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Cheers to New


Year MEMBERS of : Young Farmers Clubs all over the district enjoyed a New Year disco organised by the Gisburn branch'.; - . The disco, held


fending the approval of the


Jierging Replacement Structure Iin and the revision of the rele- jnt sections of the Local Plan, I lisider that to permit the devel- jment of land such as the appeal Be would create a precedent, lich would make it very difficult • the council to resist similar plications elsewhere, the cumu-


jive effect of which could have fious ramifications for the hous- ' land supply and the housing ategy tor the area.”


IPhe decision was due to be Ited by members of Lancashire bunty Council’s development


jntrol committee last night. ILancashire County Council B l s


consulted on the strategic


Iplications of the application Id commented that the bor- Igh’s housing requirement had feady been significantly exceed-


i l t stated that the plans were It required to meet the general Jusing provision and would Ixacerbate the current situation 1 housing over-provision in the litrict”.


ivepoor larby walk


jblic house, the ramblers walked |)ng the street on to Lothersdale jne and Winter Gap Lane. IField paths were followed I'ough Bent Laithe to reach the Jirlton to Colne road again, fossing the road to Stanridge augh Lane, an afternoon break Is taken at the ruined Higher jrjuice Bank House.


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attheStirk ; House Hotel, Gis­ burn, included a ■. light supper. : Any funds


raised from the event will go to Gisburn YFC. Our picture V


shows some of the young farmers enjoying their annual New Year’s disco. (A090104/1)


Mobile ‘hospital’ will take on local eye operations


AT least 400 people in the Hyndburn and Ribb le V a lley P rim a ry Care Trust are expected to have their cataracts renioved by a mobile cataract ser­ v ic e over th e n e x t f iv e years. They will be among 7,000


people across Cumbria and Lancashire to benefit, as a large unit tours the area, calling at various different locations, but always pro­ viding a very local service. ■ This service provided by


Irhe lane was followed back to |rby and it started to rain just as : outskirts of the town were


Iched. Tomorrow evening, mem- rs have booked a ghost walk in


litheroe and will meet at the stle Gates at 7-30 p.m. The next walk is on Saturday, to led by Mrs Pat Parrott.


Iluiries: tel. 01200423125. Orion is stolen


the theft of a Ford Orion, worth £600, parked from LittlemoorRpad, Clitheroe. The car was taken in the early hours of Monday morning, and police believe that the criminals pulled out the window frame of the white-coloured car to


get in. Tractor damage


INQUIRIES are ongoing into criminal damage to a red-coloured Zeta tractor parked in Chatburn. The incident occurred some time during the Christmas and New Year period, causing- £240 worth of damage.


Public meeting


A PUBLIC meeting takes place on Monday at the Watchtree Nature Reserve, Great Orton, near Carlisle, to discuss placing on record the impact of the 2001 foot and mouth disease out ­ break. More details: 01228 712546.


Mini vandals


VANDALS scratched the bonnet of a red-coloured Rover Mini parked in Mearley Brook Fold, Clitheroe. The incident took place on Saturday night and £200 worth of damage was caused.


Mini vandals


EIGHT flag stones, worth £80, were stolen from a back yard in Cardigan Avenue, Clitheroe, between New Year’s Day and Sun­ day, January 11th.


whist winners i welcome every Monday at 1-


J p.m. Domino winners were: |rs D. Knight, Mrs R. Kiddie, ; M. Berry, Mr B. Tomlinson.


|iw members welcome every Fri- ■ at 7 p.m. Line dancing class-


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1^1 ■4 POLICE a?c investigating


Netcare at the mobile unit does not take the place of existing NHS local hospital cataract services, but aims to provide an additional ser­ vice in order to help reduce waiting times and provide patients with a choice of who should carry out their operation. N ex t Wednesday, the


new mobile eye unit, which is fully equipped with an


operating theatre and rest rooms, will be open for


members of the public to view it, meet members of the staff and gain answers to any questions they may


the North West, including Rossendale Hospital, Royal Lancaster Hospital and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, in fact all around the Cumbria and Lan­ cashire Strategic Health Authority area. Pearse Butler, chief exec­


utive of the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority, said: ”We have a large older popula­ tion in this area which puts a high demand on the cataract service. But the longer surgery is left, the more the condition deterio­ rates, curtailing indepen­ dence, dignity and quality of life. “That’s why in Cumbria


and Lancashire we have made this particular opera­ tion a priority. “We have listened to local


people, have heard how pleased our patients have


, been with the treatment


have. It will start providing catamet surfrerx ror Joca]-.,-iiew.mobile cataract.unit N i l s patientsJn^Cumbria' between 10 a:m. and 4 p.m.''


they received from Netcare and have responded to their request for the option of a fast, accessible cataract ser- ■vice.” Members of the public are invited to look at the


and Lancashire from Janii-' on January 21st in the car


ary 30th, starting at the park behind Preston Busi- Preston Business Centre. It ness Centre, Watling Street will then move all around Road.


Ciitheroe Advertiser & Times, January-15th, 2004, ; .3*


Local ice hockey player in court


AN ice hockey player from. Clitheroe was part of a “team” that stole CDs, D'VDs and computer games worth £1,500


from Woolworths. : Blackburn m a g is tra te s heard


that Matthew Southall, who plays for Blackburn Hawks, was working a t the town centre store and had he lped to s e t up th e back-d oor theft.


r Southall (19) , of Green Drive,


. pleaded g u i lty to th e f t . He was ordered to do 200 hours of communi­ ty punishment and pay £130 in costs. Mr John Wood (prosecuting) said


that at the time of the offence in April, Southall had been working at


High-flying trampoline lands safe and fairly sound nearby!


STR O N G w ind s la s t week le f t a W isw e ll- based family astonished, when th e y found their tram p o l in e


had


“jum p ed ” on to th e neighbouring field. Mrs Pam Barnes, o f


Whiteacre Lane, believed a mini tornado had blown their heavy 14tt. circular • trampoline over the fence, and on to the field adja­ cent to the garden. She said: “On Wednes­


day nigh t, it was very windy and you could hear the leaves on the trees rustling.


, “The following morn­


ing, at about 9-30, my daughter, Sarah, looked out of the window and saw the trampoline in the garden, but 15 minutes later it had disappeared! “We thought somebody


had s to len i t and went outside to have a look.


. “The trampoline, worth £350 was found wedged


deeply into the grass on the field.” Mother-of-four Mrs


.In fact it is so heavy that_ it took five of us to actual­


Barnes was quite amazed after she found the tram­ poline. She said: “The trampoline is very heavy.


ly install it in the garden. “Wo have been living


here for the pas t four years and have never


AN application to erect machin­ ery to handle animal was te


Animal waste fuel on agenda Castle Cement proposes to use


AWDF as a partial replacement


derived fuel (AWDF) a t Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale works was


due to be discussed by Lancashire county councillors last night.


The company wants to install


machinery to burn AWDF, erect a tanker off loading area, storage silo and extraction system to feed AWDF into the calciner on kiln 7. The application was due to be


heard by the council’s develop­ ment control committee and had been recommended for approval subject to conditions.


A YEAR,of fund-raising events th a t ranged from a sponsored parachute jump to coffee mornings and tombolas has raised more than £30,000 for Sue Ryder Care. Sue Ryder Care shops through­


out the country - including the one in Clitheroe and others across


■ Lancashire - came up with fu n . ways to raise the cash to celebrate the charity’s 50th anniversary. Sue Ryder Care’s director of r etail, Mr Alan Hodges said:


for coal in kiln 7. One letter of objection has been


received requesting that the coun­ ty council consider the full impli­ cations of burning this fuel and n o t ju s t the environmental impact of the proposed building works. The author also questions the


need for environmental assess­ ment and refers to the existing problems with air pollution from the works and the implications of such on the health of residents.


Charity shops’ 50 years of care


“Throughout 2003 Sue Ryder Care has celebrated 50 years of caring for people in need through­ out the UK. To mark this very special milestone, our shop staff and volunteers decided to organise additional fund-raising activities to support our 18 care centres. “Many people do not know


about the specialised care services our shops help to support. Our shops make a significant contribu­ tion to the £13m.”


experienced anything like this before. “I am sure i t was a


mini-tornado that swept across the garden. I am


injured. No one else in the


neighbourhood was affect­ ed.


Our ' picture shows Nicholas Barnes, six,10-


and friend Francesca


with a trampoline with a flying trampoline, damaged metal frame.


The family are now left Duckworth around the (C080104/2)


Action group will fight caravan site


C AM PA IG N to d e fea t a


controversial planning applica­ tion for a permanent caravan' s i te a t D a v is Gate Wood, in D u t to n , has gained momen­ tum with the se t t in g up of a local action group. The Horseshoe Woods Action


Group has been formed to repre- ■ sent the views and concerns of individuals and special interest groups who strongly oppose the proposed scheme. The application, submitted to


Ribble "Valley Borough Council, seeks planning permission for 79 static caravans and a warden’s residence on land next to Davis Gate Wood. Objectors say that, if allowed, the development would swamp the tiny hamlet of Dutton. Action group members have


consulted with a wide range of stakeholders on a series of issues provoked by the planning appli­ cation. Primary concerns relate to the devastating consequences that


the scheme would have on the rural landscape and cultural her­ itage of the area, and its impor­ tant wildlife habitats. Residents have contributed to


a fighting fund to help finance the campaign and the council’s planning department has already received 267 letters of objection to the application. The proposed development is


also strongly opposed by Ribble Valley MP N ig e l Evans, the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and the Cam­ paign for Dark Skies. Mr Evans said: “Many people


are concerned about rural asset stripping in the Ribble Valley and it is evident that this plan­ ning proposal has created a strong swell of public criticism. “We have a responsibility to


protect Davis Gate Wood for the benefit of its abundant wildlife and on behalf of the many people who visit the area to enjoy Its natural assets and rural her­ itage.” The time and date of the plan­


ning meeting at which the appli­ cation-will be discussed is yet to be confirmed. In the meantime, the action


group is urging more people to write letters of objection to the planning department at Ribble Valley Borough Council.


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ly-j’- y signed a:.sponsory; •ship deal with world.cycle champioh,v(,’‘,',‘(.'i.


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B U R G L A R S stole £65 in cash, and jewellery worth £100 from a house in Pas- t u r e 1 a n d s , Billington. .


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Woolworths on a part-time basis for about seven months.


- j On the day of the theft a closed cir­


cuit TV operator was monitoring the rear door of the store, which opens on to the car park, when he saw a male leave carrying a box and a suitcase which he placed in a silver car. The police were called and the car was identified as belonging to Southall. ; "He says he was not responsible


for physically passing the items out of the door, but accepts he was aware it had taken place and that he had been involved in the preparation of the theft,” said Mr Wood. “He was also aware the property


was going to be collected by a third person.” - •


Mr Jonathan Taylor (defending)


said his client was due to go to Amer­ ica for three months. While there he will be playing


semi-professional ice hockey. ■ . “Despite that commitment, he


' will be able to complete a communi- ty punishment order,” said Mr Tay-


-Jor.


' He said th a t prior to going to America, Southall would be attend­ ing interviews a t two universities and would be starting at one of them :


in September. “Clearly-he is a young man with


some considerable potential and he is disappointed with himself for becoming involved in these offences,” added Mr Taylor.


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were: N/S Mr D. Mortimer and Mrs B. Wilson, Mrs J. Martindale and Mrs J. Taylor: E/W Mrs F. Porter and Mr G. Capstick, Mrs K. Thomp­ son and Mr G. Wharfe.


Clitheroe Bridge Club winners On Thursday, the winners were:


N /S Mr A. Singer and Mrs F. Porter, Mr J. Pawlicki and Mr B. Guha; E/W Mrs M. Thompson and Mrs J. Bowker, Mrs K. Hig- son and Mrs J. Martindale.


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