The Clitheroe vertiser and 1 imes Thursday, August 24th, 2006 No. 6,265 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom
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Mystery blaze leaves farm cottage gutted
by Julie Magee
A FIRE took hold of a cottage in Waddington on Monday leaving it totally uninhabitable. Clitheroe Fire Station’s watch man
ager Dave McGrath said the station received a call at 5 p.m. after the owner of Feazer Farm Cottage, Slaid-
Celebration time
WEEKS of waiting are now over for the hundreds of Ribble Valley pupils who have taken A, AS-level and GCSE exams this year. Miss Judith Evans, the head
teacher of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, expressed pride and delight after the school, which is believed to have one of the country’s largest sixth forms, reported 60% pass rates at A and B grades in its A and AS-level results. For a full report, results and
pictures, turn to pages 16 to 19. • See next week’s Clitheroe
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burn Road, Mr Mark Holden,, returned home to find smoke coming from the roof and windows of his house. Mr Holden, who is managing
director of Read Caravans Ltd, now based at Blackburn, alerted fire fighters, who found smoke bellowing from the property before witnessing a window exploding out fuelled by the blaze.
It took four fire-fighters in breath
ing apparatus and two hose reels to tackle the fire. The property suffered severe damage to the ground and upper floors, while the staircase was completely burnt away. Later that night, fire-fighters were
called out to several properties in Eaves Hall Lane, West Bradford, which share the same line of electric ity as the Waddington property.
These residents reported their
microwave ovens and central heating boilers were giving off smoke. Mr McGrath said the fire service
was now working with United Utilities to try to establish the cause of the fire. Of the Waddington fire, Mr
McGrath added: “It was lucky that no one was on the premises at the time. It was a very severe fire and one that had been burning for quite a while.”
Valley driver bailed on
death charge
A RIBBLE VALLEY lorry driver appeared in court on Tuesday accused of causing the deaths of three members of an RAF family in a crash in Lincolnshire. Neil Margerison (23) is alleged to
have caused the deaths of Fit Lt Neville Rees, his wife, Karen, and their 11-year-old son Andrew by driv ing dangerously. They were killed after being
crushed between two lorries in a smash on the A17 close to RAF Cran- well, near Lincoln, on January 5th this year. Margerison, of Low Farm, Ribch-
ester Road, Clayton-le-Dale, spoke only to confirm his details when he appeared before magistrates in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, this week. No plea was taken and he was
granted bail to appear before Lincoln Crown Court on September 19th. Fit Lt Rees (43), who trained fly
ing instructors at RAF Cranwell, Ws 41-year-old wife and their son were travelling in their Peugeot when the accident happened. The couple had a second son,
David (14), who was with friends when the tragedy took place. Earlier this year the Czech driver
of one of the lorries, 29-year-old Oldrich Frank, appeared before mag istrates in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He was sentenced to a day's deten
tion and banned from the roads tor a year after pleading guilty to an offence of dangerous driving.
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