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Staff and former pupils of Kib­ ble Valley schools have been saddened by the death of a much-loved teacher.


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A head chef’s rage at seeing her boyfriend in a car with another woman results in a court case.


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Details of Castle Cement’s plans to burn fuel derived from abattoir waste go on public dis­ play next week.


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Former Ribbles- dale High School pupil Pte. Jamie Gruszka is off to Iraq with the Queen’s Lan­ cashire Regiment.


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Magistrates watching CCTV see two Clitheroe neighbours, armed with hosepipes in a dis­ pute over a boundary.


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A Clitheroe 20-year-old has qualified for the Horse of the Year Show at the NEC.


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Sunshine and show­ ers. Showers more frequent on Sunday.


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SheepFest organisers say: we’ll be SO successful was the first SheepFest


Great Days a huge boost at the week­ end.


with sheep of all shapes and sizes in shop windows, homes and offices. Fred Talbot, the Granada Television


Scores of people joined in the fun,


part, becoming "the fleece" station for the weekend. There were designer sheep, celebrity sheep, sheep queuing along Station Road - the animals cropped up everywhere and gave the Great Days Festival an excellent start. Organised by the Friends of the Gas- Works, the SheepFest had a competi­


"Colouring for Kids" and mask making at Castlegate, and there were sheep grazing on the roundabout at Chat- burn Road. Even Clitheroe's police station took


took part, with a sheep trail leading up Moor Lane, Castle Street, Swan Courtyard, Market Place, down King Street to the Platform Gallery. The National Childbirth Trust ran


Terrace and youngsters at Edisford Primary School. Many of the town's shopkeepers


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tive element, but by weekend, many who had not registered their exhibits joined in the fun anyway. As for the "fleece station" - its exhib­ it was rustled, although it was-


rumoured that it was last seen in the company of a young woman wearing a flouncy dress and bonnet, carrying a


shepherd's crook and answered to the name of Bo-Peepl


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from the Great Days Festival and the SheepFest, please turn to pages 10 and


11 and Letters to the Editor on page 12.


Head-on car smash leaves two drivers with serious injuries


by John Turner


A HEAD-ON collision between two cars le f t both drivers with


serious injuries and caused rush- hour traffic chaos in Clitheroe on Monday. The accident between a Volvo 940


and the Ford Mondeo happened at Whalley Road, Clitheroe, soon after 3 p.m.


Great Harwood and Accrington fought for 45 minutes to extricate both men from the driving seats of their wrecked


Fire and rescue crews from Clitheroe,


a further two hours, operating detours through the town centre, while accident investigators completed their work into the cause of the incident.


roof and the doors off the Volvo to release farmer Mr David Cowgill (40), of Horse Hey Farm, Bashall Eaves. He was taken to Blackburn Royal


Fire-fighters from Clitheroe cut the


Infirmary with a suspected dislocated and fractured pelvis.


wood and Accrington worked on the Ford Mondeo to release Mr Peter Hol­ man (53), of Hawthorn Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, who was suffering from a broken arm and foot.


The rescue team from Great Har­ Then police kept the road closed for


car to allow paramedics to free Mr Hol­ man.


They had to cut the side out of the


“It was an extremely serious road traf­ fic accident. We had to use all our res­ cue equipment.


Station Officer Frank McGrath said:


major impact damage to the front of both vehicles.”


lems stretched both east and west along the A59. Mr Cowgill’s wife, Linda, paid trib­ ute to the work of the fire-fighters and


police finished their work. At one time motorists reported a gridlock situation, and the road prob­


I t was around 6 p.m. before the


Controversial building wins top design award


“It was a major incident. There was ____


paramedics who attended the accident scene.


was once Lancashire Young Farmers’ Stockman of the Year. He is also a former committee mem­ ber of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club.


family were having to help out on the farm, with a herd of more than 80 cows having to be milked twice a day. Mr Cowgill, from a farming family,


Affluent children turning to alcopops for kicks - police


THE affluence of the Ribble Valley was put down as the rea­ son why more and more young people in the area are turning to alcopops for their kicks. The high-priced high-alcohol


vodka-based drinks are being used for binge-drinking by chil­ dren as young as 12 in the Clitheroe area, it was claimed this week.


Gail Lyon in advance of a drugs and alcohol roadshow being held with Lancashire County Council Youth and Community Service in Chipping Village Hall next Thursday at 7-30 p.m. The roadshow, to which all


still drinking lager and cider. The claims were made by PC


young people or concerned par­ ents are invited, provides infor­


Waterloo Road, Clitheroe, and John Ingham, joinery and building contractors, of Clitheroe, were invited to the


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above, which was commis­ sioned by Ultraframe founder Mr John Lancaster and his wife, Rosemary, on behalf of the Lancaster Foundation, won the Local Authority Building Control Award 2003. Ivan Wilson Architects, of


A BUILDING in Clitheroe which caused raised eye­ brows while it was in course of construction has won a top national design award. Turret House, pictured


Thistle Hotel in London to receive the award for their work on the building at Edis­ ford. Judges praised the quality


ing Control judges recognised it as the best design and con­ struction project of 2003.


The construction of the tur­ rets had led to much specula­


of the design, materials and the quality of masonry and joinery in a building, with its two turrets reminsicent of a French chateau, which is a unique addition to the archi­ tecture of the town. The Local Authority Build­


tion as to what was planned for the site.


doing, in fact, was to provide a building to be used as a guest house and to provide facilities and offices for “The Gold Team” who are based at the adjoining Text House under­ taking youth music and min­ istry in local schools, present­ ing the Christian message “in a culturally relevant way”. They also wanted to ensure


the new building did not harm the views from Throstle Nest Farm, their own home nearby.


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mation and advice about sub­ stance abuse and misuse of alco­ hol.


similar events in places such as Read, Sabden and Henthorn. And they are hoping to rim oth­ ers later in Longridge and Clitheroe.


THIS week Clitheroe soldiers have flown out to Kuwait to start intensive training for their four-month stint in Iraq. A total of 500 troops from the


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PC Lyon said that in neigh­ bouring areas such as Hynd-


bum, where people tended to be not so well off as in the Ribble Valley, the young people were still turning to cheap drinks such as lager and cider. But in the Ribble Valley they


were able to afford the vodka- based alcopops, which were much stronger in alcohol con­ tent.


problem in the Ribble Valley is not as serious as in some places, but if there is a particular prob­ lem in the Ribble Valley it is under-age drinking. “A lot of young people are not drinking lager any more because it doesn’t taste good. “They are going for these alcopops which contain vodka


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at the damage to the car, my husband was very lucky,” she said. She said her husband was “comfort­


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ahead is planned AROUND 30 Ribble Valley boys aged between 12 and 14 are being encouraged to take part in an activity weekend.


by the police, the Medina Islamic Education Centre and the Ribble Valley Strategic Part­ nership Community Cohesion Task Group. On Saturday, the boys will be paintballing at


It is being organised and completely funded


Preston Paintball Trax, and on Sunday the group will be at Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe. The youngsters have been "hand-picked" by


police and community workers in the Ribble Valley in recognition of their behaviour in the community. The weekend is all about encour­ aging children from different backgrounds to work together in a fun environment. PC Steve Cox, from the Eastern Division


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