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Clitheroe venue The Grand has won a national award in recognition of its inter- school talent show, “GRAB: The Event”. GRAB featured children from Ribble Val- ■ ley’s four high schools and money raised from the event helped to provide school',
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Valley Conservatives give him full backing
A spokesman for the Ribble
. Valley Conservative Associa tion has spoken of its officers’ and members’shockat thear- restofDeputySpeakerofThe House of Commons and Rib ble Valley MP Nigel Evans. ■; Longridge councillor Ken
Hind, who is a member of the association’s management team, told the Clitheroe Ad? vertiser on behalf of the Asso ciation: “Nigel Evans MP has represented the Ribble Valley; constituency with distinction • for 21 years.
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“He is widely liked and re-- spected by his constituents for ■
- whomhehas worked tirelessly.; ■‘^Theofficersandmembers-
of the Ribble Valley Conserv ative Association have got to know and respect him and are shocked about his arrest. ■
.■ “We are believers in the
Rule of Law and are aware that these are merely allegations. • “The police and Crown Pro-,
section Service have yet to de cide i f they are going to press charges. “Nigel has now made a state
ment that the allegations are ‘completely false and he can not understand why they have been brought’.
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• “In our democracy every-. one accused is innocent until ■
■ proven guilty and, therefore, ’ unless Nigel chooses himself to; cease to be our MP or the elec-
■ torate vote him out or justice. system intervenes, we expect. him to continue as normal to fulfil his duties in representing the people of the Ribble Valley.; “At the time of writing this statement the officers have not
met or discussed the situation with Nigel and therefore can not make any further comment at this time.” '
- ' ■ . Goun. MichaelRanson, who
is chairman of the Ribble Valley Conservative
Association.said:
. “NigelisaveiypopuIarMPwho has made his home in the Rib ble Valley. - '“During the last 2oyears he
has been instrumental in help ing many of his constituents with a multitude of problems.' ■ “He has also been very sup
portive of businesses in the Ribble Valley and has strong links with the farming com munity.
' of the Ribble Valley Conserv ative Association at this diffl- cult time and we are doing all wecantosupporthim.” . ■
,, , •]; “Nigel has the full backing ■ ■
Allegations leave MP’s colleagues ‘gobsmacked’
MESSAGES of support-have been flooding in for Mr Evans from his Conservative Party colleagues.' • . Partystalwart JoyceHolgate MBEhas spoken of hershock
' and sadness at the allegations. The oldest member of Ribble Valley Borough Council, Coun.
, Holgate, who is one of the ward councillors for Whalley, said she has known Mr Evans for her en-.
■ tirepoliticalcareerspanningiS years.
• Coun. Holgate, who has re
fused to speak to any other' newspapers about the matter,'
‘ ed me. He has helped me to deal' with the endless queries I deal with on behalf of residents of my village.
. said: “He has always shown me' i the greatest respect. As a coun-i cillor Nigelhas always support- ;■
: Coun.HolgateMBEwithMrEvansoutsidetheHousesofParliament.(s) v ■ ;-“I have had an excellent .
: working relationship with Ni-' : gel and consider him an excel-; lentMP.”
Ribble Valley Borough Coun-
. cillor and Clitheroe Town Coun- 7 cillor Kevin Horkin, who was ' due to be made Mayor of Clithe-' roe as The Clitheroe Advertiser; wenttopressduringaceremony
on Tuesday, said: “Like e veryone,
• I was absolutely gobsmacked to learn of these terrible allega-' : tiohs and I find it almost impos-
. sible to believe they have any; ■' foundation and hope once they?
have been fully investigated and
, proved to be false, Nigel will be“ allowed to get on with the job he'
■ was elected to do.” !TTc^-r-''5rrTcrr'T 57- V - GRAND AWARD i r Z h j : ^ s - FOOTBALL-' Inside your Glitheroe Advertiser andTimes.i.
Tories sweep the board in Ribble Valley
It was a clean sweep
for.the
'Conservatives in the elec t io n s for the four Ribble
1 Valley electoralwardsofLan- cashire County Council;
: The battle for the Clitheroe i ward was the most close run race, but folio wing a recount the Conservative’s Couh. Ian
, Brown;’of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, was the victor;: polling i,o6i votes - just 45
. more than Independent SteveRush.who poUedi,oi6. .; Things were more com
fortable for the Tories in the Valley’s three other wards,; but it didn’t stop the Party. ■ losing its majority at Coun-. ty Hall and with it, control of the county council.
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‘^The worst 24 hours of my life’: MP talks candidly of his arrest
BY J ulie Magee : -- email:julie,
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One of the worst periods of his life was how Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans described the events that have unfolded this Bank Holiday weekend.
During an exclusive interview with Clitheroe Advertiser and Times reporter Julie Magee on Bank Holiday Monday, a vis ibly emotional Mr Evans told howthesupporthewasreceiv- ing from the local community and wider public in general
was helping him a “tremendous amount”. Since it became public that
Mr Evans had been arrested on Saturday on allegations of rape and sexual assault, local con stituents, friends and neigh bours have rallied around with many stopping him in the small Ribble Valley village of Pendle ton to hand him messages o f support. :: Atteraptingtocarryonwith
everyday life as much as possi ble, MrEvanspurposefully vis ited his local for Sunday lunch and on Bank Holiday Monday sat outside in the sun enjoying lunch with friends. During this lunch, Mr
Evans was approached by sev eral members of the public who simply wanted to,shake his hand, wish him well or hand him a card of support.
DeputyHousespeakerNigelEvansgivesapress statement athishomeinPendleton,wherehesaidon Saturday that allegationsherapedonemanandsexuallyassaultedanotherare"completelyfalse”. PhotocourtesyofOwenHumphreys/PAWire.
One of the cards handed to
. the 55-year-old MP read: “Just a note to say we are thinking of you and anything we can do to support you, just aski We know you will stay strong.” . “It’s been a superb reac
tion,” said the clearly emotion al MP, “People who know me and some that don’t know me have been putting their arms around me. “Yesterday (Saturday) was
the worst 24 hours of my life, today (Monday) is the worst 48 hours of my life.” '
But he added: “The sup-
' port I’ve had on Facebook and in person through cards is re ally helping me a tremendous amount.” On Sunday Mr Evans post ed a message on his Facebook
page thanking members of the public for their support. More
' than 1,000 wrote messages of support on his Facebook page in thc24 hours after his arrest. , He wrote: “thanks for the amazing overwhelming sup-
. port at this difficult time....” ; After his arrest Mr Evans
stayedat the home of former Coronation Street actress Vicky Entwistle at Bolton-by- Bowland to avoid the media glare.
, The 44-year-old actress,
who played Janice Battersby in Coronation Street and is currently performing in Les Miserables in London, helped encourage the Ribble Valley MP to publicly acknowledge his ho mosexuality threeyears ago. Mr Evans was planning on
supporting his friend and fel low Conservative Coun. Kevin
Thousands of messages of support are sent to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Horkin who was due to be
.. made Mayor of Clitheroe dur- ingaceremonyon Tuesday. Mr Evans had been asked to make a speech during the ceremony, but told The Clitheroe Adver tiser he didn’t want the cere mony to be overshadowed by the weekend’s allegations. : In this week’s national
press, speculation has been rife about a mark on Mr Evan’s fore-
: head which was clearly visible when he appeared before cam- erason Sundaymorning when he gave his statement to mem bers of the press from outside his home in Pendleton. . Stretching from the top to
the bottom of his forehead, Mr Evans said the mark, which has been concealed by make-.up, was caused by treatment that he had undergone for a stress headache. “But that’s the least of my embarrassments,” Mr Evans said. When Mr Evans was asked
if he would make any changes to his lifestyle as a result of the
, allegations, he said: “Someone ■ said to me ‘you’ve got some tremendous friends Nigel, but maybe you need to change someohhem’.” . - Through the pages of The
. Clitheroe Advertiser, MrEvans also wanted to ask that friends and constituents did not text messages ofsupport to his mo bile phone which he said was still with police as part of the investigations.
FSOMPAGEONE: b e ln g re le a s ed
on p o l ic e b a i l tha t n ig h t un t il ■ T i in e iQ tb .
. . . Totally denying the allega
tions, Mr Evans said he had no idea why the claims had been madebytwopeoplehehad “re garded as friends”. In a short statement that
he made outside his home in Pendleton on Sunday morn ing, he said: “Yesterday I was interviewed by the police con cerning two complaints - one of which dates back fouryears, made by two people who are well-known to each other, and whountilyesterdayiregarded as friends. “The complaints are com
pletely false and I cannot un derstand why they have been made, especially as I have con tinued to socialise with one as recently as last week. “lappreciatethewaythepo-
lice have handled this in such a sensitive manner.' “And I would like to thank
my colleagues, friends and members of the public who have expressed their support, andlike me, a sense ofincredu-
lity at these events. Thank you very much.” A spokesman for Lanca
shire Constabulary said: “We take all allegations of a sexual nature extremelyseriouslyand understand how difficult it can be for victims to have the confi dence to come forward.
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