Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classitied) T wfww.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk 2 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, August 14th, 2008


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I Old pictures special ................. . -60 I Valley Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 and 9 ■ Village News . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • 45 I Letters .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 and 12 i Weekendplus . . . . . . . • • • .22 and 23 i Family Notices....... . .20 and 21 I Property Today .............. .24 to 40 ■ Motors Today ............ • • -41 to 54 i Sport ............... ....................61 to 64


AT A GLANCE... Car trashes greenhouse - page 4


Charity shoot raises £2,500 - page 6 Eagle has landed - page 13 Wise old owls fly in - page 16


IN RMTIO FO A N


Duty chemise Read and Simonstone Pharmacy, 90 Whalley Road, Read. Sunday: noon to 1 p.m. Sunday, noon to 1 p.m.


Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. EIccIricity: 0800 1954141.


Gas: 0800111999.


Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble 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: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. Ribble 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. Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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CHIPPING ■ S I CHATBURN CLITHEROE B C tC r LA NG HO B S feB R EA D BURNLEY 'Tj/aCCRINGTON , BLACKBURN I


WEEKEND WEATHER: IT will be a wet weekend with the heaviest rain falling on Saturday with maximum temperatures of 17°c. ‘ r , ■ ' .


SUNRISE: 5-49 a.m. SUNSET: 8-36 p.in. . ^ _ LIGHTING UP TIME: 8-06 p.m.


I SLAIDBURN _ GISBURN


by Duncan Smith


TIME is running out to com­ ment on plans for five huge wind turbines which could dominate views from almost all


of Ribble Valley. Campaigners against the pro­


posed windfarm fear Ribble Valley people will not realise the massive impact it would have on their land­ scape because th e s ite is ju s t beyond the borough’s boundary. It is a t Brightenber Hill, between Nappa and Bank Newton, just inside Craven District. That also means th e plans will go before Craven District Council, with the closing date for objections provi­ sionally set for August 29th. Five wind turbines are planned


for the hilltop site, each standing 100 metres (almost 330 feet) high - much taller than many of the turbines'already erected in the UK. Each will be as tall as Big Ben, with a turbine blade span of 80 metres - 20 metres more than the wingspan of a jumbo jet. A visual impact plan submitted


to Craven District Council by the ap p lic an t - German company EnergieKontor - shows th a t all


five turbines will be visible from almost anywhere within a 10km radius of the site and from elevat­ ed sites much further away which enjoy long-distance views. Objectors to the proposal have


formed a campaign group, the Friends of Craven Landscape, with its own website (www.focl.org.uk), which gives detailed information on the proposal and sets out their objections to it. Not least, they argue that the


real motivation for the develop­ ment is to “farm” European cash subsidies; rather than generate energy in a cost-effective and sus­ tainable manner. If planning permission is grant­


ed, there would also be consider­ able disruption during construc­ tion, with massive lorries needed to transport the turbine parts to the countryside site. They would trav­ el along the A59 to Gisburn, then turn right on the A682 Long Pre­ ston road before turn in g right again a t Nappa along a narrow and winding country lane to the Brightenber site. Negotiating


. those roads could mean having to widen them and fell roadside trees. Campaigners also point out that : the largest bat roost in the North


West of England, with some 700 adult bats, which are a protected species, is just over a mile from the proposed site. To register your comments on


the proposal, write to Craven Dis­ trict Council’s planning consultant at: John Martin, Urban Vision, GMGU, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. Letters should be headed “Plan­


ning Application Number 05/2008/8885. Land Adjacent to Brightenber Hill. BD23 3PA” and should reach the consultant by August 29th. You can also comment online at:


www.Planning.Cravendc.gov.uk/fa stweb More information on the proposal and how to pass comment on it can be found on the Friends of Craven Landscape website (www.focl.org.uk). Alternatively, to make contact with the group, phone 01756 748499 or e-mail: info@FCL2.co.uk Pictured is a computer-generat­


ed image, created by a professional architect for the campaign group, showing how the five wind turbines could look at Brightenber Hill. • See Letters to the Editor,


page 10.


Trust’s blessing for new hospital bnilding EZI t is im p o r tan t th a t


people who want to a tten d book a session: telephone: Joanne on 01282 610249 or Janet on 01282618103. The overall plan has


been given the green light by East Lancashire Pri­ mary Care Trust’s board , members.' The aim is to


:.build new community health premises within


; the grounds of the exist- - ing hospital and for.it to be up and runnjng within th e next tw o 'to three years. In addition, the new


site will accommodate mobile health: units.


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which will allow surgical and diagnostic services to come to th e Valley so th a t residents will not • have to travel to hospital sites in Blackburn, Burn-


:4ey and Accrington for many of the more routine treatments and services. ■ Existing services cur­


ren t ly provided a t Clitheroe Community


Hospital will continue and will be later trans­ ferred into the new prop­ erty, which is a replace­ ment for the 19 th Centu- ■.


v: ry building that began its :'life as the. workhouse for, the area. The PCT’s special


: project team has been- asked to work on the


plans in detail so th a t planning applications can be made to Ribble ; Valley Council. PCT Chief Executive


David Peat said: “This exciting project aims to bring Ribble Valley resi­ d en ts : locally-based health facilities that they deserve in facilities th a t . are fit for the 21st Centu­


ry. . “We want to bring


more services into a com-


imunity . setting and •replace our old facilities with modern provision. We all have great affec­ tion for the old communi­ ty hospital building but we have to remember it was designed as a work-


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Wind turbines would have ‘massive impact’


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PendleGlub DAIRY farmers fn^


over the North of'iing- land travelled to Gisbum Auction for the dispersal of Messrs. G. and N. Clegg and Sons’ Friesian dairy herd. Due To


f r A l l £ e


the m Visit Blue


Tongue restrictions, farm­ ers in the Border regions are keen to source stock before the boundaries change again. Messrs. Clegg’s cattle were tradi­ tional Friesian types and were sold to buyers from Shropshire, (Cheshire, Cumbria, Northumber­ land and Dumfries. Over­ all average for the 109 lots was £1,098 with £1,900 being achieved twice for newly calved heifers. Top price was £2,000 for a very smart stock bull that went to local farmer Neil Pilkington.


Pendle Club


BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs Sylvia Walsh, Mrs Eileen Hadfield, Miss Pat Harg­ reaves,' Mrs Pat Parker. New members welcome


every Monday a t 1-30 p.m.;


. • . Solo whist winners at


the Pendle Club were: D. Underwood, M. Holding, D. Cook. New members welcome every Monday at7p.m. • - ' ■ Domino winners were:


joint 1, W. Barker and A. Lowe; joint 3, M. Pye and R. Chew; 5th, E. Fox. New members welcome every Friday at 7 p.m. Line dancing is held


every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. and sequence danc­ ing every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. •-


Solo winners


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: K. Holding, D. Cook, M Holding. New members welcome every Monday at 7p.m. ■ ; . Bridge winners at the


house two centuries ago.” Peter Sellars, who used to be manager a t


■ Clitheroe Community Hospital and is now the PCT’s Head of Primary Care Commissioning,


, added: “We can confirm that it Mil be a complete­ ly new build, adjacent to the exisiting premises, and we are keen to listen to local people’s views. ■ “We are working on


the financial and building arrangements and look­ ing to have the work done to the same high s tan­ dards as our. modern


: health centres in-Hynd- burn, Burnley, Pendle, . Rossendale and the Rib- . BleValley.” '


Pendle Club were Miss Pat Hargreaves and part­ ner, Mrs Joan Scott and Mrs Marian Gradwell. New members welcome ever Monday at 1-30 p.m. ;. Domino winners: joint 1, P. Holden and H. Wolfenden; 3, P. Oddie;


joint 4, A. Lowe and W. Cooke. New members welcome every Friday at 7 p.m.


_ ■ Line dancing is held


every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. and sequence danc­ ing every .Tuesday at 7-30 p.m;


Bridge wjpP


BRIDGE- winners at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Thursday evening were: N S . J. ■ Pawlicki and Michael Jeffery, Brenda -Wilson and John Renton. EW Joan Wheatcroft and Kath Fisher, Deanna Atkinson and Doreen Blake.


' o A v - r r iA r i n i i u M '


■ THIS year’s St George’s Day celebrations have-raised-£1,100 for-RibblelValley


Macmillan Cancer Support.-.f: -A- , ■> ' Organised by proud. Clitherpe business-, man. Gavin McQuade,- a total of 106 red and


- white Cross of St (leorge England flags were erected in the town on April 23rd.


• '. Gavin, together with a loyal team of CP


. helpers^, have been supplying flagpoles and England flags to shops and businesses


■. throughout Clitheroe for the last seven years ; to mark St Georg’e’s Day. All the proceeds are donated to the chari­


ty in memory of Gavin’s late father, who was cared for by the Macmillan Nurses. Anyone, -who would like-to help should contact Gavin


on 07887585016. Our picture shows the


• team who helped to erect the flags on St George’s Day with Daniel Snape in the fore­ front watchedby Gary Arthur, Adam ■; Woodhead, Da'nhy Woodhead and Gavin McQuade-presenting the cheque to Mar­ garet Blatchford, chairman of Ribble Valley MacMillan Lancashire Support Committee. , ' |


iVislt'buYshowr6om.tbday!'20.KeiibylWaik/BumleyiBBll/2DE' i l e l to 282f4591^^^^^


Private home demonstrations available


Ipricangr' : by Julie Magee


A LORRY, driver, who was suffering from sleep apnoea when he was involved in a fatal colli­ sion, is campaigning to raise the profile of the


sleeping disorder. Colin Wrighton’s sleep


apnoea was undiagnosed when he blacked out at the wheel of his 35-tonne lorry, which ploughed into a queue of stationary traffic killing a 25-year-old man. • Mr -Wrighton (54), of


Mitchell Street, Clitheroe, said: “I didn’t know about my condition so it was a gen­ uine accident, which is on my mind everyday. “I t was completely out of


my control and all I can do now is try to move forward with my life; but at the same time highlight to people the seriousness and consequences of this condition. Hopefully, through this dreadful acci­ dent something positive can be done.” -^ p n o e a comes from the- Greek word “without breath”


Our website: W Ti’w.clitheroeadTertiser.co.uk for a special slide show of


the first pictures showing the redevelopment work around Clilheroe Cas­ tle Keep and Museum. The work should be completed by March 2009.


Crash ‘sleep’ driver talks about campaign


and sufferers of the disorder can repeatedly stop breathing during sleep at night for peri­ ods of a minute or longer. This is caused by the upper airway collapsing preventing air from reaching the lungs and severe sleep apnoea is associated with an increased risk of accidents due to exces­ sive tiredness. I t is estimated th a t th e


condition affects around one in 25 men and one in 50 women between the ages of 30 and'60 with many people unaware they have it. In Mr 'Wrighton’s case, he


only became aware he was suffering from the disorder following the tragic accident, which happened on the M62 in Liverpool in August 2006


■killing Toby Tweddell, of Sale, Greater Manchester. A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death a t th e inquest into the death of Mr Tweddell in a two-page docu­ ment released last week. ■ The - father-of-three recalled: “One moment I was driving along and the next I had blacked out.”


: .Such episodes, he later dis­ covered, were common in suf­


ferers of the sleeping disorder due to a lack of oxygen in the body. Mr Wrighton voluntarily


• handed over his licence to the DVLA after the accident and underwent tests with a neu­ rologist. He was subsequent-.


. ly referred to a sleep clinic, which confirmed Mr Wrighton was suffering from the disorder.


- , For more than two years,


Mr Wrighton has undergone continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat the disorder. This involves wear­ ing a mask every night during


- sleep through which a contin­ uous supply of oxygen is pumped under pressure in order to keep the airway open and prevent the upper airway from collapsing. Now considered physically


fit and able to drive by the DVLA, Mr Wrighton said: “If people are feeling more


‘ tired than normal, they need to go and get checked out before something like this


■ happens to them.’’ He stressed th a t fellow drivers and other people with Jhigh risk jobs needed to be : 'particularly aware.


“A lot of drivers out there


might have this condition and think that they will lose their licences because of it, but th a t ’s not the case,” Mr Wrighton said. He explained that as long


as drivers notified the DVLA and had the appropriate treatment there was no rea­ son why they would lose their licence.’- .: Mr Wrighton now plans to


' lobby Government transport minister Ruth Kelly MP to force all heavy goods vehicle, light goods vehicle and public service vehicle drivers to com­ plete a sleep apnoea question-


• naire on taking their initial medical in order to aid speedy diagnosis of the disorder and prevent such tragedies hap­ pening again. Anyone wanting more


information about sleep apnoea can contact The Sleep Apnoea Trust on 0845 606 O685.or at www.sleep-apnoea-


-tru s t.o rg and the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association on 01737 245638, at www.britishsnoring.co.uk or by emailing info@bntish- . snoring.co.uk . ..


St ,George’s Day boost for cancer charity I'sV .k '- - - ’ - , _ ' .


Superbug attacks hospital’s baby unit


A HOSPI'TAL suberbug has been discovered in the special care baby unit a t the Royal Blackburn Hospital. ■ The organism was identi­


fied during a routine screen­ ing of babies in the hospital’s N e o n a ta l 'In te n s iv e Care Unit. “Whilst this is not posing


an immediate problem to the health of the babies and the u n i t remains open to new, admissions,” Rineke Schram, Director of Infection Preven­ tion and Control and Medical Director for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said, “we are treating the situation seriously as this strain can be res istant to several an tib i­ otics: th a t are commonly used.” Mr Schram explained how


the Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) organism th a t has been identified can live harmlessly in the gut of many people. This is known as being colonised, which is different from being infected, with the organism tending to affect those who have recent­ ly been in hospital or have received antibiotic treatment. “A very small number of


babies have been identified as carrying ESBL and are being treated in accordance with


infection control guidelines.


■ These few babies are not seri- ■ ously ill due to the ESBL and are being nursed in isolated areas within the unit under a strict system, which is also in line with the infection control guidance,” Mr Schram added. “Other babies within the


unit are being screened on a regular basis to ensure we keep-in control of the situa­ tion.” . The whole Neonatal Unit


has undergone an intensive deep clean and a full root- cause analysis is being carried out to investigate the potenr


■tial source of the organism. Mr Schram said: “I would


■ like to reassure any families with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that we are tak in g every possible measure to eradicate ESBL from the unit. “As always, th e b ab ie s ’


safety is onr main priority and our s ta f f are working hard to maintain the highest level of care possible for them. We once again ask any­ one visiting the.hospitals, especially the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, to be aware of hand hygiene and to wash their hands upon enter­ ing and leaving p a tien t


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