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Pendle trek for hike trio


; following an inquest into her son’s death, a Clitheroe mother says her family has been let down by the health service.


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A large house in Clitheroe could become home to people with mental health problems.


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Are desperate farmers to blame for second sheep raid?,


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Hundreds of Clitheroe primary school children enjoy a taste of


rugby.


The winner of our “Against : the Odds” award is builder Darren Helm


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A TV castaway is searching for stars of “Whistle Down the


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A Rimington man has become the world stock car champion - for the eighth time.


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SEVERAL hundred Ribble Valley residents organised their early morning calls to advance on Lon­ don to give the Government a resounding message in the "Peas­ ants’Revolt" 2002-style. 1 , The main thrust was from Gis-


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When our contingent went through the counter, it was just turning 250,000. A terrific cheer went up to celebrate that we had improved on the turnout from the last time. . "There was a really good feeling.


burn, where four coaches left the Auction Mart carrying 180 people, mainly supporters of the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt. They went to join the 407,791-strong crowd in the Countryside Alliance’s Liberty and Livelihood March, which brought the centre of Lon­ don to a standstill on Sunday. There were other coaches from


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last year riding 3,000 kilometres the length of New Zealand on two. packhorses, said if things did not work out in their campaign she was ready to move to New Zealand to


Miss Pagnamentaj who spent


It was great. If there is no notice taken, then the indication was that


things could bubble over, next


ly strong in areas which had been badly hit by foot and mouth. ;■ Farmers felt their concerns had not


time." • ■: She said feeling were particular­


been heard and the Government had persistently failed to address their issues in a satisfactory fash­


ion. .;


Chipping and Barrowford, and dozens of campaigners and their banners headed for the capital by train or in private cars: The Gisburn coaches were


"l am confident that some peo­ '


organised by hunt supporter Miss Mary Pagnamenta, of Gargrave.. . She said on Monday: "It was a very long day, but it was brilliant.


ple will listen. Whether everyone will listen I would hesitate to stake a guess. I feel strongly that those in the front line of the arguments should have been there, .but they were probably in Tuscany or some­ where. If I was in government I -would be frightened - unless I was too arrogant "


live-1 She hoped it would not be neces­


sary to organise another country­ side rally to London. "If it is necessary, I will be there with eight buses - or 18," she


added. A For the first time in more than 40 years, Pendle Forest and. Craven Hunt held a puppy meet at The Inn at Whitewell on last Thursday. With permission from the tenant farmers, the young hounds hunted over Duchy grassland and moor­ land near the hotel.


inn, MrCharles’Bowman, said: “I am thrilled to have the hounds at Whitewell in a time when hunting, and the countryside generally, is under serious threat. -


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■ rigid of horses, but am more frightened of the countryside turning into a politically cor­


.bit more about hunting first hand and the Countryside March in London. I am scared


hotel were invited to follow the puppies on foot and find out a


rect theme park. Now is the time to show as many people as possible that there is a bal­ ance and purpose to our natur­ al landscape, that we can all enjoy.” Mr Richard Lloyd, hunts­ man for the Pendle Forest and


slams clean-up bill camped in Barrow


Council. The idea that someone is going to occupy someone else's land is reprehensible," he said. "My concern is about the rub­


,. behind. I t is no good them say­ ing they don't,-/because; they


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:; always do:'If they went tonight, u --Ribble’Valley^officefs would be


: clearing up most of tomorrow." ; ■ ■ - The council leader said he, was!; angry that the authorities in the ;;- -Irish Republic and the British . -


;port authorities were allowing,; such large groups to travel;;


cLskod 1 "What infuriates me is that


I Many of the itinerants who had left a similar camp at Nel­ son this week had moved on to the land at Barrow.


our residents have got to pick up the bill for this lot. Frankly, I wish we could send the bill to the Dail, the Parliament of the Irish


Republic." Inspector Bob Ford said: "We


are working with the landlords and-Ribble Valley Borough Council to serve notice requiring them to leave the land." He said many of the Barrow


together without questions being <


Craven Hunt, said: "If the march in London does not make people change their minds and support our rural way of life, everything I know and have lived for will be gone.” Pictured are some of the’local campaigners on the march, (s)


Buyer is found for ICI works


A BUYER has been fourid for Clitheroe's


ICI Synetix works. FT 100 company Johnson Matthey pic


has agreed to pay ICI :£260m. cash for the plant, which produces catalysts for a range


of industries. The sale, which has the backing of the ICI


board, is subject to regulatory approval. ' If given the green light , Johnson Matthey


'announced its intention to "diyest" ; its:. Synetix business. ... v: • . . : .


Johnson Matthey to take over before year end.


“As far as we are aware, the existing work­ .- • , lyst production."


’ Said a spokesman for ICI: "We expect, , ;


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force is safe in that it will transfer to Johnson Matthey and the plant will continue.in cata- -


should be in situ before the end of December. ; ICI has been working to sell the plant,


which .was founded in 1941 and employs a 170-strong workforce, since January; -vvhen it,


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caravans had moved there from a camp beside the M65 motor­ way at Nelson. He added there would be a viable police presence


in the area. Mr Morris, who served notice at the site on Tuesday, was plan-


ning to make application to magistrates at Blackburn yes­ terday for an emergency hear­ ing so that they could apply for an eviction order. "It is not our land. The own­ ers, Pilot Properties, have


THE travellers make themselves at home in Barrow (J240902/7/c) asked us to take action on


their behalf. “We are happy to do so to


safeguard the community." He estimated there were 60 vehicles and about 200 people


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breakdown opens up a - as a blues singer


A FORMER prize-winning head


teacher of-a Ribble Valley School has dyed his hair pink and is embarking on a new career as a blues singer. And this week Mr Chris Wood, pic-,


tured left, spoke for the first time about how his whole world was turned on its head within three hours when he suffered a breakdown and had to be removed from a reception hosted by Carol Smillie at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. - Pressures from his 30b as head teacher


of Barrow Primary School, near Clitheroe, built up and made him so des­ perately unhappy that he later stood at a roadside and contemplated throwing himself under a bus. ■.■■■-,- > . , Just a year ago Mr Wood won a


better job." „


Mr Wood (50), who, lives at Bacup, said: "Quite simply, I had a breakdown. I was more successful than .1 have ever been. I was top head teacher in the North and going on very nicely. I was head teacher. My wife was deputy. I had more money. than I had ever had. Everything I ever wanted was there.


'My work is a pleasure. There is no -


“I went to the awards ceremony in .


London with people at Barrow saying 'Congratulations’ and ‘Well done’ - and I never went back. The breakdown actu­ ally hit me at the awards ceremony. "For two or three years I had found it


£2,000 prize for the school after winning a North-West award for leadership and


' the win had sent him pn the trail of the national £20,000 prize at the televised finals in October last year. ■At the time of the regional win, Mr


fect.


Wood, son of a coalminer, was described as "a visionary" and he told this newspa­ per: "The whole set up here is just per­


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were from the Irish Republic. All being well, he said, the


matter should be resolved before the end of the week. , "lam confident it will be done peacefully. I t has been


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harder and harder, staying at school late working because I couldn't beheve every child had got home safely. I used to stop until ridiculous times until I felt comfy that every child was home. I had lost per-


spective." In 1998 he was overweight and had a


heart attack. He recalls going to the Tower of Lon­


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