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Clltheroe Advertiser&Times,Thursday, October 6,2011
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■ Valley Matters.............................................6 and 7 ■ Village News..........:.................. ...........15 and 16 ■ Letters.................................. ............................. ........14 ■ Weekendplus............................................36 to 38 ■ Family Notices.......... ...........................32 and 33 ■ The paper that saves you money............. 31 ■ Motors Today
.................. .....39 to 47 ■ Sport............................................................. 53 to 56 We asked:
Should the Govern* ment step in to stop the loss of 3/000 jobs at BAE?
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DUTY chemist: Boots, 15 to 19 Castle Street, Clit heroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. POLICE: 01200 443344. FIRE: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service. - ELECTRICITY: 08001954141. GAS: 0800111999. WATER: 0845 462200. COUNCILS: Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clit- heroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. HOSPITALS: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Stee- ton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. 1 ALCOHOL Information Centre: 01282 416655. AIDSLINE: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). DOMESTIC Violence Helpline: 01254 879855. CRUSE Bereavement Care: 01772 433643. ENVIRONMENTAL Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. DRUGS: Local confidential advice and information line: 01254 226200. National: 0800 776600. RIBBLE Valley Talking Newspaper: 01254 825341. SAMARITANS: 01254 662424. MONTHLY Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721, LANCASHIRE Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771.'
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1. Man left with fracturod skull in Clitheroe take away attack.
2. Ribble Valley teenager airlifted to hospital after smash.
3. Boy (14) robbed on way home from school..
4. Mum dies after giving birth in Burnley General Hospital: official probe.
5. Roald Dahl day is a hit with Clithe- roe pupils.
6. BAE jobs blow for thousands.
sparks by-election by Faiza Afzaal
A CLITHEROE councillor has stepped down after ac
cepting a
job.in Aberdeen. Liberal-Democrat David Ber
ryman has resigned his seats on both Ribble Valley Borough Council and Clitheroe Town Council. A borough by-election for his Salthill Ward seat will be held next month. A former Mayor of Clitheroe,
Mr Berryman thanked the resi dents of Salthill Ward for all their support over the past eight years. The ex-Clitheroe Royal Gram
mar School pupil said: “I always did what I thought was right, but you can’t please everybody and I am sure I upset a few people. “I would also like to thank my
fellow councillors on both sides of the chamber and say to my Tory ‘friends’ that I don’t think that you are all bad people - it is
simply you are misguided. “I do not intend to leave Ribble
Valley forever and we are keep ing our house in Clitheroe, so I will be watching developments during the coming months in the borough with a keen eye. “Finally, I would ask the Plan
ning Committee to pick its bat tles carefully. I still pay council tax and don’t want it wasted on unwinnable appeals.” Coun. Berryman was first
elected as town mayor in 2007 when he served the town with the help of his wife, Maria, who acted as the mayoress. The year after he was re-elect
ed as town mayor and was de scribed as a “first-class mayor” by Coun. Mary Robinson, who pro posed him for the post. At the time she praised his
commitment and dedication to fulfil the role despite working in Aberdeen.
She said: “David has always
ensured he attended town coun cil and borough council meetings. On many occasions he travelled all the way from Aberdeen, at tended meetings and travelled back the same or next day.” • Subject to there being more
than one nomination to fill the seat, there will be a by-election in the Salthill Ward for both the Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil and Clitheroe Town Council seats on November 17th. Polling will take place at
Brookside Primary School, Bright Street, Clitheroe. Information for prospective
candidates is available from www.
ribblevalley.gov.uk
Yourjgenerosity helps save lives will start in the Valley by Duncan Smith
IN the countdown to next summer’s Olympic Games, schoolchildren in the Catholic Diocese of Salford, inluding those at Thomeyholme Primary, in Dunsop Bridge, are taking part
in the Relay of Prayer. Beginning at the Dun
sop Bridge School, it will travel more than 400 miles, involving 210 schools in the diocese and finishing at a special serv ice in Salford Cathedral on July 6th, 2012. The aim of the relay is
to mark the significance of the Olympic Games by looking at the links be tween religion and sport, as well as celebrating their' common ability to bring people together. Each of the schools will
be twinned with one of the 200 countries com peting in the Olympic and Paralympic games. Schools will then research their adoptive country to find out about the faiths, customs and practices of
cluding opera star Sean Ruaiie, world freestyle football champion Dan Magness, Bolton Wander ers manager Owen Coyle, Assistant Chief Constable Ian Hopkins (who has a sp’ecial responsibility for all Olympic events in Manchester), and several Olympic athletes. Includ- ing?:Andrevv Gordon- Brown, who represented South Africa in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and now works at Stonyhurst College. The young pupil ambas
TWINNING TIME: The Year 6 pupil ambassadors from Thorneyholme Pri mary School wait for their twin country to be drawn out of the hat.
that country and to learn about the lives of children and young people living- there. They will also discov
er which athletes their twinned country is send ing to the games and re
member them and all the Olympic and Paralympic athletes in their prayers and assemblies.
which country they had been twinned with during a special launch event at
Schools discovered
Thornleigh Salesian Col lege, Bolton, when ambas sadors from each school witnessed their twinned countries being drawn from an “electronic hat”. r The event was also at tended by celebrities in
sadors who attended the event from Thomeyholme School were delighted to learn that they had been twinned with the Demo cratic People’s Republic of Korea, better known as North Korea. . Schools now have three
months to prepare for the start of the Relay of Prayer, which will begin on Monday November 28th at-Thorneyholme. Its pupil ambassadors will carry the torch to the next school on the route and
" present an assembly about . their adoptive country.
Chance to make a splash in the Big Swim
RIBBLE Valley residents are invited to make a splash for the 2012 Olympics by taking part in a countywide swimming event.' The Lancashire Big Swim will
take place at swimming pools across the county, including Rib- blesdale Pool, in Edisford Road, Clitheroe, from 1 to 4 p.m: on Saturday, October 8th. The Big Swim is a celebration
: people in each local authority area to swim 2,012 lengths on the same day:
of the 2012 Olympic and Paral ympic games, and the aim is for
cil’s leisure and sports develop ment manager Colin Winterbot- tom said: “Whether people are enthusiastic swimmers and aim to use the Big Swim as part of their
Ribble Valley Borough Coun
regular training, or will be getting into a swimming
pool.for the first time, we want everyone to have a go. , “People don’t have to be an
Olympic swimmer to take part - they just need to turn up and join in the Olympic spirit.” Many people cycle or run to get
fit, but don’t think of swimming as a route to a healthier lifestyle.
Yet even a gentle swim can burn more than 200 calories in half- an-hour and a fast front crawl can
: burn as many calories as an eight- mile run. Participation in The Big
Swim at Ribblesdale Pool costs £1.50, less than half the standard £3:50 admission price: • More details of are available
from Ribblesdale Pool on 01200 424825.
THE generosity of Ribble Valley people is helping to relieve suffering and hardship throughout Africa in very real and practical ways. The Rotary Club of Clitheroe, along with
local churches and Scout groups, has raised money for 17 ShelterBoxes over the past year. ShelterBox is an international disaster re
lief charity, founded by a Rotarian, which provides portable refuge to disaster victims around the world. Each ShelterBox supplies families who have
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been left with nothing with a tent and lifesav ing equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored to the nature and
location of the disaster. In recent months Shelterbox UK has deliv
ered more than 9,000 Shelterboxes worth over £5m. to Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Libya. These are placed directly by Shelterbox re
sponse teams in the most vulnerable areas. With predictions of a worse than normal
Atlantic hurricane season, along with re peated flooding in Pakistan, there continues
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to be a large demand for more boxes. Howard Blackburn, the Rotary Club of Clitheroe’s in ternational chairman, commented: “Thanks to the generosity of the people in the Valley we have been able to play our part in Africa and beyond.' “However more help is needed else
where on a regular basis. Anyone wishing to make a donation to Shelterbox can do so either through Clitheroe Rotary or direct to fund aising@shelterboxuk” For more information about the Shelter- Box charity, visit: www,
shelterbox.org
New lease of life for ex-Hicks Health Club
A MAJOR new refurbishment will be undertaken at the former Hicks Health Club in Clitheroe. Two local families have joined forces to
create a new state-of-the-art health and leisure facility at the Clitheroe Cricket and Tennis Club site oif Chatburn Road.
Vicky Carter, of Lee Carter’s Health .
Studio, Lowergate, Clitheroc, said: “We are looking forward to joining forces with this prime leisure site in Clitheroe.” Carter Leisure will open its doors in
November, with the plans on display at Lee Carter’s for all to
see.The refur- .
bishment will include five fitness areas, including a gym, weights room, two fit ness studios and a purpose-built spinning room. The new facility will have three E’spa treatment rooms, physiotherapy, chiropracty, chiropody, an acupuncture clinic and remedial massage.
Re-think over Clitheroe hospital plan FROM PAGE ONE News of this alternative op
tion for the redevelopment of Clitheroe Community Hospi tal has been welcomed by local campaigners. “We are delighted that the
NHS East Lancs PCT has recognised the importance of Clitheroe retaining its hospi tal and have approved a viable scheme and are optimistic that it will now proceed quickly through the next stages,” said Trevor Roberts, a member of the Clitheroe Health Centre User Group, which lobbied the Trust with the “Save Clitheroe Hospital” petition. Mr Roberts added that
the Trust had recognised the strength of feeling in the Rib ble Valley and praised the work done by Jackie Hadwen, LIFT CEO, in submitting the scheme and her consultation with the group. Retired local GP Dr WJ.
heroe Community Hospital was taken into account by NHS East Lancashire Trust Board members, also welcomed the news. “Of the practical solutions
available I think they have cho sen the best one,” he said. “It is the biggest area of hospital and it will retain beds, which I think is critical for future health in the Valley. “It also uses the existing area
CAMPAIGNERS: Above left, Mr Trevor Roberts and Mrs Barbara Park, of the Clitheroe Health Centre User Group, are pictured presenting the “Save Clitheroe Hospital” pe tition to Mrs Victoria Robertson, NHS East Lancashire’s director of corporate and public affairs. Above right, Dr. David McKinlay has also tirelessly campaigned for the redevelopment of Clitheroe Community Hospital.
David McKinlay MBE, whose key reasons why the Ribble briefing paper setting out the Valley needs to develop Clit
for which there is planning per mission and the land which is left over to fund the hospital is the most commercially viable as it’s closest to the town.” He added that he believed
the views of local people had been taken into account and this option was the “best we are going to get”. With plans to scrap PCTs in
2013, the revised scheme must now be approved by the new NHS Lancashire cluster board and the new North of England strategic health authority.
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Walkers warned after man found dead in peat bog
WALKERS are being urged to take care after a man died while walking in a remote part of the Rib ble Valley. Police were contacted
around 5-20 p.m. on Sat urday after a walker dis covered a body in a peat bog in Saddle Fell, near Chipping. . Due to the remote loca
tion, a recovery operation involving the police heli copter and Bowland Pen nine Mountain Rescue Team had to be delayed until the following morn ing. Police believe the man
had fallen into the peat bog and become trapped. They think his body could have been there for up to three weeks DS Nigel Watson said:
“We believe the man trav elled on the train from Ormskirk to Preston on September 10th and nev er made a return journey. A member of the public found the body on Sun day morning, but there was no phone reception in that area. It took him a number of hours to walk off the fell to raise the alarm. “The body has not yet
been formally identified, although we believe he is a 75-year-old man from Liverpool. “It appears to have
been a tragic accident. I appeal to anyone who thinks they know him to come forward.” Phil O’Brien, of the
Bowland and Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, added: “I urge walkers not to take any unneces sary risks an‘d'where pos sible, to use appropriate maps. “They should tell some
one where they are going and when to expect them back. “They should make
sure they are wearing ap propriate clothing and footwear and to check the weather forecast before setting off. Inexperienced walkers should make sure they have someone with them who knows the area well.” A post mortem exami
nation will be carried out this week to establish the cause of death. It is not being treated as suspi cious. Anyone with informa
tion can contact police on 08451253545.
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