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; of the Ribble Val- enough mains water rner


Jj been able to supply I t the fire brigade would


J priority was to supply Iking water. "The main pat area would never


land from it," he added, le said they meet with Jesentatives of the Fire ■Rescue service on a reg- 1 basis to discuss matters 1 this one, although he I not aware any issues I been raised over the sop Bridge farm fire,


FARM


.NEWS IN : ' ■ BRIEF


,THE total payout so far ;to alleviate the effects of the foot and mouth crisis


.with rates relief in the ■


• Ribble Valley has amount­


e d to £5,565.. ' By the end of May, Rib- =ble Valley Borough Council ' had received 25 applications -• for hardship rate relief. •They rejected three of


[equipment." | r Nathan Calton, of sop Bridge, who raised


l i t were felt that mains 1 to be upgraded on safe- Irounds, the cost would Ion the fire and rescue lice. l i t Mr Taylor said: "Our hi. a year funding goes Itly on staff, vehicles


[alarm and helped Mr [taker move stock and [ipment, said: "The Iction of water pressure |iblic water supplies is a espread practice to


“the applications, approved nine and sent back 13 for


■ Committee this week. ■


Farmers fear vehicle could be


foot and mouth disease, par­ ticularly the transportation of slaughtered animals, is not o spreaaing m


Dr Stephen Hunter, DEFRA director of operations, Yorkshire, - said that transportation of animals in-and between farms, and the human and vehicular contact with livestock made as part of farming procedures has been proved to have. spread the disease.


considered to be spreading the on 1 uesaay.-


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He said they were achieving the objective of slaughtering infected animals within 24 hours and con­ tiguous culling within 48 hours. He n


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••—, ~ t . successful in removing carcasses for hat they had been fairly ; vehicles. It also has uau,uc.Cii »«vw the huge numbers of However, Lt Col Huw Lawford, -Mr. Hunters


disease transmission." Speaking at the first foot and


mouth disease briefing since the formation of DEFRA, he described the latest situation in the "Set- tle/Clitheroe rectangle." He gave figures for farms affected by the


' more details, according to a -report presented to the council's Policy and Finance


" The council's share of the •-bill has so far reached £1,114/The Government


'mouth toll in the Ribble Valley takes a firmer hold.


1 will foot the rest of the bill. ‘ Applications for relief are I expected to soar in the next few weeks as the foot and


|ce leaks. |n my opinion this is |its put before protect- life and property, a risk [h many people will be ,vare of before it is too


lation, a great deal of |ecessary damage was ! to the buildings and


|ie fire service, who had i put in an impossible


Jespite the best efforts


| r contents due to the [pressure and the delay [creasing it." •


arns


f in tears on Tuesday ome up with a reason


|oy. foline Singleton, deputy


[oner for Blackburn., [ndburn and the Ribble


lley, that she woke and at it th o u g h t AndrGWjyas


Jeyes was open. If instinctively knew


ep. 'hen she noticed one of


pething was wrong" she 1 in her statement, iler sister, and her J tfriend were staying in


lied the ambulance. Isuscitation attempts re unsuccessful, l l r s Singleton said she Bid understand the frus-


house at the time and


- VILLAGERS in Wadding- ton aim to raise a Milleni-


' erous buying on Saturday raised £1,000 for the fund


'short time. Generous giving and gen-


‘um figure of £2001 to help farmers - within a very


Cat two table and one auc- ‘ tion sale session in the C Methodist school. ' "We are very grateful to- ‘/•everyone;" says one of the Corganisers, ■ Miss' Mary


i Bridge. Now other small efforts


plus donations are increas­ ing the village total daily. It is hoped to hit the target in a few days.


, their cleansing value is at an ' all-time high'.


THE foot and mouth dis­ ease epidemic has failed to deter farm burglars. ■ They are targeting steam cleaners at a time when


: A three-phase steam cleaner worth £3,000 was


c’on Saturdayiiight! Thebur- 1 glare cut a hole in the.plas- f 'tife sheet'roofing of a work­ shop to reach the cleaner.


•! stolen from a property off .iSettld/Road, Newsholme,


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4Road, Grindleton, and other equipment worth


■' crime. ;' ■


[tion of parents that the dical profession had hot he up with an explana-


' A NEW name and a new '• department has further confused issues this week. ’! The Ministry of Agricul-


a into such deaths. She expressed the hope Kt, in the future, tests or pertise would be available (try to allay the trauma 1 upset parents suffer in


' ture, Fisheries and Food now becomes the Depart- ment for. Environment,


"


j kind of. situation, phe rilled that death was e to natural causes.


L Food and Rural Affairs. It will take over responsi-


v former MAFF and will be ■' headed by Margaret Beck-


bility for agriculture and ‘ the food industry from the


.. ett. , L The department will take •.


Vj on the environment, rural J) development, countryside, wildlife and sustainable, development responsibili-


►


V* hunting from the Home Office.


£* ment of the Environment, ►


■


I* It will also take on responsi- {


J ties of the former Depart- C Transport and the Regions. » bility for animal welfare and . .


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; MORE information about rthe Rural Stress Network was given out to radio lis­ teners on Monday. •


’ £1,200 was stolen from a cabin at a farm off Sawley'


A steam cleaner worth


■ £1,000 was also taken. This ;■ also happened on Saturday p night, and police are keen ■' for information about either


goon as possible, but he could not be responsible for delays. Referring to the material at his disposal, he said: "We are having to draw on a national asset, so cannot promise anything. They are finite resources."


' • C„ : H f continued from page I disease


activity in the Valley, as two weeks ago he reported that there was no shortage of men and materials. To improve logistics, a holding


This could reflect the increased


area for 60 lorries has been built near Hellifield, which can be used as an allocation area for disposal


However, DEFRA operations an[j burial sites still had good partof the overall biosecunty mea w e r e not thought to be doing so. capacity.


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traces of the disease in sheep. He said: "These show infection was present four weeks, possibly six to eight weeks, before 10th May. It has been in sheep for some consid­


lorry movements, he said: "These covering Army assistance, said that blood ^mp ing y v found old are highly unlikely to be a source of animals were being removed as infected premis • ■ — "


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erable time." Responding to a question about


Poppy prays that foot and mouth spares her farm’s champion Lonk


IN the midst of seemingly unrelenting culling of ma^shtoeas of the Rib-:


hip Valiev's farming stock a plea has been made to save the-Lonfc. The entire national flock of the Lonk sheep is under threat and the heart of the popu-


la^ n y ? o p ^ 1Anderami>(2 ) ^ tenant at Little Mearley Hall, (below) praying that foot and mouth will spare her favourite: ram (nght), ther®lg"'"g


champior^ofthe Lonk breed. The animal was bred by Great ^ arw^ P?J^^^^iggg^or man of the association, Mr John Pickard. Mr Robert Lister bought the ram in 1999 for fewer than 10)000 breeding


just over £2,000 and also owns the record-priced liv­ ing ram, which he bought for £5,000 in.1999. This ram and 19 other tups from the flock had samples of semen taken last Friday. Vets from Britbreed Ltd,


ewes in Britain, 95% of which fall into a small geo- . graphical area. "The heart of the Lonk


the veterinary practice sub­ contracted to carry out semen and embryo collec­ tion for the Heritage GeneBank programme, vis­ ited the Worston farm to take viable samples for future population recovery. The programme aims to


create a holding stock of germplasm for all sheep breeds in Britain as an insurance policy to help conserve and rebuild Britain's sheep breed her­ itage after foot and mouth. Mr John Pickard, chair­


'rWe estimate that there are


man of the Lonk Sheep Breeders' Association said:


.vulnerable breeds across Britain has allowed Brit- breeders Ltd to collect sam­ ples from breeds such as Herdwick, Dalesbred, Rough Fell -and Calke Abbey Portland. Now the Lonk Sheep Breeders' Association is


population now lies in the Ribble Valley and the future of the breed is unsure with foot and mouth on our doorsteps. If this breed was lost then it would be a tragedy for the local farm­ ing community and for Britain's heritage of sheep biodiversity. Already, keep­ ing ahead of the spread of foot and mouth to locate


DEATH VALLEY


HERE is this week’s up- at Copy House Farm, to-date list of the Ribble Gisburn Park Estate, Valley farms with con- Gisburn.


and Son.


Carholme Farm, Paylhorne.. Operated by Mr K. Redmayne. ,


The Byre, Pillings Farm, West Bradford. Operated by S. Wrathall &


Sons.


Watt Close Farm, Gisburn. Operated by J. and A. J. Frankland and Sons.


Whittakers Farm, West Bradford. . Operated by Mr Bryan Bristol and Son.


Shuttleworth Hall Farm,


Wycongill Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland.


Operated by J. and M. Leeming.


Shuttleworth Hall, Gisburn, with animals at Gisburn Park Estate,. . .


Gisburn. Operated by J. Falshaw.


Slack Farm, with animals at Part Harpers Farm, Newsholme,.. Gisburn. r Operated by J. E. New- bould and Son.


• In addition', 17 farms


have been listed in the pre­ vious two weeks.


Sheep still roaming on Pendle Hill


firmed foot and mouth dis- Operated by R. Falshaw ease to June 13th.


disposal quickly and that rendering nation facilities, b°h°fwhich are T . . , su^ -


unit and P^ptianordecontami


the possible movement of FMD along the Valley by the River Rib­ ble, Mr Hunter said'that this par­ ticular variant of FMD was spread by human and vehicular contact with stock and by air movement. He said: "The disease can only move a shortish distance by air; about 100 to 200 metres, but can be facilitated by local conditions, so it could be that the river is spreading it through these." He said that air movement along


and across water, and temperature inversions might permit the virus to move across water, but that it was not a major source of transmis­ sion of the disease, though difficult to rule out. He stressed that the spread of


Claim that outbreak is


deliberate the British countryside - in the meantime. "In just three days it'is


. not a living thing to eat it." Coun. David Whipp,


already beginning to look like a wilderness. There is all this grass growing and


county councillor for Barnoldswick, the latest foot and mouth "hot spot" called for vaccination to replace culling. Stating that "this crazy


O R B E s o l i c i t o r s


the disease was not predictable and : diate vaccination pro- that he expects more cases, though gramme, hopes very few. He said that although epidemiologists were investigating how remote out­ breaks have occurred and how infection continues to spread, noth­ ing is predictable, not even how long his team would be in the area. "There are no absolutes," he said.


,


culling" just is not working and labelling it "heartless and inhumane", he is calling for newly-appointed farms minister Margaret Beckett and Prime Minister Tony Blair to introduce an imme-


The Government and DEFRA - the new title for MAFF introduced this week - is holding fast to its continued pursuit of slaugh­ ter as a cure for the disease. Dr Stephen Hunter,


Legal Advice


On all areas of Law including Matrimonial & Family


Personal Injury & Litigation Property & Conveyancing Wills & Probate


' operation is based on advice from its chief vet and chief scientist, and EU policy. He said: "We'll get over this outbreak


DEFRA director of opera­ tions, Yorkshire, repeated that the Government's


Benefit phone line


THE telephone numbers 0207 238 0751 and 0752 and 0759 on page three of our June 7th edition are incor­ rect. The numbers were given by MAFF for infor­ mation from the DSS regarding benefit inquiries for those losing their income through foot and mouth losses. The correct number is


0207 7122171. - no appointment necessary - SATURDAY 10.00 am - 12.30 pm


Carter House, 28 Castle St, Clitheroe, BB7 2EH t: 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 7 2 2 8 t: 0 1 2 5 4 2 6 5 8 0 9 (24 hours)


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Scooters all with full service back up, to Wheelchairs, Riser Recliners, Adjustable Beds and Walking Aids. . . :


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encouraging all farmers of hefted flo'cks to familiarise


themselves with the exemp- ! reigning champion Lonk *Mr Robert Lister.


just not


FLOCKS, of sheep on • the Lakeland fells, now reopened to walkers, have not been tested for


foot and mouth. "If those sheep haven't


been touched, why are ani­ mals still being slaughtered elsewhere," a Lancashire county councillor demands


: wick home is close to both ■ the town and Pendle's first ■ outbreak of foot and mouth disease, is; demanding an end to the Government's ."crazy culling". Calling for the introduc-


to know.County Coun. David Whipp, whose Barnolds-


is completely undermined when you find out that flocks of Herdwicks on the Lakeland fells, which are being reopened to walkers, haven't even been tested for foot and mouth. It's a pound to a penny that the disease is endemic in those sheep now. If they have not been touched, why are ani­ mals still being slaughtered


elsewhere?" Stating that "this crazy


culling" just is not working | and labelling it "heartless and inhumane")he is calling


WHY are sheep still roaming free on the open moorland, over Pendle Hill? asks a Clitheroe Advertiser and Times reader. The reader states that, despite comments from her­ self and others in recent weeks about the situation, no one seems to have done anything about it.


i tion of vaccination instead, ! he added: "As the disease ' has crept closer, like many ! other people, I've felt increasingly helpless and hopeless. But that's turned into anger at the Govern­ ment's pursuit of a pointless


policy. ."The rationale for the cull


. Minister Tony Blair to introduce an immediate vaccination programme before;.'foot’-and ■ mouth destroys farming in Pendle and the Ribble Valley. "Allow the herds and


’ for" . newly-appointed DEFRA Minister Mar­ garet Beckett and Prime


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flocks to build up resis­ tance. Let the animals live," says the county councillor.


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LENDING its support to the rural community is Ken Varey's


t io n Mart.' ;■ The telephone No. for the


■ of the Northern Rural Part- ■ nership, at Clitheroe Auc­


■ Rural Stress Network is 01200 427771.


Outdoor World, Clitheroe. Suffering following the foot and


lapel appeal. ,,


mouth crisis is likely to continue for many months to come. The shop has therefore embraced an initiative by J. Barbour and Sons to launch a ribbon


Ken Varey's Outdoor World, donate to the Barbour public appeal and


Members of the public can visit


' receive a dark green ribbon to demon­ strate their support/ All funds raised will go to the Farm


Aid appeal which channels resources and help to where it is most needed. Farm Aid has already raised almost


exactly £5m. for the foot and mouth crisis and the money is donated to six charities - the Royal Benevolent Institution, the Royal Scottish Agri­ cultural Benevolent Institution, the ARC Addington Fund, the Rural Stress Information Network, the Farm Crisis Network and the Samar­


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