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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 2 Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, October 2nd, 1997 F O R B E S


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Man who lost self-control goes to jail


A CLITHEROE man whose self-control failed after an argument over a broken window has been jailed for 30 months for causing grievous


bodilv harm to a man twice his age. ------- Darren Leecy (28), of


Councillors back check on human breast milk


COUNCILLORS have backed a request for health checks on human breast milk among nursing moth­ ers living near Cemfu- el-burning Castle


Cement. The Ribble Valley Bor­


ough Council’s Communi­ ty Committee heard that chief legal officer Mr Paul Timson had received a let­ ter from a resident of Green Drive, Clitheroe, concerning the matter. The resident was asking


for support for a national archive of human breast milk to include samples from nursing mothers liv­ ing in the vicinity of Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale


Works. Members heard that the


survey, including samples INVESTOR IN PEOPLE


from various parts of Britain, was being jointly funded by the Department of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of the Environment and Health


and Safety Executive. The intention was for sam­


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ples to be collected over a five-year period, and analysed for dioxins, PCBs and other potential chemi­ cal contaminants.


The resident’s request,


backed by the Community Council, will now be con­ sidered for inclusion in the survey.


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Whalley Road, kicked and punched neighbour Mr


Michael Joyce (62), caus­ ing a broken leg and cuts and bruises. At Preston Crown Court,


Leecy admitted the offence and was told by Judge Reginald Lockett: “You lost your self-control. This man was felled and kicked.” Mr Mark Ainsworth


(prosecuting) said that an argument developed after Mr Joyce returned from holiday to find that one of his windows had been dam­


aged. He blamed Leecy, words


were exchanged and, later in the evening, there was a fight when Mr Joyce hit Leecy. They split up and Leecy walked over to his garden and threw a large stone at Mr Joyce, causing him to fall down and lose consciousness. “Leecy then kicked him


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COWBOY boots and check shirts were the dress code for members of Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle, who do-si-doed to the


several times in the head and body,” Mr Ainsworth told the court. Defence counsel Mr Kevin Talbot told the judge that although the injured man was older than his client, he was substantially bigger and a fit man for his age. “The two men had argued


time of more than £350 at their charity hoe down. The money is to be donated to the East Lancashire branch of the Mul-


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about the window and it turned to violence, but the violence was initiated and persisted with by Mr Joyce. My client managed to escape from him and get to his home, only to realise he had been followed,” Mr Talbot said. “I t was then that his self-


Ambulance service is in healthy situation, states annual report


control failed and he re­ acted. He fully accepts that his actions were well in excess of reasonable self- defence.”


Closure is cancelled


| the railway line over Whal­ ley arches has been can


THIS month’s closure of


celled. Work was due to take


place in October to renew decking and carry out other improvements to the


49 arches holding, the


Clitheroe to Blackburn railway line high above the


amazement .to rail trav­ ellers nationwide, were opened in 1850 at a.cost of | £40,000.


Ribble Valley. , The arches, a source of


Rail have now been told that starting in January, single-line working will take, place while the deck-


Members of Ribble Valley ' ' „


| ing is renewed and they are waiting to see whether or


, not other “promised improvements” will take place at the same time.


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WHEEL trims valued at £50 have been stolen from a car parked in a Clitheroe


street.The off-side window of the maroon Vauxhall Cav­


alier was also smashed during the incident, which happened at the Holden Street car park between 11 a.m. and 2-50 p.m. last Wednesday. Anyone finding two


in the past year. The annual report high­


by Tim Procter


lights the bold approach taken by the service to its various duties. The Ribble Valley has a small propor­ tion of the 1,400,000 people it serves, but a much larger share of the 1,150 square miles. And, with long dis­ tances to rural road acci­ dents and other emergen­ cies fairly common, the area poses the service plen­ ty of problems. One of the six non-execu­ a


KAY — DE-LEY


A blind date in Australia led to a wedding in Whalley for Miss Sally De-Ley and Mr James Kay.


lives in Shawbridge, Clitheroe, was travelling down under”, when match-making friends introduced her to the


Miss De-Ley, who is employed as an administrator and man of-her dreams.


quarie, Australia, who is also a keen rugby player, was making the journey to the other side of the world to


I t was not long before Mr Kay, a lawyer from Port Mac­ - marry the woman he loved.


The wedding took place at Whalley Parish Church, with the Rev. Ian Robbins officiating.


. , The bride is the daughter of Mr V. De-Ley and Mrs Car­ „


ole Shaw, of Shawbridge, Clitheroe. Mr and Mrs A. Kay, the bridegroom s parents, travelled


from their home in Port Macquarie to attend the ceremo­ ny, along with the friends who introduced the couple, Miss De-Ley’s sister and best man Mr Darren Goode. The bride wore a designer princess-line ivory silk wedding


gown and carried a bouquet of country flowers. Miss Kate Crawford was the bridesmaid and wore a dress


to complement the bride’s. The reception was held a t the Inn at Whitewell after


which the couple spent their honeymoon at Lake Como,


^They'are txf live in Wiswell, but will eventually move to Australia. Photo: Jeremy Makinson, Blackburn.


diaries, which were also stolen and contained important details of work commitments, is asked to return them to Clitheroe Police Station.


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CIVIC regalia was on display for young Russian visitors at Clitheroe Mayor’s Par­


lour. The visitors, guests of Ribble Valley Friends of


y TAYLOR STREET Chernobyl’s Children, were invited to the town


hall by the Mayor, Coun. John McGowan. Despite the historical items on display, centre of atten­ tion for much of the visit was Clitheroe Town Sergean^


Mr Roger Hirst’s dog, Cirus. took th em


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T h eV om S ta f ™» PT er station exploded. V a i l e d - on * * second visit to t


ln e i r 4 ,500-mile round trip SUfferin*the effec<


given a history of thetown^h ?oun“ 1,s psitors’ respective hosts’ homes. ’before headln8 tow


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Trust running the ambu- •; can er is unlikely ever to’ Now the “Heart of Lan­


tive direrc.tiors of the_N HS j


turn out to be a life saver. Letters have proved that it is very much appreciated in situations which the:


cashire” appeal is being launched, to offer training in immediate care for coro­ nary attack victims. Technical advances have


dure. Improvements in the ser­


vice’s emergency response times, of major.importance in rural areas, are improv­ ing every year. Very few, r-allc do not have an ambu­ lance on the spot within the national target figure of 19 minutes and nearly three- quarters achieve less than half that time. Very soon the target will


be eight minutes for 75 per cent of calls and the Lan­ cashire service is keen to -tart meeting it as soon as


possible. A new system which gives


advice, guidance and re­ assurance to callers over


accompanied the new approaches to patient care. NHS Trusts are able to indulge in open market practices which enable them to lease vehicles and


lan c e s js County Coun. have experienced before. Chris Holtom, a business­ man with long experience of both local government and health service work. He is proprietor of a cater­ ing hygiene company and is one of the convenors of the service’s complaints proce­


the telephone while the crew is on its way is prov­ ing very successful, and - has won an international


award. The report describes how


the calm and structured way controllers give guid­ ance avoids the caller feel­ ing isolated and can often


so keep their fleets young, -■


attract private finance for 1 * necessities such as the lat- • •


est radio equipment, and offer staff pay settlements a • which are quickly accept- ,1 ed.


A computer-aided dis- , / T


patch system is soon to be ’1 introduced, to supplement q the hi-tech tracking system ‘ i which displays the location • ’ of all ambulances all the. j


time. Telemedicine,'sending pit- t • ' --1 ‘' i 'r '


tures of patients from1 th e !’* ambulance to'hospital1 for


immediate advice, will-be * the next step forward. The ;; trust’s chief executive, Mr * David Hill, says: “We are j already a t the forefront of ‘ : this new technology and .j hope to develop i t further to provide the best possible. j help to the public in emer-'„} gency situations.” , ' ; :~


SuperScan hits £135,000 mark


THE Ribble Valley SuperScan appeal Has now topped the £135,000 mark — following a “won­


derful” fund-raising effort by motorway walkers. „» A spokesman said: “We are now hoping to reach our! • £150,000 target in quick time.”She said that cash was stilM coming in from local people and groups who took part in!' the sponsored walk along the new M65 extension, adding:: ’ “I t has been a wonderful effort from the Ribble Valley — •' many people have been amazed by the money raised so;*


far.” She said she would like to thank them for their support'*


and urged those walkers still to forward their sponsorship *r money to the fund to do so as soon as possible. •


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Russian visitors get insight into Clitheroe’s history


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