2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 12th, 2005


INSIDE YOUR CLITHERO ADVERTISER Ap TIMES


■ Valley Matters.......... ..8 and 9 H Village N ews................


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H Letters _ __ _____.. .. .......26 and 27 HWeekendplus .............................20to22 H Weekend TV............ ...24 and 25 H Family Notices .......................28 and 29 HI Readersplus ...................... .. .............18 HJ obs ; . . .......................................38 to_41 H Propertyplus ............ ................31 to 35 H Motorsplus . . . / ........................43 to 60 H Sport........ .................................61 to 64


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Former vicar in print - page 9 Retired PC dies - page 10


School’s “chunky timetable” - page 11 Girls are tops in cricket - page 30


INFORMATION


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Residents hit out at VE Day ‘snub’


By Tracy Johnson


ANGRY residents have hit out a t Ribble Valley Borough Council for not organising celebra­ tions to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Residents have been


outraged at the lack of cel­ ebrations to signify the end of the Second World War on Sunday. Mr Shaun Warburton,


of Castle Street, said he felt a mixture of “disgust, shame and-confusion” towards the borough coun­ cil for the lack of effort they demonstrated in marking the commemora­


tive event. “All it would have taken was some bunting and maybe a few street parties to mark this historic and important occasion for the freedom that we all have today,” said the Territorial Army soldier. “Both my granddad and grandmother did their bit


• in the war and as a soldier ■ who has served their coun­ try I think Ribble Valley Borough Council should hang their heads in shame on behalf of all those who have served in the name of freedom of this and other countries around the world.” The occasion, celebrated nationally by street parties


and a concert at Trafalgar Square, in London, was extremely low key in the Ribble Valley. One resident from West


View, in Clitheroe, com­ mented that you would not have knoTO it was VE


Day. He felt that the men and


women of Clitheroe who ■


sacrificed their lives during the War were not being remembered. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s chief executive, David Morris, said it was not the responsibility of local authorities to organ­ ise events to celebrate VE Day. He commented; "Such events are usually organ­


ised nationally by the Royal British Legion or service organisations with government support.” The borough council,


who were presented last November with a Red Ensign from the British Merchant Navy Associa­ tion, received the highest honour as a thank you for their recognition of mer­ chant navy seamen, who lost their lives during the First arid Second World Wars. Mr Morris added: “We


are not being discourteous in any way to people who gave their lives for the safe­ ty of our country and are mindful of their sacrifice.”


Louise wins coveted radio award


FORMER ■ Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Louise Hulland (pic­ tured) hit the national spotlight this week. Louise (25) won the


2005 Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in the feature category for her work on Radio 1. Her documentary:


“Missing the Message,” broadcast on World Aids Day, highlighted young people in the UK living with HIV. Louise said: “The last


national safe sex campaign was 20 years ago - so a generation has grown up with a shocking knowledge of what it is, this coupled with poor sex education in schools means tha t in Britain there are more than 50,000 people living with HIV and last year more than 6,500 were diag-


skilful scripting, interwov-


■ en with appropriately con­ temporary music. Power­ ful and effective documen­ tary radio”. • A former resident of


nosed. That’s 18 every day. One in three are between 15 and 30 years-old.” The judges commented:


“This programme is a master class on how to connect a young audience to a painful subject (AIDS) and hard-hitting evidence they may well not wish to hear. “This was achieved by meticulous research and


Mary becomes new


Ribble Valley Mayor THE Ribble Valley has a new mayor. Clitheroe resident’ Coun. Mrs Mary


a SLAIDBURN


Robinson was installed as Mayor of the Rib­ ble Valley for the next 12 months at a formal ceremony in the borough council chamber on Tuesday eveninig. ■ ' It was followed by dinner at the Mytton


Fold Farni Hotel,Tangho.. Coun. Mrs Robinson, who is a former


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Clitheroe Mayor, follows Coun. Charles Warkman who made history by becoming the oldest mayor in Britain. • For full story and pictures, see next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.


Restaurant’s laptop theft


A LAPTOP worth £1,000 has been stolen from Don Dino’s on Whalley Road, in Clitheroe. The computer was taken from the Italian


restaurant between 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday. Anyone with information should contact Clitheroe Police on 458734.


Read, Louise had aspira­ tions to become a journal­ ist from a young age. She spent several periods of work experience at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, followed by stints at The Journal, Newcas­ tle, Sky’s film programme andITN. She went on to gain a


theology degree at St Chad’s College, Durham University, saying at the time: “Theology, helps you understand people’s moti­ vations and the good and bad things about the world.” A weekend job at Radio


Lancashire saw her launched on to the air


waves and made up her mind tha t her future career was in radio. A member of the


Unique radio production company, Louise told us: “My job is a showbiz reporter for the commer­ cial radio network, so I present bulletins, make packages and reports for radio. “I’ve covered the BAF-


TAs, film premieres and awards ceremonies and interviewed a range of peo­ ple from Julie Andrews, Cliff Richard, Michael Palin and Sean Connery to Kylie, Blue, Britney Spears and Halle Berry. “Before that I worked at


Radio 1 as a researcher for Newsbeat, Chris Moyles, Jamie Theakstone and Jo Whiley. I also now con­ tribute to LBC and BBC London 94.9.”


Concern grows for patient


who escaped from hospital A PATIENT who absconded from a secure mental health unit 13 days ago has still not returned, hospital officials con­ firmed. Two men escaped from


Calderstones’ West Drive low- security wing on Friday, April 29th, by prising open a window. In line with the hospital pro­ cedures, the relevant authorities were informed and one man returned to the unit within 90 minutes after being found in the local vicinity, but the other is still bn the run. Earlier this week, Mr Russ


Pearce, chief executive for Calderstones NHS Trust, said the missing man is not consid­ ered to pose a risk to anyone but himself. He explained: “We can con­ firm that on Friday, April 29th,


two clients from the low securi­ ty part of the West Drive Unit absconded from the Trust. “The clients left the unit


through a window, which they were able to prise open. . “The relevant authorities were informed and one client


, was returned to the hospital within 90 minutes. The second client has not yet returned. “We would like to reassure


members of the public that he is not considered to pose a risk to anyone but himself. “However, we are concerned


. ment.”


that he might be vulnerable at this time and we are working with the relevant authorities to ensure that he returns to the Trust as soon as possible so that he can continue to receive the appropriate care and treat-


Disgust at


dumping of dead foal


PROTECTIVE boiler suits were donned by coun­ cil workers when they were called to remove a dead foal dumped in a rural area of Clitheroe. Mr Alan Boyer, street


cleansing manager and grounds maintenance manager for Ribble Valley Borough Council along with Mr Nick Pawson, animal health officer for Lancashire, spent hours on Tuesday trying to remove the brown foul dumped behind a tree at the site of Four Lane Ends, off Pen- dle Road. The animal - under­


stood to be stillborn - was removed and stored at the council’s Salthill depot ready for disposal. Mr Boyer said he was


extremely annoyed because it was unfair on the animal and because the whole incident had taken up the council’s valuable time and money. He commented: “It was


awful for the horse to be dumped and it cost around’ £50 for the disposal. “I would just like to re­


iterate that illegal fly-tip­ pers caught dumping waste should be prepared to face a hefty fine.”


Bridge wins


WINNERS of the Eliza­ beth Tyerman Trophy at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were; equal first Mr G. Wharfe and Mrs K.Thompson and Mr and Mrs R. Atkinson, third Mrs I. Park and Mrs K. Higson. Winners of the normal


bridge were NS Mr and Mrs R. Ward, Mr C. Pol­ lard and Mrs J. Martin- dale. EW Mr W. Wolsten- holme and Mr G. Cap- stick, Mr R. Bailey and Mrs P. Coleman. The Thursday night


winners were: NS Mr K.Geddes and Mr P. Har­ greaves, Mr G. and Mr G. Pollard. EW Mrs M. Thompson and Mrs J. Bowker, Mrs D. Atkinson and Mrs D. Blake. WMJ


PendleClub


BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Cluh were Mrs Joan Scott, Mr Joe Lynch, Mrs Eileen Wood, Mr Harvey Jackson.


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■ New members welcome ] every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners at |


the Pendle Club were Mrs 1 M. Holding, Mrs A. Fos- j ter, Mrs M. Parker.New I members welcome every j Monday at 7 p.m. Domino winners were J. j


Oddie, M. Hogg, J. Joyce, W. Cook, joint 4, R. Bark- j er, M. Miller, J. Thornber,' C.Wareing. Sequence dancing is held j


every Tuesday at 7-30 j p.m. and line dancing! every Thursday at 1-301


p.m. i a


Voters’ anger over poll station queues


By Julie Magee__________


AN inquiry is to be held after some 40 local residents left a Clitheroe polling sta­ tion without voting after facing lengthy queues. Residents living in the Littlemoor Ward


were greeted with long queues at Brookside Primary School polling station for most of last Thursday evening. The queues were so long, at one point, that


many of the voters were forced to queue out­ side the building in the intermittent rain. Ribble Valley Borough Council recorded


Brookside Primary School as the second busiest polling station in the area with 1,261 voters turning out. The busiest polling station was Whalley Methodist Church Hall. It dealt with 1,621 voters during the day, but unlike Brookside, there were no reports of residents failing to cast their votes because of the queues. Leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council


Coun. John Hill, who described the election turn-out as excellent, commented: “It is a shame really that people were discouraged because of the poor weather conditions and got


■ sick of waiting so decided not to cast their votes. "I don’t think this has ever happened before


and the council will be launching an inquiry to find out exactly what happened." Meanwhile, borough councillor and Whalley


resident Coun. Joyce Holgate said she had never seen so many queues at Whalley and had


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been extremely pleased with the turnout. A spokesman for the council said that elec­


toral turnout in the borough was not dramati­ cally higher than in previous years. It was also recorded at only five per cent higher than else­ where in East Lancashire. She added the problems of queuing at


polling stations may have been exacerbated by the weather. Staff reported an increase in turnout after the rain temporarily stopped at around 8-30 p.m. The council’s chief executive, Mr David


Morris, who is also returning officer for the Ribble Valley constituency, said he believed there was sufficient staff at all the polling sta­ tions and that he did hot consider 15 minutes - the length of time some residents cited that


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they had to wait to vote - was too long. He added that the council’s hands were tied regarding the staffing of the polling station. “There is only one register of electors per


polling station, so more staff would not have made a difference. Photocopying the register would be completely out of the question, because of the fraud implications. “Our busiest polling stations, of which


Brookside was one, were manned by our most experienced staff. However, we will be under­ taking a review of stations that were heavily used to see if there is room for improvement. “I am sorry people had to queue, but am


very pleased with the way the election went and would like to thank our officers for their hard work.” The Government recommends that an elec­


toral register should contain at least 2,500 vot­ ers before being split across two polling sta­ tions, but only larger venues can accommodate two polling stations. Meanwhile, an investigation has been


launched after around 100 voters were turned away from Ribble Valley polling station Longsands Primary School in Fulwood. Preston City Council, which ran the polling


station on behalf of Ribble Valley, came under fire for not having enough duty staff to cope. The police were called to the scene in case of


any public order problems - but were only faced with grumbling voters. A spokeperson for Ribble Valley Borough


Council, said: “We will be launching an inquiry to establish exactly what happened.” • For election results, joy and heartache, turn to pages 4,5 and 7.


Biker is air-lifted to hospital after smash


A MOTORCYCLIST was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital in a serious road traffic accident on the out­ skirts of Whalley. Andrew Kenny (23)', of


Kippling Close, Great Harwood, was flown to the hospital with suspected spinal injuries after his Aprilla 125 c.c. motorcycle was in collision with a Volkwagen Bora. He remains in hospital this week where his condition is “comfortable”. The driver of the Bora,


Mr Kenneth Morris, of Limefield Street, Accring­ ton, was taken to Black­ burn Royal Infirmary with whiplash injuries. Emergency crews


attended the accident at the A671 junction with Wiswell crossroads last Wednesday at 5-30 p.m. and it is believed the road was closed for approxi-; mately two hours.


According to the North


West Air Ambulance, the land ambulance crew had provided initial treatment to both casualties and sta­ bilised the condition of the motorcyclist who had been thrown some distance from his bike. Lynda Brislin, charity


chief e.xecutive for the air ambulance, said: “The patient was placed on a spinal board by the air ambulance paramedics’ to restrict movement.” The circumstances sur­


rounding the accident are still being investigated by the officers and police are anxious for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with informa­


tion should contact the Road Policing Uriit at Accrington on 01254 353767. ■ The air ambulance is


pictured at the scene of the crash, (s)


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