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A farmer involved in a fatal accident denies driving his tractor without due care and attention.


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The new Ribble Valley Mayor promises to do his best for the bor­ ough.


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There is good news for the local econo­ my as Ultraframe’s profits surge.


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It is awards time for the best in civic design and conser­ vation .


A law student is searching for “ang­ els” to finance a student theatre company comedy.


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Rowland High School pupils plant trees in memory of meningitis victim Helen Driver.


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Valley opens its heart to greet


Kosovo refugees


THE BIG-HEARTED people of Whalley and the Ribble Valley are preparing to give the red-carpet treatment to Kosovo refugees bound for the Calderstones


Up to 160 woman and children will arrive in area on Monday Ben Carlish reports


Hospital site. An expectant buzz is


pulsating throughout the village, and the area as a . whole, with the news that up to 160 Kosovo refugees are due to arrive at Calderstones on Monday. Calderstones has been inundated with calls from eager villagers volunteer­ ing to help in any way they can, local churches have sprung into action organising collections for the visitors and a special aid hotline has been set up by Lancashire County


Council. A further 150 refugees are


expected to arrive in the next fortnight in addition to the first group. It is under­ stood.the majority of them will be Albanian-speaking women and children, and Whalley Methodist Church members are asking people to donate good quality cud­ dly toys, building bricks, games, toys, balls, crayons


and paper. Lancashire County Council is also ask­ ing people to donate clothes in good condition, electrical goods and baby equipment such as cots and pushchairs. The Rev. Chris Cheese-


man, of Whalley Methodist Church, said: "Everyone is pulling together and the general feeling is that these people should be made to feel warmly welcomed. It is likely they will be very traumatised after their experiences and it is up to us to provide as much sup­


port as possible." Speculation has been


mounting for some weeks about if and when the


meeting last week between representatives from Cald­


erstones Hospital, the North-West NHS Trust, the Refugee Council, Lan­ cashire County Council and Bibble -Valley -Borough Council, there has been a flurry of activity at the hos­


pital site. Workmen have been


drafted in to prepare what is being called '"The Koso­ van Village", which will have its own school, shop and social club. The Red Cross and the Women's Royal Voluntary Service are also pulling out the stops to provide extensive support to the Kosovan vil­


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utive Russ Pearce said that at this stage it seemed likely that the refugees' stay would be long-term and staff and volunteers at the site are preparing for a stay


for minimum of three ] months. There will be a clear demarcation between the refugees staying at the site and the area of the hos- | pital occupied by the remaining patients. Mr Pearce added: "We


are trying to create as homely an environment ^ possible based around fami­ ly units. It's not the most ideal location, because at the end of the day it is still an institution, but we are trying to do the best we can to provide a comfortable place for them to stay in." Up to 12 catering, main­


tenance and estates staff are to be re-employed at the


refugees were to arnve, but Vgj^g^ having been made following an emergency redundant as a result of the


closure of the hospital. The sale of the site has been put on ice for the time being, but an NHS .Trust spokes­ man says there is still every intention of selling it on to developers at some point in the future. Collections of toys and


games will be taken at Whalley Methodist Chu­ rch, King Street, Whalley, on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and at Trini­ ty Methodist Church, in Parson Lane, Clitheroe, on Monday and Tuesday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information about


Lancashire County Coun­ cil's aid collection points for the refugees, ring the Koso­ vo Aid Hotline on 01772 760016. In addition, anyone who can act as an Albanian interpreter is asked to ring 01772 263537.


Village school is hot off the press with Gismag


HOLD the front page for a Gisburn


scoop! Ho t o f f the printing presses is the


f ir s t e d it ion o f Gismag, a 24-page magazine packed full of news stories, sports reports, features and competi­


tions. The magazine is the handiwork of


Class 3W of Gisburn County Primary School. With the help of teacher Mrs Catherine Wigley, the youngsters under­ took pre-launch market research to find out exactly what sort of stories their would-be readers and fellow pupils want­ ed to see on its pages, and worked to secure an ELTEC grant and more than £200-worth of advertising from busi­


nesses in Gisburn and Clitheroe to offset


production costs. Its managing director Edward Rice (10)


and treasurer Richard Bargh (10) then worked with editor Tomas Thurogood- Hyde (nine) to oversee a print run of 200


copies. Among Gismag's exclusives are an in-


depth interview with Burnley FC defender Chris Brass by Bradley Robertson (10) and a sports quiz competition to win a signed Blackburn Rovers’ football. Bitten by the newshound bug, the


youngsters are now planning to form a school news club to produce a termly news­


paper. Our picture shows Jane Gatens, owner ol


Jenny Press Printers, with Edward and helper Jane Dewhurst (10). 180599/13/16.


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Tories take control of the council


THE DELICATE balance of power on Ribble Valley Borough Council finally tilted the way of the Conservatives on Tuesday evening. Since last week's cliff- voting against the amend


hanger election result, with the Conservatives securing a m a jo r ity of just one councillor over the Liberal Democrats, there has been mounting speculation over which way the two independents on the counci l, Coun. James Rogerson (Lon- gridge) and Coun. Doreen Bailey (Chipping) would vote at Tuesday's general


meeting. In the end, though, the


voting meant that the Con­ servatives enjoyed a two- vote overall majority, enabling them to vote through their list of chair­ men for the various bor­ ough council committees and representatives on


apologies on the basis that he was attending a business meeting, Coun. Bailey abstained and Coun. John McGowan (Edisford, Low Moor and Trinity), a Liber­ al Democrat, also gave his apologies due to suffering


I The pattern for the evening's voting was set when leader of the Liberal Democrats Coun. Howel Jones (Grammar School Ward) put forward an amendment to the proposed


from illness.


mont, it fell. It was no surprise, then,


that the Conservative nom­ inations for chairmen and vice-chairmen on the coun­ cil committees were adopt­ ed in preference to the Lib­ eral Democrats', and the selection of the {Conserva­ tive nominations to outside bodies became a foregone conclusion. Speaking after the meet­


external bodies. Coun. Rogerson gave his .


ing, the leader of the Con­ servatives and how the new leader of the borough coun­ cil, Coun. Peter Redpath, said; "We are naturally pleased by the way tonight's votes have gone. We now have a responsibili­ ty to look at the way in which we can take the views of the electorate in the Rib­ ble Valley into the council


■ chamber. We have got to work at it, encouraging the electorate to work at it


too." Following the meeting, a


I committee arrangements for the next 12 months. The amendment proposed that


the Direct Services Com­ mittee be disbanded. A vote was taken and, with all the Conservative councillors


civic reception and dinner was held at the Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho, where there were many friendly exchanges and good- natured banter between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. One newly- elected Liberal Democrat councillor said that the newly-elected borough council was still only in its infancy and the mood in the Liberal Democrat camp was still up-beat, despite the shift in power. O Mayor-making special


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will be testing four leading brands of "nose strips" for a fashion, beauty and music


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