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Thursday, January 20th, 2010 No. 6,484 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 75p


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^"A 15-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe boy has been charged with the rape of


'. a 13-year-old girl, also from Clithe-: roe.' ■


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[V'r' The boy appeared at Hyndburn^ ; Youthpourt this morning and the, case-is now being transferred to


. Preston Magistrates’Court. : V- The incident is alleged to have r taken 'place near dlitheroe Foot- ' ball Club on Friday evening.


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.dents after outline plans to build 75 : houses in the village were thrown ■out. A packed public gallery wit- messed :a heated debate where councillors refused the controver­ sial application.


Seepages Adames drama


■vlace (31) was flown out of the Af­ rican country on Saturday after a state of emergency was declared. Seepages


t-A CLITHEROE cricketer recalled his terrifying journey out of Tunisia at the weekend after the country descended into chaos. Adam Wal-


iMONTHS of campaigning came to an end for jubilant Whalley resi-


more than likely during the night time when the original card reader was removed and a replacemenfcard reader device fitted. . This device records the magnetic information: of customer’s cards when they use the ATM. , A second component is then fitted above


tween Januaty 6th and 7th, where a device was found to be fitted to a Clitheroe town centre ATM. This device comprised two profession­ ally designed and constructed components, which were fitted to the machine. Thieves had tampered with the machine,


ble Valley to be extra careful of “cloning” de­ vices fitted to cash machines. The stark warning follows an Incident be­


A SOPHISTICATED electronic scam involving cash machines has been discov­ ered in Clitheroe. Detectives are advising residents in the Rib-


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customer’s bank account and withdraw funds. There have been a number of similar devices , discovered in Preston and Colne. , Det. Sgt Nigel Watson, of Clitheroe CID, is investigating the incident and is advising residents to be extra careful when withdraw­ ing money. He added: “The vast majority of us have to,


criminals who then have customer’s magnetic data from their card and their PIN number. This information is then used to access the


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the PIN key pad which resembles part of the fascia of the ATM. This component actually , houses a pin hole video camera, has an inter­ nal power source, and video records the cus­ tomer inputting their number to the ATM.


make trips to the cash machine on a regular basis. We would urge all ATM users to check that no devices have been fitted to the cash machine prior to using it and always put your hand over your finger when entering your PIN number.” : Anyone who suspects anything unusual • is advised to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


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A model covers his personal identifica­ tion number when accessing an ATM.


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