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Training paid dividends for Ribble Valley runners who took part in the Great North Run.


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A former BNP candidate was caught on CCTV “trashing” a love rival’s car.


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Triathlete Judith Dawson (60) is heading for Spain to run, cycle and swim for charity.


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CRGS faces some “big deci­ sions”, says head Stuart Holt.


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A Pendle ski club member has won a national slalom title.


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A CLITHEROE couple have been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after Blackburn magistrates heard how RSPCA officers found an emaciated border collie at their home. The.court heard that a vet who


examined Jack, a two-year-old dog, said the animal had been suffering for at least six weeks before he was taken into the care of the animal charity. The dog’s ribs and spine were clear­


ly visible and he weighed just 8.4kg, compared to the breed standard of


; between 14 and 22kg. But defence solicitor Basharat


JACK pictured shortly after he was found by the RSPCA (s)


. Michael Cartmell (48), of Hen- thorn Road, pleaded guilty to being


Ditta said it was significant that the couple and their four children had many other pets, which had been examined by the RSPCA and found to be fit and healthy, v


the owner of a dog and permitting unnecessary suffering. Roberta Cartmell (32), of the same address, pleaded guilty to omitting to; act and therefore causing unnecessary suffering.


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were both made subject to a condi­ tional discharge for 12 months and each ordered to pay £400 towards the prosecution costs. Tulser Goodwin (prosecuting) said


that the dog was grossly underweight and the vet who examined him said he had been incorrectly and insuffi­ ciently fed for at least six.week's. Within four days of being taken to the animal shelter at Altham, the dog’s body weight had increased by


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distress, hut the couple accepted that it had experienced some difficulty. He said advice had been sought


from the yet and certain worm tablets had.been administered. They had als6;'changed the dog’s diet as a’dvised:, ,iru . !‘With’four, children money is tight and they are struggling,” said Mr


Ditta; “The car had been repossessed and


an eviction notice had been issued, and’it is against that background that this unfortunate situation devel­ oped. These proceedings have caused my clients and their children consid­ erable distress and they have shown genuine remorse.” . Mr Ditta said that the family had two cats, a budgie, a goldfish, two rabbits and a hamster and there were


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THREE envelopes posted from Clitheroe around 60 years ago are expected to raise up to £1,200 when they go under the auctioneer’s hammer


in London today. , Dated 1841,1844 and 1845, all three


envelopes were sent to the same recipient, a Mr Robert Whittaker, Millwright, of Wal­ ton, near Preston. Unfortunately, nothing is known about who


sent them, as the letters they once contained are missing. A fair assumption would be that they were business correspondence, as the addressee is referred to by his profession. Individually the envelopes would have little


value, but as a set of three they are very attrac- tive to collectors of all things relating to the early postal service, especially postage stamps. Mr Richard Watkins, philatelic expert at


Spinks auction house, in London, explained that adhesive stamps were introduced in Eng­ land in 1840, so the first of these three


envelopes was posted only a matter of months after that historic event. All three envelopes carry “Penny Red”


stamps, not as famous as the “Penny Black” but still very collectable. The “Penny Red” on the earliest envelope has been marked by a Maltese Cross rubber stamp, the first method used to cancel “spent” stamps. Later, individual post offices were issued


with their own numerical codes to cancel spent stamps and both the other envelopes have been stamped in that way. Mr Watkins added that another attractive


feature of the three envelope set was the colour­ ing of the Clitheroe post marks. Periodically the colours were changed and these three envelopes are stamped in red, blue and green ink, all three stampings being exceptionally sharp and clear. “It is a very interesting group to find and


should make a fine addition to someone’s col­ lection,” said Mr Watkins. Spinks’ sale catalogue places an estimate of


£1,000 to £1,200 on the three-envelope set, describing it as “a fine and visually stunning matched trio".


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« out ' J) with a difference! DONNA KNOWLES with Secret Melody and the winner’s plaque (C230903/2b) Donna rides to success in Horse of Year Show


A CLITHEROE horsewoman who has been riding since she could walk is celebrating national success at the annual


Horse of the Year Show. Donna Knowles (20), of Edis-


ford Bridge Farm, was one of 10 finalists from across the UK competing in the Riding Club


• Show Horse “Search fpr a Star” ' competition at the country’s premier equestrian event. Just to make the final was a


huge achievement, but Donna went one better when she and her horse, Secret Melody, won the prestigious competition. “I was shocked, I just could­


n’t believe it. I was just so pleased to be competing at the Horse of the Year Show. It took at least a day for it to sink in that I’d won!,” said Donna this


' week. Donna has ridden Secret


Melody - a nine-year-old Bel­ gian Warmblood bay mare - for the past five years and spends as much time as possible in the saddle. The Search for a Star competition judges every aspect


. of a show horse, from the way it stands and moves to how it


• responds, both to its own rider and a show judge.


competition involved trotting and cantering in the show arena, performing an individual show with jumps and trotting poles, showing in hand and one of the judges riding each horse in turn. She won a sash and rosettes


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and a plaque that she will cher­ ish for the rest of her life. Tradi­ tionally held at Wembley, the Horse of the Year Show has now moved to a bigger venue at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. Donna’s parents, Jean and


Donna runs her own snack bars business, but hopes to work full­ time with horses and has gained a qualification in equine and business studies at Craven Col- ' lege, Skipton. 1


Alan Knowles, are extremely proud of her success. It has been an exceptional year for the fami­ ly, as another of their horses, a two-year-old gelding called My Last Million, was Champion Riding Horse at the Royal Lan­ cashire Show and champion sporting horse and riding horse at the Northern In-Hand Championships at Osbaldeston. When she is not in the saddle,


Safety concerns on graveyard trees


A “CHILDREN’S lives at risk” row is build­ ing up in Whalley. Boughs continue to fall from some of the


large old trees in Whalley Parish Church grave­ yard - and governors at the adjacent village school are fearful of a tragedy. They want


action, soon. ■ There is not felt to be any danger to church­ goers, nor children and parents using the churchyard to access the school. The trees which have shed branches, some quite recently, are not near the main paths. Whalley Parish Council is responsible for


maintaining the churchyard, and there is con­ cern among some members about spiralling costs. But the minutes of the August meeting


record the view that safety is paramount and “if additional money is required to make the trees or other assets safe, it will be spent.” Since then, experts employed by the council


have lopped some branches and a consultant has checked on the condition of the trees. At their September meeting on Thursday, council members acknowledged that the trees presented an on-going problem, hut felt the steps taken showed they were doing something. But the primary school governors want


stronger steps, quickly, over the handful of chestnuts at the Whalley Abbey side of the


graveyard. Their canopies reach across a public footpath


to partially overhang the school’s grassed play area and a hough fell there during the summer


holidays last year. “Everyone responsible for trees, including


'the parish and borough councils, says that no- one can guarantee that something will not fall from any tree at any time,” says school gover­ nors’ chairman Mr David Borland. “It does not need a windy day evenl That is


not good enough for us - we have children’s lives in bur hands, a solemn duty in which we will not fail. Of course, we are responsible for a lot


of adults as well.”


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