The Clitheroe vertiser an -The paper that champions the Ribble Valley, cause


A man who ret­ urned to the scene of a town centre incident with a meat cleaver has appeared in court.


A horse show judge left a Gisbum hotel without paying a £463 bill.


Governors at a school threatened with closure have come up with good reasons why it should stay open.


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Henthom residents offer a vote of confi­ dence in the town council.


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A group of top American business visitors are fascinat­ ed by the area.


A woman’s spiral of debts leads to bene­ fits fraud, a Black­ burn court hears.


FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER: Becoming cooler and more unsettled with the prospect of breezy showers.


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Valley pub at centre of life-threatening


by Julie Frankland


A RIBBLE VALLEY pub is at the centre of investigations into an


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E.coli outbreak Food poisoning almost proved fatal for 21-vear-old graduate


unit, and a further week on


outbreak of E.coli food poisoning, which almost


proved fatal for one vie-


tim. Graduate Stephanie


Hawke (21), of Masefield Avenue, Padiham, spent a week in Burnley General Hospital's intensive care


a general ward, recovering from the bug, which health


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cheese she ate at the pub. Although they are refus­


ing to name the establish­ ment, they have confirmed that Miss Hawke was one of three people believed to have contracted E.coli from food served at the suspected


premises. Said a spokesperson for


East Lancashire Health authorities, we feel it is not


Authority, which along with appropriate to name the environmental health offi-.., suspected premises. cers from Ribble Valley


Borough Council is respon­ sible for the investigations:


"Full control measures have been taken and investiga­ tions are on-going to trace the source of the infection. No decision has been taken regarding possible charges, but as the situation is no different from other investi­ gations undertaken by


operation of staff from the outlet and getting the full facts about the outbreak is our priority and very important in the longrterm protection of public health." In addition to these three


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cases, there were another three unlinked reports of E.coli food poisoning in the borough last month.


Village traffic chaos looms


PARKING chaos is set to spill out on to the streets of Whalley next week following a decision by the Whitbread brewery to restrict public access to the


Whalley Arms car park. Residents and shopkeepers were


shocked to receive letters from Whit­ bread informing them that, as of Tuesday, the entrance of the Whalley Arms car park, is to remain locked from midnight until 11-30 a.m. daily. The move comes following months


of local speculation regarding the fate of the car park, since a brewery announcement in April that it intend­ ed to withdraw the facility from public


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use. At the time, it sparked a local out­


cry with traders, general practitioners and residents complaining that with the removal of the car park's 50 spaces from public use, village life, trade and its tourist draw could be severely dam­ aged. Many business owners and staff use the car park, as do Whalley Med­ ical Centre patients attending the


surgery adjacent to it, it was argued However, the brewery, which leased


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the car park to Ribble Valley Borough Council until two years ago, contends the situation has now got out of hand whereby its business is being affected, with customers and even delivery van men unable to park near the inn. A Whitbread spokesman comment­


ed: "At the end of the day our priority is to our customers and landlords. The purpose of having that car park is to service the customers using the pub. We appreciate it will present a prob­ lem to people using the surgery, but if the situation was the other way around whereby our customers were using a surgery's car park, it would be unacceptable. We cannot allow this situation to affect our business any


longer." Medical centre manager Mrs Joan


Lee said she understood the rationale behind the brewery's decision, but was dismayed by it nevertheless. She said: "There just isn't anywhere to park in Whalley and this will really hit a lot of our patients, particularly the elderly


ones. We are a rural practice and a lot of patients travel in by car, and it's going to affect them too. I think it will mean there will be more long-term parking on King Street, which will simply result in chaos. I just do not know what we are going to do. I under­ stand Whitbread's business motives, but I wish the company had more of a


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social conscience." Villagers' concerns have been com­


pounded by the suddenness of the announcement, when the brewery had apparently committed itself to hold­ ing further talks with Ribble Valley Borough Council on the issue. However, borough council chief


engineer Mr Graham Jagger said: We have written to the company to ask it to discuss the matter further, but we have received no reply as of yet. The only problem that I can see is with the doctors' surgery. It is people going there that I am most concerned about. There is nowhere on the main road outside the surgery for people to park and it is going to be difficult for them."


Peer welcomes move on pets


THE Ribble Valley's dog-loving peer has welcomed a new pass­ port for pets scheme to replace


the quarantine laws. Lord Waddington said this week he


I was "delighted" to hear that a pilot scheme was to be introduced next I year for pets travelling into Britain


from Western Europe. It means an end to the six months'


quarantine period for these pets. The former Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Lords has


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been one of the country's leading opponents of the old scheme since returning to Britain after five years as Governor of Bermuda. He suffered the heartbreak of hav­


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ing to have Basil, his 12-year-old Nor­ folk terrier, put down after a six- month stint in quarantine kennels. Agriculture Minister Baroness I-Iayman announced details of the pilot scheme this week. She said it would be fully in place by April, 2000, but the first pets may be able to come


in early next year. The final scheme, inserted under their skin. l YOUR ADVERTISER AND st p u uic w w c


would be in place by April, 2001 The initial scheme is targeted on


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southern ports — London Heathrow Airport, Dover and the Channel Tun


nel. Lord Waddington, who now has


another Norfolk Terrier, called Jarvis, said he expected that Manchester Air­ port would soon be included in the


scheme. Pets entering the country will have


to be fully vaccinated against rabies and have an identifying microchip


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Explosion ends


camping holiday


A YOUNG camper from Kent was recovering from extensive bums this week after a gas cylinder flare-


up in Clitheroe. It was the third incident


involving gas cylinders on the Edisford camp site in the last five weeks and the second involving the emer­


gency services. ■ Lawrence Lovell (17), of


Sittingbourne, suffered extensive burns to the sur­ face of his chest and legs. He was treated by para­


medics and then taken to Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary. Later he was trans­ ferred to the Royal Preston Hospital for specialist


attention. As in the previous inci­


dent attended by the emer­ gency services, the flare-up occurred when the butane cylinder of a camping stove was being changed. Warden Mr Bryan Gate­


house paid tribute to other campers who, seeing the blaze, rushed to assist with fire extinguishers. "I arrived a few minutes after it was over. Those who helped were excellent," he


added. Clitheroe fire chief, Sta­


tion Officer Dave McGrath, said: "It appears possible that gas was escap­ ing when it should not have been, and we are haying the equipment checked


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Time for success for these young pop composers


Hit song had them rocking in the aisles by Ben Carlish


Recording Studios having beat­ en off the competition in Clitheroe Folk Festival's young


A T IM E -T R A V E L L IN G songwriting competition i»_____


teenage pop group from Clitheroe scooped a presti­ gious free recording session at an exclusive studio after being judged top of the pops in a songwriting competition. The band of five, calling


themselves Time Travellers, won a day's recording session at Balderstone's Shamrock


rrv.£» wwirurstp wpre i di The youngsters were judged by a


panel and declared to be supersonical­ ly sounder than the dozens of other entrants, after their song, "Time Travel 2,000", got the the crowd rock­ ing and bopping in the aisles. Judge Seamus Heffeman, manager of the Shamrock Recording Studio


said: "I think the standard in the com­ petition was quite high and there was a really lively atmosphere on the day.


Time Travellers stood out hea'd and shoulders above the rest. Their song


lyric." He added: "I think they enjoyed .


their recording session and have learned a bit more about what it entails to become successful artists. With a lot of hard work, they could become really good musicians." Our picture shows Clitheroe Time


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