The Clitheroe Thursday, October 6th, 2010 No. 6,521 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 75p


Soldier Dominie m


• i in Afghan blast


A 21-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe soldier is in hospital after sus­ taining serious injuries in a blast in Afghanistan. ■ It is believed Dominic Giles only flew out to the war-tom


country less than a month ago to serve with the Royal Engi­ neers and was on patrol when he was caught in the explosion. He suffered serious


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injuries to his legs. Dominic’s parents


were top distressed to speak to The Clit­ h e ro e Advertiser- and Times. It is urn derstood Dominic is being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hos­ pital, Birmingham. Prior to joining the


Army, Dominic was extremely popular


- during his school years at Ribblesdale High School Technology College, Clitheroe.- Headteacher Mr Si­ mon Smith, said: “All of us at Ribblesdale were very saddened to hear the news. The school’s pastoral co­ ordinator, Ms Hutch­ inson, remembers him well. She says that he is a charismatic young man with an infectious personality and was very well liked by his peers during his time here. We all wish him well with his recovery. He is a brave young man.” Dominic was also a keen supporter of Sabdeii FC and of­


DOMINIC GILES


ten attended the team’s practice sessions and games. The Ministry of Defence was unable to disclose details


of the incident or Dominic’s injuries, saying it was not their policy to comment or give details on injured soldiers.


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Campaign success as revised plan gets go-ahead by Julie Magee '


PLANS for the redevelop­ ment of Clitheroe Commu­ nity; Hospital look set to go ahead, albeit in a different


form. , The revised LIFT scheme,


along with other similar schemes in East Lancashire, was voted through unanimous­ ly by NHS East Lancashire Primary Care Trust (PCT) board members at a meeting last Thursday. Under the plans, a 4,000sq


metre hospital facility will be built on land next to the ex­ isting Clitheroe Community Hospital and surplus land sold off. Last September the local


CLITHEROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. (S)


community was devastated when plans for a new £12m. purpose-built hospital on land next to the existing site in Chatbum Road were shelved. Health officials claimed the


development was no longer af­ fordable due to the economic downturn and constraints on NHS finances. NHS East Lancashire PCT subsequently pledged to go


back to the drawing board to come up with affordable alter­ natives. And its trust board set up


a “Locality Development Programme” which looked at using the organisation’s own capital rather than external financing options. It also con­ sulted local doctors and health staff, Ribble Valley councillors and officers plus local people,


formulating a report listing the


options. Pressure to retain and en­


hance the services provided by the existing hospital, housed in what was originally Clitheroe’s workhouse, culminated in a 4,400-name “Save Clitheroe Hospital” petition presented to the trust in April.


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