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a Valley Matters...............................6,7 i Village News...............................14,15 H Letters............................................. U i Weekendplus.........................21,22,23 I Memory Lane.................................20 I Family Notices........................... 18,19 I News in pictures ...................... .47 I Motors Today......................
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Hats off to walkers - page 4 Bonfire raises £9,000 - page 10
Tributes to crash victim - page 19 Parents say thanks - page 46
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Artist Eva takes top award
YOUNG artist Eve Bennett has won a county-wide competition to design a new book cover. The Year 5 pupil a t Thorney-
holme RC School in Dunsop Bridge took first prize in the con te s t run by Lancashire County Council. Along with classmates she designed a new front cover for the
county’s Year 3/Year 4 PE Scheme of Work. For winning the competi tion, nine-year-old Eve was pre sented with a £25 voucher and her school also received a £75 voucher. Our photograp h shows Eve
receiving her prize from Glen Swindlehurst, the teacher adviser for primary physical education. (B201207/1)
Police seek red diesel thieves
RED diesel has been stolen from premises in Twitter Lane, Bashall Eaves. Thieves targeted a fuel tank'and siphoned off £300 worth of red
diesel before making off. The theft occurred between 6 p.m. on the evening of last Wednesday, January 2nd, and 7-30 a.m. the following morning.
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Former detective in /
row with bin man
A RETIRED police officer had a dust up with bin men who refused to remove his rubbish Blackburn magistrates heard that former
detective Stuart Joseph called bin man David Boothman a “stupid, fat, ignorant lit tle man”. And the presiding magistrate who imposed
a binding-over order on the tireless charity worker told him: “We have all met stroppy public servants, but you clearly over-react ed.”
Joseph (61), of Woodcrest, Wilpshire, was
bound over in £200 to keep the peace for six months after admitting a breach of the peace. A charge of assaulting Mr Boothman was not proceeded with. Miss Catherine Allan (prosecuting) said
Mr Boothman was employed by Ribble Val ley Borough Council and on the day of the incident, in February, he and his colleagues had been working in Wilpshire. Joseph’s house was the first on the road
and he was standing on his driveway. There were no bins on the drive so the collectors
proceeded to the next house. “Joseph approached and asked if they would be returning to empty his bins and Mr Booth- man told him not unless he brought them to the end of the drive,” said Miss Allan. Joseph said he was disabled and had
reached an agreement with the council depot so that he did not have to move the heavy bins to the end of the drive and back - the refuse collectors would do it for him. He then called Mr Boothman a “stupid,
fat, ignorant little man”, adding “I ’ll have you and your job, you really are a fat, stu pid, ignorant little man”. “Mr Boothman turned to walk away and
felt a blow to his ear, which was painful,” said Miss Allan. Mr Peter Turner (defending) said his
client had always denied assaulting the refuse collector. He said there was an extensive back
ground to the incident involving negotia tions with the council about the use of wheelie bins and the removal of these and bin bags.
Because of a disability relating to an
injury sustained during a car crash while he was a serving police officer, Joseph was unable to lift heavy weights. “After protracted negotiations he had
been told he had been put on the council’s assisted list and an e-mail had been sent to the depot telling them to collect his wheelie bins and empty them. “They didn’t do that on February rSiS;
the week before this incident,” said Mr Turner. “On the 26th assurances had been given,
bu t Mr Boothman and his colleagues refused to take the rubbish.
“My client actually said Mr Boothman
was ‘the most unco-operative, little, fat tub of lard I have ever met’, but he has always denied assaulting him.” Mr Turner said Joseph was a man of pos
itive good character who, as well as serving Lancashire Constabulary for 22 years, had been a tireless fund-raiser for many organi sations including the NSPCC and Black- bum Lions.
Royal Mail finally admits worker stole letters
A DISHONEST postal worker stole and delayed items of mail intended for residents in Clitheroe last summer, it was confirmed this week. In June the Clitheroe
Advertiser and Times heard rumours of an investigation under way at Clitheroe sort ing office, after several resi dents in the Shays Drive and Claremont Avenue area of Clitheroe complained of missing mail. After inquiring at the sorting office, they had learned of an official investi gation.
However, a t the time a
spokesman for Royal Mail would neither confirm nor deny the rumours, instead issuing a Customer Services phone number for anyone experiencing problems with their mail deliveries. Following an initial article
in our edition'of June 28th, several more residents came forward, some having received mail which had clearly been opened, accom panied by a letter of apology which stated: “I am sorry tha t the enclosed mail has been found in this condition after being withheld from delivery by a Royal Mail employee.” Still the Royal Mail would
not comment on the rumours of an investigation, but again
issued the Customer Service number. This week we received a
letter for publication from a resident of Claremont Avenue, detailing his experi ences of missing mail and his ongoing efforts to resolve the issue. We forwarded that letter
to the Royal Mail for a response and this time the organisation did issue a statement. A Royal Mail spokesman
said; “We apologise to cus tomers who experienced problems with their mail in May and June 2007. As a result of a Royal Mail inves tigation a member of staff was convicted of three charges relating to the inten tional delay of mail, theft of postal packets and destruc tion of a number of items. The member . of staff involved no longer works for Royal Mail. “Royal Mail has a zero tol
erance approach to any < honesty and we will a lv |_ seek to prosecute the t in y ' minority of people who abuse their position of trust. This stance is shared by the vast majority of our postmen and women who are honest and hardworking and who do all they can to protect the mail and deliver it safely.” • See Letters, page 11.
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‘How will I explain to my children?9
by Hannah Ramsden
A FORMER Sabden produc tion manager, talented rugby player and father-of-six who emigrated to South Africa, has been killed by armed robbers. Former furniture company boss
Mr Fred Picton-Turbervill (46) was shot in the face at his Preto ria home in front of his terrified family shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday. The robbers, who are now being
hunted by police, escaped with a laptop computer, mobile phones and around £80 in cash. His distraught wife, Mrs Ursula
Picton-Turbervill, who has moved out of the house in the wealthy Waterklooft Ridge suburb of Pre toria, said her children, Samantha (10), Bryony (nine), Natasha (six) and Gregory (three) would never be free of the memory of seeing their father murdered. Speaking to the Pretoria News,
she said: “How do I explain that to my kids? Blood you can clean up. But the fear and the images of their father being murdered in front of them can't be erased.”
His eldest son, Jamie, due to
turn 21 on the day his father was killed, was away at university. Mr Picton-Turbervill, who
worked as production manager at Pendle Furniture Ltd in Sabden for 15 years before setting up another furniture company D’U- berville Designs in Barrowford later moving to premises in the Harle-Syke area of Burnley, moved to Pretoria around five years ago. A former captain of Caldervale
Rugby Club, Mr Picton- Turbervill went outside his house to investigate just before 10 p.m. after the family heard dogs bark ing. He then suddenly shouted “Run!” to his family. His wife said: “I ran, mobile
phone in my hand, trying to usher the children in. "One robber knocked the phone
out of my hand wdth a gun, then he put the gun to my head, shout ing at us to sleep.” She told the children to lie down
and Mr Picton-Turbervill laid behind her, and pu t his arm around her begging the robbers not to hurt the children. “Fred and I had agreed that if
ever we were attacked we would co-operate and let the robbers take what they want. We did exactly that. We offered no resist ance.” She said Samantha and Bry
ony told her later they had seen one of their assailants kick their father in the back, then he was shot. Mr Picton-Turbervill was rushed to hospital but later died of his injuries. "This was so senseless. Fred
got killed for cellphones and a few rand. "How do I explain that to my
kids?” she said. Friends of Mr Picton-
Turbervill who still live in Burn ley have paid tribute to him. Former captain of Caldervale
Rugby Club Mr John McNabb said: “Fred was captain of the club for two years in the early ’80’s. He was an excellent player and quite a young captain, he must have been about 24 years- old. “He left us to play for Water
loo in Liverpool, which are a good team to play for. “I w'as obviously very sad to hear of his death. He was a
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A Ne'w Year arrival for
Valley family
THE Smith family of Waddington had a special reason to celebrate the s ta rt of 2008. At 2-14 p.m. on New Year’s Day Finlay
Alexander was born at the Royal Black burn Hospital to parents James and Kursty Smith. The 'Valley newborn weighed in at 81b.
2oz. when he arrived four days late and in just nine minutes. Said Kursty: “We arrived at the hospital
a t five minutes past two and he was born just nine minutes later. I had been taking the Christmas tree down and making a fried breakfast when the pains started as they were coming every two minutes we decided to go to the hospital.” Finlay is the Smith’s third son and a wel
come baby brother for 10-year-oId Joshua and Elliott (seven). After an overnight stay in hospital Fin
lay was brought home in the knowledge that he is the only New Year baby from the Ribble Valley. Our photograph shows mum Kirsty
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tremendous captain and a lovely bloke and he will be missed by everybody.” Another former rugby col
league said: “Fred was a nice guy who’d do anything for you. He was a very good rugby player “I t’s a horrible way to go and I
think I speak for the club when I say our sympathies are with his family.” Mr Picton-Turbervill’s funeral was due to take place yesterday.
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