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There is an arson probe a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School after firemen dash to a fas t­ spreading blaze in two sheds.:


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Ribble Valley Council’s tourism officer hits back at criticism of the council’s marketing strategy


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The doors of a very unusual Clitheroe house were opened to our photograph­ er this week — and he was met with an amazing sight.


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There is a coup for Clitheroe Folk Fes­ tival, with top band Lindisfame booked for a terrific week­ end of music.


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The go-ahead is given for house building on a con­ troversial site..


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deep, through fund­ raising projects, to help with th e scheme. Whalley CE P r im a ry


School has won a mas­ sive grant of £81,000 to build an administration b lo ck , w h ich w ill be d e s ig n ed to p rom o te security in school. With the Dunblane mas­


sacre s t i l l clea r in th e minds of the nation, secu­


r i ty in schools has been made a p r io r i ty by th e Government.


to make grants available for safeguards in schools,; and headteacher ’Miss ; Yvonne Hulse and the board of governors of the tiny church-aided village school took full advantage of it . They immediately had plans drawn up and, through Blackburn Dio-


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Parents also to dig deep to make their children’s future


more secure Max Gardner reports


A BIG cash grant means that,a Ribble Valley School can make itself safer and


avoid a Dunblane-type tragedy. In addition to the grant, introduced by the Gov­


ernment to protect education buildings from dan­ gerous intruders, parents are being asked to dig


have been asking us what • we have been doing about' the security situation in school for months.” She emphasised: "We


cese, applied to the Gov­ ernment for the award. Miss Hulse said: “Parents


must make sure tha t our children are not at risk. We would be naive not to address this situation. If a madman wants to get into a school, he will, but we must reduce that risk.”. Work has already com-: menced at Whalley prima­ ry school, which is situated in . Church Lane. This week, workmen were fit- , ting a system of locks which can be controlled from the school office. This is an interim measure until the school office can be resited on the ground floor. Further work will then


include securing all doors and making the front door the central point for all entries into the school. From the new school office, everybody entering and


Enterprising pupils scoop a top


European prize by Theresa Robson


OOH LA LAI Youngsters from Ribbles­ dale High School have taken their parlez vous right to the top.


SOME of the children at Whalley CE Primary-School whose,future,will be; more secure, both educationally and from a safety point,ofvview,because o f a,; cash grant coup (CAT 6925)-


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leaving the building will be— assured of the full payment - public of Whalley is being monitored. “We will know at all times


who is on the premises,” commented Miss Hulse. , Whalley school has been1 awarded the grant as a cap- •


i t a l , expenditure; paid through Blackburn Diocese and Lancashire County Council, the local educa­ tion authority, but- the school must still raise at least £13,000 itself to be


of the grant. Miss Hulse made a plea to* the parents of .schoolchild­


ren, as well as to residents of Whalley, to help raise the'money. She.said: “We only need to raise £3,000,


ITKUfsdajrevening ’tocome < up with fund-raising ideas. The grant is to be paid in.


held in the school on


two stages. The first is to address security and Miss , Hulse believes those mea-


by Christmas, then the d io - s u r e s will be in place by cese will extend an interest- autumn, 1998. The second free loan to the school.”


.phase is to improve.the


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Shorties Cafe, Whalley Road, Clitheroe. She provides a pool table and video machine and every morn­ ing on schooldays is inundated by youngsters who use the cafe’s facili­ ties before school starts and feels crit­ icism levelled at young skaters in our story last week was unjustified. With more and more parents work­


before someone is hurt. Jacqueline is joint proprietor of


ing, many children of secondary school age catch early buses into • town and safely pass the intervening time in Jacqueline’s cafe, she says. “They are far better here than out


on the streets,” adds the proprietor. At present her hours of opening, are


restricted by the local authority and, although she would like to make the cafe available to youngsters during the evenings, she has had her request refused. “Around 30 children come into the cafe before school. The children buy bacon and egg sandwiches or just a cup of coffee, but they are warm and safe and really grateful for some­ where to go.” Jacqueline’s own children, Lisa (13), Kelly (11) and nine-year-old Donna, all have in-line skates. The eldest, admits Jacqueline, (pictured with the children), uses hers on the streets. “She goes into town. If she goes into the park she is shouted at by adults who are concerned about the safety of smaller children. I t would be nice if someone could do something for these older children. I fully support Mr Ronnie Eatough’s move to find premises for the local children and hope he gets some support.


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STRONG pressure to


But firm rejects the criticism


improve the quality of its emissions was put on Castle Cement this week by Ribble VaUey


company of placing a pub­ lic notice which was “mis­ leading.” As we reported last week, the Environment Agency


has formed a special team of experts in various aspects of waste manage­ ment to review air quality locally, and thoroughly examine all aspects of operations a t Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale Works. Now the local council has


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- They hot-footed i t to Europe after winning the.Hynd- bum and Ribble Valley heat of the competition for the third year running.


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dles, set the French-speaking judges at the congress alight and duly scooped the first prize. The youngsters — Peter Beardsworth, Rachel Kirk,


Deborah Croft, Natasha Longstreth and Ann-Marie Ridgeway — beat stiff competition from 400 partici­ pants, who converged on the event from across Europe


and as far afield as Canada. > They were accompanied by teacher Mr/Neil Ashworth


and Mr Ian Pendlebury, chief executive of Clitheroe firm Rrctella International, their sponsor.


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. Mr Ashworth commented: “The youngsters worked very , hard and deserved to win. They had a great weekend and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.”


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the scrubber will not cure the plumegrounding prob­ lem, and th a t Castle Cement’s plans look too far into the future. I t points out th a t there are still problems with Cemfuel. - Mr Morris told us that the


notice about the scrubber did not mention proposals to burn alternative fuels such as carpet off-cuts and old tyres. He maintained that it should have done. But Castle Cement total­


daughter crossing the road. She enjoys using her skates and at the age of 1 3 ,1 can’t keep her indoors. I would have thought that there must be a site, perhaps on an industrial estate, which could be used for this. I t ’s not only skaters who have diffi­ culty, youngsters riding bikes are also short of somewhere safe to go.” Jacqueline has offered to help super­


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