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Animal rights pro­ testers a t Gisburn


Auction Mart are given a lamb to hand-rear.


page 16


The recent “Songs ot Praise” TV spot­ light on the area has


brought a “hallelu­ jah!”, as viewers flock to the area to take a look for


themselves. page 6


The organiser of the jet engine diamond jubilee celebration


dinner


everyone who helped with the event — and we take another look at the remarkable Waterloo Mill story.


thanks page 14 The Neighbour­


hood Watch success story looks certain to spread in the Kibble Valley.


page 2


There is a welcome offer of help for a local woman whose ambition is to throw the biggest tea party ever seen.


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Mandy ‘on air’ today for TV election special on cable link


by Tim Procter __________________ • ,special four-hour Blackburn Col­ rhnnis a t Bolton-bv-Bowland, well as voters, and a host of b i


SCORES of commenta­ tors all over Britain are


getting ready for a long General Election s t in t


before the camera or microphone tonight.


And one of them is Ribble Valley media student Mandy Burgess, who eventually hopes for a televi­


sion career. She is one of two presenters of a


lege election special going to 6,000 Lancashire homes along


the Nynex cable link. A member of a well-known Gis­


burn family, Mandy, 18, will be having a special hair-do and wearing a smart businesswoman’s


outfit for the occasion. She and colleagues have been busy writ­


ing the script, but ad-libbing will certainly be required. “My biggest public appearance before this was in the pantomime


chorus a t Bolton-by-Bowland, but I am summoning up my self- confidence, joked Mandy this week. “I could well need it all for delays or unexpected develop­


ments in the news.” As part of college publicity poli­


cy, staff offered Nynex a compre­ hensive election programme made by students as part of their media course. I t covers several local constituencies, and the Rib­


ble Valley is included. Candidates are interviewed as


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Election row as residents miss vote through bungle


exclusive story by Theresa Robson


SIXTEEN Ribble Valley residents are cry­ ing foul after a mystery blunder left them off


the electoral roll. The hopping mad residents of Calder House in Brock-


hall Village will not be voting today because


security guard at the site refused access to a council worker delivering; the


forms.


missed the claim as non­ sense and said it was high­ ly unlikely that a security guard would do such a


But Brockhall chiefs dis­ " .’ thing.


their electoral registration forms just...disappeared. They claim an over-zealous


dents, who inhabit Brock- hall’s much-publicised artists’ colony, said an elec­ toral officer from Ribble Valley Council tried to deliver electoral registra­ tion forms last October., The officer was refused access to the site by a secu- rity guard, who undertook to pass the forms on. The residents were alerted


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to the matter after failing to receive polling cards and subsequently made inquiries to Ribble Valley Council. The spokesman comment­ ed: “Several of us contact­ ed the council expressing concern tha t we had not received polling cards. I t came to light that we had not returned electoral reg­ is tration forms, bu t we never received anyl “The council is adamant that it attempted to'deliver


the forms and we believe the officer concerned acted in good faith by leaving them with a security guard in the belief th a t they would be delivered.” The spokesman added


th a t those affected had been particularly keen to vote, but would not now get the chance. Mr Andrew Bransom, pro­


ject manager at Brockhall Village, dubbed the matter a mystery and expressed concern that none of those affected had contacted him about it. He commented: “This is a


complete mystery. No one has mentioned it to me. It is highly unlikely th a t a security guard would do such a thing, but I will cer­ tainly look into it.” Mr Ian Potter, Ribble Val­ ley Council’s legal services manager, said he was extremely disappointed that the residents had lost their vote and confirmed that nothing could be done about it now. He commented: “We sent


them a late claims form, but they will still be unable to vote in today’s elections. We will be looking at ways of ensuring that any future forms taken to Brockhall reach their destination. We


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your father if he wins our Ribble Valley Dad of the -


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staunchest defender, or


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paternal virtues, we want to hear about them.


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On June 14th, the day before Father’s Day, the winning dad will be collect-


Aim for Executives and taken to Clayton-le-Dale for


| a balloon flight over the Ribble Valley, courtesy of the Pendle Balloon Compa-


I ny.He will receive a full pilot briefing and help to inflate the balloon before the one-


| hour champagne flight. Hot-air ballooning is described as the ultimate flying experience, as well as the ideal platform for aerial photography. During his dream flight, the winning dad should enjoy panoramic views of both the Isle of I Man and the Welsh moun-


I tains. After being presented with


a flight certificate, he will be whisked off for lunch,


courtesy of Aim for Execu­ tives, before being taken to Helicentre, in Blackpool, for a thrilling half-hour heli­


copter flying lesson. Helicentre is the official helipad for the 1997 Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon, and is Europe’s largest pleasure flying oper­ ator. The winning dad will receive hands-on instruc­ tion from a highly-experi­ enced personal flight instructor before being handed the controls! In the evening, he will be collected with the partner of his choice and taken by chauffeur-driven limousine, courtesy of. Executive Cabs, to the award-winning Auc­


tioneer restaurant in Clitheroe for dinner. So, is your dad a pater par excellence and would you like him to receive this fab­ ulous prize? If so, write and tell us why in around 150 words.


The competition closes on May 25th and six shortlist­ ed entries will be published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on June 5th. The winner, to be announced on June 12th, will be chosen by a team of judges from the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Pen­ dle Balloon Company, Aim for Executives, Helicentre, Executive Cabs and the


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. sure your dad takes off on Father’s Day, literally!


Helicopter airlifts injured motor cyclist to hospital


ANOTHER motor cyclist has been seri­ ously injured_ in a weekend Ribble Valley


cashire Constabulary, heli- .' copter swooping into the: area again: Although no j figures are available, the machine seems to visit the RiDDie vaiiey more often than any other part of the county. T t is called in most often to . search for people running away from abandoned - vehicles, or to the scene of property break-ins. The drama started at 2-35 ■


accident, ■ And it brought the Lan- -


VOTELESS and vexed. . . pictured are four of the 16 disgruntled residents of Calder House in Brockhall Village who have been left high and dry by a mystery election blunder (CAT 87t>2)


New health scare claim over cement works


LOCAL air quality campaign­ ers are quoting a new report into childhood cancer in their ongoing bid for strong action against Castle Cement. Volatile organic compounds and


Agency corrects its Press statement


those produced in high temperature


furnaces and kilns are blamed by uni­ versity researchers for increased can­


cer risks. Ribble Valley Airwatch says that it


is now time for the Health and Safety Executive, as well as the local and national medical authorities, to come


off the fence. “They must do some proper research


into the whole question of burning hazardous waste in kilns which do not have adequate emission abate­ ment equipment,” says Airwatch. But Castle Cement points out that a


variety of experts in the field have questioned the validity of the report — and emphasises that no study has found against its own emissions. Prof. George Knox and a team from


the University of Birmingham have analysed 22,400 child cancer deaths from 1953-80 by birthplace and resi­ dence. The survey showed th a t in those years, children living within three miles of a cement works had nearly a third greater chance than average of contracting the disease. The East Lancashire Health


A PRESS notice issued about Castle Cement by the Environment Agency on Thursday was corrected on Tuesday at the request of


A-fpart of*its normal monitoring process, the agency took a sample of what it


described as “leachate” discharged into the River Ribble so i t could he analysed to see if legal action was appropriate. Its announcement said the dis­ charge was from the clinker spoil heap at Ribblesdale Works. But later the agency accepted the company’s protest that the water came from a reclaimed


part of the quarry, not from the heap. Castle Cement says it was not leachate, but surface water following its nor­


mal course into the Ribble, where it was quickly diluted by the flow. However, the water had collected in a blocked channel and, because it gushed out when the channel was cleared, the company reported the release to the Environ-


Tnent Atzencv Results of analysis are awaited, but there was no question of fish being killed or any similar obvious result from the discharge.


, the heap goes into the river. ______ ________


proper survey of local health issues, given the presence of Castle Cement. But it has no resources to make one, and does not see Prof. Knox’s work as identifying any major public health


Authority continues to say that all the evidence coints to the need for a


risk locally. Oil refineries offered an increased


risk figure of 277, hut crematoria


were worst, 417 above average. Exposure of pregnant women or


young children directly to airborne pollutants was seen as a danger in the report. Nuclear installations got a clean bill of health, but living near rail or road junctions, steel works, co-


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