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The Clitheroe Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 N ol 6,451 news and views from the C @ ® U R m b u 15®


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•■ byFaiza Afzaal ^ A BEAUTY spot has been


•; blitzed after.it was turned into a'dump with a moun-'' tain of: empty beer bot- ' -tles,;cans andlitter strewn


_3round.' ■ : A major dean-up mission on the river Ribble at “the Coe”, (next to the weir oppo­ site Waddow Hall) involving . the police and a group of vol- ; unteers was launched, which .. saw 18 big sacks full of rub­ bish disposed of.


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^ And the litter_ louts who tu rn e d 'i td n to a dumping :


■ ground have been slammed ■ for leaving their rubbish be­


hind. , ’ ^ 'Police say the discovery was made following an end-of-l:


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_ ■; Clitheroe’s Sgt Mick Dixon 1 was'involved in the clean/ : up and: is- appalled by the;-, behaviour' of, the teenagers.; He said;-“This is.a field used .; by grazing livestock and the,.; mindless youths left broken'; glass and broken beer bottles,-^


• year get-together of seconds -■ ■ ary school pupils from Glithe;). : roe at the riverside. . ■


i- stepped on by the animals. V iJj.v'The, teenagers have left ta.disgra'ceful mess behind


/them; blotting the landscape.; • The outdoors is for everyone


- to enjoy and a'simple-mes-. V sage of ‘take your litter home’ ■ would have gone a long.way.- in preventing this loutish be­ haviour.


■ which could be swallowed or *. ■ plagued by youths returning, : i scene armed with large brown


;s,'-;.“Local dog walkers and ; local-residents have been;


# 1 to the beauty spot in the hot;-


•; weather to swim and litter the i area.” . ■


■Why do the’people respon-: sible not respect this fact? It, is surely for this reason why they choose^the spot in the


first place. '- “Officers attended the


' He added: .“We ;live in '


an area, which is and has an abundance of natural beauty. .;


, bags: A'group of youths, .who were there peacefully and re- ■


V . ■ sp'ectfully enjoying the area,


'■ helped with the clean up process.” >. Sgt Dixon also warned par-, ents to keep an eye on their children. He added: “If you are a'parent of a child who


;• has come home a little worse for wear or telling of the won-


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BEAUTIFUL: Heather Whalley from the Ribble Valley is set to compete in a major beauty pageant, (s)


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Miss England chance for farmer’s daughter


GLAMOROUS Heather Whalley is on her way to compete in the Miss England semi-finals after being crowned Miss Blackburn over the weekend.


■■ ■' The 19-year-old farmer's daughter from Newton-in-,


Bowland said she only took part in the contest for a chance ■ T


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BLITZ: P C , Nick Gray of Clitheroe Po-


. - lice is helped by a group'of local youths


! collecting ■ibagsofrub-


7 ‘bish dumped ’ at a Ribble ; ; • ■ Valley beauty ' '/spot, (s)


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