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CHATBURN Mill was working normal­ ly again this week after about 150 opera­ tives in the weaving section were laid off the previous week. The mill was closed four times the year before because of bad trade. 9 Could spring be near? For several


days, passengers on the upper decks of buses had seen lambs and their mothers in a croft near Barrow Print works. O Local amenities would be seriously


injured if houses were built on six acres of land at Wiswell Lane, Whalley.


THOUC3-BIT for the week


h e Home Secretary and the Home Office are in trouble again.


They have lost some drug


dealers who they were sup­ posed to keep track of and pre­ vent them leaving the country. Yesterday they were in trou­


ble for sex offenders being released back into the commu­ nity because there was no room for them in prison. Our prisons are full, terror­


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urge to use their mobile phones while driv­ ing.


A To my mind, it is almost as dangerous as


drink-driving. Firstly, anyone using a hand-held mobile


is driving one-handed or, if dialling, possi­ bly with no hands on the wheel at all. Either way, that driver cannot possibly


be in proper control of the vehicle. Even some “hands-free” systems require multi­ ple buttons to be pushed if making a call. Secondly, anyone making or receiving a


phone call at the wheel is diverting some, maybe all, of their concentration from the job of driving. Combine the two - lack of physical control and lack of mental con­ centration - and you have a recipe for dis­ aster. The really sad thing is that someone else will probably pay the price for the phone-obsessed driver’s gross stupidity. Yet since the law on using mobiles at the


wheel was introduced in late 2003, it has been perhaps the most widely ignored piece of legislation of recent years. Drive along any busy road in the Kibble Valley and I will guarantee you that within min­ utes you will see someone using a hand­ held mobile while driving, even those who drive as their job. I have even seen cars with the yellow “Baby on board” sign in


s regular readers of this column tvill know, I have a bee in my bonnet about people who cannot resist the


As I see i t . . . by Duncan Smith


the rear window which should have anoth­ er alongside reading “Driver on phone”. People who otherwise would never


dream of breaking the law seem to regard this bit of legislation as “more of a guide­ line than an actual rule”. How many peo­ ple have you seen flouting this law? How many people have you heard of being penalised for it? For me, the answers to those two questions are “hundreds” and “none”, in that order. Home Office figures for 2004 (the latest


available) show that less than 74,000 fixed penalty notices were issued for illegal use of a mobile phone while driving. That might sound a lot, but it is only around 200 per day across the whole of England and Wales, and 2004 included several “blitz” campaigns to reinforce what was then a new law. Even when the law is enforced, the


penalty is a £30 fixed penalty notice - barely a slap on the wrist to the well-heeled and, it seems, very little deterrent at all.


Multiple offenders face only the same penalty on the second, third or 33rd offence. I spoke to a recently-retired police traffic


officer who told me there was little incen­ tive for his colleagues to enforce this lame- duck law vigorously when overburdened with so many other serious issues to pur­ sue. Yet those who ignore the law put lives at risk. Hopefully, things are about to change.


On February 27th new and tougher penal­ ties come into force, which could see dial- and-drive idiots forced from the roads. The fine will double to-£60, but, more impor­ tantly, the offence will carry three penalty points. For drivers who already have points, that phone call at the wheel could cost them their licence, while repeat offenders will soon see those penalty points multiply. Offenders will also count the cost at insurance renewal time. There is absolutely no reason to use a


hand-held phone while driving. They all have built-in answering services and vari­ ous “hand-free” solutions are available. I welcome the new penalties and hope they are enthusiastically enforced. I look forward to seeing the first driver


banned under the “totting up” rules tor using a phone at the wheel. It is the least they deserve.


Can you imagine yourself on TV?


where things are aboout to change? A series of short films is being made for


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Channel 4 about young people, and the makers are looking for teenagers to take part in the filming. Are you waiting for an exam/test result


that will determine the path of your life? Are you about to give birth or get mar­


ried? . Are you taking a first step that will


help you change the way your life is going? Are you about to face a major opera­


tion? Are you about to move into a different


type of accommodation? Do you w'ant to tell your parents some­


thing about yourself that you fear may change your relationship with them? Are you psyching yourself up for that all important first job interview or audi­


Champion is 25 years ago


TWO Kibble Valley men were setting up a mink-hound pack in a bid to help local landowners and others troubled by the menace, which was posing a grave threat to wildlife. 0 Work done at Calderstones hospital


earned members of Trinity Youth Centre, Clitheroe, the top prize in a county con­ test to mark the International Year of Disabled People. Hundreds of youngsters helped with the hospital residents since 1973, organising a children’s club, roller skating, trips, parties and discos.


The wrong answer


ty tha t is more affluent than ever before, with more facili­ ties, more access to education and more politicians striving to come up with answers, why is there negative progress on this issue? Is the answer to build more


prisons? Will a more efficient Home Office sort everything out? I sympathise with our politi­


cians. They are trying to deal with a problem that they can­ not answer. Putting people in prison will


not bring the answer. Nor will different ways of sentencing.


■ What is needed is changed hearts.


The Lord Jesus said: “Out of


the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, lies and slan­ der.


“These are what mess a per­


son up.” The answer is not the struc­


ture, but the hearts of men and women.


Our indulgent, materialistic,


competitive society encourages the lives of some people to allow the problems of their hearts to manifest in criminal and unsociable behaviour


which is damaging and destruc­


tive. Recently one of our prisons


banned a Christian training course that had a proven record of changing hearts and lives and greatly reducing re-offend­ ing records. I t was stopped because it was Christian. Secularists do not have the


answer. A changed heart is the answer. Where else can we find that except in the offer of “new birth” that the Good News of Christ brings?


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al community champion” last autumn, has gained an MA in Literature. Shanaz Hussain, who leads Kibble Val­


ley’s Tamanna Women and Children’s Group, scooped the Community Cham­ pion title for the North West region before going on to the national finals in October. During this time, Mrs Hussain was


also in her final year of studying for an MA with the Open University, which she started in September 2003. She was also bringing up her two children and work­ ing as an English teacher at Rhyddings High School in Oswaldtwistle. “Initially I wasn’t sure exactly what I


wanted to do, but because I had always had a love of books and literature I decided to pursue that interest,” she


recalled. “After completion of bhe first year I


was well and truly hooked even though it was difficult at times, with a full-time job


and a young family. “In addition to this, in the first and


now a master! A


MULTI-CULTURAL faith group leader, who the Govern­ ment recognised as an “exception­


third year my tutorials were held in Manchester and in the second year I had to travel to Birmingham.” A Clitheroe resident, Mrs Hussain,


who is also a governor at Pendle Prima­ ry School, received her results in Decem­ ber, which she described as being “the icing on the cake” of an amazing year. “I would like to take this opportunity


to thank all the staff a t Clitheroe Library. Unfortunately it wasn’t as easy for me, with a young family, to access the main university libraries and while my colleagues were accessing materials from the large city libraries I was able to access the same materials from my own local library. The staff a t Clitheroe Library were extremely helpful and if it wasn’t for their support I wouldn’t have attained the results that I did,” said Mrs Hussain. , “I would now like to go on to complete


my Ph.D, but for now I think I \vill enjoy my newly acquired freedom and give the staff at Clitheroe library a well-earned break!” Our picture shows Mrs Hussain with


■ her children, (s) ■


tion? Or is there something else happening in


your life right now? , If you are facing a first in your life and


would like to document the whole thing from before to after then please give Jodie a call on 0117 3160818 or e-mail on jodie.wilcox@endemoluk.com. All situations will be dealt with in a


sensitive and appropriate manner and parental/ guardian permission to partici­ pate will be needed for under-18s.


Bring out your attic curios!


week. Following a meal at the Mytton Fold Hotel,


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in Langho, an “Antiques Roadshow” will be held, where an expert from Gerrards Auction Rooms, in Lytham-St-Annes, will be on hand to value any items brought in. Event organiser Mrs Doreen Taylor said:


“For anyone who has a ciirio or trinket they think might be of value this is a great oppor­ tunity to learn more about them. “We will also have stalls in the room so that


ladies can spend some time before the lunch having a drink and a browse.” Tickets for next Wednesday’s event cost


£20, with proceeds going towards the Make- a-Wish charity. To reserve a place or for more information, contact Mrs Taylor on 01254 813520.


Actor’s high hopes for Valley drama school


Clitheroe. Stage and screen star Paul


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Nicholas hopes to base his next School of Acting in East Lan­


cashire. Best-known as Vince Pinner


in the sitcom “Just Good


NE of television’s best­ loved actors wants to open an acting school in


Friends”, Paul is keen to see his next school based in the Ribble Valley. The Paul Nicholas School of Acting would offer youngsters between four and 18 the chance to learn stage and screen skills. Schools have already been set up in Thorn­ ton Cleveleys, Morecambeand Blackpool and hopes are high


that the next one will be in Clitheroe. As well as seeking willing


youngsters, trained staff are needed to run the franchise- style operation which would open at weekends and evenings. Said Paul: “I believe acting is


a brilliant way to give children the confidence and other skills


needed to get by in life. I was terrible at normal schoolwork,. hut was able to conie into my own with the more physical and creative classes.” Anyone interested in running


a Paul Nicholas School of Act­ ing can ring 01253 851144, email info@pnsa.co.uk or visit www.pnsa.co.uk.


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Have you reached a point in your life


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 1st, 2007


Do you know this


man? DO you know the whereabouts of former Clitheroe


man Carl Snaith? if so, Ribble Val­


ley Borough Coun­ cil would like to hear from you. Carl’s mother,


Mrs Alma Snaith, formerly of Wad- dow Green, Low Moor, Clitheroe, died last April, aged 87.


Council bosses


are keen to speak to Mrs Snaith’s estranged son, Carl, who was last known in the area about 30 years ago. The council’s


solicitor, Debbie Nuttall, said: “A firm of genealogists has'been tridng to find Mrs Snaith's son, but so far with­ out success. “Mrs Snaith has


a niece in the UK and nephew in the United States, but we would ideally like to speak to her son without further delay.” Mr Snaith, who is


thought to be around 61, appar­ ently lost contact with his mother after leaving Clitheroe. If you can help,


contact Debbie Nuttall on 01200 414403.


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