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A local girl makes a stunning “Blind Date” appearance -
and wins a Phillip- ines trip into the bargain.
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There is wides- spread support for the village school head who banned some Christmas fes tivities because of naughty pupils.
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The Ombudsman tells Ribble Valley Borough Council to pay residents’ costs in a planning row.
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There are big new plans announced by the new owners of a Whalley night club.
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Next week, we are publishing a day earlier, on Wednes day, which is Christmas Eve. Please get your copy to us a day earlier than usual.
FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER: It will continueto be cold, with sunny periods,but the strongwinds will die out as theweekend approaches.
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Helmet shows its value as
THE s to u t helmet he was wearing may well have saved the life of a young cyclist when his head sh attered a car
head smashes through car His schoolmates earn full marks for prompt action
window. And the vehicle's driver was
so impressed with the way that Ribblesdale High School friends of Paul Howell (16) rallied round to help after the accident that he contacted the school to express his
admiration. Paul, of Kemple View, Clitheroe, suffers from cerebral
palsy, but is able to cycle to school, never failing to wear his helmet. "I've had one ever since I start ed cycling and it has certainly
proved its value," says Paul. The accident happened at a
junction just outside the school on Friday afternoon. "There were scores of our pupils
about and several immediately went to help - 1 was so proud of the way they rallied round instead of just gawping as people often do," says head Ms Glyn Ward.
"It was very significant that the
car driver thought so too. I'm afraid young people today often have a bad name, quite unjustifi ably, and he wanted to recognise the fact there they are not all like that." While some of the boys picked
Paul up, girls went to comfort the woman passenger in the car. "There was glass all over - some
had even gone in her ear, so we carefully picked it out," says one of
the helpers, Kelly Metcalfe. "We Rescuing beleagured home I
cyclist’s window
wanted to do all we could to deal with the emergency." Staff quickly arrived, and the
couple and Paul were taken into the school to help them get over the shock. However, no one was injured. "The tremendous value of cycle
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helmets has again been empha sised by this incident," points out,
Ms Ward. "We are all so glad Paul was not hurt - he is one of the school's most popular pupils and is greatly admired for his positive- attitude to the difficulties he has in walking." Paul is pictured with his helmet
and some of the helpers - Steven High, Gari Haslam, Ryan Peel and Kelly. (CAT15059),
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Mercy duo scale Pendle to aid para-
in near-fatal fall
Help swoops from the skies as rescue team battles in
the freezing cold TIM PROCTER REPORTS
HELP was soon at hand after a potentiaiiy fatal Sunday afternoon para-gliding accident on one
summit of Pendle Hill. Two members of
Clitheroe's ambulance team
climbed from the farm below- and police swooped
in from the skies to get Mr Tim Wright (31), of Ingol,
to hospital with life-threat- emng injuries. Mr Wright was with a
group of friends and had jumped off the hill into the wind so he could soar upwards. But, some 20 feet above the ground, his canopy collapsed and he plunged to the ground below, landing only a short distance from a big drop. Friends at the bottom of
news for this local firm
dings takes place all year round but, from July, builds up to a demand for 16 million puddings a year - to 60 different recipes. -. As a result, Spiroflow, which manufactures ingre dients handling systems, has stepped in to lighten the load for Matthew Walker so that the pud dings will be ready and dis tributed in time for Christ mas. The company has produced bagging for, the puddings' ingredients. ' Set i up in 1980, Spiroflow, which now oper ates from Lincoln Way, has been described as one of the leading manufacturers of rotating spiral convey ors, electronic weighing equipment and integrated automatic handling sys tems. As the largest producer
CLITHEROE firm Spiroflow has entered into the festive spirit by helping food company Matthew Walker to fulfil its Christmas puddings order. Production of the pud
'AWSON'S
the hill were able to give Paramedic Bob Massey and Ambulance Technician Mark Adamason an idea of Mr Wright's injuries. "We were able to choose the most suitable equipment to take with us, and got some help with it to the sum mit," says Mr Massey (51). "The injuries were obvi
ously serious, so we asked for the police helicopter - which arrived just as we got to the top ourselves," says Mr Massey. He and'Mr Adamson
of Christmas puddings in the UK, Matthew Walker, part of Northern Foods, supplies numerous major supermarkets, leading department stores and exports to more than a dozen countries worldwide.
COUNTRYSIDE ranger Paul Shorenan captured the dramatic scene as paramedic Bob Massey (right) and tech-, . nician colleague Mark Adamson tend the injured man with one of his friends
(35) have both been up Pendle before - but never propelled by the urgency of
possibly fatal injuries. "We climbed the path as fast as we could, treated and immobilised our patient and got him in the heli copter without delay. It was very cold on the top of Pendle, and he was having trouble breathing," says Mr Massey.
"I gave him oxygen all
the way to the Royal Pre ston Hospital, a seven- minute journey. Chest injuries made it urgent to get him to a proper casual ty department. "We are very confident in our equipment and try to
match it with skill and commitment but we can only do so much in these situations. It was lucky the weather was just good enough for a helicopter landing." Members of the local fell
rescue organisation were sent to the scene, and
would have been needed if the helicopter could not have flown. The incident is being investigated by the official para-gliding associ ation. Mr Wright was detained
in hospital with spinal, groin, wrist and chest injuries.
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WHALLEY resident Mr Brian Snape came to the rescue when the village's Pickwick Night organis ers found they were short of signs. He is a director of Dou- •
year, we could well provide the road closure signs as
well," says Mr Snape. He and other officials
from the company are pic tured with some of the signs and Chamber of Trade organisers. (CAT
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story and pictures - Page 2.
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