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The jury is expect­ ed to retire today in the trial of four men accused of an after- hours gang rape at Clitheroe’s Swan and Royal Hotel.


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The foot and mouth crisis is far from over, according to an NFU. official.


page 15 Undercover police


are again trying to end acts of juvenile crime and vandalism around the Castle.


page 3


A retired village policeman is aiming to ease stress in the country areas.


- page 9


There is good news for school leavers with signs of a sum­ mer jobs bonanza.


page 3


A fun night is organ­ ised to help crisis-hit farmers.


- page 9


Star striker tackles the Wolves - a t their presentation


night. page 6


FOGGITT’S WEEKEND


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by Julie Frankland --------


CLITHEROE'S men are the


trendiest in the county - at least they could be, according to a national listings and


lifestyle magazine. For the hip publication, Express


Magazine, which is distributed through "in" bars, restaurants and fashion stores, has voted the town's Hype Clothing Company, of Moor Lane, as Lancashire's


most promising up-and- coming menswear shop.


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manager, Mr Johnny Berthol, for his expert advice. Said Mr Berthol, who has been in charge since Hype opened last September: "It's fantastic to receive such a vote of confidence. Peo­ ple are sometimes put off from coming into a shop that sells designer label clothes. They feel intimated or con­ cerned that the ranges will be too


Its independent review praises * the , .


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expensive. "Yet they have no need to worry on


either account. I now have the gamut from farmers to skateboarders as cus­


tomers, and I'd like to think I m help­ ing to make Clitheroe's men more


trendy. You don't have to live m a city to be at the height of fashion!' Mr Berthol, who is Accrington-


born, but planning to move to.the Ribble Valley, is a graduate of Chel­ tenham College of Fashion and has a master's degree in the subject from Birmingham Polytechnic. He received


Prince's Trust funding to launch his own clubwcar design brand, Neo Industrial Extroverts, and was spon­ sored to show his collection in London by fashion house Red or Dead before moving into the retail side of the


industry.


Grandma vows to fight on to save Castle trees


Council pledges to use ‘all care’ after decision to carry on with felling plan


A CONTROVERSIAL plan to fell some of th e


tre e s in th e grounds of u i i tn e u


Clitheroe Ca s tle looks manager Mr Graham Jag- se t to go ahead, despite h u n d r e d s


v^ctouic of


' p e o p le tendering and contract B u t th e co u n c il h a s process first,


pled g ed to ta c k le th e ■ He said the council had 1UHO uua* -----


project carefully a n d g ° ahead one step a t a time. And Ribble Valley Bor-


English Heritage and the town council before going ahead with the plan to fell 41 of the 400-plus trees below the Castle keep. There were no objections


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from the first two and the town council merely returned the different opin­ ions of individual members. He said the petitioners


agreed that some of those who signed were children or tourists and not necessarily people who live in the Rib­


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ble Valley. "I believe there are no


reasons to stop what we are planning to do," he said, "but we will take our time over it, assessing it as we go


along." He said they had always


known it was a sensitive subject, but they had to make sure the Castle grounds were in good order in 30 or 50 years' time. "We are not here to ruin


Clitheroe by any means. We are here to enhance the town," he said, adding that, in the long run, enhance­ ment of the Castle grounds could, in fact, mean there


would be more trees.. But grandmother Mrs


Sylvia Lofthouse (55), of Siddows Avenue, Clitheroe, vowed to fight on to save


the trees. "I saw Mr Jagger and I was not happy with his atti­


tude," she said. "It seems as if they do


exactly what they like. Everybody I meet is play­ ing heck about the trees


coming down. "What worries me, from


the way Mr Jagger was talking, is that this is just the start of a much bigger


. She met Mr Jagger, who told her the petition would be presented to the council, but the trees scheme would


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be going ahead. Mrs Lofthouse's daugh- lollipop lady Mrs


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E v e ry b o d y I m e e t is p la y ­ ing heck about th e tre e s com­ ing down J


Kristina Johnson, is helping her mother with the cam­ paign to save the trees. She said: "I walk through


the Castle grounds every day to and from work. The trees and the birds in them are marvellous. There is no


need to fell any trees. "It is the Castle grounds


which have stopped me moving away from the


town. What worries me is tha t it is already cut and dtrieiKu


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unusual - but it was all in a good cause. He was introduced to the now famous


advertising symbol on a visit to the Silent- night works in Barnoldswick, where he received six mattresses given by the bed giant for a team of Lancashire police offi­ cers to take to Romania. Helping hand of friendship trips to the


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COLLEAGUES with a forklift truck rushed to the rescue when two Clitheroe IC I process managers were trapped under a heavy security


gate. No one was nearby when


the life-threatening accident happened at the Synetix works off Pimlico Link Road on Thursday evening. But CCTV pictures ensured that quick action


was taken and the two men were slid out from beneath the gate within a few min­


utes. Mr Andrew Wilkinson


(46), of Beechthorpe Aven­ ue, Waddington, escaped


- Clitheroe man, sustained a broken arm and shoulder


with severe bruising, but Mr Kenneth Hindle (34), a


injuries.


Executive, the police and ICI have all been investi­ gating the incident. The gate had stopped


The Health and Safety „ , ,


working and the men are believed to have been trying to free it when it came off its rollers on to them. I t is not clear how much it weighs, but colleagues used the truck to lift it as quickly


as they could. Firefighters from the sta­


| before they were taken to hospital.


tion a short distance away were soon on the scene, and two teams of paramedics treated the men on the spot


World record bid


I VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help an effort


I which could bring an unusu­ al "world record" spotlight


to Whalley. The vicar, the Rev. Chris .


I Sterry,' is attempting to smash the preaching record by sermonising for 36 hours


at the end of next month. The bid is being super­


1 video and sound-only tape. People are being sought


vised to strict criteria, and has to be recorded on both


to listen to the vicar for four


hours at a stretch. He is raising money to


help pay off a loan given to the church by the Diocese of Blackburn to help pay for a £90,000 refurbishment


I scheme. O Full story - page 13


"We are very grateful to Silentnight and


to other sponsors such as Ultraframe, the Lancaster Foundation and ICI, says DC


Procter. The group was due to set off early yes­ , „ .


terday for a small town in the Transylvan­ ian mountains. The usual rigorous pro­ gramme of work to help people of various ages was already mapped out.


( a The officers will be back next week, hav- |


ing travelled well over 3,500 miles and, through sponsors as well as their personal efforts, given help unavailable from any


other source to the Romanians. (T080501/2)


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Tories deny Welsh job for MP will ‘distract’ from local fight


by John Turner


N EW S th a t local M P N igel E v an s h a s b een p u t in c h a rg e of h is p a r ty ls e le c t io n c am ­ p a ig n in W a le s h a s brought a swift rebuttal th a t th e ap p o in tm e n t would "d is tra c t" from


his local seat. Opponents have been


quick to suggest this week th a t Mr Evans would be neglecting his campaign in the Ribble Valley to take care of his job in Wales, where the Conservatives hold not a single seat. However, a spokesman


for the MP said: "Nigel was on the streets of Clitheroe on four successive days last


. "There was no sign of I anyone from the other two ' parties," he said. "The job


week.


in Wales is not going to dis tract Nigel from the Ribble


Valley." The news of the MP's job


was not announced official­


ly in Clitheroe. I t was only revealed


when a journalist from a Welsh Sunday newspaper visited Clitheroe to discov­ er the reaction to the news in the Ribble Valley. But he hardly stirred up


a hornet's nest. The best he could do was


the "I'm sure his electors in Ribble Valley will


in Wales"


don't think it will go down well” (from Liberal Democ­ rat opponent Mr Michael Carr, who is hoping to over­ turn Mr Evans' majority of 6,640).


ly hasn't made that known . the NHS and a fair deal for in the Ribble Valley and I all pensioners," he said.


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amazed when they find out he is running the Tory cam­ paign


(from


Labour's Rhodri Morgan in Wales) a a n


I t was the only spark in ,_____ i . T . a b n u r


the election battle in the Ribble Valley, which has had a low-key beginning. The Liberal Democrats


Labour candidate Mr


Marcus Johnstone put the Health Service at the top of the agenda at the start of


trumpeted that candidate Michael Carr had received a good luck message from par ty leader Charles Kennedy, telling him that the Lib. Dems would "run a positive and honest cam­


paign". Mr Carr pointed out that


the Lib. Dems were the only party to have beaten the


Tories for the seat. "We are looking forward


to campaigning for smaller class sizes in primary schools, more nurses, more doctors and other staff in


Their battlebus was due


to visit Clitheroe on Tues­ day with regional Euro-MP Mr Chris Davies and NW Lib. Dem. chairman Mr Neil Derbyshire on board.


his campaign. He pointed out that the


Ribble Valley's three NHS trusts had received a cash injection of £1.675m. in extra capital allocations. The plight of agriculture was highlighted in Mr


Evans' early exchanges. He said: "The support


that this Labour Govern­ ment has given to the farm­ ing community over the last four years has been totally inadequate as incomes have


collapsed." Nominations open at 1U


a.m. tomorrow and forms must be returned by 4 p.m.


on Tuesday. Council officials were this


week unaware of any inter­ est from candidates other than those of the three main parties.


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