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and toddler group After nearly five years " meeting on Friday after­ noons, thebabyandtoddler


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School car park - extension proposal


: Borough councillors are >■ : being consulted on plans to .


' group Whizztotswillnow- ;■ meet on alternate Friday mornings from 9-30 to u ’ am. Sessions are held at the . United Reformed Churchin g •


. Clitheroe. Call new leader Rebecca Clegg for more details on 07743525404. All welcome.,


■; extendthecarparkataRib-' bleValleyhighschool.. ■ .


Lancashire County Council


..wants to extend the exist-’ .’. ing staff car park at the rear


of St Augustine’s RC High School, which is situated -


- to create additionalpark- - ingspaces. k


off Elker Lane, Rillington, i


Rollover jackpot £4,500 The second prize rollover jackpot for tomorrow’s East


LancashireHospiceLotterydrawhasreachedastagger- ing £4,500. Last week’s £1,066 first prize went to Mrs„ • Scott, ofAccrington, and thefiioo third prizetoMiss Leigh, of Blackburn. Tojoin, call GDI on 01254733416.


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from lottery East Lancashire Hospice • Lottery winners.in the. March 21st draw were: 1,' , £1,000, Mr Cowperthwaite, - Blackburn (00427); 2 £400 rollover; 3, £100, Mrs Fit- ton, Lytham (02053). £10' winners: 01438,03059, /.


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Police’s plea over :theft of stone flags


- Police are appealing for1 information after stone


the Henthorn Road and Curzon Street areas last


Tuesday night (March 25th).


Police are urging anyone ' with information to call themomoi.


, flags were stolen from ’ Clitheroe.' The slabs were taken from


Noah (17) wins accolade for his voluntary work


A Clitheroe teenager has been highly commendedfor his voluntary work. ; Noah Fraud (17), who was representing


Clitheroe Youth Forum, was presented with a certificate at the High Sheriff Awards held at Lancashire Constabu­ lary Police headquarters in Preston:


The award recognises Noah’s work with the youth forum, the Army Cadets at, Waddow Hall, and his voluntary work in Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Kevin Hor-


kin’s charity shop, plus other things. Noah is the eldest son of the Rev. Andy


Fraud, the vicar at Clitheroe Parish


Church, and is a student at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Sixth Form Cen­ tre. He is pictured with Sophie Dickin­


son,ofthe youth forum to his left, and JimmyArmfield (LANPAC), High Sher-; iff of Lancashire Mrs Ann Dean and Ian ■ Woods, of BAE Systems, to his right.


Budget a ‘mixed bag for business’


by Alison Watson


‘ www.dsmaccountants couk Tel. 01200 823923 W - -


George Osborne's Budget had welcome surprises, especially for saversand pensioners,


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but for businesses there was a mixed bag of welcome news


; and cause for concern


' First the good news for busi­ ness - the increase in the An­ nual Investment Allowance-


. to £500,000 and extension to •December3ist20i5.Forbusi-


nesses investing in the future, this will be very welcome.- ’ The rate of payable cred-' it for loss-making compa­


nies under the SME research and development tax credit


scheme will increase from n% to 14.5% from this April. This is excellent news forthe many


innovative businesses in the Ribble Valley.' - < / {


.. a On the down side. th'ere is :■ yet more complicated tax leg-


. islation to counter “abusive” ' tax avoidance of the type re- centlyinthenews. Also in the. speech was a


proposalforHMRC to recover money direct from taxpayers’.


-of Whaley-based DSMjj


r will mernfor Rib¥leVai-!j .leybusme^sandpeople!;


bank accounts. Whilst this no


doubt played well to the gener­ al publicon a promise oft ring­ ing “errant taxpayers” to pay : their proper contribution, the


practical problems should not be underestimated.


Those involved in the


building trade(ofwhich there are many in the Ribble Valley):


attempting to obtain refunds of excess tax deducted at source from HMRC will per­


haps have their own views on this.


Forsavers and pensioners,


from next January there will be a new series of fixed rate


National Savings and Invest-


. ments bondsfor those aged 65 or overwhich, we were prom­


ised,wouldpaya“marketlead- mg -rate-estimated in some quarters to be 2 . 8 % . • i


interest rates, this will cer­ tainly be most welcome to


- Given the current level of


; Chartered Accountants;^ * explainswhatthe Budget!


those pensioners with sav­ ings. In addition, those pen­ sioners with small pensions topped up by savings income are likely to see a big reduction ; in their tax liability next year with the new “savings income nil rate band”. Increased limits for ISA


contributions from July, and thefactthatthiscannowallbe ; cash, will also be welcomed by those savers (young and old) ’ whowanttoearnsomemoney '


but keep it safe. There were the usual in­


crease in tobacco and car du- •;


ty (although not fuel duty and bingo duty was actually cut) plus a start of transferable ' tax allowances for spouses and civil partners, but only if neither is a higher rate tax- : payer.


. . Finally a new£i coin is to be introduced witfiapublic com- . :


petition to decide the design onthereverseofthenewcoin. .; Creative talents in the Ribble Valley this is your chance to ,...


make a name for yourselves. • You can download a free .


Budget Report from the web-.. site www.dsmaccountants. . co.uk or forfurther advice call


the office on 01254 823 923. - >


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Until she was hitbyastroke, Michelle Wilkinson had so much to look forward to.


The. Clitheroe divorcee and motherrof-five was a suc­ cessful driving instructor, was about to take her test for large motorcycles, soon to see a daughter off to univer­ sity, had enrolled on a uni­ versity course herself, was keeping fit and had lost three stones in weight, and had led a 15-strong sponsored swim for Help for Heroes with her sol­ dier daughter, Adele. - Her life was devastated af­ ter she had an operation for


. a brain aneurysm, and the slight risk she he had been warned about became reality with a stroke that left her par­ tially paralysed down her left side and temporarily without speech. . ■ But Michelle (46) is mak­


ing a determined fight back, and when two friends push her wheelchair in a charity fun run in May she intends to


Hgetout and walk the last 100 . metres or so to cross the fin­ ishline.


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She has also gained an in­ ternet following for her regu-


. larblogsaboutlivingwith“Mr


A.”-Afor Aneurysm-in an ef­ fort to raise awareness about strokes and help other suffer­ ers and their loved ones. Michelle’s ordeal began at


the end of July last year. She had been suffering bad head­ aches, which she put down to


migraine, and felt tingling in her hands and lips. Sent by Pendleside Prac­ tice for an MRI scan at Royal


Blackburn Hospital; Michelle was found to have an aneu­ rysm and was referred to the Royal Preston Hospital. : ■ She was warned there that


surgerycarriedariskofabout 5%, but left untreated the an­ eurysm had a 70% risk of fatal­ ly bursting at any time. Soon after surgery to insert


a titanium coil, Michelle suf­ fered bleeding and a stroke, and was rushed into inten­ sive care. Confined to hospital for


months, Michelle had to give up her home in Milthorne Av­ enue, Clitheroe, and her two


youngest sons had to go into foster care.


Michelle is recuperating in


Castleford House, Clitheroe, and looking forward to mov­ ing into an adapted house in Lime Street. “I’m still me, despite it all,”


Michelle said. “I can’t do the things I used


to do, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do things in a different way.”


On Saturday, May nth,


Michelle will take part in the annual Beaverbrooks-ioK Fun Run along the prom at Blackpool, pushed by friends Iain and Lucie Warburton, of Littlemoor Road, who are borrowing a“running” wheel­ chair from Simon O’Rourke, ofRibbleValleyShopmobility. Michelle said: “I’m deter­


mined to get out and walk across that finishing line. I’ll try the last 100 yards if I can.” - Michelle and friends hope


to raise about £1,000 for the Stroke Association, and raise awareness about how strokes can strike anyone. ■ • Anyone wanting to :■


sponsor Michelle, can do­ nate at www.justgiving.com/ michellesrecovery


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