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TOUCHES of ta r ta n were evident a t Clitheroe and District Caledonian Society's annual Burns’ N ig h t celebration. ; Ten guests from north


of the border travelled south for a dinner at Gis- bum's Stirk House Hotel to mark the birthday of the Scottish bard, Robert Bums, who died in 1796. - As tradition dictates, the "Chief­


the haggis -


tain o' the Puddin' Race" - was piped in before being addressed by, Mr Barclay Walker. . The toas t to Burns'


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immortal memory was proposed by the evenings guest speaker, Mr Ronnie Crighton. And Mrs Jean Howell replied on behalf of the lasses after a toast was proposed by Mr Brian Minta Pictured with guests


are society president Mr Malcolm Douglas, far right, with Mr Crighton in the centre of the back


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Differing views on safety in town at the weekend


■ by Tim Procter -


] Clitheroe on Friday and Saturday have been given to council­ lors.:'


CO N T RA S T IN G views of late nights in


ble Valley Borough Council Policy and Finance Committee were discussing the draft of the revised crime and disorder strategy. Speaking about Fri-


; day and Saturday nights, Coun. Frank


' Dyson (Clitheroe) said: "Increasingly, people are saying to me tha t they are scared of walking the streets of Clitheroe." He said he found this


Members of the Rib­


where disorder was and yet nothing happened although there was a weekly problem of peo­ ple under, the influence of alcohol. "All the police do is sit


in a van and watch it go on," alleged Coun. Dyson. ,


> He said th a t people walked from pub to pub and mentioned two where they ended up at midnight.


. But the Chief Execu­ tive, Mr David Morris, suggested that there was a balance, saying: "I see nothing wrong in people making their way from pub to pub -


it happens


"absolutely amazing" as th e police knew what was happening, adding: "But i t seems th a t the police.are not prepared to take what I would term appropriate action." The police knew


in other places, I have seen it. "I don't find that par­


ticular ly threatening and it is for the police to take action if something goes wrong." Mr Morris called for strong action on drink


sales to under-age youngsters. Coun. Stephen Sut-


New Euro regulations could prove dangerous


NEW regulations from Europe over the disposal of fridges have caught the Government on the hop, claims Ribble Val-i ley MP Mr Nigel Evans. He has written to Mrs


Margaret Beckett, Min­ is ter in charge of DEFRA, asking her what she plans to do about the possibility that thousands of dan­ gerous fridges and deep freezers will be dumped on the British landscape. Mr Evans said the


new EU regulations, which came into effect on January 1st, would result in a massive


increase in costs for councils like Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. "The councils are now


obliged to collect and dispose of the fridges - even though there are no plants in the UK capable of .decommissioning them," he said. "We have already seen


the blight on our land­ scape from dumped cars, and now we are faced with the menace, partic­


u la r ly to children, of environmentally-damag­ ing, dangerous, dumped fridges," he added.


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RESIDENTS of a Clitheroe development have raised money for a First Responders' team. Oyer the past year, peo­


clffe (Clitheroe) said that one aspect contin­ ued to worry him - "the relationship that exces­ sive alcohol consump- . tion in the young popu­ lation has on the inci­ dence of violence, nui­ sance and disorder, espe­ cially within Clitheroe town centre." ' :- Coun. Sutcliffe said it


seemed to him that alco­ hol was proving to be more and more of a problem, yet a huge amount of cash- and resources was going into the drug issue. He sug- gested.it was dispropor­ tionate. Coun. Paul Ad n itt


(Clitheroe), headteacher at St James CE School, said young people under the influence of alcohol, some as young as eight or nine, had been responsible for out-of­ hours damage a t his school. There was a sugges­


land) th a t some points in the draft were a fig-


■ leaf for inaction on the p a r t of the police. He called for rural officers to ■be more personally iden­


tifiable, with names on . notice boards. : Coun. Nierop suggest-


‘ ed that the draft indicat­ ed that local people com­ mitted most , crime because the police "are not very successful a t catching those who come from outside the area." He added th a t there were issues surrounding road safety in such places as Sawley Brow which would not be resolved by the strategy. "People in the rural


areas are increasingly concerned," declared Coun. Richard Sherras (Gisburn and Riming- ton). The draft strategy'is


tion from Coun. P hilip. Nierop (Bolton-by-Bow-


DEFYING the .old adage th a t children should be seen and not heard, the following Rib­ ble Valley pupils were among stu d en ts of speech and drama coach Jean Willis who achieved passes in LAMDA examinations for spoken English, reading for performance and the speaking of verse and prose a t grades: . (Key - H - honours; D


- distinction; P - pass). Speaking of verse and


now open for public com­ ment before being again considered by council­ lors.


Top marks for top pupils


prose; George Hambling (D) and Sophie Ham­ bling (D), of Wiswell, Craig Jackson (D), of Ribchester, Sumeet Chattree (P), of Langho. Reading for perfor­


mance: Craig Jackson (D), of Ribchester. Spoken English:


Heather Kerr (H, certifi­ cate of Merit), of Lang­ ho, Meera Kumar (H), of Langho, Simon Smith (D) and Tim Smith (D, certifcateof merit), of Wiswell.


Paul Bates - court case


THER E was an inaccuracy in the court case relating to Simon Paul Bates (24), of Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe, reported last week. We have been asked to point out th a t he does


not have a child. Quotes from Bates's defence solicitor referred


to "his partner and their child." In fact it should have read "her child."


ple living at Candlemak- er's Court collected £330 for the voluntary organisa­ tion which aims to offer help before ambulances arrive, especially to indi­ viduals with heart prob­ lems. The volunteers are trained to use the defibril­ lators they carry. Mr Terry Sun ter, a First


Responder, is pictured receiving the cheque from


Ribble Valley residents. Id frosty start


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Farmers invited to protect our local feathered friends


WITH a wing and some cash Ribble Val­ ley farmers could be helping save some of their feathered friends. Agriculturalists from


the Forest of Rowland are being urged to help boost their incomes by saving some of the area's' best-loved rural birds. The RSPB is search­


' tryside • Stewardship Scheme to qualify for grants which would pay for changes to land man­ agement th a t benefits birds. Examples of grants


ing for farmers interest­ ed in joining the Coun-


paid under the scheme include: ;


•' • Management of


upland hay meadows - £150 a hectare per year for 10 years. • Management of in­


Library u se r s are s e t to go on lin e


AVID book lovers can save money by going online I


and avoid getting fines for late books: Borrowers from all over Coun. Niki Penney said:


Lancashire can now browse through over 2.6 million publications at the click of a mouse and even prevent being fined by checking when their books are due back. The new system


includes an advanced search facility which can find a book-from the, briefest of clues.


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"This on-line library cata­ logue is a valuable addi­ tion to the services we already provide to Lan- | cashire's Library users. “The system includes I


every item available in a Lancashire library, be it a book, video, magazine or pamphlet. The system lists items available on loan or for reference and


reader the author’s name,, when your own loans are the title of the book, due back." which libraries have the book and whether or not copies are available Lancashire's Cabinet


The search can tell th e ,, can even remind you The library members


Member for Communica­ tions, Information and Lifelong Learning County


can access the web site: www.lancashiregov.uk/lib raries/catalogues, in Lan­ cashire Libraries or from the comfort of their own homes.


£1,800 theft from outhouse


BURGLARS broke into an outhouse on farming premises in Whalley Old Road, Billington, on Tues­ day of last week: They took a Honda petrol lawn mower worth £900, a Stihl chainsaw worth £400 and a Stihl hedgecutter worth £500. Police are investigating the burglary.


RESIDENTS in the Ribble Valley can take p a r t in a course to become better drivers. The 5,000th member


bye pasture - £60 a hectare. • Upland rough graz­


ing - £45 a hectare a year for 10 years. • Rewetting damp


meadows or pastures - £60 a hectare for 10 years Money is also avail­


able for creating water features, boundary restoration and main­ taining historic features. As part of the project,


conservation officers from the RSPB will give free help to farmers who want to complete appli­ cations for the steward­ ship scheme, as well as offering them advice about land management. RSPB conservation


officer Mr Pete Wilson (pictured) said th a t if the charity's offer of help was taken up farmers would gain faster access


to payments. Mr Wilson said: "Some of the birds which were once regard­ ed as common are today in serious decline throughout the UK. "But land in and


around the northern and western sides of the For-


' est of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty st il l hosts


.impressive numbers of waders, no doubt in some p a r t due to the interest in wildlife shown by local farmers. "We want to build on


those existing popula­ tions by continued sensi­ tive farm management to secure the long-term future of the birds, while at the same time helping the farmers who do so much to shape our coun­ tryside."


Become a better driver Father and Blackburn from 8 p.m.


to join the Blackburn Area Road Safety Association will receive a free Better Driving course and the chance to take the Gold Star test free. . A new six-week bet­


te r driving course s ta r ts on February 19th a t Blackburn Northern Sports Club, Pleckgate Road,


The lectures are fol­ lowed up with practical driving sessions every Sunday morning from 10 a.m. until 12 a.m. The course is based


on the police advanced driving manual, "Roadcraft", and cov­ ers all aspects of dri­ ving, including motor­ way , driving. The course costs £20 (£15 for students) and enti­ tles drivers to 12 months membership.


son in court A FATHER and son from Clitheroe were ordered to stand trial at Preston Crown Court when they appeared before magis­ trates at Blackburn charged with affray. They were Derek Turn­


er (53), of Standen Road and Damian Turner (27), of Taylor Street. Derek Turner alone was


also charged with wound­ ing Alan Aspinwall caus­ ing grievous bodily harm and damaging a window of the Victoria Inn, Clitheroe. .


Pat on the back for


food service A STANDARDS squad has said the Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council's Environmental Health Department provides an 'effective food law


enforcement service". In October, the Food


Standards Agency car­ ried out a three-day audit looking at the food control and infectious disease service delivered by the department. The agency comment­


ed: "Thfe council was providing an effective food law enforcement service th a t recognised ■ local priorities and main­ tained a balance between formal and advisory actions. The council was particularly strong in relation to investigative work and in giving advice and taking action where appropriate in local dairy premises." The report also con­


gratulated the depart­ ment on the investiga­


tions it carried out into food-related infectious disease outbreaks, notifi­ cations of sporadic cases of food-related infectious disease and food com­ plaints. The FSA report was


brought before members of the borough's Com­ munity Committee and, together with the result­ ing action plan, i t will also be considered by the council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Services) next month.


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