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AT A GLANCE... Respected doctor dies -page 4
Gisburn holiday home plan -page 5 Broadband date for villages -page 35 Whalley car park plan ends -page 35
INFORMATION
Duty chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church Street, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. Water: 0345 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infirmary: 01254 263555. Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Blackburn, Hyndbum and Rib ble Valley 01254 207999. ■ Environmental Agencv: Emergency Hotline - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Ribble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.
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WEATHER H SLAIDBURN
Dave’s lottery hoax
A WHALLEY man pushed his family and friends to the limit when he hoaxed them into believing he had scooped a huge lottery .win - all in the name
• of television! Trickster Mr Dave Ben
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nett, a salesman, even had former “Coronation Street” star Reg Hould- sworth and a television crew to “confirm” the good news for a show to be broadcast on Sky on Sun day night, “Million Pound Hoax”. Dave (33) said he had to
make his wife Alison (30), parents and friends believe he had won up to £2m and then pretend to be taken in by a series of new “friends” and experts who wanted to help him squander his new found wealth. “The whole aim of the
programme was to show how much love there is around and how love con quers money and no amount of money can buy love in the end,” said Dave, who was a familiar face around Lowerhouse and Pike Hill, Burnley, before moving to Whalley. Among the events staged
by the television company to back up Dave’s new
lifestyle was a champagne reception at the Dunken- halgh Hotel complete with limousine travel, a “photo shoot” for OK magazine, a test drive of a toprof-the- range sports' car, a luxury stay in a toprclass Manch ester hotel and an £80,000 investment in a Nelson bingo hall to turn it into a comedy club. But Dave especially
enjoyed tricking his par ents, Mr and Mrs Denis and Bridie Bennett, of Pike Hill. He arranged for a trendy “make over” team to give their garden a new
and rather unusual new look at a staggering cost of £60,000, when all his dad wanted was a lawnmower. “Alison kept her feet on
the ground,” said Dave. “She was level headed and kept saying we should not spend until we knew exact ly how much we had won.” Dave, who has also
appeared on “The Price Is Right”, discovered the idea for the programme on the Internet and had to keep a video diary of his progress. “By the last day, every
one had had enough of me,” he said. He broke the
news of his major con at a reception at the Dunken- halgh. “It was a real tear jerk- •
er,” he said. “I told them how we had
all enjoyed living as mil lionaires for the week and how they had all stood by me, but then I confessed and dropped the bombshell that there was no lottery win.” However, for taking part,
Dave and 11 members of his family and friends have
been awarded a luxury hol iday to the value of £1,000 each.
Whist winners
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs S. Holden, Mrs M. Hold- ■ ing, Mr D. Grant. New players are wel
come every Monday at 7 p.m.' Bridge winners at the
Pendle Club were: Mrs Eileen Hadfield, Mr Har vey Jackson, Mrs Jean Walmsley, Mrs Eva Velci- ck;
New members are wel
come every Monday at 1- 30 p.m. Domino winners were:
F. Giles, Mrs H. Wolfend- en, joint 3, G. Berry and Mrs D. Knight, Mrs H. Simpson. New members are wel
come every Friday at 7 p.m. Line dancing is held every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. and sequence danc ing every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
Bridge Club
WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were NS Mr J. Pawlicki and Mr J. Renton, Mr and Mrs R. Ward. EW Mr G. Wharfe and Mrs K. Thompson, Mr B. Guha and Mrs I. Park. On Thursday winners
were: NS Mr J. Pawlicki and Mr B. Guha, Mr and Mrs R. Ward. EW Mrs J. Taylor and Mrs M. Bain- bridge, Mrs I. Park and Mrs K. Higson.
WMJ Devoted fund-raisers get walking for Christian Aid
DEVOTED fund-raisers will be walking the length and breadth of the Ribble Valley during Christian Aid Week, all next week. House to house collections
around Clitheroe and the sur rounding villages will be the main feature of the fund-raising event, which begins this Sunday.
On average, house to house
collectors will take 1,500 paces delivering and collecting envelopes during the week. Christian Aid works with people
in need, regardless of race of reli gion. It works with nearly 600 local
community organisations in more than 50 countries to enable
Council could do better!
THE borough council has been told it could do better in a
report.from the local government watchdog. The council has achieved a rating
of “fair” in its Comprehensive Per formance Assessment (CPA) car ried out by the Audit Commission. This is despite the fact tha t a
recent MORI poll revealed 86% of Ribble Valley residents were satis fied with the authority. One of the main areas highlight
ed by the assessment for improve ment included the council’s approach to performance manage ment. It also stated the council was try
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SUNRISE: 5-25 a.m. SUNSET: 8-49 p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-49 p.m.
ing to tackle too many priorities and had a tendency to focus on more detailed activities rather than on organisation-wide priorities. Meanwhile, the council’s
resources were said to be over stretched in some key areas and that it lacked clear plans for the future with “limited systems in place to measure success and weak links to staff and budget needs”. On a positive note, the rural
council was praised for the high quality of its main services and for
making progress in improving the quality of life of local people. The council was also praised for
working well in partnership with other agencies both inside and out side the borough. The commission has been carry
ing out assessments oh behalf of the Government across East Lan cashire. This series of assessments gauge for the first time how district coun-
• cils are performing and award them one of five grades ranging from “excellent” to “poor”. CPAs have already been carried
out on all the 150 larger all-purpose and county councils - with Lan cashire County Council receiving a “good” grade. Ribble Valley Bor ough Council was awarded a “fair” grade by the commission last November, missing out on a “good” grade by just one point. The “fair” grade was upheld by
the commission following an appeal. The council is now in the process
of drawing up an improvement plan, which should be complete by the end of this month.
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lope as a taxpayer adds 30% to your gift. Coffee, biscuits as well as bring and buy and Traidcraft stalls will be some of the attrac tions at an event being held at Ribble Valley Council Chamber on Saturday, May 15th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, to mark the end of the week. Entrance will be 60p.
Praise for town’s new Mayor
CIVIC dignitaries and guests gathered for the pageantry of the annual “Mayor Making” ceremo ny in Clitheroe on Tuesday, when Coun. Joan Knight was re-elected as town Mayor for a second municipal year. Proposing her for the post dur
ing a ceremony held in the bor ough council chamber, Coun. Ruth Hargreaves said th a t despite Coun. Knight having a busy homelife with three daugh ters and five grandchildren, she was always dedicated to fulfil her duties to the highest level. She added that she was a hon
orary member of the Pendle Ski Club and had been a former secre tary for the Clitheroe Chamber of Trade for many years. In seconding the proposal, Rib
ble Valley Mayor Coun. Alan Yearing paid tribute to the town mayor’s tremendous fund-raising efforts over the past year, high lighting th a t she had worked extremely hard to raise cash for
the Clitheroe First Responders and North West Air Ambulance. Supporting Coun. Knight
throughout the coming year will be her mayoress, Mrs Helen Ash worth, and the town’s newly elect ed deputy mayor, Coun. Allan Knox, who succeeds Coun. Mary Robinson. In proposing Coun. Knox for
the post, Coun. Robinson described him as a caring young man with “a wicked sense of humour”, but showing "great con cern for under-privileged people". The proposal was seconded by
Coun. Stephen Sutcliffe. Coun. Knight said that she was
looking forward to the coming municipal year and presented Coun. Robinson with a bouquet in recognition of her service to the town. Responding, she said: “I
enjoyed my first year as mayor and am privileged to be able to continue representing Clitheroe for another year.
“I would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank Mary for helping me and giving me the confidence over the past year. “I hope I mil now be able to to
pass on the tricks of the trade to Coun. Allan Knox.” The mayor will continue to
raise funds for the First Respon ders and the North West Air Ambulance as her favoured chari ties for 2004-2005. The ceremony was followed by
the Town Awards presentation - further details of which will be reported in next week’s edition of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Civic dignitaries and guests attended a reception at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe, and an evening reception was held at the Clitheroe Mayor's Parlour Our picture shows returning
town mayor, Coun. Knight with new deputy mayor, Coun. Knox along with guests after Tuesday’s meeting.
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Judge critical of ban hearing delay
by Andrew Bellard
A JUDGE has criticised police over moves to ban 17 alleged football hooligans, including three from the Rib ble Valley, from travelling to
Euro 2004 in Portugal. D is tr ic t Judge Paul F ir th
asked why i t had taken police five months to bring the matter to court and why the prosecution then expected the defence to be ready to conduct trials in just
three weeks. “The summonses were not
served until seven days ago and the evidence has not been served on the defence until today,” said.
Judge Firth He was sitting at Blackburn
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Magistrates’ Court, where the 17 football fans, including a father and son from Whalley, face appli cations for banning orders. • “The guideline for summary
trial in criminal cases, agreed by, amongst others, a senior police- officer, is a fraction short of five months from the firs t date of
hearing. - “ I wonder why i t should be
th a t the same police force in a case like this now expects the court and those who represent the respondents to have every thing ready for a hearing within
three weeks. “If the application had come
before th is court in January nobody could have complained or expected longer than the end of May to have their cases ready for a fair hearing,” he said. “I have heard no explanation
for why it has taken until April 28th for these proceedings to come before the court for the first
time.” Mr Paul Schofield, who repre
sents 15 of the 17 defendants, said the cases should have been before the court “months ago”
and pointed out that even when
-all-the preparation had been completed there could still be problems with witness availabili
ty. Judge Firth adjourned all mat
ters until May 12th, but indicat ed he would not expect any trial to take place before June 1st “in fairness” to the respondents. “I am told by the court listing
officer tha t any trial organised for June will require setting up additional courts or cancelling trials that have already been set,”
he added. The Ribble Valley fans facing
the prospect of banning orders are father and son Simon Field ing (44) and Ashley David Field ing (17), of Whalley Banks, Whalley, and Ian Mitchell (39), of Curzon Street, Clitheroe. Of the others, 12 are from
Blackburn, one from Hoddlesden and one from Nelson.
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Anger over vandals’ Bank Holiday wrecking spree
VANDALS went on a wrecking spree in the Woone Lane area of Clitheroe over the Bank Holiday weekend. Vehicles parked in the busy area of the
town have had wing mirrors snapped off, windscreens smashed and bodywork dam
aged. The first incident took place some time
between 9-40 a.m. on Saturday and 8-20
a.m. on Monday. Offenders threw an empty plant pot a t the windscreen of a K-registered Fiat Tipo,
parked in Victoria Street. Between 10 p.m. on Sunday and the early
hours of Monday, offenders scratched the bonnet of a blue Rover parked in the area. The total damage caused to cars in the area over the weekend has been estimated a t £615 Following the attacks, a spokesman for
Clitheroe police confirmed that two people had been arrested and later released on police bail. Also over the Bank Holiday weekend,
offenders forced their way into garages, sheds and allotments in the area leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Two Ribble Valley borough councillors
representing Primrose Ward, where most of the weekend’s damage was done, contacted the Clitheroe Advertiser this week alarmed a t the scale of wanton destruction. Coun. Mary Robinson described the van
dalism as “horrendous”, adding that there seemed to be no motive for it other than to
cause damage. She said residents in the area were sick of
waking up to find their property vandalised and having to foot the bill time and again. Fellow ward councillor Allan Knox
added: “I t does seem to be getting a lot worse in this area. We have had broken win dows and damage to cars, telephone boxes, allotments and buildings.” He added that there was an obvious con
nection between the amount of damage and the extended weekend, which encouraged some people to drink too much. A spokesman for Clitheroe police urged
members of the public to be vigilant and report any incidents of vandalism without
hesitation. The number to call is 01200 443344.
Passer-by alerts fire-fighters to school blaze
SERIOUS damage was mary school. The fire start- between 7-30 p.m. and 8 averted when an alert pass- ed in the bin compound at p.m. Anyone with, informa- er-by spotted a fire in waste St James’ School, Green- tion should phone PC Gary bins outside a Clitheroe pri- acre Street, last Thursday, Danson on 01200 443344.
FOR 20 YEARS WE’VE BEEN MAKING WINDOWS, DOORS, CONSERVATORIES AND PEOPLE HAPPY
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