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OVER the [jast week the face of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has been seen on television screens and newspaper pages around the globe as he welcomed the 33


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; This week the President visited the House of Commons, where he was warmly welcomed


; and congratulated by Rlbble Valley MP Nigel Evans in his role as Deputy Speaker. -


“It was a pleasure to welcome President ;Pinerai to Westminster,” said Mr Evans after


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I congratulated him on the heroic and suc- . cessful rescue of the 33 Chilean miners, which


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encapsulated the incredible spirit of the Chil­ ean people and government. ; “The President then made, what I consid­ ered to be, a veiy eloquent speech on the na­


ture of ouf two countries’ bi-lateral relation­ ship including trade.


■ “He spoke passionately on the need for


Chile and the restiof the world, to adopt a more rigorous approach to clean energy and


work internationally to share technological and innovative advancements.'


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■ ‘“rae President then left to meet the Prime , Minister, David Cameron, and l am sure that


they will have a fruitful discussion as to the fu- CONGRATULATIONS: Mr Evans welcomes Presi- ture relationship between our two countries.”r dent Pinera to the House of Commons.


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MASKED m en a rm ed with crowbars tied up a businessman in his p\TO home before escaping ;,with 'ej^erisive jewellery belong- l ingtphlslatewife^ /The thr%T


- broke into the detached ho^nie of property develop-


|e r David Kiiowles,-in Wiswell Lane,- j^ a l le y , m what has been described-


la s a “teixi^ng incident ”. Police say.Mr Knowles was sitting:


v;gang,=afnied.with crowbars, burst / into the room and tied his hands be-, hind his back.


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• around £100,000. '


■ lety and eventually fled the property with a quantity of money and some items of jewellery, which'belonged to the victim’s late wife, Joanj who died 18 months ago: The total valiie ' of the haul is rumoured to have been


5 , Mr JCnowles, who is in his 50s arid managing director,of Westbridge Dcvelopments 'Ltd, which builds


< J e r 9 p.m.-and raise the alarm with •, police.


' " . Sin tHe.front lounge room when theV ' Police investigations are continu-


r . They demanded to know where' ■men wearing black sweat tops and , i they could find-money and jewel-


, ing into the robbery, which happened ".at around 8-30 p.m: on Sunday. ■ ' The raiders are described as white


, terial and .black gloves. One of the . offenders, who is described as the leader, isSft. lOins., of proportionate


' build and wearing black-coloured work boots similar to Dr Martens boots. ■ ' ; /


.houses in Blackburn and Darwen, ■ managed to free himself shortly af- '.


‘ Police say his accent appeared to sound like broken Polish or Romani­ an, biit he spoke very good English. .The second male is described as 5ft.-:8ins. fall,-of medium to small


'biiild. He wore trainers, which were mainly white with a blue stripe or pattern on the side. ; ' : ,


' ■ The third man is described as 5ft.


9ins.‘to lOins.'tall, of slim build and sounded northern, but not broad. Det. Sgt Nigel Watson, of Clithe-


• plain black bottoms in the same ma- ■


roe CID, is investigating the robbery and believes a fourth man m'ay been


involved. He said: “This was a terri­ fying ordeal for the victim who was. left shaken, scared and fearing for. his safety. We believe this was a well- planned and.organised attack arid are urging witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious or seen the offenders escape to get in touch im­ mediately..


.. “We are not ruling out the possi-


bilify that a fourth person may have been waiting in a getaway car parked : nearby and it is important to contact


us if you noticed any suspicious vehi­ cles in the vicinity of Wiswell Lane or as afield as Barrow or Whalley,


between 8 and 10 p.m. on Sunday.” : ® Call the police on 01200 443344 ' or the Crimestoppers line on 0800: ■ 555111 with any inforrriatiori.


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