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running. The Beat-Herder Festival runs


range of bands and musicians, will be held off the A59 at the top of Sawlcy Brow and one of the main attractions is the famous Toil Trees stage, one of the most unusual fes­ tival locations in the country. It is set among tall firs draped with throws and sails, and with spinning images projected onto the trunks and leaves. This year new venues will be added to make the most of the beautiful rural surroundings. The festival will again see the re­


cally sourced food and drink, the Beat-Herder Festival sets itself apart as it favours independent and local businesses and stallhold­ ers instead of corporate brands. ■ The event, featuring a wide


July 1st. Combining live music with lo­


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turn of the infamous Beat-Herder Working Men’s Club, run by “Cor­ onation Streef’-style barmaids arid featuring bingo, drag queen acts, and the Beat-Herder’s Got Talent


sual features to the festival, includ­ ing: tasty'home-made cakes and pies which can only be found in Lancashire; the intriguingly col­ lectively titled Crazed Inventions, which include vibrating benches and a network of tunnels that lead you to different zones; The Street, a thespian-orientated experience where you can get a tattoo, a hair­ cut or a wet shave, browse the book


Raj themed Rajazzle Tent,’ host­ ing unsigned acts ranging from hip hop to Bangra and also a selection ■ of comedy acts on the Sunday. The NME magazine hailed the festi­ val as “back to basics, built on the simple principles of having fun, a dance and escaping the corporate machine for one weekend.” There will be several other unu­


contest. The festival will also feature a


meri tired of overcrowded and pretentious festivals, Beat-Herder 2012 will offer boutique camping for the first time. Accommodation will range from tipi, yurt and bell tent and there will be plenty of hot showers and flushing toilets for the more discerning punters. The Beat-Herder attracts an


shop and antiques emporium, or play records inThe DI'Y Garage disco and transport yourself to dif­ ferent areas of the festival via the teleport phone box tunnel system. The brainchild of six Yorkshire-


extremely loyal crowd; so much so that 180 people have had the Beat- Herder logo, tattooed, an indica­ tion of the passion put into making people feel at home at the festival. Ticket prices range from £85 for


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A CLITHEROE schoolgirl has be­ come the envy o f her friends after having a b ro ad c as t conversation with BBC Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans. Anna 'Worsley, who is a pupil at Pendle


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CLITHEROE is one of the un- luckiest places to be in the UK - at least according to the Halifax Building Society. . For the town has the least


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Primary School, came under the national spotlight when she was interviewed by the famous broadcaster on his breakfast show during the “Kids - what are you do­ ing for the first time today?” feature. Anna revealed that she was off to see


ners who enjoyed an evening’s badger watch with local wildlife officer Phil Dykes and teacher Mr Richard Water- house over two nights. . When Anna spoke to Chris Evans


badgers at a secret location that evening after winning a school competition to produce a factfile about badgers. The eight-year-old was one of 10 win­


Adrian Worsley, said: “We were incred­ ibly proud of Anna for being on national radio.


again the following morning,' she told him vvhat she had seen and gave herself a mark of ten million out of ten! Anna’s proud parents, Susan and


and although she was visibly nervous she sounded confident when speaking to Chris Evans. “She wasn’t even fazed by his unpre­


“She is normally quite a shy person


dictable: badger questions! On Friday she received a signed photograph from Chris that said: ‘To Anna 10,000,000 out of 10, yoii were fab. Badgers rock! Love Chris.’ “She’s absolutely thrilled with it and


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WELLWISHER: Coun. Horkin presents the bouquet of red roses to Her Majesty on behalf of Clitheroe.


has taken it into school to show every­ one!”


ON THE AIRWAVES: Anna Worsley spoke to Chris Evans during his Radio 2 breakfast show, (s)


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Halifax launched its Savers Prize Draw, there have been, of those who have registered, one in 42 Hyde residents who have won


number of winners in relation to the Halifax’s Savers Prize draw. Figures show that Clitheroe has


prizes in the Halifax Savers Prize Draw. This makes the.area in Greater


North-West is a lucl^ place to be as. since December 2011 when


the fewest winners for the draw in. relation to registrations - just one iri298. ■ , - But generally speaking the


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Manchester one of the luckiest places to be.


has paid out almost £2,500,000 in prizes to date, with a further £1.2m in prizes to be awarded each month in Mav and June as a result of the


The Halifax Savers Prize Draw


two super draws. Luclg' savers who have registered for the draw have won prizes ranging from £100 to £100,000. Llandudno and Colwyn Bay, both on the North Wales


coast, are the next luckiest towns. Indeed, four of the top 10 lucki­


in Bedfordshire, arid West Bro­ mwich in the league of unlucky towns.


est tovras are on the coast, with Fe­ lixstowe in Suffolk and Weymouth, Dorset, also making the list. Clitheroe is followed by Sandy,


Community Foundation for Lancashire, said: “Her Majesty was delighted with the flowers and said that the Ribble Valley was one of her favourite places to visit.”


red roses, created by The Flower Shop, in Wellgate, Clitheroe, during her visit to Accrin^on. Coun. Horkin, who was also representing the


CLITHEROE’S Deputy Mayor Coun. Kevin Horkin presented flowers to The Queen on behalf of the town during her visit to East Lancashire. He handed Her h ^ ’esty a beautiful bouquet of


Flowers on behalf of the town


F O R M E R w i n n e r o f th e Q u e e n ’s A w a rd fo r T e c h n o lo g y an d c u r r e n t chairman of Ribchester Parish


, Council Ian Sayers is the new Mayor o f the Ribble Valley, and. his first official engagement was to meet Her Majesty The


Valley Borough Council Chamber Coun. Sayers was proposed by Coun. Ken Hind, who spoke of C^un. Sayers’ popularity both in his ward of Ribchester, where he was twice elected unopposed, and o the borough counciL


n


the council for appointing him and his Mayoress, Mrs Jean Hayes, before being invested with the mayoral chains by the outgoing Mayor Cqun. Simon Hore. Following the mayor-making


In reply the new Mayor thanked


a celebration dinner was held at Mitton Hall, Whalley, attended by members of the Mayor and Mayoress’s families, councillors and guests.


. Coun. Sayers was born in.- Reading and educated at a


occasion is the garden party at Buckingham Palace on Monday. At his installation in the Ribble


Sayers “Do you ever fight with South Ribble?” To which the Mayor replied: “No”. The couple’s next Royal


were presented to The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke then asked Coun.


Queen during her Diamond Jubilee visit to Accrington. Both the Mayor and Mayoress


to meet the Queen role By Marcia Morris


chemistry at the University of London. He e n te r e d th e p a p e r


Quaker school, before studying


. Carbide in Brussels. He then joined the Scapa


Austria, where he learned to s p e ^ German, before joining Union


_ Coun. Sayers retired in 2004 and is chaiman of Ribchester Parish Council, the village where he has lived for 30 years. He said: “Ribble Valley is a


enjoys house renovation projects and is interested in energy


tourism and indust^ in the region and to continue in his role as president of Preston Curling Club. His chosen charities are Guide


Dogs UK and the Alzheimer’s Society.


conservation and environmental issues. He also intends to promote


#1 Mayoress, Mrs Jean Hayes, at Accrington Town Hall, ready to meet the Queen. of the Ribble Valley Coun. Ian Sayers and the


beautiful area and I am looking forward to helping the community prosper in anyway I can during my mayoral year.” In his spare time Coun. Sayers


Queen’s Award for Technology in 1997 from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, when he met the monarch for the first time.


Group in Blackburn, where he spent 35 years at the forefront of paper fabrics and filter cloth manufacture. His team at Scapa received the


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manufacturing industry and worked at paper mills in Switzerland and


Father was ‘over p r o t e c t i v e ^


A CLITHERQE man g o t in v o lv ed when police tried to arrest someone who was with his son.


his behaviour ,” said Mr Taylor. “It appears when the police went to arrest one of the lads my client got a little over ' protective.”


Drink driver found hidingin


receives


art galleiy in Ribchester, was asked to do the painting on behalf of students


from Burnley College. And he chose a


sppt that is very famih'ar to the Queen and her family - the Inn at Whitewell.


Indeed, the Queen owns the land on which it stands and she has often said this is one of her favourite parts of r the country where she woulci love to


they both knew but from a different side.


“ It was a very proud moment.” ; Geoff was commissioned- by


already walked past, so she called him over to look at the painting. They both liked it veiy much and I told them I wanted to capture somewhere


where it was and when 1 told her, she said that she didn’t recognise it because it was from a different angle. The Duke of Edinburgh had


Inn At Whitewell from the River Hodder (Bridge Pool), in acrylics from the River Hodder looking towards the pub. He was invited to hand it over personally. Geoff said: “The Queen asked


etire to. ■ Geoff completed the canvas. The


A RIBBLE Valley a r t is t was commissioned to capture on canvas one of Her Majesty the Queen’s favourite spots, the finished painting presented during her visit to East Lancashire last week. Geoff Rollinson, who owns his own


I and ordered to pay £85 costs.


I M r P e t e r W i ld e (prose cuting) said a police officer saw a car being driven in the early hours o f the morning w i th o u t l ig h ts . The vehicle stopped on the car park of The Craven Heifer pub and a male got out of the driving seat and ran off up a back alley. Fielding was found hiding in the outhouse.


IMPRESSIVE: Geoff Rollinson proudly


presents his painting to Her Majesty.


UCLAN to complete the portrait which may be hanging on the walls of Buckingham Palace as he was asked to paint it to a certain size so it could


easily be transported by helicopter.


A postcard sized image of the painting was presented to all the


dignitaries who attended and Geoff also has.a version hanging in his ' gallery.


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farm shed FIREFIGHTERS were called out to extinguish a blaze a t a Ribble


one h o se ree l; a n d ' x>ne thermal'imaging’ camera to control the blaze which started at


the farm off Easington Road,' Cow Ark.;: . - , F i r e ■ crew s u s e d


just after 10-30 a.m. - . shed and its contents at :


Valley farm on Friday. The fire destroyed a


Fire destroys


o f W h a l le y R o a d ! C l i th e ro e , p le a d e d guilty a t Blackburn Magistrates Court to d r iving with excess alcohol. He was banned from driving Tor 18. months, made su'bject to a 9 p.m. to 5-a.m. curfew for four weeks


outhouse A DRIVER who ran off after police foUowed him onto a car park was found hiding in an outhouse. Roy Fielding (23),


: had been assaulted and Kay had gone to see if he could help. “He apologises for


(defending) said one of his client’s son’s friends


C l i th e ro e , p le a d e d guilty to obstructing a police officer. He was given a co n d i tio n a l discharge for six months and ordered to pay £55 in prosecution costs. Mr Jonathan Taylor


h e a rd th a t 37-year- old Garry Robert Kay g o t in v o lv ed a f te r his son and frien d s were involved in an incident in Clitheroe town centre. But when officers tried to make an arrest Kay became obstructive. I&y, of Turner Street,


Blackburn magistrates


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