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‘Unsafe’ bridge shut yet again


by Eric Beardsworth


PARENTS are angry after Sainsbury’s Clitheroe superstore banned pupils from


• VILLAGERS are having to cope with traffic diversions again after a bridge over the River Ribble was declared unsafe. Lancashire County Council closed Bradford


Bridge, between West Bradford and Pimlico, in consultation with the police last Thursday night, and traffic is having to go via Grindleton orWaddirigton.


er lorry three weeks ago, dislodging masonry down to road level. ■


volving lorries getting stuck on the tight bend at the West Bradford village end of the bridge. A Lancashire county council spokesman said: “It’s not clear whether the bridge has ; been struck again, or whether it had deterio­


, due to be erected later this month.


parish councils have met to suggest solutions, and signs saying ‘lUnsuitable for HGVs” are


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last six months or so, but they have not done anything. aga; j‘Tt is maddening that the bridge is closed y e t '


called for a permanent solution, said: “I hope the county council will do something construc­ tive. There have been a lot of platitudes in the


three weeks for major repairs. . Former councillor Edwin Gretton, who has


in.” , - ■: > ■ ' ' : The bridge was closed in. November for


and we intend to get contractors oh site as soon as possible to cany out repairs.” ■ Representatives of the county, district and


rated further after the previous incident. “We closed the bridge for safety reasons,


It was the latest in a series of incidents in­ The bridge parapet was struck by a low-loadr


^ Mum Tracey Lawton, from Low Moor, said she went into the store on the last day of term with her daughter Amber (12), who was in ordi­ nary clothes for a non-uniform day, and a firiend who was wearing a Ribblesdale uniform. She said: “The assistants were watching them


like hawks, and I overheard one assistant say ‘What are they doing in here?’ I tackled them about it, but they just said it was a management decision. : -v ^


dren are thieves? I’m so enraged by this. They make massive profits from their customers and


“Are Sainsbury’s saying all Ribblesdale chil­


pupils can come back after the Easter break, but only in limited numbers.


stealing, and there were other incidents of row­ dyism. Sainsbuty’s say the ban is temporary and the


nearby Ribblesdale High School., ^ The store told the school its pupils were barred after one child was allegedly caught


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Ribblesdale High School pupils have been temporarily barred from Sainsbury’s superstore at Clitheroe.


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son said there had been three recent incidents. One was being dealt with by the police and the


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the same brush. I can say 99.5% of oiif pupils are law-abiding decent youngsters. They’re


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'“ We’re always prepared to co-operate with Sainsbury’s, Homebase and other shops and businesses around here, but when you have ' 1,300 pupils coming out of the school there will


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were banned, and they asked us to communicate this to the children. It was the store’s decision. “It seems our pupils have all been tarred wth


other two were anti-social behaviour. He said: “The store phoned to say our pupils


.then imply your child is a thief. “I won’t shop at Sainsburys again, and I know


do.” Ribblesdale deputy head Mr Andrew David­


' be occasional incidents. “If something anti-social happens, we send a


store said there were three recent “unsavoury incidents”.


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incident of shoplifting, a pupil was ejected for swearing at a member of staff, and a group of


He said police were called to deal with an


■ sand. After speaking to the police and to the school, we decided to impose a temporary ban for a coolihg-off pen'od.” He said that after the holiday, Ribblesdale


pupils would be admitted in groups of no more than two, and only seven groups of two would be


pupilsliad run round the store, knocking over acustdmef. He added: “We needed to draw a line in the


member of staff the next day and that’s usually enough to deal with it.” A spokesman at the Clitheroe Sainsbury’s


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