The Clitheroe /Thursday, Sep tem b e r 21 s t , 2000 ■ No. 5,959


vertiser andTiimes I IU IB Iw |V |V V V » — v --------- An inquest hears of


the tragic end to a g r a n d m o t h e r ’s game of cricket.


Regulars a t a Clitheroe pub appeal for news of their lost cat.


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Government Minis­ ter in town today to open new transport centre.


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Company apologis­ es over leaking ani­ mal faeces in drink­ ing water.


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School start delayed as classroom repairs arc not finished in time for new term.


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Chance meeting in post-war Paris leads to a 50-year love story.


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Double wedding joy for twin sisters.


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rim.co.uk ______ NERVES of steel, mental alertness, and a


help from a revolutionary Clitheroe pain-reliev­ ing device has elevated champion marksman Ian


Peel to celebrity status. lan, (42) and originally


from Slaidburn, remained rock steady as he called the sh o ts in Sydney's Olympic Games to clinch a prestigious silver medal in individual trap shoot­ ing. He was beaten by old adversary and reigning Olympic


champion


Michael Diamond', who took gold for Australia. Ian's win added to a clus­


ter of medals which will be brought home to the North- West and has prompted


numerous media interviews. In a competition which


has been described as "hor­


ribly hard", Ian, using a Browning MK38, had to hit as many clay targets as he could, delivered in six groups of 25. His final tally was 142 out of 150; just five


______ by Vivien Mason


behind Diamond. With less than a second to locate the pink clay disc, take aim and fire, all that was visible to spectators was a cloud of dust and relief on the face


of coach Peter Boden. Clay target shooting is a


sport which has brought Ian many successes throughout his career,


including team and individ­ ual gold in the 1986 Com­ monwealth Games in Edin- bumh, another Common- wealth gold in the 1990


Top gun "I knew I had a


before I came, b u t . make the final would been brilliant. To medal is out of this


began to pour


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he added. Calls of congratulate


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Blackburn home, where lives with wife, Mary, and


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children Christopher (fix •e ) and Rebecca (two), boss, Mr Gordon Hodgs chairman of Blackbi Yarn Dyers, also found work's telephone red


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Games in New Zealand, European Champion in 1996 and individual silver and team bronze medals in Malaysia in 1998, plus world championship suc­ cesses. The list is endless. But it was winning an


Olympic medal which has delighted him the most by far. "It is the pinnacle of my career, I am over the moon, said a jubilant, yet collect­ ed lan, who works as assis­ tant to the managing direc­ tor of Blackburn Yarn


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with similar messages. "We are delighted


him; he has done fanta cally well," said Mr He son who was thrillec receive a call from Ian I self on Sunday mornini might put out the Ur flag when he gets home, added. Ian's proud mum, B>


who still lives in Slaidb was similarly inund; with calls from friends neighbours who had e edly watched her you son’s success.


Residents fac council tax i


VALLEY residents could face pay­ ing twice as much council tax for waste collection as well as complying with new regulations to segregate


their household rubbish. The announcement was made a t a


meeting of the Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Community Committee which discussed the Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Lancashire. It is an initiative first put together in 1997, way before the Government produced its


national waste plans this year. Based on current figures, it could see the tax on a Band D property rise from


£869.62 to £927.00. Director of Commercial Services Mr


John Heap told members it would be one of the biggest issues they would deal with


for some time. He said the bare bones of the issue .were , . ,


that the whole of the country, not just the Ribble Valley, would have to completely change its method of disposing waste, from the householder to the way it is collected


by the council and disposed of. "Currently the Ribble Valley generates


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Jail for former Clitheroe solicitor found guilty of forgery and theft from clients


A FORMER Clitheroe solicitor who forged the will of one client and stole money from the accounts of five others has been jailed for four-and-a-half


years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that John , , , . ,


Burrows was caught out when it emerged th a t the manufacturers of the paper on which he had forged the will had changed their watermark for the first time in 100 years - and the paper he had used did not


exist at the time the original will "Petty greed" led Burrows to (


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offences over two years while a clerk or legal executive with Chi Steele and Sons and only months was admitted as a solicitor in 1996 Liverpool Crown Court heard that


old Burrows had previous similar for theft and forgery in 1983 when a legal executive with a solicitor Cleveleys near Blackpool. Burrows was found guilty of


Clithero „rf„neo, and then the cheque offences at two assured of their probity_and‘ability.


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before he conv


5; 5-year- ictions


working as 's firm in


the will


offences and then the cheque offences at two separate trials earlier in the year, but report­ ing restrictions were only lifted at the sen­ tencing hearing following the prosecution s decision not to proceed against him on a third set of charges alleging mortgage fraud. Jailing him, Judge Elizabeth Steel said;


"Solicitors are a profession which has a duty to the public and is generally held in trust for them. It is necessary as they deal with people at their most anxious and deal with matters of great confidentiality that the public should be


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honour for Britain - and Slaidburn


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have a


wins Olympic mm The confidence Ian


showed in the Millennium Olympics was no doubt


boosted with the help of the pain-relieving device he


took with him. The X-Pain TSE (transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia) device transmits electrical impuls­ es through the skin. He


agreed to give it a go on the recommendation of one of


its founders, Mrs Vicky Lee, of Lee Carter Health


Studio, in Clitheroe. Mrs Lee had been giving


Ian remedial massage for a while to treat an old shoul­ der injury sustained more


than 20 years ago which was aggravated by his sport. She felt .the device would ease the tension and pain in his shoulder and


neck. "He was delighted with


the effects it had and said he felt more relaxed going into the Games than he had done for a long time. He actually telephoned me from Sydney before he went to collect his medal to let


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waste plans go ahead


15,000 tonnes of rubbish a year and running out of land fill sites, he


house 2010, recycled turn, with i t, incin cashive from; ill ply w tions. A i


1005 the aim is to have 90 per cent of solds segregating their waste. By 32 per cent of all waste would be and composted. The council, m


will have to look at ways of dealing t, including the construction of an ■ration plant somewhere in Lan- which will have to be accessible parts of the county, as well as com-


ith emissions and air quality regula- le w


obtai althc also 1ie "It is


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Fuel crisis: our turn to p^i


fleet of vehicles will have to be to deal with the separated waste, =_i the current ones will probably


utilised. i a very serious issue, though 1 the public is anxious to see waste [," commented Coun. Frank Dyson


heroe). e strategy, which is in the consulta- . . ,


itage at the moment, will be discussed Policy and Finance Committee on


■ber 3rd. I t is expected the strategy adopted by the end of the year.


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assured of their probity and ability. "When a solicitor falls to temptation and


uses his office to defraud and deprive clients it is both sad in the individual case and dents the confidence of the public in the profession. "Your offending was clever and calculated.


You chose your victims with care. "You were dealing in your practice, in which


you were a trusted employee with responsibil­ ity for your own case load, with people who were, at the time they consulted you, vulnera­


ble and anxious.


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were seeking assistance over financial prob­ lems and some were elderly and not commer­ cially astute. Each of these clients reposed their trust in you and were satisfied that you were acting for them in their best interests. "In the case of the cheque frauds, they were


"One was in the midst of divorce, others ° cLk^Va^staJice over fina;


office.© continued on page 17 Ribble Valley


delights feature on global TV!


JHE glorious attrac­


tions offered by the Ribble Valley go global this weekend! Following the visit of


a CNN International film crew to the Valley \ast month, the satellite "Hotspots" programme features the area from


Saturday. The programme is scheduled to appear at 6-


30 p.m. on Saturday, 11- 30 a.m. on Sunday, 1-30 p.m. on Tuesday and 4-


30 p.m. on Thursday. Chipping's Gibbon


Bridge Hotel entertained the CNN crew in August during filming which will feature the hotel, the Rib­ ble Valley and surround­


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me know how he had gone travel to Hull each weekend on " Mrs Lee explained.


Now the Olympic silver umpteen boxes of cartridges to blast his way thr g


medallist has even higher - his sights, P°ssibly, seton standards to maintain and the next Olympic Game will doubtless continue to be held in Athens in 200 .


Students threaten revolt as body-piercing


row leads to petition


AN "unholy" row over body piercing is threat­ ening a sixth-formers' revolt a t a Clitheroe


school. Male pupils especially


have been eager to sign a petition currently circu­ lating class and common rooms in the sixth-form centre a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, where they say senior staff are a t tem p t in g to impose dress and ap p e aran c e codes th a t are "archaic, p ath etic and downright


petty”. Ex p la in ed one such


p upil, who wished to remain nameless for fear of suspension: "We know this is an excellent school with some excellent teach-


©rs."As sixth-formers, we all choose to come here and learn. We are here on a vol­ u n ta ry basis, b u t rather than being treated as young adults about to go to uni­ versity or into work, we are treated like children, espe­ cially when it comes to dress and appearance." He added: "I know of stu­


dents who have been told they would not be allowed back into the centre with facial piercings such as nose and eyebrow piercings, yet in some cases, the piercings were new and they had been told th a t they must keep their rings in place for six to


eight weeks." Said another s tudent,


who again wished to remain anonymous despite high­ lighting his conformity to dress and appearance codes: "We all want a debate around this issue because students are being told how they should and should not wear their hair, given rules on footwear and told to remove rings and bracelets if they are male, yet what has this to do with getting


an education? "We appreciate that rules


are necessary for the lower school, but at I f, 18 and 19 when many of our contem­ poraries are enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of fur­ ther education colleges,


these rules are causing a lot of unhappiness." Staff at Clitheroe Royal


Grammar School declined to comment this week.


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Europe. Gibbon Bridge and the


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