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•' Clllherae Advertiser&Tinies,Thursday, December 9,2010- Jravet r^ S H R E K


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our country THE ravages of the peat layer on Pendle Hill was just one of the


Looking after


. many scenes graphically illustrated at a slide presentation with the ti­ tle Looking After Pendle given to


members of Clitheroe and District Probus Club.


'Guest speaker, Mr David Oys- ton, used his considerable experi­ ence in countryside reclamation and preservation to emphasise the dangers to our landscape by well-meaning hikers and ramblers. He described his work in many ar­ eas of the country - Nottingham, Northumberland, Rochdale-and the Forest of Bowland to name a few.. :


A victim of the economic situ­


ation, he has just ceased to be a “Countryside Officer” and is returning to work in the private


• sector as a Ranger for United Utilities. Happily, he will still be applying


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his in-depth expertise to looking after our.magnificent local land­ scape. The audience fully appreci-' ated that he was a supremely safe pair of hands and was quick to ask many and varied questions until


■ .time ran out. - Clitheroe and District Probus Club meet on the first and third Fridays of the month, at 10-45 a.m. at the Pendle Club, in Lowergate, Clitheroe. The next meeting is the member’s Christmas Luncheon, and after that is tlie “Chiefly Your­ selves” meeting on December 17th. The first meeting in the New Year is on January 17th, when member Cliff Astin will take the floor. Enquiries to 01200 429207.


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THE Clitheroe Advertiser was the local paper most read by mem­ bers of Clitheroe University of the Third Age (U3A), according to a straw poll conducted-by this month’s guest speaker, journalist Roger Bloxall. • 'Earlier, he had described his career starting as an indentured trainee on the Ormskirk Adver­ tiser (price then 5p) and working his way up the ladder. After, ten years reporting, he changed jobs and became a police spokesman, first with the Greater Manches­ ter Police,, then with Lancashire ■ Constabulary. Now his up-to-the- minute profession is that of web


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journalist, bringing local news to the Ormskirk district through an internet newspaper. . . He said that a good journalist is


born, not made. A nose for news, persistence and an empathy with people are essential. An ability to


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.5 The next meeting of U3A will be on


■ Tuesday/ December 14th, .< I at 2-30 p.m. in St Mary’s Centre,.


’when there will be musical enter­ tainment by Winkle Thin.,- . ;


case remand CLITHEROE woman Rachel Louise Linford (23), of Hodder


Cheque fraud


- Grove, was remanded on bail by- HBlackburn magistrates charged with fraudulently presenting a


cheque in the name of David Moss, - intending to make a gain of £100.


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New chief for Kth LCC revealed


words By Katie Hammond


THE new chief execu­ tive of Lancashire Coun­ ty Council has been revealed. Phil Halsall will succeed


Ged Fitzgerald in a move that will save £500,000 over the next three years. - Mr Halsall will be rede­


ployed from his current roles as executive director of resources and deputy chief executive,.both of which will be abolished as part of the county council’s efforts to re­ duce management costs. The news follows the announce­ ment that Mr Fitzgerald will leave his post early next year to become chief executive of Liverpool City Council. Leader of Lancashire


County Council, Conn Geoff Driver said: “Phil Halsall is a


certainty about the future at a crucial time in the county council’s -history. He will provide us with continuity i of leadership and the con-' siderable financial acumen needed to steer us through this difficult period, whilst shaping a bright future for • Lancashire.” The decision was made by


POSITIVE: Phil Halsall. (s)


highly experienced manager and leader who is already at the heart of our efforts to maintain high quality front­ line services, whilst deliver­ ing savings required by the government. The decision to redeploy him to the role of chief executive' gives us


Moustache for cash


EMPLOYEES at the 3M site at Clilheroe have collected around £600 for charity in a hair-raising way. They took part in Movem-


ber, the month-long worldwide moustache-growing challenge to increase awareness of prostate cancer and bring in additional funds to help fight it. Nineteen men at the Upbrooks


site - which makes.valves and components for asthma inhalers - were sponsored not to shave .- their upper lips for the month.


- “It,was great that so many ■ took part and that we were able ; to raise so much for the Prostate- Cancer Charity,” said organiser. Kerry Walton. : Meanwhile, Alma Robinson' - was crowned Miss Movember for her invaluable part in collect-: ing up the sponsor money. . -.


the Special Appointments Committee, which is made up of cabinet members and the leaders of the two main opposition groups on the county council. The appoint­ ment is subject to the agree­ ment of the full council at its meeting on December 16th. Mr Halsall, who is 52 and


a father of two, has been a chief executive in the county before, when he held the equivalent post at South Ribble Borough Council, before moving to Liverpool


City Council as executive di­ rector of resources in 2000.


: He said: “The county council has worked hard to earn a track record of pro­ viding excellent services to residents. As chief execu­ tive, I’ll be striving to ensure we remain amongst the best while adapting effectively to the challenging financial climate.”


> “I ’m pleased and hon­


oured to take up the role and look forward to working with members and staff to make a positive difference to the lives of people across Lancashire.” 1 '


• Lancashire County Coun­ cil is the largest local au­ thority in the North West and the fourth largest in the country,,serving 1.165,000 residents, with an overall budget of £1.8b and 42,000 employees.


BUDDING poets are invited to put the “cool into Yule ” by taking part in a series of poetry workshops and readings in Clitheroe over the festive season. ' Former Derbyshire Poet Lau­


reate, Cathy Grindrod, will host a poetry workshop with a shops at Glitheroe Library on Saturday, December 11th, from 1 to 4 p.m. Cathy will also lead a poetry read­ ing at The Atrium Cafe, Clitheroe Castle, later the same day, from 7 to 9 p.m., where workshop par­ ticipants will be able to read their -work.’, .


- There will also be free festive


: poetry readings at Clitheroe Books in Moor Lane during late-night Christmas shopping on Thursday, - December 16th, on the hour from 5 p.m., and at Designer Knitting Yarns, also in Moor Lane, on Sat­ urday, December 18th, at noon and 3 p.m. The initiative follows on from the


hugely successful Shop! project, which saw poetry displayed in’ more than 50 Clitheroe town cen­ tre shop windows and published in an anthology in September. Katherine Rodgers, Ribble Val­


ley Borough Council’s arts devel­ opment officer, said: “Shop! was a great success, positioning poetry as a public art form capable of raising debate and increasing footfall into the town centre during a period of financial restraint. “We are looking forward to-


taking the project a step further by working with Cathy Grindrod and local poets during the festive season. ” Cathy Grindrod’s workshop is


MOUSTACHE MEN: front row, Mick Bond and Derek Graham; back row, Raymond Elaho, Shaun Livesey, Stephen Booth, Mark Bolton, Martyn Pearce, Darren Jackson, Stephen Hickling and Derek Robinson with Alma Robinson, who was crowned Miss Movember for collecting in the funds. '


open to writers of any level aged 16 or over and admission at £10 in­ cludes a copy of Where the Candy Sticks: Poems about Shopping in Clitheroe, featuring the work of 14 poets and a series of powerful images depicting traders at work by Pendleton photographer Dean Carney. Further details and book­ ings are available from the Plat-- form Gallery in Station Road, Clit­ heroe (01200 443071). . Admission to the Atrium Cafe reading is £5, which also includes a copy of the “Shop!” anthology.- The readings at Clitheroe Books and Designer Knitting Yarns are free.


Plans loophole 'must be plugged'


DEVELOPERS'trying.to pre-empt,! public consultation on potential hous- - ing sites must be stopped, according to ^ Ribble Valley councillor Ken Hind. . >; ■ The council is consulting the pub-’ lie on its draft core stretegy proposals,:


.which would limit the construction of houses in the borough to 1,500 over the


. next 15 years. But that figure is in ad- ■dition to those sites which already have planning permission or which will have before the core strategy planning blue­ print is finalised.


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■ir'. Consequently,-'some developer's are’tryin'g to'get round the proposals, by making pre-planning enquiries or planning applications on sites already: subject to consultation, but before the process is completed, to make sure that their development site is included in the - future plans of the council. ■ ^ :: ■


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> “The solution to this problem is for t Ribble Valley Council and other counr cils from ail over the country to lobby Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for


Communities and Local Government,”


' said Coun Hind. “Pressure must be put ■ on him to introduce into the Localism Bill, about to be considered by Parlia- mentj.which has a clause preventing


- applications on land subject to public -consultation until the council finalises its policy. ■ ■ ' . “The people of the Ribble Valley


■should use the democratic process to oppose applications which attempt to get round the consultation. It is too


- late when opposition is reduced to lying : , down in front of bulldozers.”; In Lon'gridge, the Dilworth Triangle


site - which would be at the heaft of a potential 450-dwelling satellite village - was subject to a pre-planning enquiiy to Ribble Valley Borough Council -


-’only two days after a public meeting in Longridge as part of the core strategy consultation. At this meeting, several.


■ of members of the public spok'e out' strongly against building on the Dil- : worth Triangle.


Fox Strategic Land and Development


Limited have confirmed that they are making application to build 260 homes off Whittmgham .Lane, Longridge, which is in the part of the town within the City of Preston - an authority car­ rying out the same procedure as Ribble •, Valley. '


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. -Fox are in partnership with Gladman Developments, who have already made a planning application for 80 houses at Henthorn Road, Clitlieroe. Two other


. developers are in the process of apply- . ing for large housing developments in :'-’


- Whalley. 'The council have not yet dey .' cided if any of these sites will form part of their Local Government framework plan for housing over the next 15 years. This process will take another 12 to 18 'montns. ■ Coun Hind, who is also vice-chair-


; man of the Ribble Valley Conservative' Association, stressed that companies like Fox and Gladman are driven by. ,: the need to make profits, whereas the


council needs to consider the views of the communities where it is suggested houses are to be built.


- . “For owners of land, getting develop­


ment status for their land is like winning the lottery. They volunteer their land to councils as potential development sites.


" Land values of greenfield sites, on receipt of development status, can rise from £7,000 an acre to as much as £500,000. Landowners hire the likes of Fox Land and Property and Gladman Developments to push their land for development status, package their plan­ ning applications arid ultimately find


■builders to construct the houses.” " Coun Hind added: “Attempts made


to get round the views of the public sub­ verts the democratic process and brings the system into disrepute. Those who are anxious to make their land avail­ able for part of the 1,500 new homes proposed to be built in the next 15 years should be made to wait until the public consultation is complete.” :


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