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lology over outbreak of disease after animal faeces is found in water


by Tim Procter


ANIMAL tio n a t a collecting _ ly to have area's illness in March. Although


. contamina- co u n try s id e poi:it is like- caused th e outbreak


of cryptospori confirmed obviously under five, that scores pie served water source ed. Some headaches ness, a and a rash, diarrhoea cases. A frank


. bloat East Sunflowers are soaring


YOUNG readers' sun­ flowers are soaring, according to reports reaching our office. The dizzy height of


12ft. has been reached - not once, but at least twice! Among readers who


watch throughout the


summer. Said their mother:


contacted us this week were Hannah and Francis Devine, aged seven and five respectively. Their sunflower seeds


were sown in pots at the rear of their home in Pen- dle Road, Clitheroe, but the progress of the flow­ ers has given them lots to


"Hannah and Francis enjoyed growing their sunflowers this summer. They were both thrilled that the flowers grew taller than them (60in. or 150cm). Because we only have a back yard, we could only grow the flow­ ers in the pots, but I think they did a good job. "Thank you very much


grown from our free seeds is still on. Flowers in Knowle Green and Ribchester appear to be soaring ever skywards, and their proud owners have been busy with their tape measures. Our competition, spon­


for giving the children a lot of fun."Meanwhile, the race for the tallest sunflower


sored by Barker's Prim­ rose Nursery and Whal- ley resident Mr Stuart Kerr, is still under way. Let us know how tall your sunflowers are. There is a prize for the one reaching the dizziest


height. Pictured are Francis


and Hannah Devine.


Youngsters display their own Olympic gold medals


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Authority reveals that holes in the concrete of the Grindleton Springs collec­ tion chambers could have allowed faeces into the


water. There was evidence that


cattle excreta had been in contact with the covers, there had been muck


on y 58 cases spreading, and there were i dosis were --no fences—to protect the 3 0 were in springs from cattle,


Wes,. Water had


:e v’ere affect- ex perienced breathless- id feeling,


I t is thought of other peo by the same


apt rt from the i common to all


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identified a risk from the treatment works supplied from Grindleton, says the


report. This week, North West


Water said it was sorry for what had happened, and emphasised that claims for compensation, with evi­ dence, would be carefully


,rt from the It offered no explanation ire Health for the state of the cham-


considered.


bers - one of which could be directly viewed through holes in the concrete, according to the report. The outbreak coincided


on it, and later work is


with a general rise in cases of the bug, which can arrive in taps despite micro-strain­ ing and chlorination. New regulations requiring water companies to take extra measures in areas of risk were rushed through by the Government. North West Water is


being planned. The Grindleton Springs source was immediately taken out of use, and anti-contamina­ tion measures are being introduced to those at Chipping and Dilworth. The health authority's


QJy


emphasising its commit­ ment to the work needed. It has the largest programme of monitoring for the infec­ tion in the country, will ensure careful management of land around reservoirs, and is spending £300m. to upgrade 50 water tre a t­


ment works. The Hodder one is cur­ rently having £10m. spent


quest hears of tragic d to grandmother’s den game of cricket


A CLITHE internal i accident i Blackburi


ROE woman died from uries following a tragic


Valley Gor told an inq Hall, that Joyce Dorot ton Place, her 11-year her partner, In a state:


three had be bowl. When bat, her gra Fielding wei hit.


and turned the ground, and landed thought she helped her i


As he was


her garden. i, Hyndburn and Ribble ler Mr Michael Singleton


„ ;st at Ribble Valley Town on July 1st this year, Mrs iy Stubbens (70), of Carl-


„ d been playing cricket with -old grandson, Adam, and


ilr Harry Fielding, nent, Mr Fielding said the


_ n taking it in turn to bat and i t was Mrs Stubbens' turn to ,dson bowled to her and Mr t to collect the ball she had


, loing so he heard her call out t o see her lying face down on She had apparently tripped heavily on the handle. He was just badly winded and side the house.


plained of pain in her lower abdomen and a reddening area which was too painful to touch. An ambulance was called and she was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary where she underwent a scan and a decision


Straight away, Mrs Stubbens com­


was made to operate. Mr Singleton said that when the opera­


tion was performed it was discovered the injury had caused multiple ruptures from the sudden violent pressure from the crick­ et bat handle. This, in turn, caused serious internal bleeding and two litres of blood had collected in the abdominal cavity. She was given 30 pints of blood during the operation, but suffered a cardiac arrest and


report accepts that "boil water" advice to the affect­ ed area could have been issued earlier. But at the time there was no reason to anticipate that the contam­ ination would last as long as it did.The complications of having an outbreak control team comprising staff from various public bodies are also clear from the report. It took a day to get the first press release agreed, and the delay "created subse­ quent difficulties with the press".


Speeding biker lodges


appeal HUMAN resources man­ ager Garry Sweeney was clocked doing 97 m.p.h. on his 600 c.c. motorbike on the A59 between Clitheroe


and Gisburn. And despite solicitor Mr


Daniel King telling the court that without his licence Sweeney would not be able to do his job, the magistrates banned him for three months. Within minutes Mr King


lodged an appeal against sentence and successfully applied to the magistrates for the disqualification to be suspended pending that


died in the early hours of July 2nd. A post-mortem examination was car­


ried out which confirmed the extent of Mrs Stubbens’ injury and gave the cause of death as haemorrhagic shock caused by a blunt-force injury to the abdomen. The coroner recorded a verdict of acci­


dental death.


Patient lunged at nurse and indecently assaulted her


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A PATIEN stones indei ed a nurse alone in th him. And Bla


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LANGHO hosted an "Olympics Night" for Guides, Brownies and Rainbows connected with


St Leonard's Church. I t was a fun event, with competitors rewarded with


chocolate medals, and organised to coincide with the


start of the Sydney Olympics. More than 50 girls competed in competitions not


seen at the true Olympics, such as hopping, standing


on one leg and piggy-back riding. The event, held in St Leonard's CE Primary School,


was organised by Guider Mrs Barbara Bryan, Brown­ ie leader Mrs Carole Maher and Rainbow leader Mrs Jacqueline Bradley-Gallagher. Our picture shows little Claudia Chapelhow with a


fistful of medals, watched by fellow Rainbows. (D110900/11)


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Queries from colleagues


PLANNING councillors are to ask one of their col­ leagues about long-term intentions for his farm. A plan for a mono-


pitched agricultural midden building at Clough Bottom Farm, Bashall Eaves, was approved without dissent by the Planning and Devel­ opment Committee of Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council. As is usual when a per­


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it was not possible to insist on any reply.


T a t Calder- :ently assault- when she was kitchen with


trates hea interviewed Andrew T; that if the v had not ale league, he v her.


Caldersto Taylor,


:kburn magis- rd th a t when by police, Paul ,ylor (26) said woman's screams


rted a male col- ould have raped


nes, pleaded Df


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g u i l ty to in d e c e n t a s s a u l t . He was remanded on bail until October 12th for the preparation of a psychiatric report with a view to even­ tually making a hospital


order.Mr Eddie Harrison (prosecuting), said the nurse was working a night shift and in the evening had gone to the kitchen area. The defendant was sitting at a table and, as the nurse walked in, he lunged at her, grabbing her shirt and


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