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I AS a resident of Barrow, I was appalled to receive a letter from Ribble Valley Borough Council inform­ ing me a certain developer has made an appeal to the Secretary of State. This was in respect of a refusal of planning permission by the borough council to the building of a 2.4m. high security fence to boun­ daries on the former Bar- row Printworks site. While respecting the


Calderstones: thanks to all who helped raise cash for our fighting fund


LAST year our group raised funds in Whalley plann :ing application for the Calderstones site,


for the cost of fighting the health authority s _i


+V »£» nol/lor*fft.nnfiS Site


at the appeals inquiry in September. The response from villagers was terrific. We have


now achieved our £3,500 target and should like to thank everyone who contributed.


right of a landowner to fence his land, the land- owner should realise we are not an inner city area with high vandal prob­ lems, usually associated with this “Colditz-type fencing,” but a quiet rural I village and should be


' the appeals. We understand he received the appeals inquiry inspector’s report before ^Christmas and assume he will be announcing his decision in the near


The Secretary of State for the Environment, John Gummer, will have the final say on the outcome of


. T . future.


treated as such. I look forward to seeing


the time, we have had extremely good news by way ot the inspector’s report for the local plan inquiry held last March and April.


In the meantime, as reported in your newspaper at . . .


light industry, etc., on the s ite, as was recently reported. However, if this


wary. JEAN BROWN (MRS).


fencing is a taste of what is to come, Ribble Valley Borough Council and local people, should be very


JE W E L L E R Y S A L E A N M I A 1 _


Tax away this ‘poop’ I problem


THE anti-social mess politely called dog dirt is a problem for the nation, rather like smoking. “Poop-scoops” are no


| The public a t titu d e might change if the dog licence were brought back and related to size ..of dog and linked to third party insurance.Yes, there could be exemption for essential working dogs and a reduc­ tion for pensioners, etc., genuinely living alone. Some will say that the


real help to hygiene. Who would consider crockery to be cleaned by scraping?


authority’s proposals for the Calderstones site and recommended that new development should be kept within the central built campus — that part of the site which contains most of the existing hospital buildings. This policy has the support of our group, the parish council, the borough council’s Planning and Devel­


The local plan inquiry inspector rejected the health ,,,


opment Committee and the county council.^ The health authority’s planning applications are


materially at odds with the policy, since they provide for major development, not only within the central built campus, but also on large tracts of land outside


it. Thus to give approval for either of the tions would be to ignore a pohcy which has wu


spread local support and has recently been recom mended by a planning inspector.


policy for Calderstones and the two full days spec Sally devoted to Calderstones at the 1°“ 1 plan nqu.ry would have been a useless exercise. This would oe


CT i gsohnly?n the past two years or so that there h ^


been any real public debate and j ^ ^ X n the Nibble als for. the site. The existing local p l a n , ! * d Valley Southern Fringe LocalPlan.waspr Pf ^


some eight or nine years ago whentheclosu came in unnoticed by most villagers.


and involvement - a text book case of how legal democracy and the planning process should work, bui it only means something if the new local plan pol cy,


This time round there has been proper pubhedebate ,


which is now at a very advanced stage, is giveri chance. For this to happen both-planning application have to be refused.


Whalley awaits Mr Gummers decision. . .


CALDERSTONES REDEVELOPMENT AWARE­ NESS GROUP


DNA database: Keep waste a clarification paper coming


MAY I clarify the situation referred to in the Advertiser and Times concerning .the national DNA data­ base, which came into effect on April 10th,


1995. As from that date, cer­


| nation. How about it, Nigel?


I “TAXEM”.


What about remaining kilns


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tax could never be col­ lected. If collectors were recruited from the unem­ ployed, and the dog licence started at £50 per year for small dogs, there could even be a profit for the


tain categories of offend­ ers are being sampled, on arrest, for inclusion on the database. If convicted, th e ir DNA profile is retained, permanently, for cross-reference with unde­ tected crimes for which a DNA profile is available.


nothing to fear from this database. I f they are acquitted, their sample and their DNA record are destroyed.


Innocent persons have


. relates to/sampling not being retrospective.


The “loophole” referred to in last week’s article


toAnyone convicted prior r April, 1095, cannot cur­


I UNDERSTAND that a| gas scrubber will be fixed to only one off Castle Cement’s kilns. What will happen to the


em is s io n s from th e remaining two kilns? Will toxic waste and ty re s , e tc . , NOT be


burned in these kilns? I believe the scrubber


will reduce sulphur diox­ ide, some ammonia and some particulates.


rest, such as the minerals, dioxins,; nitrous oxide and


What will happen to the


the remainder of thej ammonia and particulates?


I C. MORGAN, Littlemoor Road,


Clitheroe.


• LETTERS for publica­ tion must be accom­ panied by name and address as an indica­ tion of good faith, even i f the uniter wishes to use a nom de plume.


Sport doesn’t just happen


one-day-a-week.


ently be. sampled. -There­ fore; a number of serious


sexual offenders, who will eventually be released into society and, despite the se r io u sn e s s of th e i r cr im e s , will .not be recorded on the database.


Mr Evans’s Bill aims to ensure that such prison­


ers, on release, will be automatically sampled for inclusion on the database. Should they re-offend, then there is the potential of th e cr im e b e in g matched to the suspect by


guard the people of Lanca­ shire and indeed the whole of the UK. On behalf of Lancashire


DNA. This Bill will help safe­


Constabulary and, as a constituent of the Ribble Valley,' I wish Mr Evans success in the next stages of the implementation of this extremely important Bill.


DR KATH MASHITER Scientific Support • Manager, Lancashire Constabiilaiy.


I WRITE with regard to the Ribble Valley recycling scheme ana its affect on the Pendle Club’s waste paper


collections. I do hope th a t this


those people who use the club to continue to do so. Clean waste paper, tele­ phone books, newspapers, magazines,' books, catalo­ gues, cardboard and enve­ lopes are all welcome at


the Pendle Club.


scheme will not affect our tonnage per week and- emphasise that everyone should continue to deliver their clean waste paper and cardboard to the Pen- dle Club in the usual way. In fact, I hope by high­ lighting this our weekly


thank all citizens of OUtti- eroe for their generous


Again I would like to


support of the Pendle Club, long may it con­ tinue. Without' this vital


tonnage will go up! Apparently Ribble Val­


ley Borough Council has said that the recycling


plan is not in competition with other schemes such as Pendle Club. Indeed, the council is encouraging


hospital? or at least part of it, was the future. There appears to have beenhtteorn P


t i


lie discussion about an appropriate policy for La* derstones at the time and tiie policy for Calderstones


j pw e Approval would mean the public consultation over * . . . ver a


BEWARE , ALL right


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.S u S 3 ^ n .w 3 ’»“ d ■ « e s i ,o


r? = by^


was decided thatone q ter in four would be ealeu


lcitcd.


, mv meter. Mathemati­ cally this meant that one


viceman employed as a meter reader was reading


At that time, an ex ber ,


in four readers would be made redundant. Now


and district. in I f ev e ry o n e o f .u s - sisted that the quarter


charges we pay entitled us to a professional service,


then we would not subser­


viently fill in figures the Norweb magnates invite USEach time we do this we


of greater efficiency, but


of greater profits for those who have shares invested;


there are two meter read­ ers from the Burnley area which includes CUtneroe


cpi*.


(ClassifiJ^


i After all, Tm all right, Jack!” But remember, the. next time it could be you.


profits rather than human terms are important.


R. PARKER, St Chad’s Avenue,


Chatburn.


Thanks for a wonderful


evening I ATTENDED the Trinity


revenue we would have. difficulties in keeping the. marvellous facilities for the retired persons aged 55 and over going. With grateful thanks.


BRIAN HAIG, Chairman, Pendle Club, 101-113 Lowergate, Clitheroe.


• LETTERS far publication are accepted only on the * understanding that they may be edited or condensed


at the Editor’s discretion.


- in front of the curtain, back stage and in-the hall, selling tea and pro­ grammes, The audience,,


loved it.


what our area is so.good at, working together as a team. Long may it con­ tinue and prosper.


It was a splendid com­ munity effort, typical of


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COUN. EILEEN LOWE,., j Mayor.pf.Ribble.y alley.. J


District and parish let’s work together


A RIBCHESTER parish council­ lor has called for her borough counterparts to improve district and parish relations through


consultation. - Although Coun. Caroline Openshaw


believes borough councillors are “indi­ vidually polite, friendly and helpful”, she said that occasional items of policy are decided by the council without proper consultation. At Thursday night’s meeting of Rib­


/ tion of Parish and Town Councils, which suggested a number of areas in which liaison arrangements could be


meeting between the Lancashire branch of the Association of District Councils and the Lancashire Associa-


It was included on the agenda after a made. , ,


ble Valley’s Parish Council’s Liaison Committee, she said: “The parking charges for villages issue was agreed as a policy item with very little discus­ sion. When this happens, parish coun­ cillors go on the defensive. Our views


are not heeded." Coun. Openshaw was talking on a


special item, which dealt with the cur­ rent state of relations between the bor­ ough council and the 43 parish councils in the district. She went on to say: “For real part­


•- was extremely favourable towards the Ribble Valley’s councils’ liaisons. It is the only district in Lancashire to have every area represented by parish coun­ cils,. and the survey stated that the parishes were generally supportive, particularly during the local govern­ ment review and on many larger plan­


ning issues.


district and parish councils centred around individual planning applica­ tions, and the Ribble Valley’s parish


The main stumbling block between ' .■ •


concillors did not disagree. Many thought that the borough


nership to be effective, the borough must listen to the parishes’ views on policy matters. I think consultation is the only way ahead.” The discussion was specifically


disregarded the parish comments on the planning applications, but the dis­ trict’s Chief Planning Officer, Mr Stewart Bailey, tried to allay their fears and said that that was not the


case.


designed to ask parish councillors whether they thought relations between the two bodies were good and how they could be improved.


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I A BUSY and varied time lies ahead for members of Gisburn YFC, who are preparing for the forth- c o m in g d i s t r i c t competitions. F o rm e r m em b e r


Rebecca Peel spoke to Monday’s meeting about her trip to Australia and New Zealand, back pack­ ing, avoiding mosquitos, panning for gold and mak­ ing her own didgeridoo, which she took to the meeting. Other recent speakers


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Coun. Cyril Law said: “Would it be true to say that relations could be improved by a l i t t l e e a r l ie r consultation?”


Chess club latest


CLITHEROE Chess Club’s A team players


defeated their C team col­ leagues in an interesting division two encounter in the North-East Lanca­ shire League.


team captain, Paul Smith, gave up a pawn in an opening gambit against' the A team captain, Eric Mansfield. However, a mistake meant he could not regain the pawn and he soon lost the game.


On board one, the C t Brian Carr played on board


have included Mr Dale Roberts, from the Dale- head Veterinary Group, and past member Alison Gorst, an occupational therapist who took along items made by patients. On the social side on


wo for the A team, and in an interesting encounter drew


George Illingworth’s king up the board where it was check­ tmated. On board three, the A


peam’s Stephen, Robinson


Friday members, families and friends travelled to the Alhambra, Bradford, for “Jack and the Bean­ stalk”, starring Frank


will be a practice for the hedging and walling day


Bruno. Next week’s meeting


later in the month.


donca versus Philip Tittering- ton and Alex Rajski against . Martin Titterington. Because


also won. a The games on boards four


layed Chris Biddulph and nd five involved Roger Men-


of a mix-up, the Titterington t twins were late arriving for


was the turn of the B team


one. In the next encounter, it


fair play both games were t agreed drawn, giving the A


he match and in the spirit of eam victory by four boards to


.to face the A team. Two regu­ lar A team players were una­ vailable and to give the B team a fair chance, the A "team side agreed to field only four players while the B | squad managed to raise five. Thus the B team started with | a win on board five.


things appeared to be going in the A. team’s favour as Bren­


As the match progressed


dan Brown won on board four. Stephen Robinson was


.pressure on boards two and one respectively. However, •Stephen Robinson’s game subsided into a draw and on| board two, Alex Raiski was staging a fightback which eventually led to a suprise win. At this point the B team needed only a draw on board one to secure the points with a 3-2 victory. Philip Tittering­ ton fought hard to hold the game but ran short of time and in the end was unable to find a good defence to Eric Mansfield’s powerful attack| which became a win.


progressing well against George Illingworth on board three and Brian Carr and Eric- Mansfield were putting on


t Embarrassment for the A team was thus avoided and she points were shared for the;


week. Clitheroe A play Cru­ saders B from Blackburn.


econd this season. Next In winding up the meeting, chairman . • .


pantomime, “Mother Goose”, on its last night, and I would just like to say what a wonderful show it was. ,The cos­ tumes were bright and . colpurful, the cast, were superb and the dancers foot perfect! My thanks to all the willing volunteers, both


i, eroe Auction Mart saw a good turn out of numbers, less extremes in quality


MONDAY’S sale at Clith-


and a gradual improve­ ment in prices all round. mThe bull section was again


Medium native steers made to SSSSirtb


ade up entirely of native t breeds, mostly Friesian, with


99~50 (89), heavy to 113.50 (106.70) , overall to 113.50 (103.20). Medium continental heifers made to .116.50 (106.50) , heavy to 127.50 (107.60) , overall 10,127.50..


A survey carried out by the ADC Mtephen Hartley at 128p/kg to .


he average just missing 100p. nracket, while the best conti­ stridEc. The b6st continental


Friesian heifers averaged o irices in the middle 90p Sental heifer was sold by Mr c r Martin Carefoot, of Lon- a eers averaged 103p/kg, with


bulls made to 99.50 (99.50), heavy to 97.50 (97.50)amd overall to 99.50 (98.50). Light native bulls made to 92.50 ■91.90). medium.to 107.50 1103.80), overall to 107.50


ceiling figure of 114p/kg. Medium young continental


(99.11).Medium continental steers made to 105.50 (105.50),


^ Light hoggs made to 149.00 (140), standard to 154.50 • (141.80), medium to 156.00 (138.70) , heavy to 146.20 (128.50) , overweight to 116.10 (110.50) , overall to 156.00 , (137.60) . Ewes made to 94.50 (52.90) and rams to 92.00


(65.40). hoThe sale saw 30% more


UIVl C«OV «*« V4IV . v « v . t... average achieved with a more varied entry for quality. Top " call for some 49kgs lambs was £69.50, bought by Mr Bob Heywood from Mr John Pick­


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