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New post ! brave Charlotte


GLANCE AT A


A company execu­ tive who drove at 106m.p.h. escapes a ban.


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A man who gave £l25m. to charity slips into a national newspaper’s rich list due to.his generosi­ ty.


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There is m u ch , praise for a local Auntie Wainwright


who is retiring. ■ a n a page 11


The Valley’s MP is demanding an apol­ ogy after an "ex­ plain this” call from a political opponent over cigarette adv­ ertising.


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The search is on to find the communi­ ty ’s modern-day Florence Nightin­


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I t looks unlikely tha t private land­ lords will run local. authority housing


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| A RECORD sum - about £4,500 - was raised by la s t year's Castle grounds bonfire.


1 The five local service-to-the-com- munity clubs which organise it are delighted th a t so much has been raised for the East Lancashire Hos­


pice. "We are very grateful for generous ,


I sponsorship from Castle Cement mid new motor firm Perry's,," says Mr Edwin Gretton, secretary of co-ordi- nators the Rotary Club of Ribbles-


dale. "Their help gave us a good start


financially for fireworks and other costs. There were several thousand people a t the event, despite'.the


weather, "They must have given at least £1 .


each, as they were invited to do. "Special fencing helped minimise


the field damage, and in fact there was very little. Everything went real­ ly well after all the rain worries right up to the night itself, and we are hop­ ing to repeat the success this year." . The other clubs helping to run the


event were the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, the Round Table, the Lions


and Rotaract. The chairman of the hospice


appeal, Mr Geoff Braithwaite, is pic­ tured receiving the money from Mr Michael Anderson, of the Round Table; Mr Mike McGlynn, of the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale; Mr Peter Spencer, of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe; Mr Colin Underwood, of Clitheroe Lions, and Mrs Cormne


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A CRUCIAL first step has been taken in a bid to open up the missing 13-mile rail


link between Clitheroe and


Hellifield. Ribble Valley Rail,


which was successful in its campaign to reopen the Blackburn to Clitheroe section of the Ribble Val­ ley line in 1994, is taking a


leading role, in a new, umbrella organisation -


HELP - the Hellifield and East Lancashire Partner­ ship. The group, which is supported by the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line as well as four other user


groups and a number of business groups, intends to pool resources in a bid to open up a vast tract of N o r th e rn England for public transport journey opportunities. The railway infrastruc­


ture already exists, tracks and stations are all there, the only item missing is a


regular service. Currently, a limited sum­


mer Sundays only service is operated from Lancashire to the Settle and Carlisle line. Jointly operated by First North Western and Lancashire County Coun­ cil, the service is very popu­ lar with walkers and is seen by the new group as a pre­ cursor to the introduction of a full service. The new group is confi­ dent that a regular service


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providing through connec­ tions several times a day would soon become viable. It is confident that there is a large tourism and leisure market for visitors to the


Dales, as well as shopping opportunities to Carlisle and Leeds and business travel, tourism and leisure


to the Manchester and Blackpool conurbations. Manchester Airport is. increasingly seen as the pri­ mary departure point for the north of England, but access from the Dales is dif­ ficult without a rail link. The new partnership has


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already written to the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority itemising in detail why such a new ser­ vice is needed. Under the process which governs rail­ way operations, two local franchises will soon be


wound up, and instead, one new franchise covering almost all of northern Eng­ land will begin. The group is now working towards gaining a commitment into that franchise to reopen the line and already has wide­ spread support from the 7,000 members of the vari­ ous rail user groups repre­


sented and from Lancashire County Council. Further


support is anticipated from other local authorities, parish councils, members of Parliament, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and members of the public.


man Mr Peter Moore said that the group had always been committed to the full reopening of the Ribble Val­ ley line and that he saw the formation of HELP as "a


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major step forward in the fight".


double track is used when­ ever the West Coast Main Line is closed for engineer­ ing work. Historically, says the group, this has been very important and Virgin Trains plans to use it again on March 3rd. The expand­ ing freight industry could also see the link as a useful


The 13-mile section of •


option. An in-depth study com­


missioned some years ago concluded that' expansion of the Lancashire DalesRail service was feasible, but nothing has been imple­


mented. 'Anyone wishing to sup­


port the bid should write to the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority, 55 Victoria Street, London SW1H


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F ired u p a f te r tow n eve n t windfall ——


now ars ago a wnen ne da exclusive by Natalie Cox


UNANIMOUS approval has been given to a proposal from


the borough's first citizen. The Mayor and Mayoress of the


Ribble Valley, Coun. Chris Holtom and Mrs D orothy Shaw, have announced their engagement,-and


the happy couple hope to be mar­ ried within a year. Coun. Holtom met his future bride through mutual friends about five years ago and, when he was elected


w a luxury S f iS I t £££s taeKend break lot on the cost ol gage 14


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Mayor in May at the annual meeting of Ribble Valley Borough Council, it was Mrs' Shaw who was installed as his Mayoress. Since then, the couple have become familiar faces across the borough, attending a variety of events and meeting many Ribble Valley resi­


dents. For the past 18 years, Coun. _


Holtom has served the Ribble Valley in his post as borough councillor for Wilpshire. A former leader of the council, he was the first local politi­ cian to also hold the post of leader of


the opposition. As well as working for Ribble Valley


cil. tals. are


residents locally, Couri. Holtom has represented Ribble Valley South-West on Lancashire County Council for 12 years and is a former member of Billington and Langho Parish Coun­


His bride-to-be, who was born m ,


Skipton, works as a staff nurse for the Morecambe Bay Community Trust.


For more than a decade she has held the post of team leader for an elderly unit at one of the trust's day hospi­


The couple, who have both been , _________________________________ _________


married before, each have two chil­ dren


Full steam ahead for a rail link with Hellifield station


Time for young to be active


MORE Ribble Valley teenagers are to be given a sporting chance


in life. An award-winning sche­


me to encourage couch potato youngsters to par­ ticipate in a range of activities is to receive a cash boost to help it


expand. Lancashire County


Council's Youth and Com­ munity Service is to hand over £5,500 and dedicate a member of staff to the Time-Out project, devised by Roefield Leisure Centre manager Mr Tony Rodia. He launched the scheme just one year ago to offer 12 to 17-year-olds a Friday and Saturday evening alter­ native to television or scouring local streets for something to do.


centre's gym, indoor rock- climbing chamber and sports hall for football, bad­ minton, table tennis, street jazz and self-defence classes. The scheme has already at tracted more than 70 youngsters. Delighted by the further funding, he is planning to spend i t on extending Time-Out hours and increasing the range of


Mr Rodia opened up the .


activities. Said Mr Rodia: "The


link with youth services will give us the opportunity to provide additional dance classes and to expand into drama. We are also hoping to be able to offer coaching courses towards junior leader awards and entry into the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. In addition, we want to be able to provide Time-Out members with access to the Internet, and we are investigating the possibility of a bus service to bring teenagers from out­ lying villages to Roefield."


On line for his constituents


A NEW on-line newslet­ ter will be winging its way on the web from Westminster to Ribble Valley residents later this


month. Constituents who have


registered on the website belonging to local MP Nigel Evans will be able to receive his monthly reports via the


Internet. Said Mr Evans: "The


newsletter will enable my constituents to keep track of the work I am doing both at Westminster and in the Ribble Valley. I t is absolute­ ly vital for MPs to keep abreast with the fast mov­


ing hi-tech world we live in." Residents wanting to sign


up to the news letter should go to www.nigel-mp.com and click on newsletter.


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Of 2001


Valley’s ‘Corrie’ star protests


innocence over alleged assault


‘Mrs Battersby’ bailed on fan assault charge by Julie Frankland


“CORRIE” star and Ribble Valley villager Miss Vicky Entwistle has been protesting her, innocence over- an alleged assault on a


male fan of the show. A f ro n t page lead in


Tuesday's The Sun news­ paper reported th a t Miss Entwistle (32) had been arrested in Manchester's gay village during a night o u t with her prop man boyfriend. Her a r re s t allegedly followed an inci­ d ent in which th e 5ft. actress was said to have head-butted a 40-year-old man in the face, breaking


his nose. A further two-page report


inside the newspaper, which carried a photograph of the man, claimed' he had approached Accrington- born Miss Entwistle (pic­ tured) to tell her how much he liked the show. She allegedly told him: "Well, see how much you like this", before striking out. Miss Entwistle was taken


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Miss Entwistle described the experience as "traumat­ ic", adding that she had felt very scared and felt threat­ ened. She continued: "I have done nothing wrong and I have every confidence in the British justice system. I am very confident of the out­


come. "This would not be a nice


to a nearby police station for questioning, before being released on police bail until February 25th, pending


further inquiries. In a statement made out­


side Granada Studios on a break from filming the “Street”, in which she plays the loud-mouthed, but long- suffering, Janice Battersby,


experience for anyone to have to go through. I Jiave done nothing wrong and I am sure th a t , hopefully, th a t will come to light. There are a lot more things I would like to say, but because of the nature of the inquiry I cannot say any­ thing. I have not been


charged with anything.". A spokeswoman for


Greater Manchester Police said: "I can confirm that a complaint of an assault resulting in minor injuries has been reported. Police are currently investigating the allegation."


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