The Clitheroe Thursday, May 22nd, 2003 No. 6,098


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AT A GLANCE


Police “clock” a motor cycle travelling at 104 m.ph. as vil­ lagers call fpr action over speed­ ing traffic.


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Three new bobbies go on the beat in the fight to tackle crime.


page 21 Clitheroe’s medieval market on


Sunday was a rip-roaring suc­ cess.


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A group of high school pupils set up and run their own radio station.


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Leading Rotarian and businessman Roland Hailwood has received a top award.


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A Valley “stately home” opens its doors and grounds to 1,700 visitors.


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Read cricketer Oliver Newby has been selected for the Lan­ cashire CCC first team squad.


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FOGGITT’S WEEKEND WEATHER:


There will be thun­ dery, heavy showers with some sunny intervals.


SUNRISE: 4-59 a.m. SUNSET: 9-14 p.m.


LIGHTING UP TJME: 9-14 p.m.


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Pupils take their place in history


LOCAL primary schoolchildren and the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times have been helping 3M Neotechnic bring together 100 years of history for a time capsule to be buried for posterity at the company’s Up Brooks site. The company held a competition to


choose a project to include in the cap­ sule, which is being buried to mark 3M’s centenary last year. All schools in the area were invited to


ating the finished project, which was put together as a booklet by the school’s history co-ordinator, Mrs Sarah Filder. She said: "The pupils had been study­


ing the Victorian and Edwardian era in class, and they really enjoyed the idea of creating a project for the time cap­


sule that could be read by children in years to come." The school had researched its history


are copies of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times of 1902 and 2002, a book on the history of 3M, photographs, and examples of the aerosol valves for the pharmaceutical .industry which are manufactured at the site.


for the building’s centenary in 1997, and the project included copies of class pho­ tographs of 100 years ago plus descrip­ tions of schooldays then and now. Also being buried in the time capsule


the schools who had taken part in the school with a cheque for £350 for win- a Clitheroe Advertiser and Times to competition. We wanted the capsule to ning the competition, which will be place in it and also pictured are Emma rellect the history of the company and spent on resources for teaching history. Bleazard, Nick Green, Sarah Filder and the Clitheroe community and were Our picture shows St James's pupils Paul Adnitt. delighted by the response," he said. putting articles in the time capsule at


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Post office ram raiders net a


by John Turner


A GANG of ram-raiders netted what is believed to be a five-figure sum in bank notes when they ripped out a cash dispenser


machine from Chatburn Post Office. The thieves struck soon after 2


a.m. on Tuesday. They had stolen two high-value vehicles, one from Chatbum and the other from Barrow.


truck, stolen in Chatburn, to reverse- into the window beside the front door of the post office in Bridge Road. Then they moved the truck and


They used a red Mitsubishi pick-up


penser, used by customers of the post office to withdraw money with bank cards.


tial” number of £5, £10 and £20 notes, was bolted to the floor, but the gang


drove up with the nearly-new silver Subaru Impreza stolen from Barrow. Their target was an ATM cash dis­


The machine, containing “a substan­ haul


ripped it out and took it away in the stolen Subaru.


The Mitsubishi was abandoned at


the scene and scenes-of-crime officers made a painstaking examination for evidence. The police helicopter was sent out to


search for the getaway car and police set up a ring of checkpoints in the area. I t is believed several men were involved in the raid, which happened while the postmaster, Mr Martin Turn­ er, and his wife, Jeanette, were asleep on the premises. Mr Turner did not want


to comment on the raid. Police were carrying out house-to-house inquiries in an attempt to find witnesses.


road are fitted with double-glazing to keep out the noise of the traffic and many of their occupants appear to have slept on while the raid was taking place. Detective Inspector Simon Giles was


Most of the properties on the main


have witnessed the raid or seen any­ thing suspicious to contact the CID at Clitheroe on 01200 458741


leading the investigation. He appealed for people who may


Honeymoon couple’s terror threat nightmare ______ by Natalie Cox


THE terrorist threat hanging over Africa has left a Simonstone


William Slater (24) and his bride, Victoria (30), who runs her own liv­ ery business, flew out to Kenya just two days after their wedding. But what should have been a once-in-


honeymoon couple trapped in their hotel. Self-employed carpenter and joiner


a-lifetime holiday has turned into an international disaster.


emony at St Philip’s Church and recep­ tion at Mitton Hall as perfect, Victo­ ria’s father, Mr Frank Latham, of Higher Trapp Farmhouse, Simonstone, added that the honeymoon had become a nightmare, with the couple confined to their hotel and being told to keep a low profile.


Describing the couple’s marriage cer­


Evans, asking him to intervene in the couple’s case.


In a bid to resolve the situation, he has contacted Ribble Valley MP Nigel


above) paid £1,500 to enjoy an African safari and stay in the prime honeymoon suite of the Traveller’s Beach Hotel, but because of the terrorist threat they are unable to leave their hotel. Speaking from the hotel on Tuesday,


The newly-married Slaters (pictured


- then all this started. This is Will's first time abroad and he is saying that now Cornwall sounds good. The hotei has been fabulous and the manager has been wonderful, but this has just been the honeymoon from hell." Now, the couple have decided that,


after staying for just over a week, they want to come home and are waiting for


to be taken to a different holiday desti­ nation or be compensated for the finan­ cial loss had been turned down and that an offer of a flight home had not initial­ ly been taken up by his daughter. Said Mr Latham: “In the hotel they


can use the swimming pool, but there is the constant threat that something could go seriously wrong. There is a lot of distress in the hotel. Victoria is cop­


the details of their return journey from Mombassa. Mr Latham said the couple's request


Mrs Slater said: "This is not even a hol­ iday, let alone a honeymoon. It is a real­ ly stressful atmosphere. I normally go away to relax and unwind. "The first few days were like paradise


ing fairly well, but there is a lot of heartache, tears and frustration among the other people who feel they that have been abandoned.”


the company had been in daily contact with the couple and that a flight home had been offered, but turned down by the Slaters. He added “This is a situa­ tion we do not want either. We have tried to get flights home for the couple and they have been turned down. We have done everything they have asked for and are sorry they feel disappointed


’s lovestruck peacocks causing quite a stir


THREE noisily lustful pea­ cocks have hit Valley eardrums -and the national press. The birds have been running


ently still in the area. National newspapers and


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trying to find a mate are noisy enough in the daytime, but very intrusive and disturbing in the early hours,” says Coun. Graham Sowter, vice-chairman of the parish council.


“The screeches of peacocks


on TV looking for the birds last week.


‘But he was actually in the


peacocks were brought to the village by a resident and flew away, but there is no proof of that. Someone should be able to do something.” An RSPCA official was seen


“People seem to think the


or being cruelly treated, that is different. These Deacocks seem


area for a different purpose altogether and his appearance gave the wrong impression - we do not have time to catch wild birds, which is what peacocks are, because they are creating a noise,” says the RSPCA. “If they are injured, trapped


remove them to the country- siHp


someone catches or encloses the birds, it will, if more urgent duties permit, turn out and


all right, however, and, of course, it would be a serious offence for anyone to harm them.” • But the RSPCA says that, if


of ABTA, asking what compensation could be paid out following the ruined honeymoon, and he has also faxed the High Commission, stating the need for contact to be made with the Slaters. A spokesman for First Choice said


experience as “very bad luck” for the Slaters, adding: “I t is a complete tragedy for them personally. No-one would have wished the start of their life together to be like this.” He has written to the chief executive


MP Mr Evans described the whole


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{H >rnry fine /iirnhfifntp Site manager Nick Green thanked all The company also presented the 3M Neotechnic. Ryan Hargreaves has


take part, and the winners were pupils from St James’ CE Primary School, with their research comparing class­ room life in 1902 with that of 2002. The Year 5 class all took part in cre­


House burglaries are down by 31%


FIGURES show that police and communi­ ty efforts to reduce crime in the Ribble Val­ ley are proving very successful. Despite two violent early-morning raids,


one this week, the general trend is down­ wards.-


“have-your-say” meeting heard that across recent weeks, house burglaries were down by 31% - seven household victims less than for the same period last year. Burglaries in business premises were down


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by 45%, meaning some 11 fewer victims, with a 40% figure for vehicle crime, reflect­ ing 19 less people affected. Criminal damage was also down, but vio­


lence on people slightly up. However, Supt. Warren Turner, who gave the figures, point­ ed out that this included even very trivial common assaults. “These reductions have not been achieved


by the police alone, they have been achieved by joint efforts," said Supt. Turner.


armed robbery had been made possible by information from the public.


He pointed out that arrests in a recent


the police could improve their liaison with people who had had a burglary or similar crime. He told the meeting: “It is something we recognise, as a force - the Chief Consta­ ble is taking it up personally.”


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