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less on Thursdays:, ermining the sue-.,


he other days, parT, Tuesday," said Mr


tomers, especially,. L were not coming, [they had visited on.- day and found only,; J operation." .ussell is looking into'. ;sibility 6f running ■ Jques-flea market or'-' |le on; Thursdays, to nent the cabin mar- ’ t, he told council-^


ie possible promoter d expressed interest', followed it up.


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More events are cancelled as rural economy struggles to survive


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THE serious proliferation of foot and mouth disease in the Ribble'Valley is causing a rapid spiral in the cancellation


—GfmdletonV following a procession through the village main street. And weeks of work by a cast of


of events and activities. "The Mayor of Ribble Valley, Coun. Mrs Gwen Pye, led by example when she cancelled the official Civic Sunday service "in an attempt to reduce the risk of further spread of the disease". I t was to have taken place last Sunday a t St Ambrose Church,


150 have been all for nothing as organisers decided to cancel the. Whalley Abbey Mystery Plays. rTHe production was almost


ready for the stage from June 12th to 17th. ' :


Costumes had been made, lines ' Deer safe - for ■jthe time being


)VILD deer living in Ribble Valley broods and forests are safe from ;he marksman's bullet - at least


or the time being, j. Like sheep and cattle, they are cloven-hooved and so potentially Susceptible to catching and spreading foot and mouth disease. However, .the animals have a low ioot and mouth infectivity rate, According to a MAFF spokesman, which is saving them from culling. ». He added: "There have been .no reports of foot and mouth infec­ tion in wild deer anywhere in the country during this outbreak of foot and mouth disease. !, "This means that there are cur­ rently no plans to include any Ribble Valley wild deer in our immediate slaughter policy.


learnt and tickets had been sold, when the executive committee organising the event decided to


forward in retailing for the Ribble already been put back due


cancel* A statement from the committee


said: "This seemed to be the only responsible decision, as many of


■ those involved are from farming backgrounds, whose movements are already restricted."


One of- the organisers, Mr Michael McFall, of Downham,


forward in retailing for the Ribble Valley which was due to open on Wednesday morning at Clitheroe Auction Mart has been postponed


indefinitely. The Ribblesdale Farmers Mar­


• ■ - the best available goods, marketed


ket was set to become yet another key example of the area’s ability to identify and meet the demand for


in a traditional way. The new enterprise was to open


said: "There is disappointment all round, but we cannot assemble a cast of 150 for rehearsals, let alone an audience to watch them p eriorm in the circumstances which pre-


V Refunds will be made to those who have booked tickets m


advance.


the public as usual. • AN eagerly awaited new step


Whalley Abbey remains open to AN eagerly awaited new step


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with a wide range of produce, including meat of several kinds, including ostrich; milk, cheese, cakes, fish, fudge, ice cream, pre­ serves, vegetables and salads and even craft items, such as speciality candles, and there had been strong backing for the idea from Ribble Valley Borough Council, Northern Rural Training, the Bowland Ini­


tiative and local businesses. The date of the opening had


The g a te oi s itrioMOUffli


already been put back, due to the foot and mouth crisis, but the


recent outbreak in the Ribble Val­ ley has left those behind the market with no option but to postpone.


0 CHRISTIANS in the Ribble


Valley will again be calling on the power of prayer to help the farming community through its latest crisis. The next in a series of monthly


services will be held at Clitheroe Parish Church on Saturday at 10


Dearden, said: "We appreciate that the farming fraternity is isolated on their farms, hut as Christians we have to do all we can to show our solidarity with them. " I t is an opportunity for the


The vicar, the Rev.'Canon Philip “ . . .


DEATH VALLEY HERE is an up-to-date list of the Ribble Valley farms


I with confirmed foot and mouth disease


Manor House Farm, Paythorne, operated by A. Calvert and Son


wider public to show their solidari­ ty with everyone deeply affected, and to show them that they are not forgotten," he added.


Feed merchants’ rigorous campaign to keep vehicles and staff infection-free


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SINCE the very first case of foot and mouth was reported animal feed specialists Dugdale Nutrition has followed a rigor­ ous policy of cleaning and disinfecting its


own vehicles. Before leaving the Salthill site in Clitheroe,


all vehicles going on to farms are disinfected


farm gate. Then the dri­ ver puts on disposable


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overalls which, following the delivery, he takes off and leaves with the


farmer to be destroyed. On leaving the farm


gate, the driver again dis­ infects his vehicle before either proceeding to his next delivery point or


returning to the mill. General manager Mr


with a power washer. Prior to delivery on


each farm, the vehicle is again disinfected a t the


Howard Blackburn said th a t these routines applied to all bulk and bagged delivery vehicles, with the exception tha t bagged deliveries are


__of fami mad ends, way, we can control n


made at farm road ends, so that the vehicle never actually enters the farm. All customers collecting


goods have been disinfect­ ing their vehicles on enter­


ing thesite. "In order to further


strengthen these precau­ tions, we have now decid­ ed to close our mill for all collections and non-essen­ tia l visitors," said Mr Blackburn. "Instead, our customers


who normally collect feed supplies can have them


• delivered by us using the above procedures. In this


MAFF." 1 Sawlcy *


lambs Docker Laithc Farm,.


1 Sawley, S S S S & S S S S t


I lambs


way, we can control move­ ments on and off the site in much the same way as farmers are advised by;


Mr Blackburn said the , •


precautions were costing around £4 to £5 per tonne, but were seen as essential if the outbreak


of foot and mouth is to be contained and eradicated. Any customers having


queries or concerns relat­ ing to their own situation were welcome to contact the company free on 0800 027 1222.


A farmer’s


fearful vigil FARMER Mr Alan


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[ndition," says'Eamraij . . . . . . . .


i t everyone .wh^too^; raise so much:'! £ ' with the presentation'll leroe. (J290501/2)


)lea to save# es is lost ■


idwi thb:Clitheroe,Caa#g ces /ai/ed to-mowcolmf;- •s intent on felling some l


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Tof the "public participa- ■ offered by Ribble Valley


cm. awn councillor 'Mrs. id Hardwick took advan-


ough Council to speak :tly to Community Com- ee members on their deci­


le raised questions about


; of public information consultation and about


ible rock erosion without roots being there, about


ther people really wanted xchange a view of trees for of the damaged castle


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■Every resident I have spo- Bto objects to this plan;" • flared Mrs Hardwick. fhe issue of the trees was ; on the agenda for the eting, and committee lirman Coun. Harry Hack- use pointed out th a t it uld not be possible to dis4


is the matter. The council has made it ar that it feels that the Cas- >, damaged or not, is a urist attraction which


jght to be visible. '


Witness plea­ der car theft


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OLICE.are appealing for itnesses to an opportunist left from a car in Clitheroe esterday week. ■ '] The owner of the green ’eugeot 205 had parked in


fork Street to visit a bank ietweenl0-20a.nl. and 10-25


i.m. A black carrier bag con'- aining newly purchased Adi­ das trainers, sizeedght-and-a- [ialf and valued at £55, and a trey Paul and Shark cardi­ gan worth £150, was taken.,;


The car was entered by the


sunroof, which the owner had inadvertently left open. , £


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• There are more immedi­


ate problems like sileage cutting and also the more distant problems of where they obtain the animals to re-stock their farm.


' -. "People forget the scale of this. When they read about a single case of foot and mouth, they forget that means six or seven sur­ rounding farms have all had their stock culled," she


added. ^ Meanwhile, the tiny


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Parker, of Smithies Bridge, Sawley, main­


tains a fearful vigil over his, as yet, unaf­ fected cattle. In an attempt to


maintain their con­ tinued well-being, Mr Parker called on the services of his own vet, right, in addition to the official MAFF vet, left, joining the operation from his


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AS more farms in the Ribble Valley are found to be infected with foot and mouth disease, MAFF has stepped up its actions to control the spread of


the outbreak. The ministry has announced it is


preparing to move to new facilities


’ in a specially constructed Forward Operations Centre in Gisburn, due to become operational tomorrow.


hamlet of Paythorne has been all but wiped out by the disease. Sheep and cat­ tle at all but one of the six farms have been slaugh­


tered. j> Mr Keith Redmayne and ' 1 '■ ,


His wife, Alison, at Carholme Farm - the only farm not yet affected - are under siege. ;-


"It's like being in prison, said Mrs Redmayne. "We


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can't go out or do any­ thing." Mrs Redmayne works full time to supple­ ment the family income, but has been unable to go


to work since the outbreak. [ .T h e family have not heard from the Ministry of


sheep, the Redmanyne's are , living on a knife edge and


istry.,


are among many farmers complaining of. the lack of. information from the min-


' The spread of the disease and asso­ ciated culling in the Valley has been inexorable since its discovery last week and seven farms in the Valley have been affected, plus one outbreak at Chipping confirmed in Apnl. The Agriculture Minister Mr Nick


Brown said: "The foot and mouth out­ break is not over yet. We must act swiftly to stamp down on the disease and to stop it spreading." His statement was part of another


were held on


Monday blocking roads to the sites. The highly-visible logistics has lea


the number is actually twice th a t stated


t been adde o he f i^ =


many local people to express concern that the vehicle movements in MAD r operations may be adding to the prob- lem, a fear exacerbated by MAFFs own report that movements of farm staff, vehicles, equipment and animals has spread the outbreak in the Settle


Stankas Hall Farm, Ncwsholmc,


- 2,8 cattle, 460 . - a and lambs


Painley Farm with animals at Demesne Farm, Newsholmc operated by Mrs A. S. Oldfield


Bank Top Farm,


animals culled or to be culled - 100 cattle ana iuu ] calves, 21 sheep


Sawlcy, operated by J. Bolton and Sons


Cotes Hall Farm, Gisburn, animatecubed w to ’be culled -184 cattle, 560 sheep


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day. Demonstrations were held on nonot been adde td to the figures and that These are mostly cases where ani­


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mals have been killed under the dan­ gerous contact rule so the Jesuits of tests proving positive are not added to the totals, thus providing a mislead­ ing impression of the situation.


^ T h is is particularly disturbing (riven that MAFF issued 350 licences to move animals for normal hus­ bandry and working practices in the area before the current outbreak. Military and MAFF vehicles oper­


I t is a government edict and DU 1 .


directive which says they must be slaughtered without any recourse toa vaccination programme, yet M“ ” scientific methodology has been 1 attacked by Eric Linklater m several


articles. -


ating on infected, properties are now being centred in Gisburn, close to the Lindley Pate agricultural engineers where local farmers go for everything


from ear tags to tractors. Vehicles operated by. farmers,


MAFF press release which shows the current disposal system cannot deal with the latest round of killing. There have been "well over 75,0UU sheep and 10,000 cattle slaughtered as


a result of the outbreak in.North Yorkshire and the Ribble .Valley. As a result, available rendering facilities are not enough to cope with the all the carcasses so mass burial sites ana


landfill sites will be used. Burial sites in Northumberland and Cumbria were brought into operation on Tues­


MAFF and the Army share the petrol station, which is developing into an informal communications link ana mixing facts with the rumours which are easily spread when people are not informed fully. One of these "facts , published on the Internet, states that


demiologist Professor Fred Brown regarded as the worid s expert on


He explains how the renowned epi­


FMD, has been ignored by MAFr scientists, who have had "no time to consult him. His development of a cheap testing kit which could test for FMD on site and produce accurate results within two hours has been


A d o p t io n of this kit wouldhayel


soldiers have told locate that they are going to be around for five months.


Prior to the start of the Settle out­ break on May 10th, much of the media was giving the impression that all was well and the number of coses was falling. This was refuted by a Times report that 1,500 cases have


indicated straight away whether or not a flock or herd.was mfected. Prof Brown, a Lancashire man said the slaughter of healthy animals was a national disgrace. I t would have been |


unnecessary. Valley can only .wait for the MAFF Meanwhile, farmers ln the . . -p :i,v,lp I


response to tests and checks on stock locations, knowing that the slaughter men are just a field or two away.


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