The Clitheroe Thursday, November 20th, 2003 . No. 6,124 n ews and views from the Centre of the Kingdom


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Clitheroe firm Dugdale Nutri­ tion has picked up one of the new national business “Oscars”.


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Whalley interior designer Yvonne Unsworth has won a prestigious college award.


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A summer job some 50 years ago led to death of local church­ man James Morton.


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Local soldiers home from Iraq have received a hero’s welcome.


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Tributes have been paid to local per­ sonality Edmond Cambien, who was found dead after a police search.


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A country retreat at Chipping has won a top award from the regional tourism board.


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A team of skiers from CRGS won a British dry-slope title at the weekend.-


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Remaining cloudy, but colder and with rain on Sunday.


SUNRISE: 7-43 a.m. SUNSET: 4-06 p.m.


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JESSICA with the David Beckham (s)


FOR most people, meeting David Beckham is just a dream. However, the dream came true for a Clitheroe brother and sister who met the soc­ cer idol earlier this week. After their parents won a radio competition


last week, Oliver Quigley, who celebrated his ninth birthday yesterday, and Jessica Quigley (15), lay awake for several nights waiting for the day to arrive. On Monday morning, they queued to meet


the England and Real Madrid star in the W.H. Smith store at the Trafford Centre at his first UK signing of his autobiography,,titled “My Side”. Keen footballer Oliver, who attends Brook-


side Primary School, Clitheroe, could not believe his eyes when he met the England skip­ per, who was dressed casually in a black leather jacket, white T-shirt, jeans and trademark dia­ mond earrings. A keen player with an under nines team,


Oliver said: “Beckham just looked cool. This is the best birthday present ever. “I would like to play for Manchester United in the future and wear the number seven shirt.”


Mrs Abigail Quigley, who was one of the 250


winners of the competition, said: “I entered the competition and on Thursday morning got a phonercall from the radio station informing me that I had won. “I went to school to see Oliver and gave him


a choice of three birthday presents, which were a bike, mobile phone or a chance to meet Becks. As expected, Oliver opted for the latter pre­ sent!” Meanwhile, Clitheroe Grammar School pupil


Jessica was envious of her brother meeting the fashion icon, oblivious to the fact that she too would be joining him. Jessica’s dad, Mr Pat Quigley, explained: “I


had also entered the competition and won. When Jessica found out she was going to see the football hero she was absolutely ecstatic.” The pair have been re-living the special


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moment ever since by showing off photographs to their envious friends who were not so lucky. While hundreds queued outside to catch a


glimpse of the England captain, Jessica and Oliver went inside to meet him and also got a poster and shirt signed by the footballer.


Royal Mail raid pair jailed for 20 years


TWO men involved in an armed raid on the Royal Mail depot at Clitheroe have been given custo­ dial sentences totalling nearly 20


years. A worker was confronted by two


masked men armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a handgun, as a demand was made for bags of registered mail. The gang escaped with an unknown


quantity of mail, but they were later caught thanks to the observations of a local resident and employees at the site, who passed on vital information to the police. Preston Crown Court heard that a


person living in the Radcliffe Street- area became suspicious about a parked blue Transit van. Its details were passed to police and it turned out that the van was later used as a getaway. An 11-and-a-half-years youth cus­


tody sentence was handed down to-20- year-old Michael Philips. The defen­ dant, of no fixed address, had denied, offences of robbery and two charges of possessing a firearm with intent to com­


mit an offence. He had been convicted after a trial. The other defendant, Michael Corco-


ran(28), of Kingsbridge Road, Harpurhey, Manchester, had pleaded guilty to robbery and one offence of having a firearm with intent to commit an offence. His jail term totalled eight years. The raid took place after 4 a.m. on


April 23rd this year. Miss Jane Dagnall (prosecuting) told


how a resident in Radcliffe Street, Clitheroe, became aware of a blue Tran­ sit van parked up and became suspi­ cious about the vehicle. A detailed note, including the registration number, was taken of the van. Later on, a car was seen to be driven


up at speed. Two people alighted and- got into the van before it left the area. Earlier, at the depot, a postman was


confronted by a man wearing a balacla­ va and with a sawn off shotgun under his shoulder. He shouted to the worker to lie down. The man did not lie down, but decided to distance himself and slowly closed a depot door.


Other, employees became aware of


the situation. Meanwhile, another- postal worker was unloading a vehicle when a man in a balaclava and with a sawn-off shotgun pointed the weapon directly at him. Someone else, also in a balaclava, and apparently with a handgun could be seen.


-■ One of the gang shouted at the work­ er to look for blue tagged bags, which normally contained items of registered mail. He shouted: “111 hurt you, I ’ll hurt you.” The pair left with an unknown quantity of bags in a Ford car. The Transit van was seen on the A56


just after 5 a.m., heading in the direc­ tion of Manchester. The vehicle stopped at a service station and although Philips managed to get away at that point, two others did not. However, no firearms or stolen mail


were found in the van. Mr Ciaran Rankin, for Corcoran,


told how that defendant had become terribly depressed following the suicide of his brother in 2001. He started binge drinking and was approached by drug dealers, who told him of the brother’s


outstanding debts of around £2,000. “Over a period of time, due to


threats, he took it upon himself to dis­ charge the debts,” said Mr Rankin. “He was not the prime mover in


these offences. He expects a lengthy custodial sentence. He is described as being at low risk of re-offending.” ' Mr Rankin said Corcoran-had plead­


ed guilty on the basis that he drove the Transit van. He had intended to trans­ port people, to and from Clitheroe and at all times had stayed in the van, never handling any firearms himself. Mr John Wishart (for Philips) said


there had been no positive evidence that that defendant or the others were the ones at the back of a Post Office wagon. In passing sentence, Judge Pamela


Badley said that there were a number of aggravating features in the case. Both defendants had been part of a


team, organised to attack a sorting office, weapons had been carried and a threat made to shoot a postal worker. A third man was due to be sentenced for his involvement later this week.


Paul has his pins waxed to boost charity effort


THE next time the lady in your life moans at the agony of having her legs waxed, tell her it doesn’t hurt a bit - because Paul Dugdale said sol


Now sporting a smooth- - i


as-silk pair of pins, Paul (45) had his hairy legs waxed for charity this week. “I don’t know what all


these women complain about - it doesn’t hurt at all,” he said. “I’d do it again, no prob-;


lem.” The charity stunt was


performed in the foyer of the Tesco store, Clitheroe, : on Monday. I t is set to - raise around'£700 for the ; Christie Hospital, Man- \ Chester, where one of Paul’s l Tesco colleagues, Wendy :i Bowyer, is undergoing treatment for leukaemia. Employees - a t the;


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Clitheroe store and others j in East Lancashire rallied: round when Wendy needed; to find a match for her rare i blood group. Several were found and gladly gave ; blood to help in her treatment. Paul, who works in customer ser­


vices, was unable to find out his blood group in time, but still wanted to do his bit. Now he has raised more than £600 ' in sponsorship from friends and col- leagues, with more money still coming


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in. Some £37 was donated by cus­ tomers on Monday.


, “ Wendy is a good mate of mine and everybody loves her in the store. She’s the kind of person who always puts- other people first and does anything she • can to help them. Now we’re just trying


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to do what we can to help her,” said Paul. He said that all the staff and man­ agement at Tesco had been extremely


■supportive, adding that he loved work­ ing at the store. He also praised qualified beautician


Maria Davies, who recently set up her own mobile business, Bodyworks, and managed to wax his legs without caus­ ing so much as a twinge. Our picture shows a relaxed Paul as


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Crash driver now in ‘critical’ condition


A MAN from Clitheroe was seriously injured when his car was in collision with a livestock lorry on a narrow country road at the weekend. Mr David Hughes, of Alma Place, suffered


multiple head injuries when his Peugeot 306 saloon car and the lorry collided head-on. He was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital after being cut free from his car by fire-fighters, and is being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit. The lorry driver and his passenger were unhurt. Mr Hughes was yesterday described as being


in a critical condition. The accident occurred on Saturday at 2-30


p.m., on Green Lane between The Craven Heifer Inn, Chaigley, and the Gibbon Bridge Hotel. The road was closed until 4 p.m. and police have started an investigation to establish the cause of the crash. Insp. Steve Haworth said that the collision


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