ’s a bomb’, then i t just .


blew.


There was the most hor­ rendous noise and smoke


everywhere. Glass from windows blew across the s t re e t with th e mos t incredible force and people were screaming and crying.


I t was awful.” Mrs Loveridge continued:


“We wanted to ru n , b u t


there was nowhere to run to. Someone said there was going to be a controlled explosion, b u t I did n o t know what th a t meant. I thought i t meant another bomb was going to go off. “I t was sheer panic and


chaos. People were sitting by the roadside dazed and crying. I t was th e mos t frightening experience of my life. I cannot tell you how frightened we were.” I t was th en th a t Mrs


Loveridge sp o tted blood seeping down her daugh­ t e r ’s b a ck . She said: ”1 managed to extract glass from Jo an n e ’s neck. Thankfully, i t was not as bad as i t had looked and I was able to apply first aid.” The pair are counting the


cost of the bombing with bouts of te a rs and flash­ backs, while Mrs Bellamy was still too upset to talk to this newspaper. Despite their ordeal, Mrs


Loveridge, a C h r is t ian , said she pitied the bombers and had nothing but praise for the authorities. She commented; “ I feel


very sorry for people who resort to this kind of thing. T h ey achieve nothing. There could have been a lot of fatalities. I t is a miracle th a t no one was killed. "The police did brilliantly


CLITHEROE violinist Tamsin Paling suffered scratches to her legs after being lifted off her feet by the blast


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well, given the sheer num­ ber of people in the area and the fact th a t they did not know where the bomb was. I have no th in g b u t praise for them.”


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SAFE and sound, but shaken. Mrs Cilia Loveridge and her daughter, Joanne, were caught in the Manchester bombing, but lived to tell the tale


Pyramid selling scheme is ruled ‘an illegal lottery’


A B U S I N E S S c l u b w h i c h a t l e a s t o n e K i b ­ b l e V a l l e y r e s i d e n t h a s b r a n d e d “ t h e b e s t m o n e y -m a k i n g s c h e m e e v e r ” h a s b e e n c u r b e d b y t h e H i g h C o u r t . Injunctions were issued


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further recruitment meetings or moving funds, prior to a hearing to consider an application for a wind- ing-up petition by the Department of Trade and Industry. Lancashire's Trading Standards


Department has received over 200 inquiries and complaints about the scheme and h as c o n s is te n t ly expressed grave misgivings about the legality and ethics of the oper­ ation. A spokesman for th e Trad in g


S tan d a rd s Office said F r id ay ’s High C ourt judgement had, in effect, declared the operation of the scheme illegal and urged par­ t ic ip a n ts n o t to seek fu r th e r recruits until the winding up hear-


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ny Gran v ille Technology announced th a t a senior manager had resigned while his involve­ ments with the business club were being investigated. The company claimed th a t mem­


bers of th e workforce had been re c ru i te d in to th e club, which offered cash re tu rn s a f te r they have joined up for a fee of £2,500. They were encouraged to recruit o th e rs in order to recoup th e ir money, with £450 cash for each of the first two people recruited and £1,225 for the third. Those recruit­ ing eight people, who then went on to recruit a further two each, could


have made more than £24,000 and a t le a s t one local businessman claims to have made more than £40,000. Lancashire County Council leader M rs Louise E l lm an said th e scheme was “a pyramid selling scam which was bound to fail eventually. Our trading standards d ep ar tm en t has been following Titan’s activities very closely and has advised the DTI about their operation in Lancashire. “The department’s county-wide


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day a t Cheetham’s School of Music, which is next to Victoria Station, with her parents, Denise.and Frank Paling.'


Miss P a lin g , w h o 'is 'to .


a t ten d the school in Sep­ tember, said they were told by a police officer to vacate the building. She said: "No sooner had


we entered the co u r ty a rd . than the bomb exploded. I t


knocked me off my feet and nearby windows collapsed.


Glass was f lying every­ where and I received-


scratches to my legs. . “Th e police have been


blamed for not clearing the area, but as far as I am con- - cerned they did a wonder­ ful job. T h ey : were , absolutely brilliant.” “


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P o l i c e m e n i n g u n d r a m a g e t a w a r d s Disarmed robber in violent struggle


A POLICEMAN from Clitheroe and his colleague from Burnley put the safety of the public to the fore when confronting a man brandishing a sawn-off


shotgun. The prompt and selfless actions


of PC Andrew Moore an d PC Neil Munro resulted in the arrest of a m a n ro b b in g a B u rn le y building society and, 12 months later, a to p award fo r courage and a commendation from the Chief Constable. The drama began just after 3 p.m.


on May 30 th last year when a man entered the Skipton Building Soci­


ety office, in Manchester Road, Burnley, and waved a shotgun while demanding money. A customer calmly left the build­


ing and used a mobile telephone to call the police. Constables Moore and Munro,


who were on foot patrol nearby, dashed to the premises and dis­ armed the robber a fter a violent struggle. 1 ■ The man, who was later found to


have previous convictions for theft and violence— including firearms offences — had been carrying a pump-action, sawn-off, 12-bore shotgun and five cartridges. In addition, almost £6,000 of stolen money was recovered. The man appeared a t Burnley


Crown Court last September. He pleaded g u i l ty to robbery and firearms offences and was sen­ tenced to six years’ imprisonment. Making th e presentation Supt.


Mike Griffin, head of Burnley Police, said the officers had acted


with admiral expediency and brav­


ery. "Their actions not only nullified


th e immediate danger th e man caused to the public a t large, but they also recovered a potentially deadly weapon and ammunition,” he said. PC Moore (24) joined the police


three years ago a t Burnley, after studying politics and internation­ al relations a t Reading University. The son of Mr Peter and Mrs Joan Moore, he was born in Clitheroe and attended the grammar school. A p a s t s ta f f s erg ean t w ith the Clitheroe Army Cadets, he is a recipient of the Duke of Edin­ burgh Gold Award, currently cap­ tains the Lancashire Constabulary


hockey team and plays hockey for Rossendale. Burnley-bom PC Munro (35) has


been in the force for just two-and- a-half years, all a t Burnley. He previously worked in the town for Marks and Spencer. Married with two children, he enjoys playing football and running. The Smith Cup, awarded to the


two PCs, was donated by. Mr W. H. Sm i th , Chief Constable of B urnley from 1905 to 1924, in memory of his son. Alfred Victor Smith was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross while serving as a lieutenant with the Eas t Lan­ cashire Regiment during the First World War when he flung himself on a grenade dropped into a trench a t Gallipoli, thereby saving his comrades.


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FORMER - Sabden woman Sarah Graham helped the nation keep in shape this week when she appeared on television with fitness


guru Mr Motivator. The textile designer was


seen by millions of viewers dancing with the GMTV exercise instructor (above) a s p a r t of th e b re a k fa s t programme’s roadshow. ■ Sarah (26), a former Rib-,


blesdale High School pupil, was one of Mr Motivator’s ,


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dancing team for the sum­ mer roadshow. She danced a t various locations in Lon- ; don an d will be seen on television again on Mon- , day and Tuesday. ■ ? P ro u d mum M rs D e l ia


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Graham, of Whalley Road, Sabden, went down to Lon- don to see h er d au g h te r,, perform. She said: " I t was lovely to see her dancing for television. She h as been dancing since 12 and went to Gladys Sutcliffe’s Dance School in Clitheroe.'’ Sarah has danced with Mr M o t iv a to r before th is week’s early morning tele­ vision performances. She


attends his exercise classes in th e c a p i ta l a n d h as helped a t several of his charity fund-raising events.1 . Sarah now lives in London.


She a t te n d ed Blackburn College before graduating from Leicester University with a BA honours degree, in 'f a s h io n an d te x t i le design. - ■ ’ .


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