The Clitheroe -The paper-that champions the R ib b le Valley cause C O M S iH L 10SK AT S T O iM liS f mound ^ SPORTING PRIZE Comings and goings of tw o lo ca l c h a rity a d y e n tu re ri:


Police are still prob­ ing a gun drama which brought a Ribblc Valley vil­ lage to a halt.


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A court hears how a heroin abuser was involved in a dra­ matic chase thr ­ ough Whalley and Clitheroe.


Castle Cement is fined £8,000 after a contractor was in­ jured while cleaning a works kiln.


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There is a top sport­ ing honour for a Ribblesdale Wan­ derers cricketer.


A former CRGS teacher pens her first children’s book.


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A former antiques dealer dies a t 37 while on holiday in Cornwall.


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Armed guards keep Graham on track


byJulie Frankland


POLITICAL hotspots, where temper­ atures reach over 100F, se t saddles blaz­


ing for a local council official. Armed guards and blistering desert sun were


just two of the "challenges" Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council's engineering manager Mr Gra­ ham Jagger had to contend with on a 219-mile charity cycle trek through Israel. Now back home, tanned but leaner, Mr Jag­


ger (48) admitted that there were times when he doubted his ability to complete the five-day marathon, on which was riding more than £2 000 in sponsor money for Addaction, an organisation dedicated to helping those with drug and alcohol related problems.


Said Mr Jagger (pictured left): ' I have •


always played a lot of sport and I decided to take part in the ride, which I saw advertised m the Daily Mail, because I wanted to complete a good, hard physical challenge before 1 reached the age of 50.


"Heat and arduous mountain climbs - such as a four-mile hike on a track steeper than


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Waddington Fell Road - made the event much more difficult than I had anticipated. Although I sometimes felt that it was an impossible task, I was determined to keep going, having received so much support." The ride was billed as the Three Seas Chal­


lenge, and Mr Jagger was sponsored by col­ leagues, Bridge Computer Systems Ltd, of Nelson, Whalley Chamber of Trade and Rib­ ble Valley Country Club among others. He and his friend, Miss Elaine Mansfield, of Nel­ son, joined a team of 13 other cyclists, aged between 20 and their late 50s, for a flight from Heathrow to Tel Aviv, where they were met by


two local guides. From a kibbutz by the Mediterranean, they


set out on 21-gear mountain bikes for the Sea of Galilee, travelling by the Lebanese border. They then followed a route by the Jordanian border to the Dead Sea and from there rode on to the oasis of Jericho, a Palestinian city, and to the Bible town of Masada, to reach their finish line in Jerusalem.


En route accommodation was kibbutzes, '


with the party encouraged to drink 10 pints of e Continued on page 15


Young man hanged in police cell


A WELL-KNOWN Clitheroe young man was found hanged in his cell at the town's police station on Tues­ day afternoon.


W id e c irc le sh o cke d b y d e a th o f P&u.1 B u c h a n a n Mr Paul Barry


Buchanan was 21 and a familiar figure to many local people. He was a former pupil of


allegation of shoplifting. In line with laid down


Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe, where he won county javelin honours. Mr Buchanan (pictured


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on the road i with freensurance


as a schoolboy) was the son of Mr and Mrs Barry Buchanan. The family home is in St Paul’s Street,


Low Moor. As news of the tragedy


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spread round the town, peo­ ple were quick to express their sympathies with the Buchanans. A top-level inquiry was


yesterday under way to find out what exactly happened. The discovery was made


at 4-30 p.m. on Tuesday. Yesterday lunchtime, the


police issued a statement outlining the facts sur­ rounding the tragedy. Mr Buchanan was arrest­ ed at about 3-15 p.m. on an


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procedures, the Police Com­ plaints Authority has been told about the death, as well as the area's coroner. . A senior officer from the


Lancashire force was imme­ diately brought in to inves­ tigate what had happened. Several years ago, Mr


group, and was throwing in


excess of 40 metres. The coroner has been


informed and a Home Office pathologist carried out a post mortem exami­ nation on Tuesday evening, when he gave the cause of death as hanging. The police statement


Buchanan was in the vicini­ ty of a fatal accident at a Ribble Valley sawmill. People who knew him


were concerned at the shock and sorrow he himself expe­ rienced on that occasion. • In 1991, Mr Buchanan


was featured in this news­ paper for his success as a


javelin thrower. He won the county championship for his age


i Discipline and Complaints Department has been appointed to carry out a full investigation into the circumstances. “The matter has been


said: “The death is not being treated as suspicious, but a senior officer from the


voluntarily referred to the Police Complaints Authori­ ty, which will supervise the inquiry.”


Warning over quarry damage by Sheila Nixon


MOUNTAIN bikers are being warned to keep away from a Clitheroe nature reserve, following serious scar­ ring of the site and damage to rare vegetation and wildlife. Lancashire Wildlife Trust spells


out in a Press statement this week the seriousness of the problems caused by


I illegal cycling at Crosshill Quarry. I In the past, mountain bikers were tolerated, says the report, but heavy use this summer has made it impossi­ ble for the trust to continue to turn a


blind eye. Limestone grassland, rare in Lan­


cashire, and many species of wildflow- ers are under threat from the bikers, .. ...


says the trust. Problems are listed as follows^ _ O This summer, many more tracks


have been created which have dam­


aged areas of the vegetation. 0 Fires have been lit, turf has been


dug up and rocks removed to create


ramps and jumps. The report goes on to state that the


digging up of turf and wildflowers without permission is illegal, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and could result in a hefty fine. "While there is one 'No Cycling'


access," the statement explains. "An interpretation board is planned for the


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quarry next summer". Meanwhile, Mr John Lamb, the


trust's conservation officer for East Lancashire, is appealing to the bikers' own commonsense to solve the prob­


lems. He said: "The nature reserve sup­


sign at Crosshill, this is clearly insuffi­ cient and the trust will be putting up more signs initially, rather than erect­ ing fences or other barriers to control


ports a variety of grassland, scrub and woodland habitats, together with a great diversity of wild plants, birds and other animals. Access through the nature reserve is actively encouraged along the public footpath, the Ribble Way and permissive paths, but is restricted to pedestrian access only on foot. Cycling, horseriding and use of vehicles are not allowed.


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9 l r770963 Suspension for cannabis pupil


I A SIXTH-FORM pupil at Clitheroe Royal Grammar


School has been caught in pos-


I session of cannabis. Police were called in to investigate


I the matter and the unnamed 17-year- old was suspended. The youth was cautioned by Chtheroe police officers,


but not charged. Headteacher Mr Stuart Holt has __. . .


warned pupils that use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated by the school and assured them the police would be immediately informed of any offender caught with illicit substances on the


premises. A police spokesman said they were


satisfied the cannabis was only for SEE*


personal use and not for dealing. lie added: "Unfortunately, this sort of thing goes on — it goes on everywhere. All we can do is to try and keep a lid on it by making people aware of it and asking parents, staff and pupils to be vigilant. If they see anything like this, we would ask them to contact us immediately."


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And now Sarah gets into


gear for her charity cycle by Ben Carlish


AN adventurous Clith­ eroe sales assistant is hoping to book herself a 341-kilometre passage through India on a bike and raise over £3,000 for a disabled children's


charity in the process. Billington's Sarah Grieve


hopes to raise the minimum requirement of £1,500 for the Whizz-Kidz non-mobile children's charity, which will allow her to enter the Taj Mahal Challenge. Along with 60 other cyclists from all over the country, in swel­ tering temperatures, she will endure a gruelling five-day cycle trek through intriguing India. Starting out at dawn each day, riding until early evening, the route will take her along rough country roads, past a tiger reserve and through rarely-visited villages in Rajasthan. The intrepid cyclists will spend a night in a "ghost town," the abandoned royal city of Fatehpur Sikri, and they will finish their adventure at the wondrous Taj Mahal. In order to be able to take


two boys, Garfield (12) and Dean (10), said: "I am blessed with' two children who are fit and healthy and I am thankful for that. I just wanted to do something for children who are not so for­


tunate." "It's a big challenge and I


have always wanted to go to


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