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A cull of sheep at Gisburn has led to criticism of biosecurity at DEFRA’s centre.


The Platform Gallery reopens this week after £170,000 worth


of work.


Tapping feet raise more than £1,000 for hospice charity and the arts.


Millions of pounds are to be spent on Whalley Abbey.


jjp6S3p|!p| A thirst for success has put a Brockhall firm at the fore­ front of England s bid for World Cup


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Two sixth formers dubbed Babs the Builders gain an insight into the construction industry.


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The area’s affluent sta tu s is given as the cause for a higher- than-usual figure for breast can­


cer cases.


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SUITED to a tee is Tina Stevenson as guest °f honour


at Great Harwood Golf Club. The plucky nine-year-old was


invited to the club by member Mr Neil Tomlinson. He decided to donate his £84 winnings from a club tournament to the appeal launched in last week's Advertiser and Times to buy Tina an electric wheelchair in time for Christmas.


Road, Clitheroe, with parents Mr and Mrs Paul and Dawn Stevenson and sister Joanne (fjve), suffered a brain haemorrhage shortly after her birth three months earlier than expected. The complication left her with cerebral palsy and although callipers and sticks allow her to move around the house indepen-


Tina, who lives in Henthorn ,.


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Money begins to roll in for Tina’s wheelchair


dently, Tina needs electric wheels, costing £2,500, to maintain her free­


dom outside. Yet Tina’s winning smile ana


determination to lead a normal life mean that since last Thursday, her appeal helpers, Mrs Helen Jackson and Mrs Glynis High, as well as mum and dad, have been over­ whelmed by Ribble Valley kindness. Generous donations have been


ride donated by Griffair Helicopter Services, of Bolton-by-Bowland,


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and a £100 gift voucher for ladies and gents' outfitters Cosgrove's House of Colour, Rimington, donat­ ed by Mrs Dorothy Cosgrove. Said Mrs Jackson: "It's been mad.


We have had so many people come forward with offers of help. We are


very grateful." Anyone wanting to contribute to


received from a Newton farmer, a Billington couple and a lady in West


View, Clitheroe. An appeal gala night is now


planned for November 15th at the Craven Heifer, Whalley Road, Clitheroe. I t will feature perfor­ mances by local artists and an auc­ tion. Among the items set to go under the hammer are a helicopter


the appeal in any way should tele­ phone 01200 443546, 01200 442495


or 07944 133389. Our picture shows Tina accepting


fund-raiser Mr Graham High. ' (T151001/12)


Former chorister set to become chart sensation


HEAR'SAY has had i t s d a y an d ig n o re ITV's pop idol search as the next chart sen­ s a t io n is a b o u t to s tep from th e wings with a Ribble Valley


FY8’s November launch will include songs penned by boy band N Sync by Julie Frankland_________ promises to make him a


front manl The group FY8 is


being groomed for a mid-November launch.


I t has songs penned by MTV-lauded American boy band N Sync, who­


se line-up includes Brit­ ney Spears' boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, and a photo shoot booked with Smash Hits maga­ zine. I t also has 20- year-old Jonathan Lloyd, of Withgill Lodge, Withgill, among


its number. A former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Gram


mar School, Jonathan was invited to complete FY8’s line-up just three weeks ago after band manager Mr Ian Beckett spotted the former head chorister of St Helen's Church, Waddington, performing in a charity


star. The company stage


concert in Blackpool. Jonathan was on stage


with 60 fellow students from the town's school of performing arts, where he is in his last year of a three year performing


arts degree. Now Jonathan, who


already has a diploma in performing arts from Preston College, has a three year contract with Mr Beckett's St Annes- based Lilas Music Man­ agement Limited, which


manages the hugely pop­ ular Steps and N Sync and is so confident that FY8 will follow a similar path to mass success that it is already book­ ing the band for person­ al appearances, includ­ ing Christmas lights switch-ons around the


country. While FY8 is current­


ly busy in a Manchester recording studio with only choreographers and stylists for visitors, Jonathan's father, Mr Ian Lloyd, a Clitheroe- based partner in char­ tered surveyors Mor­ timers, said: "We are extremely proud of


Moroccan sand to blame for ‘dust’ blanket


INVESTIGATORS


from Castle Cement returned to a Clitheroe residential estate after renewed complaints about dust falling from the sky and sticking to cars, windows and gar­


age doors. They gathered sam­


ples for analysis on Sun­ day - then they were let off the hook by the Envi­


ronment Agency. The agency revealed


that this particular fall­ out vvas not a local Clitheroe problem. I t had struck many


Jonathan. We can hard­ ly believe what has hap­ pened as the speed of it all has left us almost breathless. "I have been helping


STARDOM beckons for FY8, with Jonathan Lloyd in Ihe foreground (15) and


with talk of single release dates, gigs and London photo shoots." FY8, which takes its


Jonathan go through his contract. I t seems he impressed with his singing and dancing abil­ ity and now he is being groomed for stardom


name from Lilas Music Management's office


postcode, also includes 20-year-old musician Ettan and 16-year-old Blackpool sixth former Ben Barnett to complete its boy quota and Caz


Silence is golden - and profitable


| A PAIR of school- friends made the ulti­ mate sacrifice which could be made by teenage chatterbox-


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and Sally Andrews, both pupils of Clitheroe Royal Grammar Sch­ ool, went on a spon­ sored silence - for five


whole days. The result of the peace


and quiet for their schoolfriends, teachers and family was £500 to buy better safety equip­ ment for the Fishmoor Sailing Club, Guide, to which they both belong. "We recognised that


the club needed better boats and better safety equipment, because a number of disabled chil­ dren were using the club," said Mary (15). "Both of us are really


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Summers Jemma Rogers (16) for its girl appeal. Like Jonathan, who has starred in a number of amateur stage shows with Clitheroe Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society, all the band members have a long list of performing


credits.


How loyal are Valley residents?


ARE people in Clith­ eroe still loyal to the


Queen? This is the question


being asked by town councillors after not one person came forward in answer to their appeal for help and ideas^ in planning golden jubilee celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, which falls next June. The appeal appeared on the front page of the Advertiser and Times. Said a town council


ther afield. Complaints alleging


that the dust came from the Ribblesdale Works were reported in the Advertiser and Times


last week.Among the people who complained this week was Mr Peter Chanter, of the Balmoral estate, Clitheroe. "All our cars and hous­


es were covered in this dust on Sunday morn­


ing; that was why Castle Cement were contacted. "A number of people contacted the Environ­


ment Agency." But the Environment


Agency confirmed that the dust was not a local issue, as was at first


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