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Luse they had pework before


jer, Mr Ronnie T>r of Magpie, png rush-bot- e an outline of be craft. He p business was i planned to 3 once he had


|n occupation, nportance to ciality shops, bmers from a


Id. lig will be on llary's Parish pen Mr Frank l "Ribble Val-


tor of Commercial Ser­ vices, Mr John Heap, has told DEFRA — who are handling the two- year share-out - in no uncertain terms that the council is not happy. His letter attacks the


miss out THERE are fears that £140m. of Government money being ploughed in to help waste manage­ ment and recycling will not filter down to bodies as small as Ribble Valley Borough Council. Ribble Valley's Direc­


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Volunteers in a bid to bring otters and Atlantic salmon back to local rivers


by John Turner. A LARGE group of


Ino stranger to ■sy and as a 1 obituary put las much that |wy about his »was in charge L” points out


Iced fondly on


| t and made a ollegeand the


lith vivd recall Ices where his leen, where he pd eaten and of nd college rou- ne.


ie retired. I armed with a bra into which I moving com-


|the hustle and l remarkbale


|vas a place in r the school.”


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lopments of bn still have a 1 before they


approach has, over recent years, been clear­ ly demonstrated to dis­ criminate against small­ er, mainly rural, author­ ities. Moreover, such an approach will divert funds away from the objective of waste man­ agement and recycling in order to support the nec­ essary bureaucracy to administer the bidding process." He points out that the


Government's "challeng­ ing" recycling targets applied to all local authorities, yet the bid­ ding process would inevitably exclude some authorities from receiv­ ing money. This would mean that the taxpayer would be asked to pay for recycling resources. He added tha t the


goes against the Govern­ ment's own advice in a White Paper in which Stephen Byers wants to streamline bureacracy in local government finance. The matter is on the


timetable also favoured the authorities who are large enough to already have bidding teams in place. Mr Heap claims this


agenda for tonight's meeting of the Ribble Valley Borough Council Overview and Scrutiny (Services) Committee.


Jrior to the llitheroe. t s next indoor lakes place- pt 8 p.m. at Dricket Club.


Care home crisis to b e .


Iture an illus- yof an alpine .


Ih 15th, the |he club's next ting to Snow-


ls are available club's outdoor Is, tel. 01200


whist suits


|e Pendle Club Irs M. Hold- 1D. Knight; 3,


tS of the solo


|nday at 7-30 vinners at the


Jrkes. lers welcome


lb were: Mr Joe ^ partner, Miss , Mrs Anne


nbers welcome Inday at 1-30


| of peaks over i in the area.


J be the Mid- iociation of peers' Gian bing hut. Fur­


Zermatt last ding ascents of


investigated THE county’s on-going care home crisis is to be investigated by a team from Whitehall, t;; - I Following a meeting


with a delegation from the North West, Health Minister Jacqui Smith ordered inspectors to look into a plan which could result in the clo­ sure of the majority of the county's homes for the elderly. If Lancashire County


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DEFRA proposal to dis­ tribute the money through a bidding process. He wrote: "This


. volunteers is working ha rd b ehind th e scenes to tu rn th e clock b a ck on th e Rivers Ribble, Hod- der and Galder and encourage an incr­ ease in wildlife like wild Atlantic salmon and otters. They have already


the vegetation becomes established attracting insects, birds and other animals. The trust hopes • that one of the benefits will be a speedier return of otters to the Valley. - Salmon will also be


' Trust is a local charity


. many thousands more. The Ribble Catch­ ment Conservation


which has 100 people working to conserve the rivers and streams in the Ribble Valley. One of the ways is by


bred and released thou­ sands of young salmon and have plans to release


: salmon is now the 10th most endangered of all species in Europe. The Ribble system is the fifth most important in Eng­ land and Wales for these fish, but, according to the- Environment Agency, the Ribble’s stock is too low to sus­ tain itself.


able to use the new deep­ er streams for spawning. The ' Wild : Atlantic


The trust has just fin­ ...


’ into the rivers where the banks are being under­ cut and are also used to make “groins” jutting out into the river. Gravel builds up in front of the groins and is stabilised by planting with willow. Sometimes logs are


protecting the banks from erosion. Farmers lose land as the soil is washed away and trees and other bankside plants fall in and get swept away. The streams become too wide and shallow for fish. The trust uses well-tried and tested ways to reduce this. Large boulders are put


ished work on the Croas- dale and Easington Becks and the River Loud, thanks to local farmers. Those involved have


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included Harvey Robin­ son, Jim and Allison Waterworth, Mike Barn- ford, Len Swindlehurst, John Clegg, John Airey and Michael Hayhurst. The contractor is Antho­ ny Rogerson. The Croasdale, Eas­


laid in the water parallel, to the banks and then held in place by willow stakes. The area is then backfilled. The willows quickly take root and grow. Native trees, oak,


alders, etc. are then- planted to support the protected banks and the whole area is fenced off to stop the new vegeta­ tion from being grazed. Drinking and crossing points, access and foot­ path gates are installed. Within a short time,


. ment Agency with fund­ ing through DEFRA, European funds and the Trust’s own money. Cas­ tle Cement donated boulders and rock and Tustin Developments (Redscar Industrial Estate) have provided willows. So far, the trust has


ington and River Loud projects are important to the Hodder, the Ribble’s major salmon tributary. This work has been sup­ ported'by the Environ-


the size of a finger, very few successfully make the return trip from across the Atlantic. Only one per cent escape the clutches of seals, birds and other predators. The trust, formed in


put up 17,000 metres of fencing, planted 1,850 trees, installed 30 stock crossing and drinking points and done 1,100 metres of bank engineer­ ing work. From the thousands of


1997, is hoping to be involved in some even larger projects in the future. Mr Philip Lord, trust


young salmon, called "fin- gerlings" because they are


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Council's current plan goes ahead, Clitheroe's Castleford Day Centre would be moved and the residential part of the complex totally refur­ bished. During a 50-minute meeting on Tuesday the minister said MPs would be discussing the situa­ tion during a debate next week following a call by members for immediate action. As well as stress­ ing the need for a public- private partnership to provide quality long­ term care for the elderly, she also said officials from the Social Services Inspectorate would examine the situation.


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Brave cancer fight is lost by mother of 14


A RES PEC T ED mother of 14 children who dedicated much of her life to family, frien d s and th e church has lost/her brave fight against


cancer. Mrs Elizabeth (Betty)


Byrne died peacefully at home in Waddington, surrounded by. members


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six girls. A school governor, she


was dedicated to the church and school com­ munity a t St Michael and St John's and, later, a t St Hubert's RC . Church, Dunsop Bridge. She was involved with


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she always had a smile and a kind word for everyone she met. Mrs Byrne (pictured)


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; her husband, along with • a love of the countryside. . Diagnosed with can-


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