•. Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 6,2010 '


INSIDE YOUR CLITHEROE ADVERTISER AND TIMES


■ Valley Matters 8 and 9


■ Village News......................... 18 and 19 ■ Letters................................... 12 and 21 ■ Weekendplus.....................16 and 17 ■ Family Notices........... !................... /..20 ■ Readersplus.....................................22


• ■ Motors Today.....................................23 ■ Sport..............:............ ............37 to 40


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WEATHER Dunsop Bridge ■ Slaidburn 7 . i


IS a


.i' A TALENTED artist has received a ’; thank-you-note from singer,-songwriter-4


- and.presenter Petre. Andre after she; painted a picture of him and his chil- dren.


i - Deborah Boyle, who is a former Hurst J Green resident, but now lives in Clayton- ' • -;_de-Moors, sent the painting of the reality ■ '■■.TV star along with'his son,'Junior, and . ■ daughter. Princess Tiammii, and was de- i lighted to receive a reply from him;- . -


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/f^?: -Deborah,-'wh6:is''a freelance painter 3;and has'a shop and exhibition area at: Barden Mill, Burnley,-said:r“I have fol--.' / lowed Petre Andre’s life with interest, es-V-j


;■,-. pecially his’connection with Katie Price’s v v -r son, Harvey. At this time our family was ;. hit with the bombshell tliat our son'was diagnosed as being on the autistic spec-.w


.. “A while after I wanted to do'some-:'


/.trum, so watching the)TV series at that.-fr time and the way Peter was with Harvey -• was really comforting tome.


/thing in'return and sent the picture to"'- him, which took me 28 hours to complete ■ as it was on a large canvas.” . ■


. Site-added: “I recently.received a-


:: phone-call from Peter’s agent saying ' thank you and that he loves it. - -


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: “I’m over the moon that Peter likes my - picture and I feel now that it’s spurred me on to do more for famous celebrities.” -


ARTISTIC: Debbie with her autographed photo and a copy of the'picture which she painted for Petre Andre and his chiidren. (s)


‘I never sent racist e-mail’ vows Tory


■ by Duncan Smith -Ji


; A CLITHEROE-councillor; has vehemently denied send-; ing a racist e-mail which h a s ' seen him and -’a fellow ConV;i servative suspended; from;' the Party just days before thef General Election. . .Action was taken against-the/


two - Ribble VValley Borough Council Conservative members after a racist joke was sent in an e-mail-a disastrous PR blunder


:.i-on the eve of today’s election. - , ’ -It:i is , claimed iGoun.’Simon.'


; Farnsworth,' who represents Cl i t4; •heroe’s Salthill Ward, sent the i e-mail to Coun Ken Hind, of Dil-“; worth Ward, who then forwarded it to a long list of local Tories, in- -7 eluding Ribble Valley’s Tory MP4 Nigei Evans and fellow Conserva-'/; tive councillors. • The news broke when one of >


,the recipients passed the e-mails' to The Guardian national news-s; paper,/which ran the story on;:? Tuesday]: just two days before the /] General Election.


COUN.SIIVION , ' .-.FARNSWORTH ' ''


. the e-mail, adding that he knows; ! who did send it, that that person'. has admitted sending it and will'


: say so to any investigation-by the. Conservative Party.


‘ have no-idea where The


. Guardian got the idea that I sent the eTmail,’’.said Coun. Farns-


' worth. “No-one from the Guard- ' dan has spoken to me to ask my ;;


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. r However, Coun Farnsworth i'; has staunchly denied ever sending S


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Weekend weather:' After a mainly dry . week, thick cloud and persistent rain sfiow-s ers are forecast for the weekend. • ' ■'


Sunrise: 5-19 a m.'Sunset: 8-53 p m Lighting up time: 8-23p m


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hand. Both PC Spooner and L tried to engage him in conversa­ tion, but he kept asking us to ‘stay back’,” recalled PC Travis.


- : . . “He then got out of the car, sat ■


on the grass verge and poured: petrol over his head.” ; PC Spooner added: “Without a - moment’s thought he set himself- on fire. He.w'ent up in a fireball-


.address among several previous: recipients of there-mail, but-it- wasn’t his address.'.'Tneversent;;


,He said that the name “Farns-; : .worth’’: appeared;in an'e-mail'


the e-mail and I will be defend-


■ ing myself with a witness who ad- ■. mits that he sent it,” vowed Coun.' Farnsworth.


■ , Whoev^^^^^ it to Coun. Hind ..-who is senior vice-chairman of ; Riblsle Valley Conservative Asso-


' ciation - he has admitted that h e ' : forwarded it to a long list of local .-■Tories, including Nigel Evans. ■


;. The two councillors were im-- mediately suspended pending an


■/ investigation when the Conserva­ tive Party was told of the e-mail.


; / . The joke is about a Somal- >;ian immigrant who arrives in the ' -' UK and stops the first person h e ' .(' meets in the street for “letting me .- into this country,- giving me hous-'’ ;.':ing, money for food, free medi­


cal care, free education and n o ; taxes!”


!•; But that person turns out to be "


; side of the story. I’m absolutely ■ furious.” ,


. an Afghan immigrant, the next is ' an Iraqi, the next from Pakistan-: and finally.an Indian:woman. (When he asks her. where'all the


-'.watch and says:-‘.‘Probably all at ' - 'work.”" The e-mail ended with a joke '


.warning that: “If you don’t pass : .this on to all your frie'nds you will'


save


•; and was screaming and pulling-.; ; his clothing. I immediately used/' a fire extinguisher to put'out the z flames.


..■. .‘■ ‘We had to restrain him until/


■West'Air Ambulance, and the man was; air-lifted to -Royals Blackburn Hospital where he was


■ * * • t ^ ^ X, ■ * road was closed for about halFc


the ambulance arrived ” ; Emergency services attended / the scene,: including the North ■;


:.an-hour. PC Travis said: “It was ‘ fortunate that we came across the man as quickly as we did. I think/ any of my colleagues in that situa^ ■


■' tion would have acted in the same , way. Our main priority at the time .7


was the welfare and safety of the.' man.” -


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treated for minor,injuries. The , pened'so qui'ekTyi' 'You do see * *


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. / PC(Spooner added: “Our ac- / tions.were instinctiverit all hap-'


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, incidents like this quite often, but . people don’t always tend to carry. :Out tlieif.intentions. This man’s


f intentions were definitely to cause I himself some serious harm.” •)t:;.;After, the incident; Sgt Mick /Young, :of'the'Road-;Policing (Unit, praised the actions of the officers.: “I am very proud of both . PCs Spooner and "Travis who’hav-


■;ing located the man bfavclysaved .■ . him from any serious injury.’’


COUN. KEN HIND


receive three illegal immigrants absolutely free.’’ . ; '


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. A spokesman for the Conserv­ ative Party confirmed that Couns


- British people are, she checks her ‘ . Speaking to Tlie■


■Farnsworth and Hind had been : suspended. Fellow Conservative councillor and Leader of Ribble .Valley Borough Council Micheal; Ranson; commented:-'“This; c- mail has absolutely no place in •' the Conservative P a r t y . , Guardian,


Coun. Hind said he deeply re­ gretted passing on the e-mail and apologised to “all those people from the nations mentioned in ; the joke”. ,


BANK. H oliday Monday turned into a nightmare for an elderly couple when their car was involved in a collision with


a bus near Gisburn. Tlie accident happened shortly


before 3 p.m. on Monday on the busy A59 near the entrance to GLsburn Business Park, just out­


side Gisburn on the Clitheroe side. A silver Toyota Corolla was


being driven towards Clilheroe when itwas involved in the head- on smash with a Ribble Valley Express bus travelling towards' Skipton.


The car sustained heavy front-


end damage, but its airbags de­ ployed and the 69-year-old driver and 62-year-old front seat passen­


ger, from Bury, suffered relatively minor chest, leg and whiplash- type injuries. Fire and Rescue crews from


Clithcroe, Barnoldswick and Ear- by rushed to the scene, together with police and paramedics. The North West Air Ambulance land­ ed in a field next to the road, later


joined by the Yorkshire Air Am­ bulance.


As a precautionary measure,


and before the extent of the cou­ ple’s injuries was known, rescue crews cut the roof and doors from


: the car to safely remove the casu­ alties, who remained conscious throughout. They'were flown in the two air ambulances to the Royal Blackburn Hospital, where ' they were detained overnight for treatment and observation.


The bus suffered significant


damage to its nearside front, but its driver and three passengers were not injured. However, the road remained


closed in both directions for sever­ al hours for accident investigation and removal of the vehicles, with traffic diverted along the narrow country roads through Bolton-by- Bowland and Rimington. A spokesman for Lancashire


Fire and Rescue Service said the couple would undoubtedly have suffered much worse and possibly fatal injuries had it not been for wearing their seatbelts and the car’s airbags.


Employees at Gisburn Business


Park brought out cups of tea for the emergency services personnel during the operation.


Fire breaks out at firm


INVESTIGATIONS are continu­ ing into a fire at a Clithcroe firm^ where the danger of an explosion ’ caused staff and nearby residents; to be evacuated.


■ " Fire crews tackled the incident;


at Tarmac Ltd, Clitheroe, in an- area containing ojygen and acety- ■ lene cylinders. • .


The incident happened at


around 9-30 a.m. on Friday. Police also attended the scene


at Bankfield Quarry and a 200m. exclusion zone was set up due to the danger of a cylinder explod­


uated, as well as residents from 10 homes in Chatburn Old Road. There were no injuries.


ing. It included Pimlico Link Road being closed to motorists. About 40 employees were evac­


- Dave;McGrath, watch man- ; ; ager at Clitheroe Fire Station, said it could have resulted in an ' extremely serious explosion had • the cylinders erupted. ' . He added: “We kept the fire­


^arm and Cgffec Shop Men jumped on car bonnet


A DRUNKEN night out ended with two men caus­ ing £1,200 worth of damage to a parked car. Blackburn magistrates


heard both men jumped bn the car in Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, but only one of them, .who left distinc­


tive footprints, was seen by the'car owner. Damien Grimshaw (22), of Em­ press Street, Accrington, formerly of The Crescent. Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to damaging a car belonging to Emma Joy. He was given . a conditional discharge for


six months and ordered to pay £600 in compensation and £60 in costs. Mr Jonathan Taylor (de­


fending) said the car owner had seen the other man on top of her vehicle and the footprints found there be­ longed to him.


, - It’s a fun-filled festival


FLOCKS of colourful sheep will adorn Clitheroc this weekend after more than 70 requests from schools and community groups fora flat- packed sheep to decorate. New Form Arts will be


offering art activities at a marquee by Castle Gate and sheep will be on display on the path leading up to the- Castle Museum. They will also be in the grounds of the United Reformed Church and St Mary’s Par­ ish Church. The streets will be ring­


ing with music and dance from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a busking competition and four dance sides - Hcb- den Bridge Millie.s, Earl of Stamford, Amounderness Ladies and Singleton d o g ­ gers - performing at various locations. At the Creative


S H E E P F E S T STREETFEST _ .m e e ts


Activity Area by the Castle Museum there will be a full programme of music and dance performances starting with the Handmade Samba


Brigade, in costume, at 11 a.m.


a Punch and Judy Show, entertainment from the Blackburn People’s Choir, dance sides and musical acts later in the day. Clitheroe Castle’s Atrium Cafe will be providing outdoor re­


The fun will continue with ■ ; .


freshments and a number of local groups, including Clitheroe Gardening Club, the Fair Trade Group, Transition Town Clitheroe and Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, will be provid­ ing advice, information and activities at a range of stalls around the performance ar­ eas. ' ' The samba band will


. move on to perform on Clit­ heroe Market; posters will be on display on the day to ' let both residents and visi­ tors know who is performing where and when throughout the day. The day will culmi­ nate at The Grand, in York Street, with “Shake a Leg” providing their distinctive brand of jazzy accompani­ ment. Tickets £5/£3 for un- der-16s from The Grand, telephone 01200 421599.


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Crash couple’s lucky escape


Making a charity splash


A STUDENT from Whal- ' ley is set to make a splash ■ for charity this Saturday by rowing in the North’s an- ' swer to the Oxford-Cam- bridge boat race.


dergraduate James Bullock: will be part of the crew in ' the 39th Two Cities Boat


University of Salford un­ ■


Race when Salford and • Manchester go head-to- ' head on the Manchester Ship Canal.


- • Rowing clubs from the ..


two universities will 'take to the water — with thou­ sands of spectators lining ' the banks of Salford Quays to watch the fiercely-con-


JAMES BULLOCK (S)


tested races. Twenty-two- year-old James, who is an ex-pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar Sixth-Form and


who is in the first year of a BSc (Hons) Media Tech-


/ nology degree, will captain Salford in the Men’s Novice-


. y i l l race. He wants to work in the sports department of


■ the BBC when he gradu­ ates.


He said: “I am very proud to be representing the uni­


versity at the race and look­ ing forward to collecting a ■ gold medal at the end!”


• Money raised by the event will be donated to Macmil­ lan Cancer Support. Admission to the event is


free. For further informa­ tion visit: www.twocities- boatrace.co.uk


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BLAST: Crews tackle the small fire at Tarmac Ltd while po­ lice mark the scene of the exclusion zone/


fighters away from the risk area ; until we could establish water supplies.We managed toobtain water from Johnson Mattheyand ■ began cooling the cylinders down. ■' ■ We did this on a four-hourly basis ' over 24 hours. ’ , . ,,“We.had to take all the neces-;


saiy precautions and the cooling ■ period for the cylinders continued until 12-30 p.m. on Saturday.”


■ He added: “!■ would like to thank the local firms for all their


support and understanding. I would also like to thank the resi­ dents who evacuated their homes. Mr Bob;Robinson, Tarmac’s • regional safety manager, said: “I can confirm there was a small fire at Clitheroe quarry on April 30th. “ The Fire Service was called and the fire quickly extinguished.


.’ Nobody was injured, however, as the fire was close to a gas cylinder


; storage area,- a precautionary 24- hour, 200m. safety exclusion zone


■ was put in place around the cyl-' inders and 10 homes were evacu­ ated.


“We are investigating the cause


of the fire to prevent a re-occur­ rence and would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to local residents.”


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