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'Mi- rj* NEWS LEISURE Protest over green fields S(


ANGRY residents willstagea ppotestwalktohighlightthe green fields the Ribble Valley will lose if the Standee Estate planning application in Clit­ heroe isiapproved.


With a little help from her friends... Swop your seeds at Clitheroe Library


17-month-old Neave Evans, who has four-limb Cerebral Palsy and attends the Leg­ acy RainbowHousenearChorleyfortherapy.willbehelpedoutinher fundraising efforts by the boys from Red Watch at Wimbledon Fire Station in South London. The team often firefighters are appealing for help with their marathon chal­ lenge, which will see them cycle over 250 miles from Wimbledon to the charity’s baseinChorley.


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A FREE gardening event will be held at Clitheroe Library on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of Whalley Flower Club, Clitheroe Garden Club, Chatburn Allotments Association and Transition ’Town Glitheroe will offer advice, tips, seeds and cuttings. Bring along plants to swop. They’ll be activi­ ties for children too. At 11 a.m. Friends of the Earth will give a talk on its cam­ paign tosaveBritish bees plusoneoncomposting.


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Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil’s ward councillor for Chip­


ping Coun. Simon Hore said he was very interested to hear about the plans about the H J Berry chair works site at Kirk Mill from developers 53N. ■ “It is over two years since


they acquired the site,” Coun. Hore explained. • - At that time they put for­


ward some ideas on the devel­ opment of a hotel and leisure complex, buttheywereimclear


as to their plans for housing. “The scheme is ambitious


providing the potential for good employment, the refur­ bishment of the grade II list­ ed mill building, one of the few


remainingArkwright mills in . the country; but along with a


considerablenumberofaddi- tional homes. -


■ ' “There is no doubt that the site needs revitalising; theJst


sue will be the number of ex-. tra houses in a small village, and the proposed location for - those honies. “As yet no formal planning


application has been submit-


: ted to Ribble Valley Borough Council, but I assume that will go infix)nt of the planners over the next few months.” ' J 'Drbp-in sessions will be


held in the old barn building' on the site at Malt Kiln Brow


in Chipping today (’Thursday) from3-3op.m. untfi7p.m.and


on Saturday from io a.m. to 2 p.m.


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-plans will also be available to view on the dedicated website at www.kirkmill.co.uk where


feedback can also be logged.


Polls open in a week tp decide who runs Lancashire Coun­ ty Council for the next four years.


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All84seatsareupforelection on Thursday, May 2nd. The


Ribble Valley candidates are: Clitheroe: Ian Frank Brown


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(Con), David Hinder (Lab), Alan McLean Knox (Lib Dem), Steve Rush (Irid).' ■ LongridgewithBowland:Gill Ross (Lab), James Kristian-. Shervey (Lib Dem), David Thornton Smith (Con). Ribble Valley North East: AI-


They are askingpeopletojoin them on the walk which will take place on Sunday May 12th at 3 p.m. at the Four Lanes End junction off the A59 at the top ofPendleRoad. The Standen Estate appli-


cationisfori,04oresidential homes on the Higher Stand-


en Farm and Part Littlemoor Farm sites. ■


Strong opposition has


already been registered by Clitheroe Residents Action Group (CRAG), Clitheroe


Town Council, the Campaign for Rural England, Natural England and Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Ribble Valley Borough


Council Liberal Democrat councillors Allan Knox and Sue Knox, Conservative


Coun.'Ian Brown and chair­ man ofCRAG Steve Rushmet with Lingfield Avenue and Hillside Crescent residents recently to offer support in their fight against the Stand-


enEstateapplication.AUfour alsoissued a cross parfyjoint statement against such over development of the town.


an over development of Clit­ heroe.


Coun. lanBrown said: “It’s ,


“I have been against the


Core Strategy since I was ree­ lected in 2bu. This one size


that we need some housing, but there is just too many.” He added that although


there is a need for affordable housing and housing for the elderly, the town could not


sustain such a large develop­ ment and does not have the


infrastructure to cope with it.


Mr Rush said: “CRAG are


fits all strategy does not suit the,Ribble Valley. ' “I think everyone is aware


looking to support the walk in an effort to show people


the beauty of the countryside that will be destroyed if the housing goes ahead.”


Coun. Allan Knox said:


“The Standen Estate devel­ opment is far too bigparticu-


larlyforatown like Clitheroe. A thousand houses is an ex­


tremely big development and requires an awful lot of


infi:astructure.Whenitcame through in the Core Strategy we never supported it of its draft outline. Because of that we have always said that we should have lots of small­ er discreet developments


with green corridors around them.”'


main concern was4hat with the Standen Estate develop­ ment and all the other plan­ ning applications currently submitted for Clitheroe he cannot see any way that the local school infrastructure willcope.


Coun.Knoxaddedthathis counts


bert Atkinson (Con), Simon John Kerins (UKIP), Simon


Michael O’Rourke (LibDem); Mike Rose (Lab).


' Ribble Valley South West:


Paul AnthonyAtkinson (Lab) Valerie Cooper (Lib Dem), -Alan Schofield (Con). '


Teen singer aims to get your vote


A public vote could help teen­ age singer EllaShawonher way toah'it-making music career.


EUa (i6), from Langho, a pu­ pil of St Augustine’s RC High


-School, Billington, has won a place in the final four of a radio station’s talent contest. The next stage is a vote


which pitches the local lass against some well established acts from the Manchester ar­ ea.


Ella, pictured singing in


the Manchester Arndale Cen­ tre, hopes Kibble Valley folk will give her their vote, which also includes a contribution to a children’s charity. _


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MORE than 70 people took part in a sponsored walk in


m emory of Fiona Watson on Saturday.


The 23-yep-old from Langho died of diabetes complica­ tions in January while work-


ingintheskiresortofMeribel, France.


The 10km walk, organised


by Fiona’s family, set off from the Knowles Arms, Langho,


and passed places that were important in Fiona’s life, In- cludingherschools,whereshe worked and the church where she was baptized and started her life’s journey. Fiona’s dad Chris {52) and


her two brothers Aiden (u) and Daniel (26)completedthewalk


. with Aiden raising a staggering £400 alone in sponsorship. Bucket collections during


the walk raised around anoth­ er £400 andthereisstill mon­ ey to be counted from lo more


buckets-Funds raised through two Justgiving websites have also raised £2,400 so far. All the money will be donated to


the charity Diabetes UK. One of Fiona’s best friends


Christina Mitchell {23) organ­ ised T-shirts for the walkers and all of her friends took part in the walk.


Chris said: “The walk went ve^ well. It was a hot day and


quite a lot of us got sun burnt. “I would like to thank eve­


ryone who turned up, people who didn’t even know Fiona. It was a veiy good turn out and


aveiygoodresponsewithlots - of people donating.” The beauty therapist and


former St Augustine’s pupil had type one diabetes and- went in to a coma, triggered by


a hypoglycemic attack, while asleep. Fiona lived with diabetes from 13 months old, theyoung-


, est person at that time in the local area to be diagnosed with diabetes. Despite also being di­ agnosed with Coeliac Disease at the age of 13 and being dys­ lexic, Fiona led a full and active life and was awarded a Young Achiever Award by Ribble Val-


leyBoroughCouncilduringher final year at St Augustine’s. Photo by Ben Parsons shows family and friends tak­


ing part in the sponsored walk in memory of Fiona Watson.


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