Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 1st, 2001 csnews.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Ad v e r tis in g ^u rn le y^ —


Driver’s death crash might have been a deliberate act


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WITNESSES who saw mother-of-two Mrs She- lagh Lunt's car plough head on into a tree beside the A59 road near Gisbum thought she might have


done it deliberately. But Coroner Mr Michael


Singleton, agreeing it was a possibility, said he could only return such a verdict if he was sure this was what had hap­


pened. He returned a verdict of acci­


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dental death on catering man­ ager Mrs Lunt (46), who died at the scene of the accident on the morning of July 9th. Two sets of witnesses were


prevented by illness and holi­ days from attending the inquest at Clitheroe on Mon­ day, but their statements were


read to the hearing. Mr Ian and Mrs Jacqueline


ton’s Group man- director Mr Lee s said: "To work lay on equipment li-lech as BMWs, jed to be the best ; are proud to have st here in Colne." Ir Looming was in :ws in 1992 when to be rescued by a


Keefe, of Manchester, told the


police after the accident of see­ ing Mrs Lunt's blue 1998 Rover


400 pull out of an offside layby on the A59 and travel at 50 m.p.h. in front of them in the


same direction. After half a mile, the Rover


speeded up to 50 or 60 m.p.h., went across the double white lines and "flew up into the air" after striking the tree. They each said there was no


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sign of the car braking or any brake lights.Mrs Keefe, in her statement,


said- "There was no slowing down or braking. There was one huge crash and noise and the car just lifted up in the air. 1 assumed th a t this had been


done deliberately." Mr Bernard Hill, oi


Rochdale, was on his way to the Lakes and was also following Mrs Lunt's Rover. He stated: "The car pulled to


that there was a momentary ly ^


7 We can say it is between these two conclusions. Any-


thing else can be discounted, he told the coroner. Mr Singleton read a state­


ment from Mrs Lunt's hus­ band, service engineer Mr Ian Lunt, who said he was away on business in Ireland at the time


the right for no apparent rea­ son There were no brake lights and the car didn't appeal- to be out of control. She didn t appear to be having any diffi­ culty with the car, and was cer­ tainly not steering side to side


out of control." Accident investigating officer


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PC Brendan Kellett told the inquest the weather was fine, visibility was good and so was the road surface. The car was free of any defect which might have caused the accident. He said there was


District Mountain ; team. "This is a better way to hit adlines," he said.


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or Tina 1IER0E schoolgirl Stevenson is practis- r the day when a appeal to raise to buy her an elec-


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Castle trees protesters claim councillors have misled them


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Castle mound. Mr Mel Diack says that a


Ribble Valley Borough council­ lor appeared on a recent televi­ sion news programme and said that the trees were diseased and decaying. "The council has mis­ led people. Its members dug their heels in and won't be moved," Mr Diack claims. Mr Diack, who lives in Lan­


In fact, "the trees were perfectly healthy".Another protester has sup­


ported this by claiming that the contractor employed to fell the trees also said there was noth­


ing wrong with them. Mr Diack was speaking as he


and other protesters attached ribbons to the trees before their felling, an act he described as "a memorial ceremony". "The council has used the


notices for the Castle were in poor condition and park stonework was damaged. He added; "Tourism is


important, but let's get the basics right. The park was ded­ icated as a memorial to the dead of the First World War and serves as a memorial to all the wars. Our war dead are


being dishonoured." • The council said on Tues­


argument for tourism, but the park has not been managed properly," he added. "The trees have not been trimmed over the


caster, but spends much of his time in the Ribble Valley, has been one of the main campaign protesters. Official reports


described the trees as diseased and decaying, he said, yet the stumps showed no signs of rot or deterioration through ageing.


years.”-Mr Diack suggested th a t councillors should look at the overall condition of the Castle grounds, one of the area s prime tourism venues. As the felling continued, he said that litter bins were full, there were bot­ tles and cans everywhere,


erywhere,


day that the first phase of work involved with the removal of the trees around the Castle Keep had now been completed. Twenty trees had been


ion before work in the second phase was commenced.


were decayed, diseased or caus­ ing damage to the rock was important, the primary objec­ tive for doing the work was to open up the views particularly the long distance views to and from the Keep. The next phase includes the removal of another eight trees which would open up yet further the views of the Keep and help achieve the objective set.


While removing trees that


removed, two had had large branches pruned and one stump had been ground out. At the last meeting of the Community Committee, mem­ bers agreed th a t a further opportunity should be given for all parties to express their opin-


to put their comments in writ­ ing to the Director of Commer­ cial Services, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, BB7 2RA, by no later than Novem­


Interested parties are invited .


ber 12th.Our photograph shows pro­ testers in the Castle grounds


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with Mr Diack (centre right). (CAT251001/2)


Farmers told to bo on gusro against cash offers for land


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1 farmers are being urged to beware of


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opportunist develop­ ers offering cash for


I land. “Many fanners are in


dire financial straits and could be tempted by what may seem to be a lucrative offer,” said Douglas Chalmers, reg­ ional director of the Country Land and Busi­ ness Association in the


North West. _ . .


mate it must be enticing for a farmer to ‘snap their hand off’ if it is the first offer they’ve ever had. But if one person is interested there will be others and better offers may well follow. Our advice is not to sign any- thing at all. Don’t even offer a verbal agreement. This will probably mean giving up any hopes of a further and better offer. “Any offer th a t is


In the current cli­ made needs o be exam­ he said. “Land is a pre­


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cious commodity, with or without planning per­ mission, and farmers must be on their guard against what looks like a good deal from oppor­ tunist developers.


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dlHe told the inquest: "If she was going to do anything delib­


erate like that she would have left something behind; also sh would have been driving an awful lot faster and she would­


n't have had her seat belt on. Mr Singleton said: If I form


of the accident. He spoke to her on the tele­ phone the night before the acci­


dent and "she seemed fine . He said his wife had quit her


job in the sorting office a week before, upset that people had been talking about her. She was "just a little bit upset" over this. 1 He said his elder son, aged


the view this was intentional, I would have to be satisfied so


that I am sure. I cannot be so satisfied. I accept thab had she


formed intent, one would have


expected to have found some motive, a note to that effect to


have been left; a faster speed. "The brakes had been applied


9 had been in bed when Mrs


Lunt left their home at Dairy Cottages, Chipping R°ad,


Chaigley, on the morning of the accident, but his younger son,


aged 16, told him he had been laughing and joking with his


very much at the last moment. It seems to me that the balance of probability is th a t this appears to have been nothing more sinister than a most grievious and tragic accident that occurred on that morning.


Tyres could be cement works fuel


TYRES could shortly be joining Cemfuel at Castle Cement's Ribblesdale works as an


alternative fuel.


asked the Environment Agency for permission to use scrap tyres in trials at the Clitheroe plant. It has also advised the agency of its longer-term intention to consider introducing a third alter­ native fuel, Profuel, which is manufactured from paper and plastic wastes and is already used successfully at the company’s Ketton works. The plans to use scrap


The company has


Sutheran explained that burning tyres in cement kilns was not new and was already common elsewhere in the UK, as well as in some 20 coun­ tries across the world, including Germany, Japan, the USA and


Canada. “The use of tyres


makes good all-round


tyres as an alternative fuel - first announced five years ago - involve the use of chipped tyres to provide up to 25% of the energy requirements for Ribblesdale’s dry-process kiln (No. 7). With Castle’s works at


sense,” he said. ‘By reducing production costs, the tyre fuel will help us to remain com­ petitive and preserve jobs. But it will also cut consumption of finite fos­ sil fuels, help overcome a huge national disposal problem and improve our environmental perfor­


mance."The use of tyres is


Ketton in Rutland already achieving a 20% reduction in releases of oxides of nitrogen when burning tyres, the move, says the company, brings with it the prospect of a further improvement in environmental perfor­ mance for Ribblesdale. Equipped with a state- £5m.


of-the-art


included in a wider per­ mit application, includ­


scrubbing system, the j cbiorine plastic such plant’s dry-process kiln is, _ nomonl


gas


says Castle Cement, already one of Europe s cleanest cement kilns in


terms of its emissions. The Environment


Agency is actively en­ couraging the use of tyres as a fuel in cement kilns, stating .that they offer a “net environmen­ tal benefit” over fossil fuels, such as coal or pet-


nonetheless requires rig­ orous testing and close consultation with local communities. Castle Cement will shortly be circulating a community newsletter outlining its plans. It will also mount a display at a local hall within the next few weeks and lodge details of the


Its “Tyres Protocol” >


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at the offices of Ribble Valley Borough Council in Church Walk, Clith­


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ing Profuel, which Castle Cement has submitted under the new Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regulations. A spokesman said that Profuel currently used at Ketton comprised offeuts of several things, includ­ ing carpets, babies' nap-


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co.uk.If permission is grant­ ed Castle Cement antici­


pates trials beginning in the spring of next year. With more than 4U


million tyres scrapped in the UK every year and only 20% suitable for re­ treading, disposal is a major headache for the Government, especially following the European Commission’s decision to ban the practice of bury­ ing them in landfill sites


from 2003. The exceptionally high


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temperatures at which they operate mean that , cement kilns offer a valu­ able recovery route. Rub- ber and cotton is com- pletely consumed with­ out any of the black smoke or smells normally associated with burning tyres on a bonfire. Steel reinforcing in the tyres melts and replaces a por­ tion of the iron that is otherwise added to the raw material mix used in cement manufacture. Ribblesdale works gen­ eral manager Mr Ian


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I CALLS for a public | inquiry into Lancashire's


I foot and mouth outbreak have been made by Rib­ ble Valley MP Nigel I


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