The Clitheroe Thursday. May 6th, 2010 No, 6;447 news and views from the Centre of the Kinadom ■ ' lA fU fU f ^ l i t h o m A a r l t fA v t S c ^ j^ M I r - V : % ...............


Fun with scarecrows ... and all that jazz!


^iTOSEEra : IN THE RAIN'


WIN TICKETS <A 'v.i1 « f ‘LAUGHTER by Faiza Afzaal


;',A MAN who ,was trans- . formed into a “human fireball” after setting him- -


■ ■ self alight was saved by the :: quick-thinking actions of 'tw o policemen. - PC Paul Travis, of Clitheroe Police, and PC Paul Spooner,.


.5 - of the Road Policing Unit in - .Accrington, are being hailed ■ - as heroes after saving the


HERO COPS: PCV Paul


Travis (above) and Paul Spooner who saved the! man'who tried to' torch himself on Pendle Hill: • ^


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' Blackburn man’s life.' y ‘ . : The 50-year-old doused himself in petrol and set him- ■yself on fire with a cigarette. -^


slighter at the top of Pendle" - - Hill. ;


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:j -The incident happened ' . last Wednesday afternoon. • At about 12.20 p.m. a major search was launched after a suicide note was found at the man’s home.


/ . , PCs Travis: and Spooner • headed for a search of Pendle • Hill having received informa-


: tion that he frequently visited i the beauty spot. “At around 1-20 p.m. I


• spotted a Citroen Berlingo . parked at the top of Nick O’ Pendle.’ There was a man sit-! ^ ting inside-with a petrol can •:


[ Open and a lighter in his other , ■ TURN TO PAGE 2 .'


Pa A as the narrow countiy roads through Bolton-by-Bowland and Rimington. Full story and more pictures; page 3 Jd ICl Gfici R im in a fo n . ' Fu both directio f <tnr\# maoa " '


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spacious teaching ‘ ' buijdihg - Opening Sat 7Sth May' • ; Premiership football coaching


. players selected for Premiership * & national teams


[Bus service covering all of East Lancashire",' •:


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Located in Clitheroe, in the : heart of the.RibbleYalley .


Moorland School • RibbPfesdale Avenue carcollide


shorriy before 3 p.m. on the busy A59 near the entrance to Gisbum Business S'*-. During a jengthy rescue operaHon, followed by accident invesHgaHon l^mained clo'seu in ooin airecnons ror several hours, with traffic divei


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