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licenced rinaer. - 'All hen h i r ie r chicks reared on the^, i


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OFFIGERS from,-Trading Standards and the police will join forces to clamp, down on the illegal selling of alcohol to,


': The joint operation between Lancashire’s Trading Standards Service and the Special: Constabulary is part of the county’s ongoing commitment to reduce the saje of aicohoi." to underage people in East Lancashire,t:i; ■:: WiThe new partnership will also target what; are knowh:as,,“proxy sales’’? when adults: buy alcohol on behalf of under 18s:ThisJs a criminal offence which carries a fine of up. to £5,000 if convicted. ‘


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'. 'i Special Inspector Laura Kendall, of the Pennine Division of Lancashire Constabu­ lary, said; Anyone caught selling alcohol to people who are underage will receive an £80 fine; And if they’re caught doing that


again in a further test purchase operation s within the next three months; they, could ,;,


51'. County Coun. Albert Atkinson; Cabinet, 7 member with responsibility for Lancashire’s i- .Trading Standards service; said: “It is n o t ::


' face a further penalty of up to £20,000 and , - their licence could be reviewed and m a y b e : ’revoked.”, . . ’ '


I about how many test purchase operations -. •■'or prosecutions we carry out each year; it • :


; is aboutputcomes; improving health pros- ;■ ’ pe'cts'anll reducing crime levels S'?’. Special Inspector Gareth Mead, of East- ’■'em Division, said: “When we carry out te s t :


' “purchases; we don’t want the sale to hap-., i: pen.- Lancashire’s Trading Standards servr • ■ i'lce has been carrying out these types of -. • operations, in conjunction with Lancashire;,’


. Constabulary,"for many years and we will •. • continue:to work in partnership to tackle. ' the problerri of underage and proxy sales of ■ alcohol.” '


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;Bdwland estate are fitted \rith rings^^ j for monitoring purposes to help.prp-^; ' tect this endangered spe'cies. .. - ■ K 'Nest camera footage.of this hen ;? ;harrier chick and her-three siblings,,-: ! can currently be seen on a big screen ■ in the Bowland Visitor. Centre at the.Ji ' Beacon Fell Country Park, near Pres-1 ton? seven'days-a-week from ■ to 4 pm >


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' “'"The Bowland Hen Harrier Project | is run by the RSPB,:United Utilities,-;.


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Mi 'A GAyiNG'mystery of.epic,proportions has;.-’ been unfolde'd with the help of Clitheroe-base'd^'


'caving club the Northern Boggarts, r'.’ - r Its members have been active in’the Yorkshire


; ,Dales where-Witches Cave II was discovered some : . TO,years^ago by;diver5 using


'X V subraqua gear. The divers !; ■ , 's w a m " u n d e r w a t e r for; around 300 m e t r e s ' j a n d


■ then,- after as­ cending for an-j other 30,metres,


’ .d is c o v e re d : a


- v-cave with unique- fo rm a t io n s 'an d ' ' massive; under-: ground passages.,


: Members of the caving r: fraternity were excited b y ' .- . the discovery, but unable to .V: .■ :'explore the cave xvithout pass--' ling-through the underxvater;. passages. So the discovery


'lay dormant until,last year," xvhen one o f ithe Northern Bog- . M


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i . garts Club,-Fred Rattray, and his b r o th e r - J im , electronics


wizards,' built a ra d io b e a ­ con capable of sending signals:


- through solid rock.


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. ' ’needed was to V persuade the divers to go ' . through; the- !


s!- u n d e rw ate r?: ■: passages for a


■■finalTime.'They^ , : ’ would take the radio'' .‘ ‘■ ■ beacon with them and .. ■ ’ ■climb as close as possi-r: y. ■ ble towards the surface and radio bea--;-


. con sxvitched on. On the; ’


; ■ ’ surface Fred was waiting?;: ; ' with’his radio detection ■ ■r'.' equipment; and sure;f'i - .'■


■ enough, he picked up :. a signal and, xvhen he


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® Pot into Witches Cave f ~ I


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- iw a s confident that ihe xvas over.the beacon, a.


• . ’’-markerwas laid down.’ s.. The site of the proposed, ? - Fell land,:,


. ;:■ belonging to Lord Shuttle-.:


: y .worth.Tnterestingly this part. ; o f ’the Dalesiisisituatea in:,.. Lancashire and'further-?


:: j more the area is designated .s : V'. a'Site of Special Scientific


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auroch.’This:is:th'e precursor, of the modern domestic cow and the bones


B'iare believed to be at least- '■ 6,000 years old.';' ■ :i Clitheroe resident Pete; Monk;who was involved; i:\vith the project through.^


iout;has just finisheded* -r.iting a.70-page:repdrt' bn the project.'Copies of this are available} 5 from Pete, priced £8; (tel.01200427297);’;y L 0 r d i S h u 111 e }


wo'rth,'afteLxyhom }the; nevyJcave}has; ■’.been naiiiedj’took- ya-^reattihtefest;


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O n e ’io f .; thV;yt’eam,'vxAndre\VT;Hinde; c ave v conservation officer for Natural England, took charge o f ; negotiations and eventually the all-clear to begin the excavation xvas given. .. Digging,began in September last year and a , team’’of cavers dug some 17 metres before ’ ■' ’ .breaking through to the radio beacorr,';, ■ '‘ 'On e o f the'conditions lai^.down:- t in the permit was that the whole process should be recorded sci-t;. entifically arici any bones or ar^: tefacts should be carefully


' excavated’and identi-:;: g fierii'This ,wa|fortui-'j; advice iniieed as 5


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. ■ • Public liability, employer’s liability.^lej-i' STALACTITES:'Another bf the ;


-formations inside the cave, these delicate stalactites hang eeriiyy from the roof. - • - ' ■ ; •'


: RARE FiND: (Left) Richard Mercer examines one of the ancient bones; discovered during the dig.


: Cave II, is a remarkable record of per-, sistence and professionalism; Pete is also. available to give talks on the discovery:


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