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INFORMATION


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hcroe 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. HOSPITALS: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital:


01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Stee- ton: 01535 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. 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: 01200 428604. SAMARITANS: 01254 662424. MONTHLY Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. „ LANCASHIRE Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254358095.


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WEATHER I Dunsop Bridge,^* Slaidburn ‘


SAFE AND SECURE: Cambodian children next to their school gates, paid for bv the Inner Wheel Club of Ribblesdale.


o , i- , Club’s gift of school safety


A FASCINATING illustrated talk on Cambodia, given last year to the Inner Wheel Club of Ribblesdale by one of its own members, Christine Sunderland, has benefited children at a school there. The talk was given at the


club’s annual Overseas Evening, which is held to raise money for a project abroad.


- Christine has a family:


buy a set of playground gates for Mankul Sowtaone school, in the village of Prektakong, not far from the capital, Phnom Penh.- The gates prevent children


link with Cambodia and gave her talk following a holiday there. It raised enough money to


urnley ■ Blackburn Accrington


Weekend weatherrTt will become increas­ ingly chilly and Saturday will be cold, over­


cast and windy with outbreaks of rain.^~ Sunrise: 7-19 a.m. Sunset: 5-27 p.m. Lighting up time: 4-57 p.m.


running out into traffic and stop motorcyclists using the school grounds as a shortcut.


There was enough money left


over to pay for four damp-proof cabinets, so the teachers no longer need to take books and papers home to keep them diy. In recognition of the club’s gift, there is a plaque on the


RIBBLES.DALE.I.W (UK). Inner Wheel members are


mostly wives or partners of Rotarians, and the activities of a club are a mixture of social and fundraising events. The next Overseas Evening


will take place on Thursday, March 3rd, at Plate, Backridge Farm, Twitter Lane, Waddington. It will feature a talk, entitled Adventure


gates (above), and the club has received an elaborate, framed certificate, written in Khmer language, apart from the words


which includes a buffet supper, will be sent to the school for further improvements. • Tickets, priced £10 each, can


motorhome. Proceeds from this event,


be obtained from Christine Sunderland on 01254 826385.


b efore D ementia ) about a couple’s travels in Europe in their


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Whalley offered new school by developer


ACCIDENT: Emergency services close the road while they deal with the eceldent by Duncan Smith


...FAIRTRADE Fortnight, , .from February 28th to March 13th, promises to be a bonanza in Clitheroe this year. Events planned in the Fairtrade


Town include a Fashion and Film Show at the Grand on March 2nd; a Big Brew and Book Sale at the United Reformed Church on March 5th and displays in shops. A film of Fairtrade in Action in the town is being made, and will be shovvn at The Grand. The national theme this year is


Be Loud and Proud to Show Off Fairtrade, with the aim of putting together the world’s longest ever bunting. Each local group is encouraged to decorate triangles which will be strung together by


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from the choirs of Pendle and St Michael and St John’s primary schools, Ribble Valley Choir and St Michael and St John’s Church. Clitheroe Fairtrade Group


the.Fairtrade Foundation. In Clitheroe there will be workshops to decorate bunting. The fortnight will.cap a


wonderful year for the local group - its first full year since Clitheroe achieved the status of a Fairtrade Town.


, V Highlights of the year included


the Festive Fairtrade Market at The Grand in November. Visitors enjoyed the carol singing


: would like to thank all stallholders and local businesses for donating prizes for the popular tombola, especially Sainsbury’s, Booths, Tlie Co-op, Dawsons, Wellsprings and D Byrne and Co. Money raised goes towards


projects all over the world. A number of churches in the town are supporting Fairtrade. • Clitheroe United Reformed


Church serves Fairtrade tea and coffee after the service on Sunday rribr'nings and at church groups during the week. It also runs a stall selling Fairtrade produce once or twice a month after the church service on a Sunday and at


book and bric-a-brac sales, held once a month on Saturdays. This year their Big Brew


is fo cu s in g on supporting beekeepers in Africa and Latin America. In the UK, we produce


' 12% of the honey we cat. It would make a huge difference if honey we imported was fairly traded. S ch o o ls , b u s in e s se s and individuals have also all done


■ their bit during the year, and many thanks to all of them. A member of the Clitheroe


.Fairtrade, Group, Marjorie Saberton, gives talks to schools and other groups and is available to speak to any group interested. Clitheroe Fairtrade Group


asks everybody to get involved. If anyoiie is interested, e-mail Jo Harding at: joharbooks@aol. com


|Up event


A NEW cycling challenae, starting and finishing in Clitheroe, is being launched for 2011, and children’s charity Action Medical Research is calling for riders to sign up now for the first Cross Pennine 100. The event will take place on


July31st. Tliereisaa 100-miIe or a 100km route, both setting out from CIitheroe’s;RoefieId Sports and Leisure Centre. The route heads into the


Yorkshire Dales and takes in areas of Bowland Forest and the Ribble Valley, as well as part of southern Cumbria, on the longer version. Mark Trott, UK cycling


development manager at Action Medical Research, said: “Your stamina and fitness will be tested. If it’s been a long time since you’ve done any exercise, start off with short rides. By the end of July you’ll be fit and ready to join us.”


Participants will raise money to


help fund medical research into conditions affecting babies and children. Research currently being


supported by. Action Medical Research includes work around prernature birth, cerebral palsy, meningitis and epilepsy, as well as some very rare and distressing conditions that severely affect children. . For more information about


the_ Cross Pennine 100 and to register, visit: www.action.org. uk/crosspenninelOO. - ■


Titanic trucks will ruin our roads - MEP


ROADS already blighted; by potholes will only get worse following EU plans to allow huge 60-tonne lorries on our highways, - warns North West MEP-Paul.' Nuttall.


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“Following the bad: weather .' and.financial cutba'cks, potholes


, on many: roads,” said the U K :; Independence Party man, whose


are already a major hazard "


constituency includes -Ribble' Valley. -


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. -.“And now it' seems: that, to: V harmonise.lorry weights across Europe," the EU is -planning 1


: to push Tor bigger' and heavier lorries to roar along our roads, whatever our Government says. ' -


: , “I understand a leaked report from.the .EU’s: Motor, Vehicle Working'-Group "says our Government should not be able to opt out and block EU decisions;


..in a poor-state, and having these juggernauts pounding the'Tarmac


Our road-network is geherally


-will only. make, the situation V worse. *


- :.“-We “ s h o u ld - n o t be steamrollered into situations that - are not right for our country.”


CLEAN UP: Police and pupils collecting rubbish from the grounds of the Ribble Valiev Enternrise Park. Barrow.


Man (71) fights for life after head-on crash


AN elderly man is fighting for his life in hospi­ tal after a serious car crash in Sabden.


He was injured when a Ford Focus and


Ford Escort were involved in a head-on colli­ sion on Whalley Road, next to Hillside Farm just after 9-30 a.m. on Friday.


The Focus was travelling in the direction of


Sabden while the Escort was heading towards Whalley.


The driver of the Focus, a 71-year-old man


from Whalley, was taken to the Royal Black­ burn Hospital where his condition was this


week described as being “critical” and “life threatening”.


- The occupants of the Escort, two men aged 54 and 31 from Darwen, were also taken to pospital with “serious but not life threaten­ ing” injuries. The road was closed for several


hours to allow for an accident investigation. Sgt Gareth Hill said: “We are carrying out a full investigation into the circumstances sur­ rounding the collision. I would appeal to any­ body who witnessed it or has any information about the collision to contact police.” Anybody with any information should call


the police on 084512535 45 or Crimestoppers on0800555 111.


Chemical spill factory drama


_________by Faiza Afzaal


spillage incident at a Clitheroe firm. Ten fire engines and 50 firefighters


WORKERS had to be evacuated af­ ter a potentially dangerous chemical


wearing breathing apparatus and chemi­ cal protection suits battled to contain the nitric acid leak at Johnson Matthcy Cata­ lysts, Clitheroe. The crews then spent hours trying to di­


lute a cloud of the brown toxic gas, which had formed just above the building on the Pimlico Industrial Estate, West Bradford Road. Due to the still air conditions on Friday,


the cloud was not drifting beyond the con­ fines of the site and was being diluted by water spray. The polluted water resulting from the operation was contained on site. The incident happened at 11-30 a.m.


on Friday and almost 150 workers were evacuated from the building as a safety precaution. There were no road closures and no


nearby residents had to be evacuated from their homes.


Investigations are currently under way,


but it is unknown how the acid leaked from a pipeline. The spill was contained.


CHEMICAL LEAK: Evacuated workers wait outside the Johnson Matthey Catalysts plant at Pimlico following Friday’s nitric acid leak.


but because of its strength it reacted with the surroundings materials, which includ­ ed metal, and the gas was released. A spokesman for Lancashire Fire and


Rescue said: “There were no injuries to site personnel, emergency service staff or members of the public.” In a statement to the Clitheroe Adver­


tiser and Times, a spokeman for Johnson Matthey said: “No employees were ex­


posed, affected or injured. The fire crews began leaving the site at 4 p.m. on Friday. A formal internal investigation along with an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive is underway to find out how the acid leaked. “We would like to thank the emergency


services for their efforts and would like to apolpgisc to local residents for any incon­ venience caused on the day.”


Children help in major clean up


TWENTY big black bags full of rubbish were collected by Barrow Primary School pupils. Armed with litter pickers, 10 pupils from


pick, said: “I arranged to borrow the litter pickers from the borough council’s refuse department and McDonalds provided the children with a free meal voucher for their hard work. “Signs have now been put up around the


area reminding members of public to use the bins provided and we will be arranging for Neighbourhood officers to work in the area in plain clothes to monitor the situation. Tickets will be issued to anyone littering.”


Years5 and 6joined PC Justin Brown, PCSO Di Bioletti and PGSO Jane Pearson, from Whalley police, to clean up the area of Bar- row Brook near to McDonalds on the Ribble Valley Enterprise Park. PCSO Pearson, who organised the litter


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A NEW prima^ school could be built in Whal­ ley if plans to create new homes in the village are given the green light. Developer Commercial


Estates Group has sub­ mitted an outline plan­ ning application to deliver 300 new homes, a primary school and a care home on the 14.6 hectare site to the east of Clitheroe Road, known as Lawsonsteads, in Whalley. The proposals, which


contain a mix of housing sizes and types, including 30% affordable housing, have been developed in response to the Ribble Valley’s housing shortfall. Under the plans, the


one-form entiy primary school would accom­ modate more than 200 pupils, there would be a 50-bedroom care home and 2.5 hectares of open space, landscaping and community areas. The plans also include


an alternative route onto the A671 to reduce traffic flows through the village, traffic calming measures in Clitheroe Road and Wiswell Lane to improve road safety, and new parking restrictions in the village centre to improve the availability of parking spaces for shoppers. CEG has consulted with


local residents and stake­ holders throughout the masterplanning process. As part of this process, the company held public exhibitions in November to allow the community the opportunity to review the proposals, speak to the project team and pro­ vide their feedback. Approximately 300


people attended the consultation events and, in response to the com-


ments received, CEG has made several changes to improve the plans before submitting the planning application. Steve McBumey, devel­


opment planner for CEG, said: “There is a pressing need for new housing in the Ribble Valley. As one of the main settlements in the borough, Whalley is well placed to help meet this need. We believe our scheme will deliver genu­ ine and comprehensive benefits to the village, in­ cluding the provision of much-needed affordable housing, elderly accom­ modation and a primary school. “During our extensive


discussions with local stakeholders and resi­ dents, most people agreed that there is a need for a new primary school in Whalley. “We are in detailed


discussions with both the local education and plan­ ning authorities to ensure that this is funded and delivered in a timely man­ ner.


“We appreciate that lo­


cal people are concerned about preserving the char­ acter of the village and en­ suring that the necessary infrastructure is in place to support new homes. “We believe our pro­


posals can deliver a high quality development that is supported by invest­ ment in new infrastruc­ ture to meet the needs of Whalley’s existing and future generations.” • Plans to build 75


houses on fields off Rid- dings Lane, Whalley, were thrown out by coun­ cillors last month. The ap­ plication by Co-operative Estates was refused after protest from villagers


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