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A ' GLANCE ATA
A marathon golf challenge gets under way tomorrow, as a local man aims to play in four home countries in four days.
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There is a chance for talented young sters to star in a top local music festival.
page 16 Things are swinging
at a local play area which has _been given a facelift by Ribble Valley Bor ough Council.
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An ancient tree in a picture-postcard
village has had to be felled, but its his tory lives on.
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A Ribble Valley church marks a major milestone
this year. page 12
Two local schools move into the com puter age, thanks to
the generosity, of a North-West com pany.
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RORY BREMNER quips about the area’s true-blue reputation
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THE Ribble Valley certainly deserves ___ ______ _____ . . . .
its true-blue-Tory reputation. I t must surely have the most loyal Tory voters in Britain — even top comedian
Rory Bremner says sol Re-elected MP Mr Nigel Evans had hard
ly a pin-prick of a swing against him, 1.37% to Liberal Democrats. I t appears to
be the lowest in the country and went with an increased majority of 98.
a ^ E t s s # in Scotland.
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swings, but massive percentages spectacu larly unseated cabinet ministers, especially
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this week a massive celebration and thanks-to-workers party was being organ ised by local officials.
Yet Mr Evans was almost unscathed, and , Saturday night’s “Three men and a vote „
show on Channel 4 included a sketch in which Rory Bremner parodied Tony Blair.
This week, Mr Evans was interviewed on several television programmes, and asked about the Tory position in general and the leadership contest in particular. He indicated that he would be supporting
the former Welsh secretary, Mr William Hague, who was involved in a controversy about standing with former Home Secre tary Mr Michael Howard.
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Anxious parents may fund teacher
__ an exclusive story by Sheila Nixon
PARENTS a t th e trou b le - h i t W h a l le y C E P r im a ry School have made a dramatic bid to prevent a staffing crisis — a n d to b o o s t th e s c h o o l ’s b a t t e r e d image.
The unprecedented move '
could result in parents being asked to dip into their own pockets to help cover the costs of employ ing a teacher. The initiative — still to be given the go-ahead — was
prompted after acting headteacher Linda Roberts called a meeting with par ents to explain the reason ing behind a governors’ decision to reduce seven classes to six. Instead of accepting the cut, they responded
• favourably to an impas- sioned plea, iri a letter from parent Andrew Ronnan, to attempt to keep the seven classes and to help foot the bill for the teacher them selves. The meeting, attended by
AN im p a s s io n ed plea from parent Mr -Andrew Ronnan
100 parents a t the 188- pupil school, endorsed an initial investigation to look a t ways of launching a
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tru s t , following a steep drop in pupil numbers and the inevitable cut in local authority funding. They heard from Mr Ron
nan that the bill could work out a t about £100 per pupil, but no pressure would be placed on parents unable to make donations. I t was stressed that other
tary letter was circulated to a number of parents and this was discussed in more
They continued: “A volun
detail a t a very well- attended meeting last week, when it was resolved that a prospectus would be drawn up and circulated to all families presently with children at the school and also to those families that have indicated that their children will he starting
fund-raising activities were being investigated and local businesses could also be approached for help. The idea was that the voluntary fund-raising would be for a temporary period only in the hope th a t pupil rolls would recover and local authority funding would return to its original level. A prospectus spelling out
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- ly considered is a huge vote of confidence in the present staff at the school, which has an excellent academic record and is situated in an enviable historic location in the heart of the village.” The chairman of the gov
-has become quite clear over the past few days that all parents would appear to want to rally round the school and see it move posi tively forward. “The very fact th a t the proposal has been positive-
the prospectus can be stud ied in greater detail, and a further meeting has been arranged for next Tuesday evening for further discus sions to take place before any final decisions are made. ■
“I t has been agreed that “Whatever the outcome, it
ernors, the Rev. Michael Ackroyd, said:.“We warm ly welcome this vote of con fidence in the school by the parents. The school has an outstanding academic rec- i Continued on page 15
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THE count was a nail-biting night. At one point Tory Mr Nigel E v a n s and Libejal Democrat Mr Michael Carr seemed neck and neck. Broadcast journalist Miss Fiona Steggles, of BBC Radio Lancashire, captures the moment. (CAT 8875)
TV star’s secret trip to area < ' /f. V * ..h./ '. < ; • » \ . . ‘"y • - j \ 4 ~ * m u . T .Lniiw loorlaf W9Q affATlisinCflv W^t area.- I t is not known how the scriptwriters . . . . The Labour leader was agonisingly wait
ing to see whether there would be any last- minute hitches stopping his entry to num
ber 10 Downing Street. “Oh no — not a last-minute swing in the
Ribble Valley,” he gasped in mock horror, apparently an ironic reference to the fact that he would receive no help from this
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day’s edition of Granada Tonight. The region’s best-known weatherman,
Fred Talbot, paid a visit to one of his favourite locations this week. \ In Granada Tonight’s regular Monday
night slot, “Where
is.Fred?”, the quirky weather forecaster will be invit ing members of the public to guess where he was. ;
Ribble Valley residents should have a -I-:--
head start on all those taking part in the weekly competition, as the filming took place at one of the area’s well-
Doctor’s knock-out blow for clean air protesters
the options has already gone to all parents. Mr Ronnan told the Advertiser and Times this week that the organisers were pleased with the initial response. The move has been initiat
ed by parents keen to re establish the school’s for mer first-class reputation, following the removal of between 40 and 50 children over an 18-month period and the resignation of eight governors. As we have already reported, the head teacher, Miss Yvonne Hulse, is now on sick leave. Accountant John Ander
by Tim Procter
A NEAR knock-out blow was delivered this week to local air quality and pollu
tion protesters. The a re a ’s D ire c to r of Public
Health, Dr Stephen Morton,, told the Advertiser and Times: “I t is difficult, and probably impossible,
for any one individual or small pop ulation group to prove there is a
son and solicitor Stephen Barker, both parents, have joined company director Mr Ronnan in preparing the prospectus. In a Press statement, they explained that, if the finan cial shortfall was not addressed in time, the school would be left with resources to run only six classes in the next academic year and not seven as at present.
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link between health problems and. industrial emissions. Ten per cent of all children everywhere have asthma, and cancer and chest prob lems are common. There are many different and complex reasons.” Protesters, confident of results sup
porting their case, are demanding that the health authority headed by Dr Morton make investigations into the Ribble Valley situation. But Dr Morton replies: “We have
“If the Ribhle Valley had a problem, . __ . . •' '< i ‘
I would expect it to show in the fig- ures, and to have feedback from doc tors. There is no such evidence.” However, protesters can have some
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comfort from the health authority. For Dr Morton is sympathetic to the fact th a t people have complaints about the effects of airborne pollu tion, which may make existing health problems worse.He is not saying nothing can he done about it, but feels that action will have to be on a political rather than health basis. Pressure must be kept up on the authorities to reduce the limits
allowed to industry. Dr Morton says he awaits the results
of last year’s Environment Agency study into local air pollution with interest. He also feels that the Gov ernment should s ta rt a long-term national study of the effects of burn ing secondary liquid fuels. But, he adds, the evidence he has seen so far indicates they offer no higher pollu
been doing th a t , as far as our resources allow, by analysing the fig ures for asthma, chest complaint and similar drug prescriptions in the Rib ble Valley, and looking at mortality rates and other factors. They all show that health is better, generally, than in the rest of our area.
tion levels than coal. Dr Morton’s views come at a time
when Castle Cement is being criti cised for having no insurance cover for health-related claims against it by the
public.The company itself released this information when asked about it by a protest group and this
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week general manager Mr Ian Sutheran said th a t the cover was comparable to th a t taken out by cement works and other industrial plants all over the country. Sudden, accidental or unforseen incidents were included, but cover for gradual pollution would he very unusual. “In the 60 years the works has oper
ated at Clitheroe, there has been no evidence linking any emissions from it to instances of ill-health. Moreover, to our knowledge, there have been no proven links between cement manu facture and ill-health in the 100-year history of the UK cement industry.” • Mr Sutheran’s assertion that the
Ribblesdale works remains one of the most closely-monitored plants in the country is borne out by an Environ ment Agency decision to prosecute the firm. Summonses are to be served alleging emission level breaches, with the evidence coming from Castle Cement’s own figures. This is ju s t one aspect of the
agency’s response to public concern, as well as to its statutory duties. A project team of various experts is making a detailed examination of the company, and recently took a river spill sample which is currently being analysed.
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