Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, July 10th, 2008


INSIDEYOUR CLITHEROE^ AdVEimSERIUIDtriMES I Valley Matters . . . . .


I Village News ...... ... .. . 12,13,14 I Letters......... ; .............................10 I Weekendplus . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21,22 I Thursday, feature-------. . . . . . . .15 IFamily Notices . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . .16,17 IReadersplus . v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 I Motors Today . . .. . . .. .. . .. .. . . .39; I Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,54-56


^ AT A GLANCE £1,000 bag theft - page 4 ,


Spotlight on fine fare - page 5 f ; ‘Apprentice’ at Rowland - page 9 - : ■ ‘ Bootcamp for teens -page 16 .


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Duly chemist: Heyes Chemist, 35 Moor Lane, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344.


INFORMWION" /


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Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Eicclricity: 08001954141. . Gas: 0800 111999. , Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Kibble Valley-Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 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. Ribhie 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. Rihbie Valiey Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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ST R IK E a ction means there will be no refuse collections in the Ribble Valley for two days. ■ A range of other services including


street cleansing, burials and grounds maintenance, will also come to a


; standstill when approximately 70% of council workers take to the picket lines as part of a two-day walk-^ut next Wednesday and Thureday. ^ .


■ ‘ ‘ The strikes, p a r t of-national - industrial action, will affect all Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council services. Miss Linda Jones, the Ribble Val­


ley branch secretary of Unison, said: “We are taking strike action not because we want to. Many Unison.; members are low paid, part-time


- women workers struggling to pay the bills so losing two days pay is not something we are doing lightly. ; “We know that the services we provide are essential to the Ribble . Valley community and that shutting.


- these services down will cause dis­ ruption and for that we are genuine-' - ly sorry if you are inconvenienced, . but we cannot'afford another pay cut. She added: “Unless we get a fair


;■ settlement on pay, local communi- ; ties will suffer too. > .


, - ■ “In the Ribble Valley we empty


bins, clean your streets, care for your • parks, check the safety of your food,


teach your children to swim, pro­ mote tourism to mention a few of the services we provide.


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. . “Our colleagues in local govern­ ment and county council level look after and care for your children in nurseries, schools and in care, main- tain the highways and street light­ ing... the list could go on! .


...... “In exchange, all we are asking for


• is your support for a pay settlement. “Local government employees


have the worst pay, holidays, parental rights and sick pay in the public sector.” Meanwhile, county council offi­


Tories give thumbs down to bin charges


A ' . g o v e r n m e n t : pilot scheme to intror. duce charges for refuse collection should be binned according to Ribble Valley Conserva­ tives.


. “We will fight against


it tooth and nail,” prom­ ised Coun. Ken Hind, chairman of Ribble Val­ ley Conservatives, a stance which received the full backing of local members a t a meeting on Monday evening. :-/ The borough council­


lor explained: “The Government has written to every local authority -


•in England inviting them to take part in a pilot scheme designed to introduce new charges for collection of bins ' and penalties for failure to comply. . ■ I “We in the Ribble


Valley should refuse'to take part.”


; • He added: “The intention of the Labour government.is to s ta rt, with five local authori­ ties as a pilot scheme and then adopt charges


, in the rest of England. This is a th in ly dis­ guised attempt by the Government to raise further taxes by stealth. “The Government’s


WEEKEND WEATHER: Following light showers on ; Saturday, it will improve on Sunday when there will - be sunny intervals and temperatures reaching 17°c


SUNRISE: 4-55 a.m. SUNSET: 9-32 pirn. LIGHTING UP TIME: 9-02 p.m.


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own optimistic assess­ ment admits that fami­ lies will pay £72.31 a year more. ■ “This means increas­


ing the costs o f .h a rd ' pressed families facing • soaring costs of-living


and penalising them for


-having children:- . ■ “We all recognise the


importance of recycling of waste, a policy Ribble Valley. Borough Council is introducing. I t should be done by incentive and encouragement, not by taxes and penalties with which to beat the public.” Coun. Hind s ta ted


th a t , th e Chartered- Institute of Water and. Environmental Man­ agement has warned the Government th a t the costs of councils will rise as householders are monitored and billed for waste collection. -,. “These extra-costs


will have.to be passed on to the householder or services will have to be cut to transfer resources to ‘bin tax’ collection,” he explained. Coun. Hind claimed'


these charges would be' harmful to the environ­ ment and lead to a surge in fly tipping and back­ yard burning as people seek to avoid charges. / “This is a cynical


a ttem pt to raise taxes: by stealth which will be harmful to the envirbri- ment,‘ increase the cost, of living all dressed up in a coat of green wash. “This is the wrong-


approach to waste recy- cling and the Ribble Valley Council should reject it,” he stressed./ :


cials are working to help keep


: essential services up and running during the strike. While'a lot of services available


online will be unaffected, the authority is asking people not to, get'in touch unless they have to. ; . A spokesman said: “We are askr


ing people to avoid contacting us in the way they normally would on the dates of the strike if at all pos-.. sible, which will allow us to concen­ trate on keeping our really key services up and running. / - ■ “An increasing number of servic-. es are now available on our website and I would encourage people ,to use that method where possible.” Updates on services affected will


appear on the county council’s web­ site www.lancashire.gov.uk before and during the strike. Lancashire County Council’s contact centre is available on 0845 0530000.


• See letters, page 10.


Police warn over no. plate thefts


POLICE are warning m o to r i s ts to be on th e i r g u a rd a g a in s t th ie v e s s te a l in g c a r numberplates.


; Petrol station drive- offs are on the increase as sky-high fuel prices and increasing interest rates make people des­ perate. Clitheroe’s/; Emer­


gency Community Sup- - p o r t Officer ,(ECSO) Karl Elliott is reassur- - ing drivers th a t while’-; crime is very low in the ; Ribble Valley area com-; pared to th e national* average and it remains one of the safest places to live in the country, he is urging motorists to - keep a watchful eye over. their vehicles.' He said: “So far there


“However, in other


towns there have been reports where gangs are going round stealing number plates so th a t they can be attached to vehicles and used to fill, up at petrol stations. “The police are going


. along with’a proactive approach ra th e r than reactive. : “We have provided all


the petrol stations in the •Ribble Valley,with bet-' ter signage, posters and will be operating a ring- round system to keep a track of what’s happen­ ing. . . “Members of the pub­ lic are. being urged to be on their guard.


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have only, been one or two occasions of local/ service s ta tio n drive--- offs.


. '“Report any unusual ; number plates such as those with pieces of black sticky tape stuck over them.’! -. Please call -ECSO Elliott on 01200 443344 - with information. •


Pendle Club latest results


DOMINO winners at the Pendle Club were: 1, -E.-Fox; 2,-R. Chew; Joint 3, J. Chew and F. Giles; 5, R. Knight; : Members meet every.:


Friday at 7 p.m. The domino winners ■


on Saturday were: 1, W.; Barker; 2, R. Chew; 3, J.


;Pye and joint 4, P. Hold­ en and A. Lowe. . ' Solo whist winners


. were: 1, B. Wood; 2, D. Underwood and 3, D. • Grant. - Members meet every ■ Monday at 7 p.m.


9 Bridge winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs - Eileen Wood,' Mrs Doris


- Farnsworth- and Mrs / Dorothy Jackson; ; New players are wel­


come every Monday at 1-30 p.m.


“I came here on Satur­


day with some friends! from Belgium and was j horrified to find the! c h a p e ls c om p le te ly destroyed w th the doors b ro k en ,• windows smashed, furniture bro­


ken,; glass and debris everywhere. I t ’s so upset- ,ting to see the place com-| pletely wrecked. “The people responsi-j


ble are callous; ! would like to lock them up for a


• long time with some seri­ ous therapy or a good thrashing,’! said Mr Diack,; who himself tidied up the debris from! the military graveyard. The gravestone of a


woman who died in 2002 was among those target­ ed and .many relatives of the dead a re unaware that the graves have been desecrated.. • Mr Diack added: “If


my relatives were buried here I would be beside myself.’’ Also angered by the


vandalism is Whalley councillor Joyce Holgate. She said: “I t ’s absolutely scandalous and very upsetting to hear some­ one can stoop so low to target the dead. I remem­ ber officially opening the Chapel of Rest when I was Ribble Valley Mayor in 2002. I t also had a •book of condolence which may be buried underthe debris. I t’s sick.’-’-; ■ Similar concerns were


expressed by local resi­ dent Mr George Hard­ man (74), who helps in the annual military parade. He said: “I t ’s a tragedy. How can people do th is? ;! ju s t don’t understand their mental­


ity” , Police have stepped up ”


patrols around the Mit- ton Road area and have vowed to catch those


responsible.. ; Sgt.‘Rob;;Evans, of


Clitheroe;; Police, . is appealing for'.informa- tion. He said:’“ 'We are taking this incident very seriously and are liaising with all our local partners in a bid to catch the offenders.”


- -. : Anyoiie with'informa­


tion cis/urged'* to call Clitheroe Police on 443344d r the free-and- confidential Crimestop- perslineon 0800 555111.


9 A PRESTON nas been reinandeWR custody by Blackburn magistrates chargci) with harassing Claire Bailey in Clitheroe. Robert Riddle Sned­ don (41), of Cromwell Street, is charged with harassment between June 9th and 13th. :v-


! m a s k e d raiders armed vrith sledge hammers and a baseball b a t left enipty-handed after,


attempting to hold up a secu-. r i ty . cash; v an . a t .-a R ead


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jrage. ■ PV police helicopter scoured the vicinity: in Whalley Road in


i search'of the would-be thieves ' who struck a t the Select Conve­ nience store just after 8 a.m. yes­


terday. . Police vans, officers from CID


; and the dogs unit from Clitheroe ; were all deployed following the


' - incident where it is believed two ‘ ‘ white men dressed in bomber


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POLICE examine the scene of the armed robbery at the Texaco' garage in Read (A090708/lm) by Daniel Black "


■ jackets and wearing balaclavas attacked the guard driving the blue G4S Securicor van. However, it was reported that;


the guard was able to clamber - back into the van, locking himself • inside and consequently avoiding •: any injury.


;; At the time of the incident the . forecourt was busy, with people x buying petrol and using the shop.


/ ‘ Police cordoned off the fore­ court of the shop, a Texaco petrol -


■ filling station, in a bid to investi- gate the area after a member of;., staff alerted them to the attempt­ ed robbery.


' ; ■ ■ , -' The offenders escaped the scene


in a silver-blue Mercedes'saloon- heading towards 'Whalley, where,- .: '' en route, a third m^ked man was;;


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waiting and they transferred to a white van/.The’Mercedes was later, found abandoned in Wood- head Road. If you saw anything, please call police on 01254 512512


9 THE funeral service of a 48- year-old man found dead in his home will take place tomor­ row. Michael David Harris was discovered in his home in Woone Lane, Clitheroe, on June 30th. The cause of death is unknown, however, police have ruled out any suspicious circumstances. A service will


• take place at-10-15 a.m. at Clitheroe’s St James Church prior4o burial a t Clitheroe Cemetery.


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Girl (18) with a knife is givea chance to turn her life around


A T E EN A G E R a dm i t te d to police th a t she had gone home and armed herself with a knife a f te r a d is a g re em e n t w i th a man in a Clitheroe town centre


pub. Blackburn magistrates heard


th a t Bobbie-Jo Martin, who had previous convictions involving vio­ lence, told the officers if she had seen the man she would have “stuck it in him”. But the magistrates pulled back


from an immediate custodial sen­ tence, despite recognising th a t Martin had a “propensity to be


vo la t ile ” and th a t she had an


“ appalling” record for an 18-yearr, old. They stressed that the fact Mar­


tin was 10-weeks pregnant had not influenced their decision not to send her to prison. “ You have got the chance to turn


your life around and we hope you take this opportunity,” said the chairman. Mar tin , of Turner S tre e t,


Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to pos­ sessing a kitchen knife in Market Place. She was sentenced to 120 days in prison suspended for two years.


made subject to community super-


. vision for two years with a condi­ tion she attends the Think First programme and ordered to pay £60 costs. Charlotte Crane (prosecuting)


said an officer was arresting a man in Market Place and Martin was shouting abuse a t him, telling him to let the man go. Martin was arrested and pro­


duced a wooden handled knife from the waistband of her pants and said the officers “might as well have


. this”. She told police she and her boyfriend had been thrown out of a


Armed raiders bring terror to village


pub after a row with another man, who had spat at her. Martin went home specifically to


get the knife and told the officers if she had seen the other man again she would have stuck it in him. “Possession of this weapon was clearly pre-meditated,” said Miss


Crane. Ben Leech (defending) said his


client accepted the seriousness of the offence, especially in view of the current, high profile debate on knife crime. “Despite what she said to the


police, she was very unlikely to use the weapon,” said Mr Leech. “It


would have been used as a deterrent but, thankfully, , even that situation


did not arise.” He said his client was 10-weeks


pregnant, something she had not been aware of a t the time of the offence and she and her p a rtn e r were looking for their own accom­ modation and begin family life. “She finds herself on the cusp of


a period of change in her life,” said MrUeech. “In the not-to-distant future, she will be responsible for a young child and her thinking will have to change. I hope th a t can be achieved without the imposition of a custodial sentence.”


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