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H Valley Matters............................. .6,7 9 Village News...... ..................14,15,16 B Letters........................................10,24 IWeekendplus ............................25,26 B Memory L an e ................................48 a Family Notices..........................22,23 a Church services..............................49 B Motors Today ................................50 a Sport..........................................69-72
AT A GLANCE... _ Golden couple - page 12
Westminster Viewpoint - page 11 Parking charge changes - page 19 Farmers’ charity aid - page 47
INFORMATION
Duly chcmisi; Heyes Chemist, 35 Moor Lane, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Eledricily: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999. . Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. Hospilals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. Alcohol Infornialion 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. 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. Ril)I)le Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.
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WE.ATHER: Forecasters predict a wet Easter weekend with sleet showers on Saturday and heavy rain for Sunday
SUNRISE: 6-14 a.m. SUNSET: 6-17'p.m. LIGHTING UP TIME: 5-47 p.m.
I ACCRINGTON TV debut for Valley ‘Eggheads’
A QUIZ team from Clitheroe com pany Johnson Matthey will appear on BBC2’s popular “Eggheads” show next week. The teatime quiz show pits
teanis of five challengers against a panel of five quiz experts - the “Eggheads” - who are all previous champions on other TV quizzes including “Mastermind”, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” and “Fifteen-to-One”. A jackpot cash prize is up for grabs, rising by £1,000 with each day that the chal lengers fail to beat the Eggheads in the final round. Compered by Dermot Mur-
naghan, the quiz show is increas ingly popular and one of the few in
^Driver is banned
CLITHEROE man Joseph Pentony (27), of Brennand S treet, was made subject to commu nity supervision for 12 months and banned from driving for three years by Blackburn magistrates after pleading guilty to drink driving. The court heard
Pentony gave a reading of 135 against the legal limit of 35 when he was stopped in Whalley Road, Wilpshire.
Pendle Club latest results
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: J. Thornton, D. Knight. New members wel
come every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the
Pendle Club were Mrs Pat Parkes, Mrs Eileen Wood, Mrs Muriel V/il- son, Mrs Marion Grad- well.
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come every Monday at.l- 30 p.m. Domino winners: joint
1st, A. Fox and D. Lowe; F. Eccles, M^afkes,;,y. Giles. Sequence dancing is
held every Tuesday a t 7 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday a t 1-30 p.m.
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which qiiizzers can compete as a ^ team. That is what appealed to the
friends from Johnson Matthey, who entered as “The A Team”, because at the time they all worked on the company’s “A Shift”. In fact, six of them travelled to
the BBC TV Centre in London for filming last month, as each team must also have a reserve. They were Marc Wacey, Keith Matthewman, Darrell Pye, Billy Haselwood, Martin Metcalf and Jimmy Byrne. Team member Keith explained;
“I had run a couple of quizzes at work and we sometimes quiz in the canteen a t lunchtime. We had talked about watching ‘Eggheads’
and enjoying it, so we just decided to enter.” They spent two very enjoyable
days in London and, despite the on-screen rivalry, Keith said the Eggheads were all very nice people. However, he and his fellow A Team members are under strict orders to stay tight-lipped about the out come of the show and whether they came away with the cash jackpot. To find out, tune into Eggheads on BBC2 at 6 p.m. next Wednesday, March 26th. Our picture shows the Clitheroe
A Team, from the left, Marc, Keith, Darrell, Billy, Martin and Jimmy, who took on the Eggheads, behind, (s)
Eight years for sex abuse man
A MAN who sexually abused a young boy for eight years has been jailed for three years. Kenneth Worsley (63), of Whalley
Road, Read, admitted four offences of indecency with a child and three of inde cent assault. Sentencing at Preston Crown Court,
Judge Beverley Lunt said: “The victim’s life has been blighted by this case and you are the one who blighted it.”
The abuse took place when the boy
was aged eight to 16 and it was only later in life when the victim, now aged 24, plucked up the courage to report the matter to police. The court heard that as the boy grew
older the abuse became more serious, escalating to Worsley performing sex acts on him. Two further indecency offences, and a separate set of charges, were ordered to lie on file by Judge Lunt.
Chef’s chance of TV success
CHEF Nigel Haworth, of Northcote Manor, will be championing his North ern roots tonight with thie opportunity to represent his region in "The Great British Menu" TV programme. Great British menu judge Matthew
Fort travels around the UK, selecting chefs who will go through to represent their region in the competition. The series began on Monday on BBC 2 at 6-30 p.m. Nigel Haworth features
Bridge winners
WINNERS on Monday a t Clitheroe Bridge Club were NS Deanna Atkinson and Robin Atkinson, Lillian Wharfe and Moira Philips. EW Geoff Wharfe and Kath Thompson, Doreen Blake and Kath Higson. On Thursday evening winners
were: NS Chris Pollard and Robin Atkinson, joint 2nd Moira Philips and Michael Jeffery and Janet Bai ley and Jean Martindale. EW joint 1st, Deanna Atkinson and Doreen Blake and Jean Taylor and Muriel Bainbridge.
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in tonight’s first heat cooking seared salmon, shrimps and samphire toast, cucumber and penny rpyal mayonnaise, followed by loin of bowland hare, pota to-wrapped black pudding and finally Lythe Valley damson prunes, celeriac puree. If successful, he will be featured in
the national final in May. The result of which chefs go forward will be decided by public vote.
Thieves target Valley house
A COMPUTER X-box 360 with a remote control was'stolen from a house in Clitheroe. Thieves broke into the semi-detached
house in Turner Street and escaped with the goods worth an estimated £250.
Police investigations are continuing into
the theft, which occurred between 2 and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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the Ribble Valley skyline since its construction in the 12th Century by Robert de Lacy to pro tect the administrative centre of his estates. Now it is the subject
of one of the biggest her itage projects in the North West that will see a glass atrium linking the museum and nearby North West Sound Archives on two levels, with a lift, facilities for the disabled, cafe, exhi bition space, interactive display facilities and education suite. The museum will also
undergo major restora tion and internal mod ernisation in a bid to develop a reputation as a quality visitor attrac tion, with strong links in the education and spe cialist interest sectors. The 25-strong restora
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driver charged A CHARGE of driving with out due care and attention has been brought against a 70- year-old driver involved in a fatal crash near Whalley on January 2nd. Richard Cook, of Read, will
appear before Blackburn mag istrates next Tuesday, March 25th, to answer the charge. His Mercedes was involved
in a collision with a Rover driven by 79-year-old widow Mrs Elizabeth (known as Betty) Jephson, of Barrow. She was killed in the crash,
which happened on the A671 Accrington Road. Police waited until six
weeks after the crash to inter view Mr Cook, who was in deep shock following the inci dent.
Hundreds line up to go that extra mile
WHAT a Relief! And what a
lot of good Sports! Three hundred Ribble Valley
people flocked to Clitheroe Castle Grounds to take part in the Sport Relief Mile 2008, jointly organ ised by Ribble Valley Borough Council and Sainsbury’s Clitheroe
store. Prom babes in arms (and in
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prams too) to pensioners in pumps, they ran, jogged and walked around the half-mile course, choosing to complete either a one, three or six-mile
challenge and all raising money
for Sport Relief. “I t was a roaring success,”
enthused Tom Bamber, sports development officer for the coun cil and one of the event organis ers. “I want to thank everyone who took part and all the volun teers from Sainsbury’s and Moor land School who gave up their Sunday to act as stewards and
marshals.” In fact there were two events,
one beginning a t 11 a.m. and the next at 12-30 p.m., together rais ing around £1,400 towards the
Stolen vase Police seek
wanted man PCLICE believe that a man wanted on warrant for assault and posses sion of cannabis could be in the Ribble Valley or Longridge area. Simon Arthur Hold
ing, above, is 42 and originally from Rad- _
cliffe. Insp. John Clucas
said: “I would
like.to reassure the public that .
we take all measures pos sible to track people, but sometimes they do not want to be caught. “If anybody sees this
man I would urge them to contact their local police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
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BIRDS of a feather have been flocking together in the garden of a Clitheroe couple. Two robins have
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become so friendly with Mr and Mrs John
and Glenys Forrest th a t they now take food from their hands.
their feathered friends for the past 14 months on pink pellets made from berry and suet. Said Mrs Forrest:
“They come every day and take food from our hands and sometimes stop there a while.” (s)
worth £3,300 THIS is the valuable Moorcroft vase th a t has been stolen from Dawson’s in Clitheroe. Police are hunting a thief
who walked out of the shop in King Street, at around 3- 30 p.m. on Friday, with the distinctive limited edition vase by Sian Deeper, worth
£3,375. 'The man is a white male,
about 5ft. lOin. tall, in his mid40s to lateSOs, with short grey hair and was wearing a dark blue jacket and dark blue trousers. PC Anne Thomson, of
Clitheroe Police, said; “The vase was in a box displayed by the counter in the upstairs of the shop. The man entered the shop an
hour before the theft and inquired about the vase.He returned an hour later and
took it. “CCTV is being exam
ined. It is believed that the Moorcroft company only produced 50 of them. The stolen item is No. 25, which can be found inscribed on the base of the vase.”
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national charity event. Even the weather was on the organisers’ side, with a fine spring day and just chilly enough to encourage a
brisk pace. “We all enjoyed it and we’ll cer
tainly look to doing it again,” said
Tom. e For a full round-up of Sport
Relief events in the Ribble Valley, see The Valley magazine, free with your Clitheroe Advertiser and Times next week. Cur picture shows some of
those who went the extra mile for Sport Relief. (S160308/lb)
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