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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) f Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Unexploded bomb found in village


PART of Dunsop Bridge was cordoned off on Saturday night after the discovery of a bomb. The device, a Second World War era


mortar bomb, was discovered after a walk­ er with a metal detector unearthed it.


The alarm was raised and police and


specialist officers from the bomb disposal unit were called. The device was located on a United Util­


ities waste water treatment works in the village, and the specialists were able to


remove the unexploded bomb from the


site. The incident happened around 7 p.m. on


and the cordon stayed in place until after 11 p.m when the scene had been made safe. There was no need to evacuate residents.


Waste fight farmer loses court case


by Duncan Smith


A CAMPAIGNING farm owner from the Ribble Val­ ley has lost her latest court fight against the burning of animal waste at a cement


works next to her farm. Mary Horner, of West Brad­


ford, claims that burning “ani­ mal waste-derived fuel” (AWDF) at Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale Works will blight her home, contaminate her farmland and could force her to have her cattle slaughtered, but London’s Court of Appeal has dismissed her challenge to the scheme. In July 2005 Mrs Horner lost


a High Court battle to quash Lancashire County Council’s grant of planning permission to Castle Cement Ltd to build machinery to burn AWDF at its Ribblesdale Works. In a lengthy and complex judg­ ment, Mr Justice Ouseley dis­ missed the challenge and backed the County Council’s stance. Undeterred, in April this


year Mrs Horner asked the Court of Appeal to rule that the judge got i t wrong. She hoped it would quash the deci­ sion and order a rethink by the council. However, backing the council


and the High Court judge, Lord Justice Auld said: “I would agree with the view of the judge that there was noth­ ing to suggest that the council had overlooked any point of real practical significance.” He added that it would have


been “impracticable, inappro­ priate and disproportionate” for it to attempt any more elaborate consideration of the “Best Practicable Environmen­ tal Option” factors. I t was the Environment


Agency that granted Castle Cement a permit to allow the burning of AWDF a t the works, but Mrs Horner’s legal battle centred on the council’s decision to approve the devel­ opment needed to make it pos­ sible. The county council granted


permission in January 2005 for the development of facilities to handle AWDF, comprising a tanker off-loading area, a stor­ age silo and an extraction sys­ tem to feed the fuel into a kiln known as “kiln 7”. Challenging that decision,


Mrs Horner claimed that emis­ sions would contaminate her


® TV artist Lizi Botham is holding a special art and craft workshop on Sunday. Her new base, Craftastic at


Trapp Forge, Trapp Lane, Simonstone, will be open


neighbouring 140-acre Lane 5 Side Farm, separated from the | works only by a river, and £ would also reach her home at ^ Higher Heights Farm, on a | ridge of hills to the north.


f She claimed that her family’s f


home is already affected by air- I borne emissions from the |


works, giving rise to adverse 1 health effects and serious con- 1 cern, and argued that this will f only be made worse by the | burning of AWDF at the 1 works.


3 Her counsel, Mr Stephen I


Tromans, told the Appeal ;t Court at the April hearing that t: his client owns two farms in the r area, and “has long had con- h cerns about the effects of air- r borne emissions”.


r He continued: "Her concern ;


is essentially that the presence i and use of AWDF at the works ;J presents serious risks of con- « lamination of her property and that Lancashire County Coun- ~ cil did not address and assess those risks through the proper environmental impact assess- , ment process. “The risks are particularly jv


serious to her as a livestock I farmer, in view of sf.nct legisla- s tive controls overmammahan meat and ‘specified'risk mate- fi­ nals’ and the implications for t- livestock exposed to such mate- rials. Essentially, AWDF as permitted by the planning per- mission may comprise specified it risk materials. An escape of S


AWDF from Castle’s facilities t which contaminated Mrs * Horner’s adjacent farm could have the consequences that the ?


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Corrine wins a free ice cream for a year


A FREE ice cream every week for a whole year was the delicious prize won by Chat- burn School pupil Corrine


Wringe. She and fellow pupils at the


village primary and its pre­ school group were enthusiastic entrants in a competition to design their ideal fantasy ice cream. It was run by Mark and Mandy Paul, proprietors of the famous Hudson’s Ices, just across the road from the school, as part of the shop’s 60th anniversary celebrations. Delicious home­ made ice cream has been made


there since the dairy was installed in 1947 and attracts customers from across the region. Corrine’s winning entry was a


painting of a delicious and healthy exotic fruit ice-cream, which Mark and Mandy both thought sounded and looked scrumptious! In addition, runners-up were


chosen from each of the four classes a t the school. Becky Roberts, Thomas Entwistle, Joseph Duckworth and Oscar Howard each won a limited edi­ tion “Anniversary Special” ice­ cream from Hudsons.


Finally three-year-old Isabella


Crossley, from the pre-school group, won a colouring competi­ tion to claim a free ice cream each week throughout the six- week summer holiday. “There were some fantastic


designs and it was really hard to choose the winners,” said Mandy. “They all did so well and the


winners’ fantasy ice creams are on display in the shop.” Mark added th a l he hadn’t


tried out any of the winning flavours yet, but the competition had given him some good ideas with which to experiment.


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movement of her cattle would have to be restricted and indeed the animals might have f to be slaughtered.” Mr Tromans argued that, in p.


reaching his decision in the | High Court, Mr Justice Ouse- ley was “wrong in law”, in par- ? ticular in his finding that the i floorspace threshold of 1,000 .( square metres for environmen- ' tal impact assessment was not j exceeded, and in his approach j. to the council’s duty to consid- ; er the “Best Practicable Envi- i ronmental Option” (BPEO). ; Lawyers for Castle Cement f


argued in the High Court that ; the Environment Agency had ; granted i t a permit to burn > AWDF and that it would be \ inconceivable for the council to > reach a different decision on ; the environmental impact of t the plans from the Government v body set up to monitor such


things.


between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. There will be a chance to


see Lizi’s new workshop, as well as taking part in free art and craft taster sessions for


all ages.


Buzzing with fun


CLITHEROE library was buzzing with activity for more than 100 children who joined in the fun as part of the “Big Wild Read” campaign. The event, jointly run by


Lancashire Wildlife Trust and Lancashire County Library and Information Service, was the first of a series of three events in Clitheroe. Entitled “Bugs, Bats and Badgers”, they are designed to encourage children to read more books and at the same time learn about wildlife. The first event was all


about “Bugs” with a giant model ant waiting to greet the arrivals. The children got stuck in making their


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OUR picture shows, from the left, Sophie Lowe (five), Ella (six) and Saskia Hargreaves (two) with their butterfly designs at the “Bugs” session. (A310707/2)


own bugs and butterflies, making wildlife badges and having their face painted with spiders’ webs, dragon­ flies and other wonderful designs! Next Tuesday, August 14th, the theme


will be “Bats” and on Tuesday August 28th it will be the turn for “Bad­ gers”. Everyone is welcome at the free sessions, which run from 10 a.m. to noon at Clitheroe Library.


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