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Staff shortages have led to the disbandment of Clitheroe’s main youth club.


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Clitheroe’s war memorial could be moved to make way for a pic­


nic site in the Castle grounds, r page 5


A Hollywood scriptwriter prais­ es the town’s film club:


..mi i. m ’ behaviour order. . . . page 2


A Brownie leader with nearly three decades of service to. the Guide Move­ m e n t locally has retired.


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More than 400 people turned up for a farm safety day at Clitheroe Auction Mart.


' ii - ' page 9 Thei funeral takes, place of a


'popular young Billington- woman who died following a horse-riding incident.


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ment, led by the Auto­ mobile Association, of more then 800 major routes placed the A682, between" the Barrow- ford/Nelson intersection of the M65 in Pendle and the junction with the A65, as the worst in Lancashire - and the ninth most dangerous in the UK. The study looked at


the safety performance . of certain roads in rela­ tion to the traffic they carry, instead of the number of accidents happening on individual stretches. I t showed that the 24km section of road which p a r t ly runs through the Ribble Val­ ley had an estimated 242 fatal and serious acci­ dents per billion vehicle kilometres driven. T h e : figure was four times worse than the national average of. 62 and result­ ed in the road receiving a "no-star" ranking. . The A682 is one of the roads leading to Kirkby


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An 11-year-old has been fined for breaching an anti-social


by Robbie Robinson


A TEENAGER from Gisburn is se t to be one of th e 'y o u n g e s t


helpers at' the Commonwealth Games.


. Thomas Comthwaite (16) has volun-.


, teered to assist at the games and has been ' selected to join Crew 2002. This 18,000- strong team of. assistants, guides and hosts will work at the 15 games venues from July 25th to August 4th to help ensure the smooth running of the event. Each successful applicant's skills have


_J n; I IS r ^ Vw* J#*+ * V as a timing and scoring assistant, though


- he is still not certain precisely what the job entails. This will be explained to him


: a t an Orientation Day in Manchester on ' April 22nd, which will be followed by appropriate training.


been carefully matched with a suitable job and will be trained in one of 400 roles.- As Thomas (pictured) is keen on ath­ letics and running, he has been selected:


• Thomas is currently a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and studying for his AS levels in Maths, Physics, Coimput­ ing and Design and Technology. He races cross-country for his school, district and county teams, and takes part in local running events. He won the junior group when he competed in the Reebok Ribble Valley 10-mile race. ' .. Like many outdoors sports enthusi­ asts, his training was curtailed severely last year by foot and mouth disease restrictions and he was unable to run off­ road.


IS v -L ■ * At He volunteered as an assistant to get


an insight into how such a large sporting event like the Commonwealth Games is organised. He said: "I think it will.be good work experience and it will be inter­ esting to see how the games are run." At the moment he is expecting to have


: the largest multi-sport event to be held in the UK and will be a centrepiece of the- Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.. Heralding the games is the Queen's Gold­ en Jubilee Baton Relay, which will carry the Queen's message, through 24 Com­ monwealth nations in four months, fin­ ishing at the games opening ceremony,


to travel from Gisburn to Manchester every day, though he is hoping th at ' accommodation in university halls of res­ idence will be made available. The XVII Commonwealth Games is


from which it will be broadcast by Her Majesty.


. Thomas is looking forward to the cere­


mony and to meeting some of the ath­ letes during his volunteer work. . (CAT180202/2)


Jane Scholes also hails from the Ribble Valley.


’ Jane, of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe,


accessed the website to sign up as a vol­ unteer and saw a vacancy for a job. Having lived in Asia since 1993 and


with experience of working as a press officer in Hong Kong, the former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil successfully applied and has been employed at the Commonwealth Games office in Manchester since the New Year.


The elder daughter of Mr and Mrs


Peter and Elizabeth Scholes, she gradu­ ated from the University of Nottingham


with a BA Honours Degree in German, having spent the third year of the course as a teacher in Graz, Austria.


High Court bid for truth about foot and mouth


"WE’RE not looking for a prolonged wit­ ch-hunt", one of the fanners demanding a foot and mouth pub­ lic in q u iry emph­


asised yesterday. But Mr Thomas


"cures which could see the. disease coining hack any day. -"--'V'" Mr Binns is among


Binns, of Hecklin Farm, Downham, wants lots of answers from the Gov­ ernment - and urgent- action on'import proce-


the., applicants .whose counsel were .this week claiming in the High Court th a t the Govern- ment. had taken the wrong investigation deci­ sion. They say that the pre­


sent "Lessons to be Learned" private inquiry is not enough and does not have sufficient pow­ ers to ensure th a t the numerous personalities involved offer the full truth. The applicants repre­


sent a wide range of peo­ ple affected by the coun­ tryside shutdown and animal slaughter. Apart from farmers there are a vet, a youth hostel war­ den and a mole-catcher. ■ Their counsel claimed


GISBURN councillor Richard Shcrras appeals to drivers to use common sense when travelling on the notorious A682 (top picture) - 1


- (K180202/3a/b)


ing to get them to" slow traffic down and although road markings have p u t 'down, i t has been to no avail, said Mr * Parker, of Little Middop Farm.


; Although there are signs upwarning drivers about the presence of speed ^cameras, Mr Parker says the actual


cameras are absent and he believes there are no plans to ins tall them. "They would help, espe­ cially with the motor­ bikes," he said. "Drivers use. the road like a race track a t weekends and especially in the summer. The police have been trying to slow them down, so the drivers are


coming out earlier in a morning, by 4-30 or 5


a.m." . Mr Parker says there


are one or two serious accidents on the stretch of road eveiy year. Heclaims that officials say the situ­ ation is •not, serious enough to warrant mea­ sures being taken, howev-


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that although the Gov­ ernment embraced the concept of open govern­ ment more than any before, its app'etite failed it on the foot and mouth issue. The minister con­


cerned, Mrs Margaret Beckett, said at the time th a t a public inquiry would take too long, be too expensive and might deter people from speak­ ing frankly. - This .view was being


backed.up in court by the Attorney General,


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FORGET bonnets and eggs—Clitheroe is set to cel- '■ ebrate Easter with berets


andboules! Plans to trim the town’s


market square with French tricolour bunting, while stall­ holders sample Gallic delica­ cies and the bullring hosts a boules tournament are being drawn up as part of Easter Saturday fun to mark the sil- -


ver jubilee of the French Con­ nection, Clitheroe's town twinning association.;. The market conversion is


designed to make a party of: 48 visitors from Clitheroe's South of France twin.town of Rivesaltes feel at home. • They will be in the Ribble


■civic reception a t Clitheroe . nectiom'Tt is hard-to believe


■Valley for. Easter weekend, when they will also enjoy a


Town-Hall, a fancy dress party at Hurst Green Village


. Hall," a masked ball at Mytton Fold Hotel and a chanty foot­ ball match a t CUtheroe FC's Shawbridge Street home a t which the AXA FA Cup will-, be on display.. ‘ Said Mr Roger Hargreaves,-


a founder member and current chairman of the French Con- .


. Clitheroe's- link with Rivesaltes was established through former Clitheroe Royal i Grammar , School French teacher M. Francois


that the association has been. going for 25 years, bu t we intend to mark the anniver­ sary by making this year's Clitheroe-Rivesaltes get- together extra special." : 1 - .


the town. A keen footballer, he


/made friends with'Mr Harg­ reaves, who then played for Chtheroe's Waggon and Hors­ es pub team, as well as other local players. When M. San­ mar tin left for home, he issued a challenge, inviting Mr Hargreaves to put togeth^ er a Clitheroe team and come


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. grieving' . . process,” ' emphasises Mr.Binns. ‘ " I t and the public as a whole are entitled to know who was responsi­ ble and entitled to an inquiry where people cannot sweep things


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