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1 Family Notices o n A planning application for a


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Limited, the store will include a J^gtre shopping area,


garden centre. Rectella Internation­ al Ltd and Flexible Reinforcements Ltd have confirmed that all their manufacturing and warehousing facilities will be transferred to their Bar-Be-Quick Distribution Centre site at Burnley and hope that all Clitheroe staff and factory employ­ ees will be able to follow the busi­


ness there. Relocation of the business is nec­


31 to 33 with an additional 735 square metre_______________


essary in order for the company to remain competitive in the current market, as many of the products manufactured at Queensway House


are now instead imported. A spokesman for Rectella said that the disposal of Queensway House site will play a significant role in guaranteeing the security of the company and that the proposed planning application has been designed with the intention of con­ tinuing to serve the needs of the res­ idents of Clitheroe.


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broke as the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times went to press.


We will bring you more details m next week’s edition.


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Friends face marathon weekend - page 6 Pupils’ tree-mendous award - page 7 Birdwatchers’ half-century-page 10


INFORMATION . Duty chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church Street,


I Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344.


1 Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Electricity: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800111999. Water: 0845 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, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 01254 207999.


Environmental Agency: Emergencies-0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line:


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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. Ribbic Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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Clarissa loved the Valley - page 16 THE Kibble Valley’s MP for the past 13


years. Conservative Nigel Evans, this week launched his campaign to retain his seat in the House of Commons. He was. joined at


Clitherqe Conservative Club on Monday evening by three bf the area’s Con­ servative candidates in the Lancashire County Coun­ cil elections, to be held alongside the General Elec­ tion on May 5th. Speaking at the cam­


paign laiunch, Mr Evans said: “On May 6th either Michael' Howard will be Prime Minister of the country or we will have another five years of Tony Blair and the Labour Party. •


“This means another five ' .


years of spin and smirking while taxes go up and pub­ lic services are cut - as we have seen with rural trans­ port, the closure of Post. Offices, the rise in violent crime and the huge 70% increase in Council Tax. “Their slogan is ‘for­


ward, not back’. Does this county really, want to go forward to another five years of manufacturing meltdown, huge waiting lists for operations, a dou­ bling of the MRSA super­ bug and immigration spin­ ning totally out of control? All we've done is go back to


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Protect the forests!


A CLITHEROE Euro-MP has called for timber mer­ chants and building con­ tractors who use wood from illegally felled trees to face the risk of imprisonment. ' With the world's forests


facing catastrophe as a result of the illegal timber trade, a conference in Brus­ sels has insisted that EU governments must be forced to take stronger measures to halt imports. Euro-MP Chris Davies,


who chaired the event, said that high-level corruption and violent criminals lay behind the lucrative busi­ ness that was causing mas­ sive environmental damage and wiping out tens of thousands of animal and bird species across the plan­ et. ' . But it was demand by


consumers across Europe for building materials, fur­ niture and paper that fuelled the trade which every year destroys forests ivith a total area four times the size of Belgium. He said: "Some encourag­ ing progress is being made by the timber trade in Britain to ensure that the source of trees can be con­ firmed, but it is still the case that hardly a single merchant can guarantee that they have not pur­ chased wood from illegally felled trees. "There will be no forests


Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson, the architects of New Labour


spin.” Mr Evans also slammed


the Liberal Democrats as being “irrelevant” with policies such as reducing the drinking age to 16 at a time of increased worry over binge drinking and giving votes to all prison­ ers, including murderers. He reserved a special attack for the Liberal Democrat policy of scrap­ ping Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter project. Mr Evans said; “This


move would cost thousands of highly skilled and paid manufacturing and techni­ cal jobs in our area. I t


would cost millions of pounds to the local econo­ my with the possibility of another 20,000 lost jobs with sub-contractors and other service providers to BAE Systems. Smaller businesses would be partic­ ularly hurt. “I back Eurofighter


because it's right for the local economy, right for manufacturing jobs, and right for the defence of our county and our interests. The Lib-Dem leadership have truly sold their Lib-


■ Dem candidates down the river in seats such as the Ribble Valley, Pendle, Pre­ ston, Rossendale and Dar- wen, Hyndburn, Black­ burn, Burnley, South Rib­


ble and the Fylde with this disastrous policy.” Mr Evans’ Ribble Valley con­ stituency opponents in the General Election are Liber­ al Democrat Mrs Julie Young and Labour candi­ date Mr Jack Davenport The British National


Party has not yet announced whether it ivill put up a candidate in the Ribble Valley. The deadline for nominations is 4 p.m next Tuesday. Our picture shows Mr


Evans, third from the left, at his campaign launch with Conservative county council candidates, from the left, Chris Holtom, Albert Atkinson and Mary Wilson. (G110405/3)


left at all unless we take steps quickly to ensure that people can be confident of the purchases they are making. Businesses that then put profit before forest survival should be prose­


cuted." The conference heard


that 80% of the wood being sold on world markets c^ e from illegal sources, with Britain buying wood in large quantities from the felling of tropical forests in Brazil, Africa and Indone­ sia. Controls are not even in place across the whole of


Europe. Bridge club BRIDGE winners at the


Pendle Club were: Mrs Joan Lavery and Miss Pat Hargreaves, Mrs Anne Riley and Mrs Eva Velvick.


No BNP candidates in the county elections I


NO British National Party candi­ dates will fight tor Ribble Valley seats in next month’s county council election. In March, the local branch of


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WEEKEND WEATHER: Saturday is set to remain cloudy but dry, while showers are expected for Sun­


day. SUNRISE: 6-15 a.m. SUNSET: 8-07 p.m. .


1 LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-07 p.m.


the BNP announced it would field two candidates for the county


. elections on May 5th. A party spokesman said Mr Paul Frank- land would stand in the Clitheroe electoral division and Mr Danny Holland would contest the Ribble Valley North East division. However, when nominations


closed, no BNP candidates were included in the list of candidates standing for election in any Ribble_


Valley electoral division. A nomi­ nation form was submitted for Mr Holland, but it was rejected by election officers because his main nominator was not registered on the Ribble Valley electoral roll. Each candidate must have a pro­ poser and seconder and eight other people to nominate them, and all must be registered on the electoral roll for, the nomination to bevalid.


Meanwhile, each of the three :


main political parties will field candidates in the three Ribble Valley divisions.' In the Clitheroe division,


Stephen Sutcliffe, of Shays Drive, Clitheroe, is fighting to retain the county council seat he has held for the Liberal Democrats. Hoping to take it from him are Conservative candidate Sheila Sims, of Holden Street, Clitheroe, and Labour can­ didate Giles Bridge, of Skipton Road, Gisbum. In the Ribble Valley North East division. Conservative


■ Albert Atkinson, of Crowtrees Road, Sabden, is campaigning to keep his seat on the county coun­ cil. Standing against him are Labour candidate Laura Field, of Withgill Fold, andLiberal Demo­


crat Margaret Sutcliffe, of Shays _


Drive, Clitheroe. In the Ribble Valley South


West division, Chris Holtom, of Alleys Green, Clitheroe, is defend­ ing his county council seat for the Conservatives. Opposing him are Labour candidate David Hinder, of The Grange, Wilpshire, and Liberal Democrat Graham Sowter, of Whalley Old Road,


Langho: We will be bringing you an elec­


tion special with more details of ail nine candidates in our edition of April 28th, a week before the


election on May 5th. www.clitheroetoday.co.uk


New business numbers smash


previous records THE number of business start-ups in the area is smashing all previous records, say the Ribble Valley-


Enterprise Agency.. Figures show that an inspirational 53 new busi­


nesses were launched last year - more than one a week and the highest number started m any 12-


month period. And this impressive rate looks set to continue, . . . „


with many more new businesses on the horizon. “These are encouraging times for entrepreneurs


in the area,” said Ribble Valley Enterprise Agency s Pat Wallis.


Previous records were set in the early 1990s when , mnn v.


there was a business boom sweeping the country as a whole, but these new figures suggest a growing confidence in the support networks available with­


in the Ribble Valley. “The comprehensive package of support ana r t .1


advice, delivered by experienced business advisers, is giving individuals the confidence they need to break out on their own. “Once over, most new businesses were started by


people that were not in full time employment who wanted to use the skills they had to launch a new venture, but now just as many are leaving stable


jobs to have a go. “This is a positive sign and shows that support is


available for those that want it. Pictured are advisers from Ribble Valley Enter­


prise Agency and Hyndburn Enterprise Trust, from the left: Phil Prince, Joyce Livesey, David Ball, Purves Ali, Pat Wallis, Eileen Hurst and Jo


Evans, (s)


Hunt goes on for missing man


By Faiza Afzaal


POLICE in Clitheroe are ask­ ing th e pu b lic to help them trace a 37-year-old man who failed to appear on police bail


nearly 12 months ago. Despite extensive inquiries in the


local area and other parts of the country, James Cawley, pictured,


■ whose last known address was Riley Street, Accrington, has not


been found. He will be charpd with grievous


bodily harm on his arrest. Detective Constable Paul Har­


wood, from Clitheroe CID, said. “We have searched extensively for James Cawley, but still haven t managed to locate him. “This search has been made more difficult by the fact that he travels


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extensively and has no longer got a local address, although he is origi­ nally from the Accrington area. “We believe he may have been sighted in Clitheroe in the last week


with his Thai wife and we are ask­ ing for anyone who may have seen him, or knows where he is staying, to get in touch immediately.” James Cawley, was arrested in


2003 on suspicion of causing griev­ ous bodily harm to an ex-partner, who lives in Blackburn. He was bailed pending further inquiries and was due to return to


custody in April 2004. He failed to appear and has been circulated as a wanted person


across the country. DC Harwood said: “It is impor­


tant that we find Cawley and put him through the courts. “He has evaded the police for too


long now. He has to realise he h ^ to face this charp and let the judi­ cial process run it’s course.” Anyone who may know where James Cawley is living', or has


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IN last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, our page one article, lined: “Police say sorry to Muslims told how Lancashire Constabulary had issued a public apology and paid


£5,000 in compensation to the Medi­ na Islamic Education-Centre, m Clitheroe.


l i I t stemmed from the failure of t


police officers to act promptly when racist remarks were made durmg a public meeting in Clitheroe in March


2003. X . - Since publication, a spokesman lor .


Lancashire Constabulary has asked us to print the following: ■ '■


ME ‘Further to the article printed in r»T*iTlfon l


last week's Advertiser and Times, there are a couple of points that require clarification. Firstly, it was stated that a criminal inquiry was commenced by the Constabulary the day after the meeting when, in fact, this investigation actually started three weeks later, with the first witness statement being taken bn April 9th 2003. This delay was one of the mam reasons that a complaint was made. “The complaint against the Con­


stabulary by the Medina Islamic Edu­ cation Centre was not dependant upon the decision reached by the CPS.”


9 THE theft of two shot­ guns is being investigated by Clitheroe Police. Thieves entered a house


on the outskirts of Gisburn, and found keys to the gun cabinet. The offehders took a 12-bore Miroku double- barrel under and over shot­ gun valued at £500, a Lee Enfield .410 calibre single- barrel shotgun valued at £50, 15 rounds of JB-bore shotgun ammunition and 10 rounds of the 410 calibre ammunition. The theft occurred between 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1st and 1 p.m. on Sunday.


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