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up to £6 on rides at the town’s fair


page 10 AT A GLANCE


A remand prison who was found hanging in his cell at Preston Prison has died.


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A spurned man who set fire to his. ex-partner’s house has appeared in court.


page 3


A man who was known as a true gentleman has died suddenly while on holiday in Vietnam.


page 2


A new television drama could bring the crowds to Downham.


page 3


A Whalley firm scoops a regional award as one of its employees becomes the nation’s fav­ ourite plumber.


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There is a chance for Ribble Val­ ley residents to have their say on the future of Clitheroe.


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A councillor expresses traffic safety fears about the plan to create a mosque in a Clitheroe property.


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THE generous peo­ ple of Clitheroe who rallied round and raised the money to provide cerebral palsy suf­ ferer Tina Wilkin­ son with an electric wheelchair are at it again. And a surplus they


thing to happen" said


Mrs Katrina Stone, Jessica's mother, of Sid- dows Avenue, Clitheroe. . Friends and neigh­


bours are running a race night at the Low Moor Club on Good Friday, March 29th, and a big .


raised when the pro­ ject was completed at Christmas has been used to help kick- start a similar fund for Jessica Stone, aged four. Jessica's fund,


which, like Tina's, is for something in the region of £3,000 for a specially-adapted electric wheelchair, received £1,000 from Tina's parents. "It was a wonderful


. disco and live entertain­ ment night at the Moor­ cock Inn at Wadding- ton, on July 13th. Jessica attends Rib-


blesdale Nursery with her twin sister, Georgia, and needs to be carried wherever she wants to


go. "She is a bright little


girl. The electric wheel­ chair will give her inde­ pendence", said Mrs Stone. Jessica was diag­


Town rallies to help another needs a wheelchair Ex-pupil is


found dead in house


Man (34) accused of manslaughter


nosed with cerebral palsy just before her first birthday. She has responded well to phys­ iotherapy at Holly


A FORMER pupil at Moorland School, Clitheroe, has been found apparently beaten to death in Portsmouth. The body of 38-


House, in Rishton. Clitheroe fire-fighters


have already responded to Jessica's needs. They


Castle Cement faces massive action


Over; 160 people sign up, but move is attacked by a ‘green’ activist by John Turner


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A FIRM of solicitors has signed up 161 Clitheroe people, who want to take Castle Cement to court in a massive joint action, alleging chest complaints and other ailments have been caused by the output from the Ribbles-


seeking a base in Liverpool, where they were involved in a similar action with another company, said they had consulting engineers who were ready to undertake research to establish exactly the content of the fumes from the chimneys, and they would also be examining empirical evidence they


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there is a viable case in civil law," said Mr Wilson.


The team which knocked on doors ■,


on doors in Clitheroe and the area in recent days offering to represent peo­ ple on a "No win, no fee" basis. Even employees of Castle Cement


have been targeted by the team. But a leading local Friends of the


Earth activist has already told solici­ tor Mr Sentley Wilson, of Doncaster You are wasting your time." Mr Wilson told the Advertiser and Times: "I am currently undertaking


we can claim.


Clitheroe within the catchment of the factory: They are all people with chest complaints of one sort or another or breathing problems. Some are more acute than others. - ."There are people-who have com­


"We have a potential 161 clients in money to pay the interest with, • . .


in Clitheroe has been asking people to take out insurance policies to cover the cost of the prosecution. In the event of success in court, the interest would be paid, along with damages, by Castle Cement or their insurers, he said. Mr Wilson said: "The people con­


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preliminary investigations (mbehalf of -- fore>that if they are successful and potential clients to see whether or not |,end up having to pay th a t interest


. lunch - they will get a bill for interest on that money. The reality is, there-


cerned sign a consumer credit agree­ ment to fund the research work then - yes, fhere is no such thing as a free


then a t least they will have some He added: "Group litigation action


is a fairly new animal. Everybody’s feeling their way a little hit." One of the people called on in the


plaints which go beyond breathing complaints, but we haven't investigat­ ed those yet," he added.' Mr Wilson, who said his firm was


early stages by Mr Wilson was Friends of the Earth activist Mrs Linda England, of Worston. "To be quite honest, he came to me


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Police swoop on homes in drugs crackdown


A CAMPAIGN to crackdown on drugs in the Ribble Valley: resulted in three Clitheroe premises being searched.


. Various substances were recovered


from two addresses in Highfield Road and one in Pimlico Road. Local police chief Insp. Bob Ford


said the search warrants had been car­ ried out as part of the ongoing anti­ drugs campaign, adding that inquiries are continuing. •


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However, he also said that, despite; the recent successes, officers were still \


hoping to gain more information about local dealers from members of the public.


"We are anxious that people know v v


we are willing to take action, hut we need information," said Insp. Ford. "We all have a responsibility - we will do our hit, but we are also looking for the community a t large to take an active role." < Ribble Valley residents who want to pass on information anonymously can


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by Julie Frankland


IT was something of a dog's life for Digby the old English sheep­ dog until he was rescued by a Clitheroe couple. But now he is proving that old saying about a


dog being man's best friendl The four-year-old hound has just


qualified as a "Disability Assistance Dog", which means he can open and close doors, operate control buttons and flick light switches, fetch and pick up objects and even load and unload the washing machine to help owner Mrs Pat Bailey, who has multiple scle­


rosis (MS). . Yet when he first met mother-of-two


Mrs Bailey and her husband, John, Digby had been abandoned and was living at the RSPCA's Altham shelter. Explained Mr Bailey; a retired


Digby would be suitable for its disabil­


ity course." . After a home vis it and two-day assessment at its headquarters, Sup­ port Dogs accepted Digby for its intensive, six-week-training pro­


gramme. This culminates in a final exam at ;


the Meadow Hall shopping centre. After demonstrating that he could


call a lift, walk protectively beside Mrs Bailey's wheelchair despite busy crowds of shoppers and pick up dropped items, among other tests, Digby qualified for his Support Dogs uniform of yellow coat and special har­


ness. Said Mr Bailey: "As soon as his uni­


form is put on, Digby is a changed dog. He noticeably goes into work mode, which means he's incredibly well-behaved.” Out of uniform,- Digby, whose £5,000 training bill was paid for by a


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was the son of retired insurance broker Rol­ and Ward and was bom in Nelson, attending primary schools in Fence and Brierfield before moving on to


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.1990 and served for around six years before returning to live in Bum-


to Portsmouth in 1996. Police said he had only been living a t the house for about a month before


He then moved back


: Portsmouth, was bailed to appear a t a later date. A 30-year-old woman


one sister still live in Nel- ’ released on police bail son and Barrowford.


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