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A young father wor­ ried about child support payments hanged himself, an inquest hears.


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A Ribble Valley firm has given a boost of energy to the British swim­ ming team in next month’s Common­ wealth' Games.


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The A-level results lead to celebrations in school.


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A £300,000 hospital cash injection could bring new jobs.


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A former Whalley resident reaches


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MP Nigel Evans hits out at soccer hooligans and calls for the 2006 World Cup to be held in England.


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Plea to the Home Secretary to save love that spanned Atlantic


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Romance blossomed on Internet — but Theresa now faces deportation


AN American woman who has travelled to be with the Clitheroe man she met via the Internet has appealed to Home Secretary Jack Straw to help their trans-Atlantic love survive.


Mrs Theresa John


son, who arrived in Britain from her home in Las Vegas in Janu­ ary, left her marriage and her two young chil­ dren, Cameron (five) and Chelsea (four), to live with the man who is now her fiance, Mr Philip Waterhouse, and his mother, Vanessa, at their family home in


will make for a fresh-feeling week­ end.


Milton Avenue. The couple had hoped that Theresa’s divorce


Monday, b u t , a f te r a case to the Home Office and was mentally unstable if s.he recent hearing a t Kendal Theresa has since handed in ever returned.


son. Her fears for the future


would have been resolved both Theresa and Philip, before her visa expires on Mr Evans forwarded the


have led the couple to enlist the help of Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans and they have written letters to the Home Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, and to the Prime Minister to appeal for an extension to her visa. Following a meeting with


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band, Mr,William ;vdd: But> according to a so n> y g ra n te d an , spokesp'erson f0'r Mr Evans, extra 28 days to contest wj10 contacted the Home .


County Court, her hus- her passport while the cir- , «• -j


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th e divorce, . leaving office on-Tuesday, it will be Theresa with no choice I two weeks before she will


consideration Theresa's


but to return to America. ; hear anything, even though They claim th a t the her visa expires on Mon­ judge who officiated at the day. Speaking on behalf of


Theresa's parents, who are caring for her children, have, she claims, decided to support her husband, leav­ ing her concerned at the thought of what the recep­ tion might be if she has to return to Las Vegas. She said: "I am getting constant phone calls every day from my husband and my family asking me to come back and now my parents have sided with my husband.” She was scared, she said, that her family would claim that she


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hearing would not take into Mr'Evans, the spokesper- ' son added: " I t is blatant complacency tha t the Home Office is taking so


hoped that once the divorce was finalised they would be able to travel to America in a bid to bring her children over to England to start a new life. But, for now, they will have to wait to see whether the British author-,. ities will allow her to stay. The Clitheroe Advertiser


Theresa and Philip had ...........


long. If this had happened under the Conservatives we


and Times was waiting for a response from the Honi'e' Office at the time of going to press.


Deputy head’s glacier adventure as he joins top Earthwatch team


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| A WADDINGTON de­ puty head goes back to school next week after


| an Icelandic glacier adventure sponsored


I through a key Ribble


Valley firm. Mr Doug Wardle teaches


i riences will help give A-level and other pupils extra


geography as well as help­ ing to run the famous Bolton School and his expe-


i knowledge of research work at the forefront of global warming and other key


| from 3M United Kingdom j pic, owners of Clitheroe's 3M Neotechnic plant, sent


issues. An environmental award


| Mr Wardle to join volun­ teers from the environmen-


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but the project is a complex long-term one and much remains to be done. He spent nine days on the glac­ ier at Skaftafell, in Iceland, having applied for the award after seeing it adver­ tised by 3M Neotechnic in the Clitheroe Advertiser


and Times. It was the first time that


Mr Wardle had had the chance to visit a glacial location and, in spare moments, he was able to climb a nearby mountain the height of Snowdon. "The view was fantastic," he


recalls. Although the glacier was


cold, the weather at the


| tal charity Earthwatch on the project Icelandic Glaci-


| Drive, Waddington, with | his wife, Elaine, and chil­ dren Ella (seven) and Jake


A keen outdoor enthusi­ ast, he lives in Beechthorpe


| (five.) The team was rcsearch-


| ing the dynamics of the sub- | glacial volcanic eruption in | the country in 1996 and a "surge" when a glacier


| moved forward. ■ : Mr Wardle helped with a


off all Garden


Furniture, Cushions & B-B-Que’s in


the S h o w ro om Open Sunday 10am - 4pm


i * • Security registered Victoria House variety of measuring work,


camp site nearby was the same as that in Clitheroe. For Mr Wardle, the awards have certainly fulfilled their purpose of enabling teach­ ers and conservationists to work alongside leading sci­ entists on field research pro­ jects around the world. Global warming may in time result in similar "melts" to that caused by the volcanic eruption, so during its work the interna­ tional team bore in mind the crucial importance of acquiring knowledge in this field. Prior to the trip, Mr


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and met Earthwatch'repre-: sentatives. Site manager Mr Nick Green said: V3M has been supporting Earth- watch for six years and we are delighted th a t ,th is imaginative project contin


ues to deliver long-term projects overseas dvumg the benefits for schools and the past five years. 3M is a


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Wardle (pictured) visited 3M Neotechnic, Clitheroe, which manufactures compo­ nents for medical inhalers,


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BURGLARS with a clear plan of action stole £30,000-worth of plant from Pendle Trading Estate, Chatburn, at the


weekend. They got inside the


secure compound of E. and D. Plant Hire, started up a fork lift truck and used it to lift the gate from its hinges. A thick security chain


was sawn off the door of: a storage building, and


a pick-up truck was broken into and moved to gain access to a skip. This was loaded with two mini excavators and three cement mixers and lifted on to a drop- side truck, which was


then driven off. ; ; "The intruders were;


well organised to tackle all security measures," i


said a police spokesman.’ ■ - The truck's number is E343TYB. :1 Anyone who saw any­ thing suspicious at the; estate over the weekend, or before, is urged to contact the police.


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emotional state or the rea­ sons why she left her hus­ band, who Theresa main­ tains had acted violently towards her and their young


would have been slated." Back in Las Vegas,


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LEADER of Ribble Valley Borough Council: Coun. ,


Howel Jones is urging resi-." dents and visitors to send: Deputy Premier- John- Prescott a postcard. But good wishes are not,


in mind - more a.demand '; tha t something-is done quickly to increase cash available for local services! ■ Coun. Jones says that the


current system is rigged against rural areas. The Rural Services Part­


nership, of which the local council is a member, has been emphasising for some time that providing the var- ■


ious traditional local authority facilities, such as


refuse collection or buses, costs more per head in the


countryside. . The partnership is a


grouping of 50-plus local councils which all have a high proportion of rural


land. ' But the Government has


not so far recognised the extra cost problems and will not be reviewing the com­ plex system of grants for another three years.: Coun. Jones says: "Last


Spring, ministers promised a new deal for country com­


munities, but so far we have seen remarkably little. We are appealing to those we welcome in our communi­ ties over the holiday period to look behind the chocolate box image of rural areas and 'get a real understanding of


'John Prescott may not be a a holiday must for many of us, but we feel it would be a great way for people from all over the country to show their solidarity with Ribble Valley. His- address is Bressenden Place, London, SW1E5DU."


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