The Clitheroe T h e p a p e r th a t rh a im p io n s th e Rtbhte y q l le ^ a u s e ^ T h u rs d a y , Wiay 31 s t , 2 0 0 1 N o . 5 ,9 9 5


V ic to r ia ’s b e a u ty d e s ig n s


GLANCE AT A


A full list of Ribble Valley farms con­


firmed with foot arid mouth disease


A popular former Clitheroe Advertis­ er and Times pho­


tographer dies just moments after com­ plaining of indiges­ tion, an inquest


hears.


A Langho couple have been cleared by a jury of fraudu- • lently setting up a burglary a t their


home.


A Clitheroe bus dri­ ver escapes injury in a Bank Holiday smash which claims the life of a motor cyclist.


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Police warn of “robust” action fol­ lowing vandalism


attacks in the Cas­ tle grounds.


A local solicitor takes part in a TV


battle of brains. - _


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and mouth disease. Among the'casualties so


ta rv are i seven..farms,"


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And ."officers fronL the North-East-based 33rd Sig­ nals Regiment are holed up in temporary shelters, plot­


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ters. A 50-strong-w « * '- 1'0y ' S culling polity is S5i,*SS


5UU -------------- - - - whose spokesman explains.


ting a culling policy. Out on the roads and at


farms where foot and mouth has been confirmed or is suspected are the regi­ ment's soldiers - up to 200 of them between here and Settle, tasked with the logistics of co-ordinating the transportation of sheep and cattle carcases. _ Says one eye witness: it


. , .FOR EVERYONE ^ Cl-fcK: = • a . .


really is like wartime. Wagon after wagon is rolling through the Ribble Valley. It's quite frighten­ ing, disturbing and very upsetting. On the J*oau through Bolton-by-Bow-


C O N T I N G E N C Y


plans are being drawn up in case the. foot and mouth situation in the Ribble Valley worsens


land Bowland High School is forced to close i Monday.


on Monday.


"Swift slaughter of infected animals and those deemed to have been in 'dangerous contact' with them is the most effective means of eradicating foot and mouth


disease. “I t is important we react


as quickly as possible, . has no advance information


which is why we have opened up an operational centre in Gisburn. MAFF


on where the next outbreak^ if there is to be another,


may occur”. 0 As we went to press,


MAFF announced that the outbreaks in Settle and Paythorne were epidemi-


oligically linked. A spokesman for Lan­


cashire County Council said on Wednesday: "As the situation stands today the school will re-open as normal a f te r th e half-


term. "However, the school,


M u m and daughter go on the web to tell the world of their anguish


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A MOTHER and her daughter are d.s.Infectant The whole countryside smells telling the world what it is like living


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"T am slowly growing to hate die smell of different now>" she wrote, asking,


in a Ribble Valley village under the .g tQ blame for this shambles? shadow of the foot and mouth crisis. Daughter Emily wmte lUeeJs hk ^


. Their anguished personal stories have onnn out on the World Wide Web.


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gone out on the World Wide Web. Farmer's wife Mrs Sue Asquith and


I Emily (14), one of her two children, have written heart-rending accounts of how they are coping with the lsolationof hav


ing to stay on the farm now that their 243 cattle and 750 sheep have been slaugh-


have been ^ ^ / " i ^ T b i r t h d a y


never going'to end. I t is my birthday in three days’ time and it is not possible to


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hMm SSh, of Eng.land\^ fw to happen on Monday when son


Pavthorne, is also anxious about what is S


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Adam (15) is due to take his GCSE exams. Would they restock and continue farm-


terMrs Asquith refers to missing the intelli­ gent reparteee of her colleagues at the school where she would normally work and elSB LU -----------


being "cooped up" in a house with two thing ^ ' '


imr when the crisis is over? "Well, yes, because we don't know what


else to do. We are not qualified for any- she sjud.


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the county council and MAFF, are making contin­ gency arrangements, partic­


ularly fdr GCSE students taking examinations." If the school is forced to


close, alternative accommo­ dation will be found for exam candidates.


peacefully as the new army HQ .s ^ectcd an<l nsct, disinfecting an official vehicle. (C.iOO.vOl/1)


ENEMY al the gates, in this case, slie® Fears oyer school closure 8 ■ elections. Many people, particularly . ,


farmers relying on postal votes because of foot and mouth, believe their ballot forms, sent out last Thurs­ day, have been snarled up in the postal dispute. Many had been hoping to


p Anger as postal


SEVERAL hundred people in the Ribble Valley may not be able to vote in Thursday s


him, 'Haven't you got a friend who can vote for you.' She said he could not take a form away with him there and then; it would be put in the post. And, of course, what with a postal strike and a Bank Holiday, it has


not arrived. "I went round to the coun


vote on the postal ballot before they left to go away


on holiday. One couple who are now


Cindy Cowey.


Clitheroe, are unhappy at the way they were treated by the council. Mrs Cowey said her husband went to the offices of Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council on Monday last week, and explained that they were going away on holiday and wanted


The couple, who live in .


postal votes.Mrs Cowey claimed that a woman who dealt with him


was "most unhelpful". ' She added: "She asked


unable to vote are Mr Roger Cowey and his wife, Mrs


cil offices on Tuesday and was amazed to find the building closed.


Tourist Information to see if they had an out-of-hours number, but they didn t. They said I was the third person who had been in on Tuesday complaining of not getting their postal vote. Council leader Coun.


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— , M P R S A la n a n d J ~ S S » " P a rk e r have a cow called P en n y cu! i^ g y aren't telling us a thing," said


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3KXi rp old'1 the oldest in Britain.


A t Smithies Bridge Farm, Saw- “ J maFF culling the ake Mrs Parker saia: " iviu=v lev the pedigree Friesian comes of culling. We’re doing all we can to stop


5 one I™ng them. We’re barricaded up as we s s


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;„„„TOT,Pf.ent in its exe- "Most of our friends' animals have . . __


through three or four tectaUons, nf nurs are


d Most 9°^s


then they're finished at about eight u . vuej___


by. { S ! h o am e to rn the t o « slaughtered if they are healthy. Mrs ” T gojd 'Hello, Penny', and she p £ saj(j: "All our cows are home S d u p a s i f t o i y 'H ^ ,M u m VMum., a - a a -


and is fit tor ner age, gone into calf. She’s part of the fam


fly, part of the furniture. I dont .......... . . . . . .1 the tern- ' M .as " _ ^ormal again. The ministry while'looking over the empty fields of hlajn picture shows Richard, dn-


^ Yaneyi are now waiting the p arkers' farm becomes silent the others around Sawley. ■


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"It really is.appalling what's hap­ g on and on and w


been taken out - they've gone. One neighbour had all her cattlekilledon Wednesday, then had to go off to have


her baby on Thursday afternoon. . Penny is part of an exceptional herd.


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