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A CLITHEROE teenager is among the tourists stranded in the Mexican resort of Cancim which has heen hit
hy Hurricane Wilma. Former Bowland High School pupil
Hayley Smith (17), of Stirling Close, flew to the resort last Wednesday with her boyfriend and his father to enjoy a two- week holiday. The student, pictured,who is studying
a BTEC in child care at Blackburn Col lege, is anxiously waiting for a flight home. She has been sleeping on a school floor since being evacuated from her hotel the day after arriving in Mexico. Her worried mother, Mrs Marjorie
Meyler, was relieved to learn that her daughter is safe and well after speaking to her over the weekend. She said: “I got a text message from
her on Thursday saying that it was get ting really windy and it looked like they
may be evacuated.” The 3M employee, who then did not
hear from her daughter until Sunday, anxiously watched media coverage of the disaster to try and find out what was
happening. She added: “I t was very worrying as I
couldn’t find anything out. After hearing from Hayley by text I just kept watch ing the news. “She told me th a t they have been
sleeping on the floor in a school. They have not had a shower since Wednesday and they are eating rice, but they are all
right.” The mother-of-two, who was delighted
to hear her daughter is safe, is now ques-
tioning why they were allowed to go in the first place and not warned by travel
agents. Meanwhile, tourists Carl and Rachael
Farricker, pictured right, were yesterday flying out of the hurricane-hit zone to Gatwick Airport, London. The couple from Simonstone Lane,
Altham, were left stranded after the cat egory four storm battered the Mexican resort of Cancun, bending trees and lam- posts. A former pupil of Clitheroe Royal
Grammar School, Rachael trained as a journalist with the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, before embarking on a career in public relations. Her brother, Andrew Collinson and family live in Saljden and her mother, Mrs Ruth Collinson, in
Wiswell. Mr and Mrs Farricker were due to fly
out of Mexico on Thursday after a two- i /ff \ W PAGES Stranded, but safe
week holiday in the resort, but they were told all flights had been cancelled and were evacuated from their hotel and moved to a sports hall, taking with them only a blanket and a pillow. They were then moved to the Domini
can Republic resort, where they anxious ly waited to hear when they could fly homa The couple kept in touch with worried
relatives back home using their mobile phone and said they had been living in poor conditions, sharing the hall with 1,000 people and had slept on a concrete floor. Relieved Mrs Collinson said her
daughter had last rung yesterday morn ing and said she was extremely relieved to hear she was among the many British tourists finally coming home. “Rachael rang a t 1-20 a.m. yesterday
to say she was at Merida Airport and was waiting for a flight to Gatwick Air port. She couldn’t talk for long, but said she was very, very tired,” explained Mrs Collinson. A communications manager for Ele
vate East Lancashire in Colne, earlier this week, Mrs Farricker (39), re-lived her ordeal on national television. She said the couple had been in their hotel when they heard “a dull roar, the wind picked up and then the noise really started.” Back home in the Ribble Valley, Mrs
Collinson, who runs Pepper Hill bed and breakfast, said she had been inundated with people ringing her to find out what was happening. “Lots of Rachael’s friends have rung
up to hear the la te s t news. In fact, Rachael had been joking at work before she went that it would be just her luck to be caught up in a hurricane.’
“She was full of praise for the way the
authorities were dealing with every thing.” added Mrs Collinson.
• A COUPLE due to return from holi daying in Cyprus had th e ir flights delayed when the aircraft was needed to rescue people caught up in the Mexican hurricane disaster. Clitheroe couple Brian and Anne
Marie Williams and their four-year-old daughter, Charlotte, who were on holi day mth Brian’s mother and step-dad, were getting ready for the flight home when their charter aircraft was called away. The flight was delayed for more than
seven hours with Thomsons having to arrange overnight accommodation for the family. Mrs Williams said although it had
been inconvenient, they understood it was a natural disaster and could not be helped.
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Teacher will not face charges
A TEACHER at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, arrested on suspicion of making indecent images of children, will not face criminal charges. The male member of staff, whc
lives in Clitheroe, was suspended from the school when the pictures were discovered in July. Officers from the police public
protection unit a t Accrington, seized two computers during investigations into the allega tions, one from the school itsell and another f rom the man’s home. The images were not believed to relate to pupils at the
school. Clitheroe detective Paul Har
wood, said: “We have now com- pleteei our investigation. We have taken advice from the Crown Prosecution Service and have decided tha t no further action would be appropriate. “As a result, the case has now
been referred back to the school, where the headteacher has been conducting an inquiry and we have passed on our file of infor mation to them.” The teacher had been answer ing bail after being arrested at his
home. A spokesman for the Depart
ment for Education and Skills said: “No charges have been brought against this teacher by the police so ultimately it is now a matter tor the school. “What action is now taken is
their decision. Whether he con tinues to teach at the school is a matter for his employers.”
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