Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 7,2013


Couple's bid to win ^ultimate wedding’


by Katie Hammond


- a massive showcase of prizes including a wedding package comprising ceremony, break­ fast and reception at Eaves Hall, West Bradford, flow­ ers, wedding cake, fireworks, beauty treatments, stag and hen parties - and even a pair of personally customised shoes for the bride! The competition involved


Rock FM is offering engaged couples the chance of an all­ expenses paid big day, with


FM’s parent company, Bauer, runs across the 21 broadcast areas in which the company’s radio stations operate. In 2012,'the charity raised over £11 million for local children and young people who are suf­ fering from abuse or neglect.


the couple racing to raise the biggest amount for the sta­ tion’s own charity. Cash for Kids. The charity, set up by Rock


are disabled and have special needs or who simply need extra care and guidance. Danielle (24) and Jason


(26), are now in the final five couples after being shortlisted from the 25 entrants who at-, tended a “bridal bootcamp” at Eaves Hall, where the lucky winners .will eventually tie the knot. The winners will be an­


READ couple.Danielle Turner and Jason Fyles are going head-to-head with four other hopeful Lanca­ shire pairs in a competition to will “the ultimate wed­ ding” worth over £30,000. Preston-based radio station


WEDDING WINNERS?: Danielle' and Jason. Photo courtesy of Rock FM.


^ head ifcollections from school friends go above £150. , : Bag, packing' and collect­


nounced live on air on Monday morning. The couple’s fund-raising activities will include Jason be- irig sponsored to wear a man- kini whilst taking paint ball shots for money and Danielle’s brother Matthew, a CRGS sixth form student, shaving his


Kids and help Danielle and Jason to win their dream wed­ ding, visit: https://securel. everydayhero.co.uk/event/ danielleandjason/donate or text; WARS04 followed by a donation amount of up to £10 to 70070


so excited at the prospect of winning such an amazing prize. I never dreamed we would make it to the final 25, never mind the final five, so anything can happen. We’d like to say thank you to. all our family and friends for helping to organise the fund raising - everyone has beeii amazing.” • To donate to Cash for


ing will take place in the Asda store at Burnley today, tomor­ row and Saturday, with more fundraising activities in store tomorrow in Morrisons, Black­ burn. A charity night will also be held tomorrow at 'Whalley Golf Club, with a raffle and auction in which prizes will include a week’s holiday for four to Turkey, meals at Great Lands Chinese restaurant in Barrow and at Whalley Golf Club, £50 cash, a full car valet from Whalley Auto Bodies, a Hanson’s Garden Centre voucher and a toy bundle from Findel Education. ■; Danielle said: “We are just


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WILL it be Deal or No Deal for Clitheroe character Jose ■Varo, known locally as Pepe, when he opens his box on the popular Channel Four pro­ gramme later this month? Pepe, who lives


of her husband’s television de­ but: “He likes watching the pro- gramnie, he likes to watch the peo­ ple who go away happy. It was something that he really wanted to do, and something he has never done before.’’ A former employee of Cas-


with his wife; Lisa, in West ■View, Clitheroe, - will open his box on the Noel Ed­ monds hosted show on Tues­ day, March 19th - but will it be a good or bad deal for the genial 64-year-old? Lisa (57) said


tie Cement, Clitheroe, Pepe ' now helps out with his wife’s catering business. He is father to Alicia (33) and Lucia (31); •Apart from securing a


place on one of television’s most popular


.months Pepe has also been blessed with two grandsons. Eight months ago Alexan­ der was born -to Lucia and


programmes, in the past 12


on PEPE VARO


Photo courtesy of Endemol UK Ltd


non-top,whether it’s people asking about Pepe on Deal or No Deal or about Ruben,”


“The phone has been going


Alicia and her husband John Clement.


Batteries stolen by sneak thief


THIEVES sneaked into Thorn Street Garage, Clitheroe, last Thursday lunchtime and stole some used vehicle batteries, worth around £200.


h er par tner Garry Camp­ bell, while on February 26th Ru b e n was born, six weeks ■ premature, to


by Julie Magee


A FORMER Ribblesdale High School pupil who. is send­ ing in Afghanistan is highlight­ ing the important role women


of 3 Medical Regiment, is serving with brigade operations, C Com­ pany, 1 Scots. . Nicknamed “Combat Barbie”


soldiers play on the front line. Private Kerry McGrath (21),


medic in military history to work with the brigade operations com­ pany. Despite being just 5 ft 1 in. tall, she is treated no differently to the 120 lads that she supports on the ground in her unit and can be seen carrying at least 50kg of body armour, kit and water. Pte McGrath said: “I’m not


by her fellow soldiers, the female medic is four months into her tour of duty in Afghanistan aiid is based in the country’s deadly Hel- mand province. Pte McGrath is the first female


job - and proving that females can hold their own on the ground. “It’s important that we get into


some princess - I’m just ‘one of the lads’. And I can do just as much as they can. . “I’m very lucky to be doing this


people’s heads that females are out on the front line and they can do as much as the lads can do. “I’m proud of my work and I’ve


your daughter to join the Army, but this is the path she has taken and we are very, very proud. “After completing her basic


“As parents you never expect


training at Pirbright, she went to Aldershot to qualify as a medic. Again this was another proud mo­ ment when we attended her pass­ ing out parade. “She IS now stationed at Catter-


worry when hearing that two months into her tour of Afghani­ stan, Pte McGrath and her com­ pany came under enemy fire when they were heading back to base following a routine patrol in a re­ gion known to be thronged with insurgents. As her vehicle patrol headed


ry, but thanks to technology we do have regular contact, which eases the anxiety.” And what parent would not


ick and as part of her preparation for Afghanistan she undertook training in Norway and Canada. “As any parent would, you wor­


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out to search and clear the area of enemy fire, the heavily armoured Mastiff truck that she was travel­ ling in with three of her troops was sprayed with bullets. Speaking to a reporter with


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■ ter of Clitheroe couple Dave and Cathy McGrath, made the com­ ments for a recent feature in na­ tional newspaper Midweek Sport. Her father Dave, who is watch


job.” . ■ Pte McGrath, who is the daugh-


impressed quite a few people who didn’t think I’d be able to do this


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was daydreaming. But then one of the lads came running and shout­ ed that he needed a field dressing. I had to snap out of it. “And r realised something was


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manager at Clitheroe Fire Station, told Hie Clitheroe Advertiser and Times how proud his family is of Kerry, who has two younger broth­ ers, David and Paul, and a young­ er sister, Chloe. He said: “Kerry left Ribblesdale


school unsure what she wanted to do. She undertook a public s p l ­ ices course af Skipton College and this is where she decided to join the Army.


very wrong, and that one of the lads had been shot twice in the lower part of his body. It was an eye-opening introduction to war­ fare in Afghanistan.” Luckily the casualty survived


his injuries, largely thanks to Pte McGrath’s quick thinking and actions.“I thought I’d be a bit of a mess, but I was so relaxed about it. You just have to get on with it,” she said. _ “I tried to calm him down and


Midweek Sport, Kerry recalled:. “We were out on patrol for four days - on the second day we got ambushed. I was just sat in the back of the vehicle watching all these bullets hit the walls around me. “At first it didn’t feel real, like I


Clitheroe Advertiser ATImes,Thursday, March 7,2013


5 Bridge strike disruption


ROAD traffic and rail services were disrupted on Tuesday when a double-decker coach struck scaffolding and got stuck under the railway bridge at Whalley Road, Langho. The incident happened


rying out extensive mainte­ nance work on the bridge for the past month, and light-con'^; trol llled single-line traffic has been operating under it.


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shortly after 7-30 a.m. and in­ volved a vehicle from Hodsons Coaches of Clitheroe. It was not carrying any passengers. Police closed the road, caus­


ing traffic tailbacks, and rail services on the Blackburn- Clitheroe line were suspended for a short time. Network Rail has been car-


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woman said: “The double decker collided with scaffold­ ing under the bridge, causing extensive damage to the roof. No-one was injured.” ' A Network Rail spokesman


said: “We had to check the structure of the bridge to en­ sure it was safe. We Were able to restore normal rail services from 8-20 a.m.”


A Lancashire police spokes­


INSPIRING: Kerry McGrath as she featured in the national newspaper Midweek Sport. Photo by ALBANPICS


reassure him while patching him up in the back of an armoured ambulance in our convoy. I just kept telling him, ‘it’s fine, it’s just a scratch, you’ll be fine. “I thought my heart would be


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