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There are fears that council rents could jump massively because of new Govemment .leg­ islation.


A villager is to become ‘Our Man in Kiev’. .......


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AT A GLANCE MP’s solidarity with Big Apple - j s s s f r s i


MP for Ribble Valley Mr Nigel Evans is ^ t t£ g the words "shoulder to shoulder with


S ' By to New York today tor . — page 2 page 3


Clitheroe police are to renew their crackdown on the drug


— page 3


A retiring "Whalley trader throws a big “thank you” party.


- page 8


•••_^ A mountain bike “ ” ~ “ couple (including Sara Sarginson,


left) have won a national champi­


onship. page 3


There is a Ribble Valley Borough Council pat on the back for the


area’s recyclers. - page 26


Magistrates at Blackburn have granted a further remand for two Ribble Valley men charged


with drug dealing. by Natalie Cox


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A C L ITHEROE


house fire which claimed the life of a mother-of-five could easily have been a


triple tragedy. Local fire chief Sta­


tion Officer Dave McGrath said i t was


luck that saved two of Pauline Stannard's chil­


dren, 15-year-old Jack and 12-year-old Kath­


1 meant fire-fighters were


leen, from an inferno which wrecked their home in Lime Street on Sunday morning. The ferocity of the blaze


initially unable to gain entry to the property. The youngsters man­


aged to climb out of an upstairs window on to the front porch roof. They were rescued by neighbours, who then


Mrs Stannard. Said Mr McGrath: "It


I th a t something unto- 1 ward was happening. He had to wake his sister up. to get her out. I t could easily have been a triple


was luck more than any­ thing that Jack smelt or heard something that brought to his attention


tragedy." Investigators trying to .


determine the cause of the fire are looking at the possibility that festive fairy lights could have been to blame. "Christ­ mas lights are one of the issues we will be looking at, along with other elec


, 3 ? fr'V * * Z? -, -V -Rl « trical items," said Mr


McGrath. The fatal fire also


bours are trying to rally round and'make it as happy a Christmas as


Relatives and neigh­ . . M d t . ^ . y e a r r i . l d - h M . g h . r * ^


claimed the lives of some family pets.


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ters Christine (13) and Sharon Saunders (27), and 19-year-old brother Andrew, have been orphaned by the fire- Their father, Jack, died from cancer a couple of


years ago.


The children’s.sister, Mrs Sharon Saunders,


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who is caring for them at her home in Calder Avenue, Billington, said


she was proud of her youngest brother's brav­


ilong with other elec- window anu


ery."Jack was very, very brave," said the mother- of-two." He got Kath­ leen out of the bedroom window and dangled her


FIRE victim Mrs Pauline S ta n n a r d , pictured at the. time of her daughter’s wedding


down to a neighbour, then he tried to get back in to get mum. I am defi­ nitely proud of him. It is a lot for a 15-year-old lad to go through. "Mum will be sadly


Community now rallies to help fire orphans


THE community * ClHtooefa already pulling together ana rai lying round to help the two sur- vivors of Sunday's fire.


A spontaneous door-to-door collec­ -------


missed. Obviously the children loved her to bits


us all to get over this. ''With Christmas on


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the doorstep, th a t is something we have to think about and we have to sort out some toys for Jack and Kathleen. They have been through enough, and the main thing that we want to do is give them the best Christmas we can possi­ bly give them and make it as normal and happy as we can. They are just children."Neighbour Mr Jason Fouiker was one of the first to arrive on the scene after hearing the children screaming


Doctors’ cure for waiting room blues by Julie Frankland-


A CLITHEROE surgery with 14,000 patients is planning radi­ cal New Year reforms, which should provide same-day appointments, a situation


unique in East Lancashire. When Clitheroe Health Centre


reopens for business on January 2nd,


patients registered erith the Castle Medical Group will face a new b ^ g ™me. diiy appointments to appointment system if they want to ^


_ see their GP.


framework has been devised by tne government’s NHS Modernisation


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Agency based in Manchester. Only 200 surgeries nationally have so far adopted the new system - the near­ est one to Clitheroe being in Bury,


Called “Advanced Access , its _ . . , __a: n p wnnfAi> A/Tar>r*Viester — despite i t , ..


patientSi Aether or not their con- dituion is deemed an emergency.


Explained practice manager Mr uwuicu «»ii ^“ ^*0—


Phil Mileham: “For a considerable period, the practice has been unhappy about the length of time that some patients have had to wait to see their GP. For non-emergencies, the average


wait has been up to a week.


ness, not only among patients, but | among our doctors and receptionists, who have been placed under a great deal of stress trying to please every­ one. In addition, there is government pressure to ensure that all patients are


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tion in the Lime Street and Tower Hill area of Clitheroe raised just over £100 in one night. And local companies are also believed to be collecting cash and donating clothing to the youngsters. "Everyone is so devastated by tne fire because it happened on their street


that it has just been fantastic," said Miss Donna Parker, a neighbour of ~ .


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around 11 a.m. After helping the two young­ sters down from the porch roof, Mr Fouiker, together with another neighbour, Mr Gary Turner, tried to get into the house to rescue Mrs Stannard. Said Mr Fouiker:


____ _ _ ■ r-i— PnlwnTi "F.vervone was v ghe added. -it is q <


sn auueu. npnni uite touching that people are pulling together. I t is so


easy for people to say it problem, but that is not the attitude at all and, if we can get the people of Clitheroe feeling the same way, it


would be fantastic.


mas, we want to try to boost their moral and give them the best Christ­ mas they can have under the circum-


"With this happening near Christ­ • _ . . . R O O F L I N T E x


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ed getting up. "I had to go in on my


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"They told me their mum was still left inside. I kicked the door down and tried to get in the front room but it was impossible; there was no chance, the smoke was that powerful. An explo­ sion blew the windows,


hands and knees with a jumper over my face,, I was listening for noise, but there was no noise. I could not see anything because the smoke was th a t thick. Jack was panicking. He tried to get in with me. I t was impossible to get in." Mr Turner added: eop


"Ppnnle were


an explosion and smoke everywhere and flames


and nothing I could do." Following the tragic


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Pauline was still in the house so I crawled on the floor and got in round the door, but there was


saying


events, Station Officer McGrath urged all Rib­ ble Valley residents to have smoke alarms fit­ ted. He said: "This prop­ erty did not have smoke detectors, which provide early warning and an early means of escape. I urge people to have a means of escape, to plan


means oi escape,


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Mother of five dies in horror house blaze


Two children rescued after fleeing through window on to the roof


Just time for last


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CHILDREN with any last-minute req­ uests for Father Christmas may cat­ ch him at Clitheroe Railway Station this Saturday and next. He will be handing


out goody bags to youngsters on board trains departing for Clitheroe from Man­ chester Victoria at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5


p.m. Their parents will


be served mince pies and sherry by volun­ teers from the Ribble Valley Rail Users'


and will trim the 9-38 a.m. train in prepara­ tion for his visit as it leaves Clitheroe for


Group, who will be acting as Father Christmas's helpers


Manchester. The train stops in


Blackburn and also calls at Bolton.


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