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. * SUPPLEMENT AT A GLANCE ■ page 24 A motorist had no
chance to avoid a cyclist in an A59 death crash.
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Traders are out to solve a sticky s i tu ation in Clitheroe town centre.
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An angry group of farmers and coun tryside lovers pre pare to march in protest on London.
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Residents fear escapes as a local secure unit expands.
■ page 22
Castle Cement pleads for more time to get its scrubber up and running.
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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND
WEATHER: I t will remain sunny and dry, but becoming colder towards the week end, with a touch of night frost.
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A CHATBURN farming fami ly is being forced to concede home and income as victor s spoils, having lost a five-year
land war. Tenants of Castle Cement, Mr
Jos Collinson (57), his wife, Ruth, and son, Andrew (32), waged their b a t t le ag a in s t the company re opening its Bellman Quarry site. They joined environmentalists,
also protesting against the scheme, knowing th a t reactivation would
mean certain eviction from the 140- acre Bellman and Club Farms - th e y h av e worked s in c e An d rew s
land
b ir th .The death knell in their campaign was sounded when the Government refused an application for a public inquiry, following a decision by Lan cashire County Council to give the company the green light to begin extracting 26 tonnes of limestone from 63 hectares on the property.
Now they have been told to clear
off the land by April 7th, and to leave their double farmhouse by May 1999. The quit notices not only leave the
Collinsons, together with Andrew s wife and three young children, home less, they deprive them of their liveli
hood. The dairy herd, reared and man . , _ „
aged by the family, will go under the autioneer's hammer at Gisburn Auc tion Mart on March 5th, while plans to similarly sell off the sheep flock and farm machinery are also being
made.' W i th no lan d , Andrew, who has . , ,
only ever worked on a farm, is now scouring job advertisements for posi
tions outside the industry. However, his fa th e r aims to continue with his C h a tb u rn , Downham and Worston
milk round. While Castle Cement has offered a , „ ,
compensation package, it is a scant sweetener, according to Mrs Collinson, who explained: "Being
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£6.11m. loss. Next hardest hit will be
Booths, where defection will cost £3.25m. Both stores, according to Sainsbury's, are over-trading and should not be at risk of being run
out of town. In its application for per
mission to go-ahead and begin building work, Sains bury's, which also predicts Kwik Save and Iceland jointly forfeiting £0.65m. its way, claims its presence will enhance Clitheroe and should be welcomed by shoppers and other local
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by offering greater local choice and competition, it will plug leakage by cur rently dissatisfied shoppers to stores in Blackburn, Accrington, Colne, Skipton, Bamber Bridge and Pre
ston. Sainsbury's believes it
can stop these shoppers going elsewhere to retain their money in the Ribble Valley, not only making up its turnover shortfall, but revitilising other town cen tre businesses by keeping potential customers on their
doorstep. P a r t ic u la r ly l ik e ly to
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forced from our land and home feels like a bereavement for which no amount of money can adequately compensate. Myself and my husband
wanted to retire here. "We have lived under the stress of
this happening to us for five years and now our loss is a reality, we must slowly come to terms with it." A final exit agreement is yet to be
signed by Castle Cement and the Collinsons, who are adamant that
they want to remain in the Ribble
Valley. In a repeat of history, the Ribble
Valley is the home Mr Jos Collinson came to in the 1950s, after he and his family, tenant farmers in Middleton in Teesdale, were driven off their land when the then Cleveland River Authority decided to flood the area
to make a reservoir. Pictured are Mr Jos Collinson and
his son, Andrew, at the Chatburn farm.
Giggs scores for bravt? to t Jog
BRAVE tot Joe Dewhurst has been in some deep water, but now the heartache is over, his mum, Aman da, is determined to
a.m., two-mile sponsored swim at Ribblesdale Pool to raise money for Man
chester's Pendlebury Hos pital for Sick Children. Amanda wants to buy
It says it could take almost £10m. from the tills of town’s supermarkets JULIE FRANKLAND REPORTS'
TYEFFCTING customers to Clitheroe's proposed new Sainsbury's store couhU swipe’ almost £10m. from the tills of the town's two other maj
undertaken by Sainsbury's, a re sh o p s a n d bu sine sse s nearest its proposed site a t the southern end of town. I t expects to shift focus
away from Clitheroe's cur rent town centre to feed shoppers into Moor Lane and Castlegate by opening up its car park, which will have room for 47 more vehi cles than Booths, and 33 more than Tesco's. Other planned Sains
bury's enhancements for the south-side area include a new pedestrian footbridge off Queensway to cross Mearley Brook, which will act as a replacement for the
current narrow crossing point at Salford Bridge. For customers arriving
by car, access to the new store, which will be built of coursed and dressed stone, slate and glass to blend with neighbouring buildings, will be via a new right turn junction in Moor Lane. Road surveys undertak
en on behalf of Sainsbury’s claim the new store will have minimal impact on local traffic, creating no sig nificant problems on route- ways and at nearby junc
tions S a in sb u ry 's i ts e l f a lso
claims th a t its presence will actually reduce traffic, as its close proximity to town will encourage shoppers to leave th e i r c a rs on i ts c a r p a rk and walk into the centre to complete their errands. .Planning officers expect
Sainsbury's application to come before councillors at a meeting of its Planning and Development Committee on March 31st. R e s id e n ts w i th s t ro n g
views on the plans have just over a fo rtnig ht to subm it their support or objections to planning officials.
equipment and toys for the hospital, where Joe (three) spent 11 weeks, following a road accident while out playing last
October. Still on its out-patient
files, Joe was admitted in
a coma with head and spinal injuries, a collapsed lung, a ruptured liver and a broken collar bone, pelvis and left arm. Doctors feared for his recovery, but the battling youngster rallied, quicker than expected, and with their expert care, is now just weeks away from returning to Edisford County Primary School's
nursery. Said Amanda who,
together with husband Dave, kept a bedside vigil: "Joe has made a better recovery than the doctors ever thought he would. He has received some marvel lous care and treatment, and the swim is my way of saying thank you." All but mended, Joe is
back to playing rough and tumble with his brothers Sean (10), Lee (eight), and Jack (one), as well as sister Emma (five), but he has one thing over them. Joe is the proud owner
of a signed Manchester United football, courtesy
make a splash. She is in training for a 7
Reward to catch cruel shooters of cats
AN animal lover has
put up a reward for information about air- gun attacks on four
local cats. Last week we reported
on w h a t th e owner of th re e of- th em , Miss Catherine Byrne, calls "wanton cruelty". Her cats have all been
seriously injured, and one still has a pellet in its spine
and another in its chest. A neighbour's small
tabby is still struggling to walk a fte r a thigh was shattered by a pellet three
weeks ago. "The man offering the
£400 reward was very angry when he found out what had been happening after reading your newspa per," says Miss Byrne. "He said he wanted to
help and so I decided to make the money on offer up to £500. I t is very good of him to be so concerned." The reward will be given
to anyone providing infor mation leading to a convic tion involving shooting the cats with an airgun. Any calls have to go, not
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of Ryan Giggs. The star striker's mum works as a care assistant at the hospi tal, and as soon as she heard of Joe's support for her son's team, she arranged for the special
get-well gift. Check-out assistant
Amanda, who works at Clitheroe's Tesco store, has scheduled her swim for Friday, February 27th.
She expects the 128. lengths will take her
approximately one and a
half hours. Anyone wishing to
sponsor her efforts can contact her at home in Central Avenue, Clitheroe. Sponsor forms have also been left at Ribblesdale Pool and town centre shoe shop, Shoe-Bi-Doo. (120298/16/4a)
Bike thieves target the Ribble Valley
POLICE are warning Clitheroe res idents to be on their guard against an organised gang of mountain bike thieves, after the worst spate of bicycle thefts on record in the town. The gang has struck 19 times in
have local knowledge. They have toured the area at night looking through windows in sheds and have then broken in through the doors. What's more, they only go for
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the best bikes.” The detective also believes that the gang
eight days in the West side of Clitheroe, mainly in the Henthorn area, and all the machines have been stolen from sheds in gardens and back
yards. The raiders, believed to be living
locally, also have an eye for quality, hav ing helped themselves to top-of-the -
range models. DC Alan Procter, based a t Clitheroe
Police Station, who is investigating the incidents, said: "I have never seen any thing like it before. The thieves have con- centrated on one particular area and must
has a ready outlet for the
goods.The miss ing bikes include makes such as Townsend,
Muddy Fox, Trix and Raleigh. The spate of thefts began on February
8th, the latest occurring on Sunday in the
Woone Lane area. DC Procter is now advising bike owners
take them indoors. He said he would like to hear from any
one with suspicions about people trying to
find an outlet for stolen bikes. He can bo contacted at Clitheroe Police
Station (01200 443344). not to leave their machines in sheds, but to >-----1 l
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