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^ • Award for cricket boss - page 5 Four,in court over graves - page'll NHS diamond day page 12


Head’s, farewell surprise - page 15 INFORMATION


Duly chcmisl: Boote the'Chemist, 15-19 Castle Street Clit'heroe: Sunday, noon to l.p.m.; ,


Police: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. Elcclricily: 0800 1954141. Gas: 0800 111999.


Water: 0845 462200. Councils: Kibble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. • >. , > a Ilospilals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. , , Alcohol Information Ceiilrc: 01282 416655.


Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). , '•


Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Hercavemenl Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. Rilible 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. ^ Kibble Valley Cili/.ens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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WEEKEND WEATHER; There will be heavy show­ ers and high humidity over the weekend with temper atures reaching 20°C


SUNRISE: 5-25 a.m. SUNSET: 9-03 p . m . - : l ig h t in g UP.TIME: ^ 3 3 p.m. v>VV^ r'A.M:!


find that'£450 per.child per year acts as a: •very real deterrant to sending their child-to


' their school of first choice. ./ Angela said: ‘‘The buses are running any-'


'/way, the education authority is obliged to' provide free transport to Clitheroe, so I can


‘ -■irig''Vo^make the grammar. schooLa less


A "WOMAN who carried out a fraud on people who had shown her kindness had acted in a very dishonest and devious manner, a judge said. Charlotte Dibb, pictured, was


give a 51-week prison sentence, but suspended for two years, when she appeared at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday. The court heard that she stole from a woman who took pity on her and provided her with accommodation, by persuading her to invest money in phone com­ pany shares. The victim was pro­ vided with share certificates which ■ were not all that they seemed. In addition, she also landed in


trouble for using her stepfather’s . details in order to obtain a £9,500 •loan. ., . ■


■ /■ / Dibb (27), of Brook Street,


Clitheroe, carried out the offences • before she received a suspended prison sentence last year for other similar deception offences. She appeared a t the crown court for sentencing for one offence,pf ; obtaining amoney transfer by, ■ deception and.three.offences o f . . theft.


' ~ The first of the four offences


related to a £9,500 Egg personal • loan, which Dibb obtained using: ; the details, of her stepfather, ;; Anthony McGiven. The money ■ was transferred into her account in


May, 2006. Miss Mercedeh Jabbari (prose­


cuting) said some repayments were ■ made on the loan; which the step-; father was unaware of.- He subse- quently contacted police after. being refused a mortgage due,to a;./ “bad credit rating”.


, •. j The three thefts were carried out;/


against-Elizabeth.Birtwell, who f: lived a t the White Horse pu b lic ' house, in Clitheroe. Her daughter . .. was a friend of the defendant. In ■'


• difficulties, MrsiBirtwell was perr / suaded to allow her. to stay at the.;/; ’ pubj charging, her- £40 a week in :


rent. / , -- ■ Some months latenDibb recomrr


this year. She had sold her vehicle and repaid £1,200 to Mrs Birtwell. ■ The-court heard th a t a com- • plaint had been made to pojice


. around a month after she appeared a t court for sentencing on other


^matters last October. ■ ■ 'Miss - Ju d i th McCullough (defending) said Dibb had got her­ self into a terrible financial mess.-


' June 2006, when it became appar^ 'ent:that Dibb-was having family . ■


■/Her financial position was chaotic at the time of the offences. It had all started when she got involved in a somewhat manipula-


mendend that MrsBirtwell invest-/: in Vodafo'ne shares. A.thousands pounds was handed over to her and ■ another thousand pounds was later,-


V given as well, for investment: Mrs/^ Biftwell later asked-why, she had.;;


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mot received any share certificates.' Documents were then provided, but when her husband took them to an a c co u n tan t to check, i t ; appeared they were not genuine. ;; ■ Dibb was arrested in January,:


; tive relationship and bore the : financial brunt when the relation­ ship broke down. She ended.up “borrowing from


Peter, to pay Paul”; Miss McCul­ lough said of the current offences: “I t is a terrible shame.these mat-


f-ters were not before the court last ^ ’• October. All matters could have /been dealt with together. " ' - • ■ ■


•: “She had'always hoped to some­


how turn things round and pay them back.' She has since had a


/time for reflection and has been =actively'assisted by the Probation


Service. She is deeply ashamed of her behaviour. “The woman in the dock today


is a very different woman to the one who got herself in such terrible trouble and acted in a way which she now views as if she was a dif­ ferent person.” ■ The defendant, who now has a


baby, was given the 51-week.sus- pended sentence, plus a two year supervision order. - The judge. Recorder John Bromley-Davenport QC, said she


i -had been a very dishonest and very devious woman. /He told the defendant: “You


. have shown yourself over the last three to four years to be an incred­ ibly dishonest person; I hope you I are thoroughly ashamed of your-


■v-self.iYou certainly should be.’Itr • does look as though yoii are mak-


• ing-a reasonable attempt to com-- ply with the court orders and to rehabilitate yourself onto an even keel. You don't look like a'dishon-


- est person. I am surprised.to see' you in the dock in this way.” .■/-/'l


-attractive option for parents.” She is aware -


s o f a family in Downham who will end up ; paying for their son to travel to Rowland: ■ High School although if he had gone further away to Ribblesdale High School, it would.' have been free. '


.. :■ Angela and Ribble Valley CAB hope to' win the backing of Ribble Valley MP Nigel


.only assume that the county council is try- ■ Evans in challenging the policy. Whalley : councillors for Ribble Valley Borough Coun-


■ . www.cIitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified) The shame of


Winner# at bridge


' BRIDGE winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs Doris Farnsworth, Mr Robert Tasker, Mrs Pat Parker, Mrs Jean Thorn­ ton.-New^members are, welcome every Monday a t 1-30 p.m. Solo whist winners at


the Pendle Club were: joint 1,- S. Holden and B. :Wood, 3, D. Grant. New •: members are welcome every Monday at 7 p.m. ■ Domino winners were:


M. Davies, joint 2, E. , ;Barker, P. Metcalfe, joint; 4,'iM. Berry, E. Fox, J. •Pye. New members are ’


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welcome every Friday a t , 7p.m., ■ Line dancing is held every Thursday at 1-30 ;


I’p.m.’and sequence danc­ ing on Tuesdays-at 7-30. ■WINNERS, a t '


Clitheroe Bridge Club on, Monday were: NS Chris. Pollard and Brenda Wil­ son, Janet Gilmour and Linda Wilkinson. EW


i Mary Thompson and Sheila Cornwell, B. Guha and llsePark. • On Thursday evening


winners were: NS Adrian Norris and William Nor­ ris, Chris Pollard and Pauline Grant. EW Mary Thompson and - Joan Bowker, Geoff Cap- stick - and Ernest Ormand.


Plans for garage


A PLANNING applica­ tion has been submitted to Ribble'Valley Borough Council to demolish existing buildings and erect new canopy, pumps, convenience shop and car


washes. Comments on the pro­


posal a t /Primrose Garage, Whalley Road, Clitheroe, (number 0549) must be made to the


council by August 1st. Other plans submitted


include;: Clitheroe: Proposed


dormer to the rear of 51 Castle View, conversion of the loft space into a bedroom a t the front of the property incorporat-,.. ■ irig two Velux,-windows^':; I'Extensions tos kitchen


/(0554).’Re-align roof oL ■


-planning consent


: 3/2005/0218P.at 5;Rader,/ cjyffe Street ^0553).


cil, Terry Hill'and'Joyce Holgate, also port the campaign.


' ‘ -Katy Marshall, manager of Ribble Valley CAB, is inviting supporters of the campaign to ring her on 428998 or pall in toThe CAB


. office on Parson Lane, on weekdays (except ■Wednesday) between 10 a.m. and 4. .. - , : • We contacted-Lancashire County Council for.a comment, but they failed.to "V&'p''ond.™ "


proposed rij'-extension.'. RevisedFapplication of •


. Picture by FAIZA AFZAAL TWh terror as truck arid trailer crash


THIS is the terrifying ■ moment a runaway pickup truck and trailer crashed through the window of a centre shop on a busy


, Cmheroe market day. : There was chaos in the


busy town centre last Thurs­ day morning after the run­ away vehicle jackknifed and smashed into the shop in , , King Street.


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Luckily, no-one was injured in the accident.


which could have been far worse.


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The incident, which hap­ pened at about 11 a.m., le f t .


• shoppers in the area and staff at Harry Garlick's electrical:: shop stunned.


- : , ' The shop only recently had


its large display window replaced after it was smashed by a vandal. . I t is understood that a .. .


remote-controlled platform lift was being loaded onto the


trailer when the pickup began to roll down the street. The hydraulic platform.


had been used by a sign- writer repainting the shop sign above Byrnes wines and spirits shop, further up the steeply sloping King Street. • I t toppled from the trailer onto the pavement as the ,


■ runaway pickup rammed into Garlick's shopfront, . smashing the window. / Officers from Clitheroe


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Police were the first to arrivq on the scene as a police van


happened to be travelling up King Street at the time of ,


■ the incident. ; / V: Our picture shows the


truck cab embedded in Gar- lick’s shop window, with the hydraulic platform having , - toppled from the trailer on to . the pavement. (250708/lf) . •


• See Contrarian’s “As I /, see i t’! article on page 8., !


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Man (49) dressed in women s clothing had a


handle


POLICE investigating com­ plaints of a man dressed in women’s clothing being sexual- ■ ly suggestive to children on a school bus observed a 49-year- old motorist wearing a purple leotard, blonde wig and high


heeled boots. Blackburn magistrates heard


that Lawrence Balshaw reversed at high speed when his car was approached by a police officer, causing sc*hool run traffic to swerve into hedges to avoid collisions. When Balshaw was eventually


stopped he was wearing just a pur­ ple leotard and.combat trousers. The wig, glasses and boots were recovered from a nearby bin.


Balshaw, of Lyndale Close, Wilp-


shire, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and possessing an offensive weapon - a pickaxe handle - in the car park of Eaves Hall Country House Hotel, in West Bradford. . He was remanded on bail for the p rep a ra tio n of a pre-sentence


. report with conditions th a t he does not go within 50 metres of any edu­ cational establishment or play­ ground or have unsupervised con­ tact with anyone under 18 years of age.


• Miss Catherine Allan (prosecut­


ing) said p o lic e .h ad received reports of a man wearing women’s clothing and driving a blue Peu­ geot winking and making sexual gestures towards children travel­


ling to Bowland High School, in Grindleton. . On July 21st at 8-45 a.m. a police •


officer driving an unmarked police vehicle saw the car pull up outside' the school as the children were get­ ting off a bus. Balshaw was wearing a blonde


wig and sunglasses. As the officer, approached Balshaw reversed down Sawley Road a t speed. “Oncoming traffic had to turn


into hedges to avoid collisions and ‘ the car then reversed around a blind bend towards Grindleton,” said Miss Allan. As the officer gave chase Bal­


shaw drove through Grindleton at speed and as he entered West Brad­ ford a “watch your speed” sign


showed he was doing 45 m.p.h. in a, 30 m.p.h. limit. This was at a time when children were going to school and the lanes were busy,” said Miss Allan. Balshaw was eventually found


on the hotel car park in Eaves Hall Lane wearing a purple leotard, combat trousers and nothing else. He told police the pickaxe handle


was to protect himself in case he was accosted because of his appearance. “The blonde wig and female


clothing were found in a bin on the car park,” said Miss Allan. When interidewed Balshaw said


he had been following the school bus wearing female clothing to get attention.


. A doctor had previously told him his behaviour was a form of escapism.


■ Miss Allan said Balshaw’s behav­


iour towards the children was still under investigation. Mr Andrew Church-Taylor


(defending) said Balshaw had no previous convictions. “ I t is ev id en t there are deep


underlying problems here,” said Mr Church-Taylor. “The dressing in women’s cloth­


ing is an attempt at escapism. He says it is a person other than him-


■ self who wanted attention. “There was nothing sexual in it,


it was just that schoolchildren were more likely to pay atten tio n to him.”


• A 78-YEAR-OLD man who was involved in a serious car crash at the junction of Pimlico Road and Pimlico Link Road in Clitheroe is in a stable condition in hospital. ■ Mr Joseph Simpson had to be airlifted to the Royal Black:


burn Hospital after the Nissan Micra he was driving was in collision with a Land Rover Discovery just after 12-30 p.m. on Saturday, July 19th. Anyone with information about the accident should con­ tact Blackburn police on 01254 51212.


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