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OVI SWEET SUCCESS: Mandy and Mark with their raspberry buns. A051010/2 Bowled over by buns


‘A VILLAGE shop owner already fa­ mous for her home.-made ice cream is


-celebrating after her raspberry buns were named among the best in the North.


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■ Mandy Paul, who runs Hudson’s Ices- in Chatburn with her husband Mark, was flabbergasted when her home, made buns were praised in The Guard-


dan newspaper.. • . , ■ ! ?‘The first thing I knew of this was- when a woman from Newcastle came into the shop asking for my raspberry buns,” said Mandy (42). -


■ : ‘.T was totally gobsmacked when she went on to tell me about the article.” Entitled “10 cracking bakers in the:


North of England”,-the article by Harry Pearson'describes his quest to find bak­ ers selling traditional local delicacies... .'• “Last summer ! was researching a book about cricket in the North of Eng­ land,” Harry explained.;-


■' “My plan was that I would turn up in' ■ small towns and villages such as Bacup,


' Settle or Kirkheaton, buy some delica­ cies from the nearest baker and go and


-watch a rnatch.” • After stumbling across Hudson’s, he


; -was so bowled over by Mandy’s buns l;that Ke listed them in his top 10 along


,; with such esteemed establishments as , Betty’s Tearoorris in Harrogate. ■ . ; “I got the recipe for the buns from ■


a friend 15 years ago,” said Mandy,- whose 16;year-old daughter Larna


:: helps out with the baking. “I now run out of them as fast I make


them, and they’re a real hit with the 16-V cal school children.’’■ O ' Mandy will be baking her delicious


' raspbefty buns and scones for a char-' ity gardeners’ evening at Waddow Hall


.. organised by gardening expert Peter ... Foley on Tuesday to help raise funds for the Jennifer Trust! :


: ! byFaiza Afeaal - DOCTORS and local residents


; have expressed their disap- : pointment after plans for'h new- multi-million pound hospital in


Ciitheroe were shelved. - ! : The proposals, which had been;


;.! on hold since the start of the year, ! have been assessed as'unaffordable


';■! in the light-of the harsh economic climate and tight NHS finances. • ■ As a result, NHS East Lancashire


;. has beeli forced back to the drawing. board to come lip with altefhative . plans. .. !.


- The news comes as a massive blow to local GPs and residents who : i have been waiting for years for the


!; development of their new commu-: . nity hospital.: -


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- ’■ ! Dr Clare Fogg, who is a GP in '/: Whalley and chairman of the Medi- ' cal Services Committee at Clithero'e-


! Community Hospital, has spoken of ‘ "!'her disappointment. - -


: ,:!;! She said: “All the GPs of the Rib- . ■ ;' ’ - ■' ble-rValley are dismayed that the


- re-development of Clitheroe Com- .munity Hospital is not going to go ahead. -We can understand this is due to the financial climate. We re­ main committed and determined to work together to maintain the cur-,


' rent levels of services within Clithe­ roe Hospital and to work towards long-term future developments.” It is understood that back in Jan-


- uaiy 2008 the East Lancashire NHS PCT agreed a biidgCt of £12m. for the building of the new hospital. However, health officials now claim the proposals were based on addi­ tional funding, which has not been forthcoming from the new coalition government.


ning costs of a new building were based on the availability of this extra funding, as historically was the case with other new health facilities.” NHS East Lancashire’s Chief Ex­


ecutive, Mr Steve Spoerry added: “I am disappointed that we had to take this decision. The proposals for Clit­ heroe,’ along with other proposals in Colne and Great Harwood, are now unaffordable. We will now get everyone around the drawing board and consider what can be achieved with the finances we have. “We will work closely with local


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- A spokesman for NHS EastLan- - ' cashire said: “While the coalition government has protected the NHS budget, it is clear there is no extra or additional funding available to fund, the yearly operational running costs of the proposed Clitheroe Commu-. nity Hospital. “Our original planning assump- ' tions in terms of funding the run­


residents, partners, and local GPs to identify alternative and creative proposals that can be worked up as viable alternative solutions. . “Existing health services are n o t'


and will not be affected. All cur­ rently available health services for Clitheroe residents will continue to be provided and will not be reduced or withdrawn. .Clitheroe Hospital will continue to work as normal.” :


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