2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 27th, 2005


INSIDE YOUR CUTHEBOE ADVERnSER AND TIMES


■ Valley Matters ...........................8 and 9 M Village News................... 13,14 and 15 ■ Letters....... ..........................................18 ■ Weekendplus .................. 28,29 and 30 ■ Weekend TV.........................24 and 25 ■ Family Notices...................................23 ■ Readersplus .......................................20 ■ Jobs ............................................. 34 to 35 ■ Motorsplus......................................45 to 60 ■ Sport................................................ 61 to 64


AT A GLANCE... Dudley in print - twice! - page 5


10k race picture special - page 12 Hollywood glitz at ball — page 16 Energeo dinner launch - page 26


INFORMATION


Duty chemist: Lloyds Pharmacy, 5 Church Stre e t, 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: 0845 462200. Couneils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Blackburn Royal Infirmary: 01254 263555. Queen's P a rk Hospital, Blackburn: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Ste eton: 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: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies — 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. Ribbic 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.


CONTACT US! News: 01200 422324


Advertising: 01200 422323 Classified: 01282 422331 Family Notices and Photo Orders: 01282 426161, ext. 410 Fax: 01200 443467 editor e-mail: vivien.mcath@eastlancsnews.co.uk news editor e-mail: duncan.smith@eastlancsnews.co.uk sport e-mail: edward.lcc@casllancsnews.co.uk


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WEEKEND WEATHER:Rain will continue until the end of the week. There will be some sunshine on Sat­ urday. SUNRISE :7-57 a.m. SUNSET: 5-49 p.m.


LIGHTING UP TIME: 5-49 p.m.


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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Library celebrates 100th birthday


CELEBRATIONS to mark Clitheroe Library’s 100th birth­ day were held over the weekend. Civic dignitaries and other spe­


cial guests, including some of the library’s housebound readers attended to celebrate the cente­


nary. Visitors to the town centre


building, which is regarded as one of the town’s most prominent public buildings, were able to view an exhibition of photographs depicting the building as it would have been in 1905 - tracking its history down the decades to pres­ ent day. Over the weekend, staff were


1 / '' .-'.i Pendle Club results


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: Mr A. Hartley, Mr R. Knight, Mr N. Nedeljkovic.


Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs Eva Velvick and Miss Pat Hargreaves, Mrs Doreen Marston and partner. Domino winners were: Mrs C.


New members welcome; every


Wareing, Mr G. Berry, joint 3rd, Mrs M. Hogg and Mrs M. Parkes. New members welcome every Fri­


day at 7 p.m. Sequence dancing is held at the Pendle Club every Tues­ day at 7-30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m.


busy leading guided tours around the building, giving a behind-the- scenes glimpse into life at the library and showing visitors part of the building not normally open to the public such as the old police cells. A number of thought-pro­ voking competitions aimed at young and old alike were held. The treasure hunt style quiz


ensured borrowers visited depart­ ments they may not normally see. In the children’s library, young


borrowers had the opportunity to see the type of characters who would have featured in children’s literature in 1905 - with authors such as Beatrix Potter and E. Nesbitt among the authors. Pictured above are young com­ petition winners Rachel Cunliffe,


Georgia Barker, Alison Taylor and Francis Devine.


(B211005/3a) Cur picture below shows (from


left to right) Mrs Palmer with Clitheroe Mayor, Coun. Allan Knox, divisional librarian John Hodgkinson, and Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mary Robinson, enjoying the library’s 100th cele­ brations. (B211005/3b)


:.'V Chef’s TV date


CHEF proprietor of Weezos Restau­ rant in Clitheroe Stosie Madi will fea­ ture in Gordon Ramsay’s new televi­ sion series The F Word. She is one of five people from the


North West, who will be part of a 12- strong team, that will at some stage feature on the show. Billed as “a bold new approach to


food on TV”, the topical nine-part weekly show aims to be the definitive food series on television. The first episode is broadcast tonight on Channel Four at 8 p.m.


t l Bridge winners


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were: NS Mr C. Pollard and Mrs I. Park, Mr D. Mortimer and Mrs L. Wharfe. EW Mrs L. Wilkinson and Mrs J. Gilmour with Mrs I. Hinks and Mrs J. Bowker. Cn Thursday winners were NS Mrs


P. Grant and Mr B. Pollard, Mrs M. Allen and Dr A. Carter. EW Mrs J. Taylor and Mrs M. Thompson, Mrs I Park and Mrs J. Bowker. WMJ


Health plan to be shelved?


IT is looking increasingly like­ ly th a t plans to build a new health centre on Clitheroe’s hospital site will be shelved in favour of expanding the cur­ rent premises. At a public meeting organised


by “Clitheroe the Future” Part­ nership at Ribblesdale High School Technology College, chief executive of the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust Mark Wilkinson said that there could be a delay of some three to five years. This is due to the cur­ rent reorganisation of the Prima­ ry Care Trusts. Around 50 people attended the


less of a possibility and work was currently being undertaken to look at expanding the health cen­ tre on the current site. This would entail building an extra floor. He admitted when questioned that he expected the re-organisation of the PCT’s would lead to a delay in the new health centre and expect­ ed the time scale to be three to five years. Around £200,000 is to be spent on immediate improve­ ments. The audience were unhap­ py about the delay and urged the PCT to set the wheels in motion as soon as possible. The town’s hospital is currently


meeting at which Mr Wilkinson gave a lively and informative pres­ entation on the changing face of the health service. The key interest points for the audience related to the proposed new health centre and the future of Clitheroe Community Hospi­ tal. Mr Wilkinson confirmed that the option of moving the health centre to the hospital site was now


managed by the PCT and under re-organisation, this would have to change. Community hospitals were, he said, a key part of the Government’s health strategy and he said he felt confident that the Clitheroe site would remain. How­ ever, he did add that the manage­ ment of the site would change and there was even the possibility of it becoming a public/private part­ nership.


Some discussion took place on


the “out of hours” service where people were ringing the health centre number and being re­ directed via NHS Direct to Black- bum Royal Infirmary. An “out of hours” service is available at Clitheroe Hospital at certain times, but it appears that aware­ ness of this is very low. Atten­ dances at it are making the scheme uneconomical. I t was pointed out that if awareness was raised and NHS Direct were aware of it then usage should increase. Mr Wilkinson gave a back­


ground to the role of the Primary Care Trust (PCT) within the Health Service. This breaks down into three key areas - to improve health and reduce inequalities; to commission health services and to improve and develop primary care. There are plans now to com­ bine the smaller PCTs in Lan­ cashire, either into one pan Lan­ cashire Trust or into three trusts of which Ribble Valley would be


part of an East Lancashire Trust. This is anticipated to result in sig­ nificant savings on administra­ tion. The NHS now costs around an average of £1,300 per person per year. The improvements should lead


to achieving targets such as no one waiting longer than 18 weeks to see a specialist and people having a choice of hospitals, including up to 15% of NHS treatment being provided by the private sector. He then went on to give some


key facts and figures about the health of people in the Ribble Val­ ley. Although Ribble Valley people are healthier in general than other parts of the North West, the fig­ ures show that they were not as healthy as people in other regions of the UK. Jeremy Grout-Smith, chairman


of Clitheroe the Future, thanked the speaker for his presentation. For more information about


Clitheroe the Future, contact Richard Jackson, tel. 01200 421049.


Police issue advice to Hallowe’en revellers


POLICE are asking people wish­ ing to celebrate Hallowe’en by vis­ iting Pendle Hill to arrive pre­ pared and to be aware of parking restrictions. Pendle is open once again from


both sides and police are expecting a large number of visitors on Hal­ lowe’en night.


In preparation, officers in East­


ern and Pennine Division are ask­ ing visitors to be aware of the temporary one-way system that will operate around Pendle on October 31st and to be aware of where they leave their cars. From the A59 vehicles can trav- ’ el up the hill and over to Sabden,


through to Barley and around the hill. There will be no vehicular access from Sabden village onto the hill. A one-way traffic system will be in operation from Barley village to Four Lane Ends and “road closed” signs will be placed across the road at Annals Cross to prevent vehicles travelling into


Barley from the Pendle Hill road. Limited parking will be avail­


able on the hillside and drivers are asked to leave their sidelights on - there will be no parking allowed at the top of the hill. For further information, con­


tact Sgt Ian Kirk at Clitheroe Police Station on 01200 458734.


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Ad Clitheroe Thursday, October 27th, 2005 No. - 34:


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PAGE 31 Stranded


by Tracy Johnson and Rebecca Smith


A CLITHEROE teenager is among the tourists stranded in the Mexican resort of Cancun which has been hit


by 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


tioning why they were allowed to go in the first place and not warned by travel


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; “It was very worrying as I


ing the news. “She told me that 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-


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-


couldn’t find anything out. After hearing from Hayley by text I just kept watch­


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 Sabden and her mother, Mrs Ruth Collinson, in


Wiswell. Mr and Mrs Farricker were due to fly


out of Mexico on Thursday after a two-


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 home. 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 at 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


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• A COUPLE due to return from holi­ daying in Cyprus had their flights delayed when the aircraft was needed to rescue people caught up in the Mexican hurricane disaster. Clitheroe couple Brian and Anne


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 latest 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.’


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Marie Williams and their four-year-old daughter, Charlotte, who were on holi­ day with 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


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, whe


lives in Clitheroe, was suspended from the school when the pictures were discovered in July. Officers from the police public


protection unit at Accrington, seized two computers during investigations into the allega­ tions, one from the school itsell and another from 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 pleted our investigation. We have taken advice from the Crown Prosecution Service and have decided that no further action would be appropriate. “As a result, the case has now


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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


ment for Education and Skills said: “No charges have been brought against this teacher bj the police so ultimately it is now a matter for the school. “What action is now taken is


been inconvenient, they understood it was a natural disaster and could not be helped.


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ing bail after being arrested at his home. A spokesman for the Depart­


their decision. Whether he con­ tinues to teach at the school is a matter for his employers.”


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