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AT A GLANCE


Strong.winds left a 'family aniazed when their trampoline


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A Clitheroe horse rider is count­ ing-her blessings after fire destroyed stables.


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Former GRGS pupil Nick Hep- worth is petitioning the Gov­ ernment to help the poor.


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A Clitheroe resident has won “a grand” prize'in the East Lancs Hospice Lottery.


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Sarah Crossley (13) leads the way


: in the Lancashire Cross Country Championships


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Children and staff from a Clitheroe nursery school gath­ ered to celebrate the opening of a new play area.


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A local ice hockey player appears - in court following a theft at a town centre store.


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Bubbles the pet dog is home thanks to CAT!


A FAMILY in Clitheroe is'over '■^e mocn 'f te r being reunited ■with it s Westie dog Bubbles thanks to the Clitheroe Advertis­ er and Times.


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Porter and their three children Declan (three), Cameron (two) and Ethan (four months), were dis­ traught when their 14-year-old West Highland White went missing on Boxing Day. , They believed Bubbles had


the family to say she had found


their dog. The woman had found Bubbles


wandering around the Henthorn area of Clitheroe. She had kept the little dog a fortnight and admitted that her own family had become quite attached to her. Mrs Porter said the woman had not contacted the police because she wrongly thought they would have destroyed the dog. Mrs Porter said: “I really don’t


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Caravan park solution to a lack of homes?


PROPOSED caravan park developments in the Kibble Valley have been described as a way round the council’s current house-build­ ing constraints. Following the publication of letters and arti­


think we would have got her back if it had not appeared in the paper.” Bubbles was due to see the vets


and carrying out numerous search­ es around the town, there was no sign of Bubbles. The family turned to the


this week to check out an injury to 'her back leg and for a general health check. Mrs Porter said the family was


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times for help. Only a few hours after last Thurs­


day’s paper hit the news .stands, a woman who lives in Clitheroe called


delighted to have her home and that she was being spoilt rotten. “The children have even bought


her a special cushion to sleep on while she has a bad leg,” added


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Exciting times ahead in local health care service


by Julie Wintle


LOCAL health care boss­ •es have made the New


in 2004. Health chiefs at the Hynd-


burn and Kibble Valley Pri­ mary Care Trust, which came into existence on April 1st, 2002, have se t them­ selves a new set of fresh and excit ing challenges to improve local health care throughout the district. The Trust is an amalgama­


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tion of a number of previously independent bodies including the Communicare NIIS Trust, East Lancashire Health Authority and Hyndburn and Kibble Valley Primary Care


Groups. Newly-appointed chief exec­


utive Mr Mark Wilkinson, who has been with the POT


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since it was formed, is looking forward to the challenge of developing health care ser­ vices within the Kibble Valley.' One of his main aims is to


He is currently .exploring


building sites in both Clitheroe town centre and near to the community hospi­ tal to provide new medical facilities, new services and better quality of treatment in this area. He told the Clitheroe


' that in.atpad-ofrbT^ng .on^a. hos-


vice for patients with muscu­ lar skeletal problems such as back pain and possible hip replacements. Mr Wilkinson explained


pital waiting liSt for months and.being referred from the doctor to the hospital and then back to the doctor, the PCT would locally employ a specialist GP to assess patients and prescribe the most effective treatment. He explained: “This will


Advertiser: “The POT has placed the doctors and nurses in the driving seat for making decisions on priorities. It makes more sense for the peo­ ple who treat the patients to also make the decisions regarding their health care.” In March, a range of new


service developments will start to be Implemented in the Kibble Valley. These will include a new ser­


reduce hospital visits, which means that the right treat­ ment will be given to the right patient a lot sooner and a lot


closer to home.” A pilot scheme has also been


introduced at Clitheroe Hospi­ tal, currently a community hospital staffed by local GPs, which will provide the hospital with eight new nurse-led beds. This means Clitheroe resi­


dents will not have to stay at Queen’s Park Hospital, but


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Christmas kindness is thriving in our town!


THE true spirit of Christmas is thri-ving in Clitheroe, where many people took the time to help others less fortunate than themselves. This week Captain Elizabeth Smith, pic­


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tured, of the Salvation Army, Clitheroe, expressed her thanks to the many local organisations and indi-viduals who helped to spread the joy of Christmas. Clitheroe Ladies' Golf Club made the Sal­


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vation Army its Christmas charity for 2003 and gave a generous donation. Clitheroe Alliance rang the Corps before


Christmas to offer financial aid for families in need. An emergency situation arose in the run-up to Christmas and a local family, already in a state of abject poverty and with a new baby on the way, .was able to have a better Christmas thanks to Clitheroe Alliance. , Coun. Robert Thompson donated tokens


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and food, which were distributed to indi'vid- uals and families in need, while Ribblesdale High School Technology College donated food stuffs which went into winter and Christmas food parcels. ■ ■ ■ V; ; ■ - Nat West Bank in the town donated money to the Salvation Army in lieu of sending Christmas cards and Capt. Smith also thanked the many anonymous donors who handed in donations at the Salvation Army charity shop, In Lowergate. . '


She said: “It is wonderful to think that so . 7 : ;


many people went out of their way to spread a little Christmas cheer and ensure local peo­ ple in need were looked after this Christmas.”


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Clitheroe Hospital and be nearer their home and fami­


lies. The other key aims of Hyn-


dburn and..Ribble g a l le y PCT are:


• Improving community '


access to NHS dentistry. 9 Reduce waiting lists at


the local hospitals. At the moment the.maxi­


mum waiting time for an in­ patient stay is nine months. This will be reduced to six


in the near future and eventu­ ally reduced to just three months. • Develop improvements in


prescribing. The amount of money


going into prescribing has grown by 10% each year and the new money is being spent on new drugs for cancer and heart disease. Better drugs will lead to


reduced hospital visits. The PC'T provides more


drugs than any other organi­


sations. ■ The general aim of all 400


P C T s n a t io n w id e i s to improve the health of the pop­


ulation all over the country. ■ ' To do this','the PCTs work


alongside other organisations such as leisure centres, road safety organisations and hous­


ing associations. Mr Wilkinson added; “The


thing that affects a person’s health the most is their lifestyle. . “We must make sure we can


offer people ways of staying healthy which includes any­ thing from exercise and diet to better housing facilities.” The search for new premis­


es to house Clitheroe’s over­ stretched health centre began several years ago and, at one stage, consideration was even given to busing patients from the town centre to the com­ munity hospital site in Chat- burn Road.


A high-tech cash boost for council


A CASH boost of £200,000 is coming to Kibble Valley Bor­ ough Council to help it make the most of the latest computer technology. The cash is part of a £lmillion


boost for the five district councils in the East Lancashire e-Partner- ship. Based at Kibble Valley Bor­


be made available in community facilities such as a ■village hall. “E-Government” will also


strengthen local democracy through the establishment of


“virtual Citizens’ Panels”, ensur­ ing residents are involved in coun­ cil decision-making ■via computer links. Kibble Valley councillor and e-


ough Council’s Clitheroe office's, Government champion Coun.


the partnership has secured the funds to help the five councils deliver more of their services elec­ tronically by 2005. This should make it easier for people - partic­ ularly in remote rural areas - to access the council and benefit from its service more easily. ■ The East Lancashire e-Part-


nership comprises Kibble Valley, Burnley, Rossendale, Pendle and Hyndburn Borough Councils. They are among 66% of local councils in England and Wales expected to be “e-enabled” (able


- to make use of electronic technol­ ogy) by the Government deadline pf'December 2005. . ,; ■'This means residents will have


Richard Sherras said: “We are working towards using informa­ tion and communications technol­ ogy to provide quicker, easier and more effective access to council services for the Kibble Valley resi­ dents, particularly those In remote areas.- ' “Our goal is to achieve this


without requiring everyone to be technically skilled or have their own connection to the Internet. This latest money shows recogni­ tion of our efforts and will help us achieve our aims." . The East Lancashire e-Part-


greater access to council.ser'vices by using a computer and be able to undertake .transactions elec­ tronically, such as paying bills and compleHng application forms online) Many people already have home computers, but others could


nership will find out in.March whether it has been successful in attracting a further £150,000 for each of the councils.' If successful, the money will be


used to improve local democracy, encourage the take-up of services online and the use of mobile tech-


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cles expressing a variety of concerns about the additional pressure on local roads and services. Low Moor resident Mrs D. Parkinson asked: “The quota for house building in the Kibble • Valley is filled for now. Is that why there are now planning applications for about 200 cara­ vans at sites at Shireburn, Pay thorne and Dut­ ton?” The proposed developments come at a time


when Kibble Valley Borough Council has decid­ ed it cannot build any more new houses for some time, owing to restrictions placed on it by central Government. Residents have already stressed that the pro­


posed caravan developments will place an extra burden on water, sewage and refuse disposal services. They also claim this pressure is exacerbated


by a continued reduction in rural services such as transport, post offices and banks. Opposors of the developments say that the caravan dwellers would need to use cars to trav­ el to work, schools, supermarkets, banks, the health centre and leisure facilities, putting about 200 more vehicles on the Valley’s narrow roads. This, they claim, will add dangerously to the congestion on country roads, and to road surface deterioration. MP Mr Nigel Evans has expressed his own i


reservations as to the utility and desire for such development, and has contacted Mrs Parkin­ son stating his hope that her concerns are appreciated by the council and are incorporated ■ into any decision taken. ' Mrs Parkinson said: “The planning depart­ ments of the council need to look and consider very carefully all planning applications in .


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Be alert is warning


POLICE are appealing to women to be alert while shopping, and to carry as little as possi­ ble in their bags, after a man was arrested in connection with four handbag thefts over the weekend. The stores targeted included Sains- burys , Dawsons , Booths supermarket and KwikSave. Police were informed and arrested a 35-year-


old Burnley man, as Tesco’s. He was later released on police bail while inquiries continue.


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