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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 10th, 2001- lstlancsnews.co.uk


Thumbprint plan could end fraud


A T H U M B P R IN T is th e la tes t fraud preven­ tio n tool for businesses and police in th e Ribble |


Valley. Levels of cheque and


credit card fraud are not particularly high in the area. But overall they are rising and the new "leave an impression" system which is being piloted locally should act as a deterrent. An inkless, leave-no-


DENT WORK? c a l l ROGER SPENSLEY a t


residue way of recording a thumbprint on the back of a cheque or credit card slip is used. Retailers and other businesses in the pilot will | display a sign to deter would-be fraudsters. "But the law-abiding, every-day customer will


reap the benefits — the only person who needs to worry is the criminal," says a police spokesman. "Sales staff will ask the


SEVERAL Ribble Val­ le y c a r e h om e s h av e closed an d others are a t r isk d u e to new "o n ly p a y fo r c a re h om e a c c om m o d a t io n a s a l a s t r e s o r t" G o v e rn ­ ment guidelines. But many home propri­


etors and local MP Mr Nigel Evans w ant Lan­ cashire County Council to


MP listens to the concerns of care home proprietors


be less severe in imple­ menting the guidelines. More than 20 people rep­


resenting the 30-plus homes in the Valley met Mr Evans to put their point of view. "Helping people to live at


a c tio n


lil the end of 2004. The content of dioxins in rticulates was very Lute, he added. There |e , he said, more dioxins sting naturally on the > of Skye and the North


|e to where they are natu- | ly born on prevailing


■the Chatburn monitor [ing wind direction.


pd currents. 3ut he admitted there I been a 90-degree error


lv spokesman for Castle il iment said: "Having spo­


with Ribble Valley Bor-


■gh Council on the read- r from this monitor, we 3 satisfied no emission


Jnits were breached on the Iiy in question. I "It would appear that the Iriends of the Earth have Misinterpreted the results


la s around 30 parts per bil­ lon. I t would have had to > over 50 parts per billion hr the limit to have been


lorn the monitor in that tie average for th a t day


(reached." I Mr James Russell, envi- Jmmental health manager


It Ribble Valley Borough Bouncil, said the emissions [ere within present quality tandards.


Church spring fair forced to switch venue


T H E fo o t a n d m o u th e p id em ic c a u s e d S t Helen's Church, Wadd- ington, to have to move o u t of the Church Croft f ie ld a n d on to th e s treets of th e village for


its annual spring fair. The result was a resound­


ing success, with packed streets, huge amounts of-, fun and an estimated £2,000 profit for church


funds.The main events were a scarecrow competition and


a duck race.


' a hospital matron scarecrow from Waddington Hospital. Other winners were the


'competition held in the vil­ lage. The winning entry was


There were 50 entries in what was the first scarecrow


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day. Everybody had a love­ ly day out." she added. In our top picture, the


Rev. Alan Bailey, an entrant in the scarecrow competition, joins in the fun with young villagers. (080501/3/22)


Our picture on the right


shows May Queen Sarah Coar and her young atten-


‘ dants. (080501/3/19) _________ 'life psnpciallv when ui


hard^to°save*mon'ey*by S ^ e X s h o u l d being over-restrictive,"says be getting full-time « «


Mr Evans. "Money should being forced t not be put before quality of along at home.


gg There was a good


exchange of views a t the meeting, which took place in Clitheroe Conservative


Club. , •Mr Evans is going to .


take up the points raised with the county and the Government.


He is pictured here with j ,


some of those at the meet­ ing.


(080501/5/4)


Best-Kept contest is under way


TH E annual Lan­ cashire Best-Kept Vil­ lage Competition has been only slightly affected by the foot and mouth disease crisis. Some 115 villages -


plus Clitheroe - have entered, but the merit awards for best-kept farms and caravan sites and any village aspects involving grazing ani­ mals will not be given


this yean The judges start their


six-week trek round the county on June 1st.


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customer to leave a thumbprint by using a small disc pad kept on the counter. There is no data­


base for the scheme and the police only become involved


if i t turns out th a t the transaction was fraudulent. The print is then part of the investigation." ; The system was first introduced in America and | is now being adopted in Britain. Such places as the Bluewater Shopping Com­ plex in Kent and the | Prince's Quay Centre in Hull use it.


Figurines stolen


1 They arc made of lead and are 3ft. high, depicting a boy and a girl.


TWO figurines together worth £4,000 were stolen from the walled garden of a house in Slaidburn on Mon- . day afternoon.


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Chaplin family of West Bradford Road with a tra­


ditional Aunt Sally, and Mrs Kathleen Warburton


with her very scarey Cruel- la DeVille scarecrow. The first duck home won


a £50 prize for Mrs Vicky O'Gorman, of Waddington. The event also had a May Queen and maypole


dancing Mrs Warburton said:


1 "The emissions are well ■within the government ■standards for air quality" he


. He said the day in ques­ tion was "fairly windy" and [he high reading for tha t part of the day could have been caused by particles blown up from the land or the nearby quarry. Read- pigs of other contents of the Emissions, like a very low leading of sulphur dioxide, led to this conclusion.


aid.


Lelpsto music


"We felt we simply had to do something in the village, despite the problems with the foot and mouth precau­ tions. Obviously people were keen to find some­ where to go. There were large numbers of visitors. "Because we moved from


the field to the village streets, it became more of a village event. The Methodist Church opened for morning coffees and afternoon teas. "It was a very successful


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I b e a u t i f u t f y d e s i g n e d c u s t o m - S u i C t q u a f i t y & a t t e n t i o n t o c f e t a i f


A STU D EN T from th e Rib ble Valley is among a p a r ty of Lancashire young people set­ ting off in Ju ly for a tr ip of a


lifetime. Emma Townson (17), of West,


Bradford, is one of the students heading for India under the Thwaites Brewery travel scholar­


ship scheme.The Accrington and Rossendale College student will spend two weeks on the sub-continent under a scheme which has been operating


for 42 years. The group will see some oi


India’s historic sights as they


spend time living and working


alongside Indian families. Emma recently met Thwaites


president Mr John Yerburgh, who founded the travel scholarships. He said: "So many young people


from our region have benefited since the programme was launched in the late 1950s, mainly through hands-on experience which encour­ ages them to appreciate and respect cultures from all over, the


world." Our picture shows Mr Yerburgh


congratulating Emma, while Coun.Chris Iloltom, former Mayor of Ribble Valley, looks on.


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