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said th a t the easing of restrictions is an impor­ tan t next step for the industry and comes at a time when the move­ ment of livestock steps up a gear as spring approaches.


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COUNCIL tax pay­ ers in the Ribble Val­ ley may be asked to pay an increase of close to three times the rate of inflation in the next financial


year. Ribble Valley Bor­


ough Council could be asking householders to pay an increase which is twice the annual rate of inflation. If the current estimates of a Ribble Valley 4.6% rise are given the seal of approval at a full council meeting next month, owners of band D prop­ erties will be paying nearly£5 more to the borough than last year, and £74 in total, if the Lancashire Police Auth­ ority's 8.80% and Lan­ cashire County Council's 7.96% rises go through. Householders also


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look set to pay more to the parish councils, Lan­ cashire County Council and the area's Police Authority, who have yet to officially confirm then- figures. ,, . A report to Tuesday's meeting of Ribble Val­


ley's Special Policy and Finance Committee esti­ mated tha t the overall


increase could be more than 7.5%. Speaking earlier this


week Mr Marshal Scott, the borough's director of finance, said councillors had produced a budget which would result in an increase of less than 5% because they felt a larger rise would be too big for residents to bear.


continued from paise 1 Giving


‘scandal’ threat


run the risk of turning up one Sunday and find­ ing a notice 'Closed' pinned to the west door, we are going to have to dig more deeply into our pockets." Mr Martyn Halsall,


spokesman for the Dio­ cese of Blackburn, said , there was nothing defi­ nite, the remarks in the magazine were "obvious-. ly speculation". But he added: "It has


become clear over recent months there will be a reduction in the number of clergy in the diocese over the next four years." There would be no


Barracks death soldier’s head injuries remain a mystery


MYSTERY s t i l l su r ­ rounds the reason for a young Glitheroe. soldier being found o utside a b a r ra ck s block in Ger­ many with major head- injuries which eventually led to his death. Signaller P au l Trotter,


whose family’s home is in Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe, was unconscious when the discovery was made a t 4 a.m. one morning in May 1999. He later had spells in vari­ ous hospitals before being


M i l i t a r y p o l i c e i n v e s t i g a t i o n f a i l s t o r e v e a l e v i d e n c e The inquest heard that Sig­


was recorded on Signaller Trotter by Preston Coroner Mr Howard McCann. "There is no evidence as to


been no deterioration in Paul's . health before he died on July 10th last year. ."It came as a shock," he said.'


how he came to be at the spot where he was found," said the coroner. The 22-year-old Royal


Corps of Signals' driver-lines­ man had served in Bosnia before going to Northern Ger­


many. His father, Mr Eric Trotter,


- A Military Police inquiry did not reveal any evidence as to how the injuries were received, and an open verdict


moved to a Sue Ryder nurs- a t Queens Park Hospital, ing home where he died in Blackburn. In August 2000 July last year, an inquest at Preston heard.


described how, after his son had been brought home, he received treatment at various places including the Royal Preston Hospital but mainly


he was transferred to a Sue Ryder home a t Bamber Bridge and it had been said surgery was not possible due to his injuries. . Mr Trotter said there had


Stardom is beckoning for Jonathan


by Julie Frankland


CLITHEROE pop- star “wannabe” and former choirboy Jon­ athan Lloyd is about to find out whether Britney's stylist, N Sync's w r ite r and Destiny's Child's dance coach have worked their magic


on him! The tr a n s a t la n t ic


trio of music industry ex p e rts have been drafted in to groom 20- year-old Jonathan and the two girls and two boys who make up new band FY8 with him in p rep a ra t io n for th e


tomorrow n igh t an’d means that throughout


group's debut tour.. -T h e to u r launches


,(the half-term holidays "FY8 (pictured) will tak e to th e stage a t Butlin’s camps in Mine- head, Skegness and


of-a Smash Hits maga­ zine' promotion, th e band will join Atomic K itten , L ib e r ty and Warren Stacey to per­ form for a minimum of 7,000 screaming young­ sters each evening. Said FY8's manager


Mr Andrew Falconer, of' St Annes-based Lilas Music Management Limited: "Each member of FY8 is extremely tal­ ented. We are so confi­ dent of the band's future success that over the last few months we have had the group working with some of the most respected music industry figures to ensure we achieve the right sound, ' dance routines and look.


styled by the stylist, who dressed Britney Spears


in school uniform for the video to her h it 'Baby One More Time'. The choreographer, who put


"«! ■ U L T I C A R E The barid-'has’been ’Sync's hit writer.'


album, which features seven songs written by N


ued: "After all their. Hard work, Jonathan and his bandmates can't wait to go out on the road and perform." Yet there will he no


Mr Falconer contin­


Relatives in turmoil over Castleford


day centre relocation


RELATIVES of the 128 users of Castleford Day Centre, Clitheroe, have been thrown into turmoil by service reorganisation plans. Some are worried that —


the centre will be closed by July to create more space for the residential side of the building's


work. Subject to consulta­


tion procedures, there are plans to increase the number of. beds for peo­ ple living a t the home from 30 to 44. I t will cater for patients with a higher dependency on care than i t does a t the moment, and there will be more staff jobs. "We want to know


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sultation lie ahead. I t says that the Castleford service will be relocated somewhere else in the Ribble Valley. At the moment it is not known where this might be. The county wants to


bishment of the rest. Castleford is on the


reorganise day care "to make sure it effectively promotes the indepen­ dence of older people". New government rules


redundancies, he said, but each year four priests who left the diocese or retired would not be replaced. He said before a parish


could be closed, a com­ mission would have to be appointed to look a t the Deanery. "I am .n o t aware they are looking at Clitheroe a t


moment", he said. Mr Halsall added:


the


"Many parishes have to look in.great detail a t their finances a t the moment."


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■ are being told different things from different sources. Having this •-are available i s . v ita l to many families.". .Lancashire County


refurbishment list, hut no details of what work will be done there'are finalised. Everyone con­ cerned is being asked for their views and each ser­ vice user will he asked individually. The Fell View home at Longridge is on the list


enforcing more space and higher standards in residential homes are forcing a wholesale review of the county council's homes. ■ On top of. this, the


for closure. The county council


says i t cannot under­ stand how anyone has got the impression that


;; the Castleford centre clo­ sure will he in July.


counVhas a finandM ^ “T ^ a t i e n t s t a v s problem and needs to cut


its costs. There are seven that th® decision will be empty places at Castle- made by the county


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ford, and more a t some council in July, but it other homes. ■ ;


meet the new govern- tion will have to follow ment criteria; the coun- ' whatever is decided, cil wants to close many The booklet says that


■ will be much later than July, as months of con-


Council insists that clo­ sure of the day centre


To deal with this and' many weeks of consulta- does not explain th a t


of its homes, sell them • many people currently or their sites and use the in county homes will money from th e pro- have to relocate to pri- ceeds for a £7m. refur- vate sector ones.


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Plumber Derek is tops in North West


THE county's fav­ ourite plumber has been selected as the b e s t in th e N o r th


West. In December, Mr


Derek Niven, of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, was selected as Lancashire's favourite plumber. , ' He has since moved


an interview with a rep­ resentative of the Insti­


tute of Pluiribing and a senior executive from within the industry.. He now moves into


through to the second stage of the contest to find Britain's Favourite Plumber and was select­ ed as North West area winner. He had to attend


the national final of the judging, which will take place in London during February or March, when he and his fiancee Miss Jane Wadsworth will stay as guests of the ins titute.; A tr ip to Berlin awaits the nation­ al winner. Mr Niven is a highly qualified plumber who


has an apprenticeship and sound experience


behind him. On top of this he has so impressed customers th a t their comments were a vital reason for his county selection. He said: "I really


enjoy the job, especially the variety and the dif­ ferent daily problems to


be overcome." His employers, Calder


Services in Whalley, are delighted by his continu­ ing success and are confi­ dent th a t he can go all the:way and win the national prize. .. , Business Develop­


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routine together, has also been working with them and they have been in the studio, recording an


. tour finishes, for imme­ diately afterwards the band will head to Lon­ don to showcase their


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plan; FY8's first single release is n o t too far away."


• FY8 was created after auditions in Blackpool la s t autumn, with


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Jonathan, a former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and head chorister of Waddington’s St Helen's


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Tim Dawson gave the cause of death as sudden and unex­ pected death in epilepsy. 'This'-’ was related to epilepsy follow-


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the doctor. Mr Trotter was taking epilepsy-type medica­ tion at the time, having had a fit previously.


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naller Trotter had been with army friends to a theme park before going to a NAAFI bar. In a statement a friend, Mi- ■


Christopher Parish, said he had been with him all day and th a t evening as well. They had five or six pints in the bar


ing a traumatic brain injury; ' before going back to Signaller and blunt head trauma, said m “Trotter 's room for some.more


beer before drinking most of a b o tt le of a liqueur called Aftershock.


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' Sergeant John Yoward, of


the Military Police, investi­ gated the incident and his s tatem ent said th a t i t appeared that no-one had seen


: what happened. ‘ The sergeant added that it


seemed Signaller Trotter may have gone into a third-floor utility room, possibly to pre­ pare food, as its window was opened. A cigarette end was found on the window ledge. "There was some suggestion a t the time that members of the unit did used to sit on the window ledge in the summer, basically to just get the sun. The ledges are wide enough to s i t on," said the sergeant, explaining th a t the soldier’s


on the ground outside, Signal- topand jeans were found in an man Trotter was wearing his attic area that was used as a socks and underwear. ,


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 7th, 2002


Birthday suit ending to his celebration


A CLITHEROE man went out to celebrate his birthday and ended up in his birthday


suit. Magistrates a t Bla­


ckb u rn heard th a t police called to Rock- liffe Street in the early . hours, found Graham Jason Hawley stagger- ; ing . d own th e road , wearing nothing but his j socks


.


Hawley (25), of Brook Street, Clitheroe, admit­


asked what had hap­ pened he said: "Does it matter?" Mr Michael Black-


lidge (defending) said Hawley agreed to be hound over in order to save his embarrassment. • "He is ashamed of the


ted a breach of peace and was bound over in the sum of £100 to keep ; the peace for six months. ■ A charge of being drunk and disorderly was with­ drawn. Mr Tom Snape (pros­


ecuting) said police found Hawley walking down the middle of the road. He fell against a parked car and when the officer spoke to him and


circumstances of his arrest," said Mr Black- lidge. "He went out to celebrate his 25th birth­ day and ended up in his birthday suit." : Mr Blacklidge said Hawley had been out with friends and after the pubs and clubs had shut they had gone on to someone's house. "He doesn't know how


he ended up in the state that he did," added Mr Blacklidge.


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