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by Theresa Robson h TL.E CEMENT has
£ £ £L it back a t claims th a t
changes to its controver sial Bellman Quarry plan are surface-deep.
30 million tonnes of limestone lrom the site over 30 years An original plan, for 50 mil lion tonnes of limestone over 50
proposes to extract
years, was ditched by County H a l l amul accusations of greed. Protestors have described
the changes as superficial, claiming that the original appli-
cation was down-scaled to 25 million tonnes.
Mr Peter del Strother, pro duction development manager
?t Gastle Cement’s Birming ham HQ, who has overseen the quarry plan, pointed out that
the original application was not, in fact, down-scaled.
. He commented: “Down-scal ing was certainly discussed, put it became obvious that the landscaping element of the plan
Castle Cement answers critics SUMMER SALE
Bellman Quarry reactivation is essential for job security
would need re -working,which is why we didn’t appeal against refusal and submitted a fresh application. We maintain that th e plan is su b s ta n t ia l ly smaller.”
Group has also questioned Cas tle’s commitment to retaining its Ribblesdale plant, whether or not the quarry plan gets the go-ahead.
The Bellman Quarry Action
head if Castle invests signifi cantly at Ribblesdale. Mr del Strother said the firm
intended to invest an average of £3m. a year at the plant,
Call goes out to
combat hooligans by Stewart Pimbley
MORE police officers are needed to combat drunken hooliganism on the streets of the Rib- ble Valley at the weekends, according to the local prospective parliamentary Labour Party
candidate. Mr Marcus Johnstone,
ten to Chief Constable Mrs Pauline Clare and has been told that Clitheroe is not missing out on police officers to other towns. In his le t te r to Mrs
would mean more bobbies o n t h r b iN if . Mr .Johnstone has writ
Times was alerted to the complaint less than a week a f te r it was announced that a radical shake-up of the county’s police force
abuse an elderly couple, a drunken teenage boy stag ger into the road in front of his car and another youth shout obscenities and urinate in the middle of the street. The A d v e r t is e r and
of Burnley, made the call after being confronted by gangs of drunken youths during a Friday night visit to the Ribble Valley. He saw a gang verbally
the police, the Ribble Val ley does not miss out on officers. In his reply to Mr Joh n s to n e , Supt Clive Helliwell, of Colne divi sion, said: “Although I too would like a greater pres ence within the area, the reality is that the constab u la ry has only f in ite resources and these have to be allocated according to need. “ I t is because of this
Waddington. He said he could under
C la re , Mr Jo h n s to n e explained th a t he wit nessed drunken yobbish behaviour in Clitheroe town centre, at Edisford Br id ge a n d
i n
seemed particularly light compared with my home town of Burnley and this may go some way towards explaining the level of a n t i - so c ia l b eh av io u r which I came across.______
s ta n d th e o p e ra tio n a l problems faced with polic ing such a large area as the Ribble Valley, but still felt officers were thin on the ground. “The police presence
th a t th e re is a g re a te r police presence in Burnley on a Friday night than in Clitheroe and surrounding areas. However, you may be interested to know that the ratio of number of police officers to number
of reported incidents is, in fact, far higher for Clith eroe than for Burnley.”
THE owner of a car from Bolton-by-Bowland dis turbed an offender who broke the front near-side window of the car. Noth ing was stolen from the Renault Espace, which was parked in Gisburn Road during the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Car incident
long time since I saw so much openly flaunted yob- bishness and I feel that an increased police presence would go a long way towards reducing what is without doubt a cause for great concern,” said Mr Johnstone. However, according to
“I have to say that it is a
under Government guidelines, the plan can only get the go-a
The group has argued that,
approximately £90m. over the life of the quarry.
necessarily need a new kiln and whether or not we invest in a new kiln will depend on market
conditions. There is no reason why the present kiln should not continue for the next 30 years.”
expressed reservations about Castle’s proposed restoration scheme for the site, which will involve the construction of a new hill, called New Bellman Knoll, a dry valley, lengths of rockface running to a lake, cliffs and rock tumbles.
P r o t e s t o r s h a v e a lso
They claim the knoll will be incapable of supporting the
He commented: “We won’t
flora and fauna of a limestone landscape, while during its con struction, Worston villagers will be subject to the tipping operations of HGVs and. in dry weather, increased dust.
Bellman s i te is so-called ‘improved pastureland’. It has little ecological value and is uninteresting in terms of plants or animals.
Mr del Strother said: “The
restored to pasture and will be similar in shape to nearby Crow Hill. A limestone mound will be constructed near Rydal Place, which consultants from Sheffield University have said will be of superior vegetation
“New Bellman Knoll will be
and home to new species within 10 years.”
exaggeration, and have ques tioned employee numbers, but Mr del Strother reiterated that Castle Cement employed ‘120 directly and stressed the finan cial contribution that it made to the community. A public meeting about Bell
Development Control Sub committee, which will decide the matter towards the end of the year, is to visit the site shortly.
Two Good Samaritans get ‘golden’
invitation THE Good Samaritan who came to the aid of a 72-year-old Clitheroe woman has come forward — and there are two of them. Mrs Lucy Wrigley was
D av id S h e p h e rd , of Accrington, and Mr Phil Bradley, of Whalley, are to be guests of honour at the golden wedding party next weekend of Mrs Wrigley and her husband, Jim. The appearance of the
assisted by a kind stranger when she fell and injured her knee. In the confusion, nobody realised that two passers-by had offered their help. Now both men, Mr
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MasterChef contender is sworn to secrecy
by Sheila Nixon
Television. Lionel (12), of Tile House, knows
whether or not he has won the contest, but he is keeping mum about the outcome. Some days ago, he travelled down to
LOCAL schoolboy Lionel Nierop has been sworn to secrecy after taking part in the latest Junior MasterChef competition for BBC
Maidstone where the programme was recorded for showing on BBC 1 on Sunday at 4-50 p.m. and will be watch ing the action at home with his par ents, Philip and Margaret Nierop, and sister, Katharine (10).
Grammar School, will be seen prepar ing a main course of chicken breast with blue cheese stuffing, Brussels
Lionel, a nupil at Clitheroe Royal
ing (12), from Southport, and Lisa Roberts (11), from Liverscdge, West Yorkshire. They were allowed one- and-a-ha!f hours to prepare their dishes for presenter Loyd Grossman, writer Nigella Lawson and TV presenter Tony Hart, who picked the winner. Lionel, who says he has been keen on
sprouts with walnuts and bacon, and potato fans. For dessert he prepared almond and lemon roulade with a rich chocolate sauce. His opponents were Thomas Wait
came from the woman who o rganised the Shrove Tuesday hot pot supper where the couple first met more than 50 years ago.
Smashed
cooking since the age of eight, was selected for the final from 1(1 young chefs front the north west region com peting in a preliminary heat at Salford. It is the second time that Lionel has won through into a BBC competition.
Two years ago he came second in the final of a nationwide general knowledge quiz on Radio Two’s Ed Stewart show. (CAT 18(>5)
Chernobyl children on way by Tony Cliff
TWENTY very tired chil dren are due to arrive in Clitheroe on Saturday night for a month-long visit which could change their lives and make them familiar faces in
the town.
for more than 24 hours from their homes in villages around Minsk in Belorussia, the Cherno
They will have been travelling ,
byl region. Victims of one of the greatest man-made disasters of all time,
they are coming to Clitheroe because experts believe that a m o n th s p e n t in a h e a l th y environment like the Ribble Val-
ley could extend their lives by a year, and because a group of local people have raised the
byl Children intend that this will be the first of regular visits and that the same children will be able to come back to their friends in the area each year, renewing their health and continuing to build on their English speaking, an important skill in modern Russia.
seven and 12, will be staying with^ local families, as will' the two interpreters who are accom panying them. Members of the families and organisers have been given a crash survival
The children, aged between
money and done the organising to make this possible. Clitheroe Friends of Cherno
course in basic Russian by a local graduate, and some are studying the language at a higher level on
their own. All the children will be given a
mean they get it over quickly and, if they do need work doing, it gives us a chance to arrange it.”
tists have agreed to see them shortly after their arrival. As one organiser said: “It will
basic medical check-over bv a local school nurse, and two den
eroe group has brought a party over, but its members have been
This is the first time the Clith
hosts for a day to children visit ing the Wilpshire Friends of Chernobyl Children. The Wilpshire group, shortly
dren will attend English and maths classes at St James’s Pas toral Centre given by their own teachers, and weekly sessions have been arranged at Ribbles dale Pool, Roefield S p orts Centre and the Platform Gallery.
Four times a week the chil
James’s Pastoral Centre at 7-15 p.m. and members of the public are welcome.
dren will recognise early in their stay is Mr Stephen Dupuy. He is the Russian responsible for organising the Minsk end of the operation and he is visiting Clitheroe on September 8th. Mr Dupuy will be speaking at St
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THE occupants of a house in S im o n s to n e L ane, Simonstonc, disturbed of fen de rs who used a spade to force the patio windows to gain entry at 1-20 a.m. on Monday. The in t ru d e r s fled empty- handed.
MILK b o t t l e s w e re thrown at the windows of a house in West View, Clitheroe in the early hours of Sunday morning. Three windows were
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Castle Cement maintains
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