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Pip p a previews n ew season o f th e a tre Blues overcome in ju ry list p ro blem s


In The Valley this week, our regular theatre critic Pippa Munro Hebden previews some of the choice cuts from the new season just beginning at the region’s pro­ fessional theatres, including a bold new version of Hamlet which controversially casts a woman, Maxine Peake, in the lead role. Now we are into September the


theatres ofthe North -West are all opening their new seasons and there is agreat deal to look forward to on the stage.


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Despite an extensive injury list, Clitheroe proved too good for Northern League Seanahm Red Star as they earned a trip to Harrogate Railway a weekon Saturday in the FA Cup first qualifying round. The Blues controlled the game from the start with Liam Hutchinson, Danny Morton and Sefton Gonzales all having early chances. They travel to Harrogate Railway on Monday night, kick-0117-45 pm, in a curtain-raiser for the sides’ FA Cup clash five days later.


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Climber Craig faces h igh est half-dozen


Scaling the six highest peaks in each of the UK’s regions, all within 72 hours, is the mas­ sive - and possibly unique - challenge facing Clitheroe man Craig Rawsthorne. Thirty-seven-year-old


Craig and friend Paul Aist- horpe, of Lancaster, will em­ bark on the mammoth test ofenduranceandstrengthat . the end of this month to raise money for the Multiple Scle­ rosis Society. It involves climbing to the


summit of the highest moun­ tain in each ofthe she regions of the British Isles - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ire­ land and the Isle of Man - all against a ticking clock.


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F9°.DIE H E A V E N : The Ribble Valley triumphs again with toppub award going to the Freemasons at WiswelL (s)


Hunt for manwho exposed himself to a group of girls


Police are appealing for infor- scription to get in touch with mation after a' man exposed us urgently.” himself to a group o f young Anyone with informa- girls.


tion should call the police on The incident took place at the non-emergency number


around 9-30 pm on Sunday, 101 quoting log number 1517 August 24th, at a campsite of Sunday, August 24th, or Waddington Road, near Clit- Crimestoppers on 0800 555 heroe. The man is described 111. as white, in his mid-30s and


In a separate incident, po-


approximately 6ft tall with licehaverenewedtheirappeal short dark hair. He was wear- for witnesses after a woman ing dark rimmed glasses and who was out jogging in Whal- exposed himself to a group of ley was sexually assaulted by at least threegirls before run- a man at around 8-45 pm on ning off.


Tuesday, July 19 th. Det Sgt Louise Darcy, of The 26-year-old woman


Burnley police, said: “The was running along Clitheroe young girls have been left Road, when a man grabbed extremely upset by this inci- her. Police are looking for a


. dent and I would urge anyone white male, aged 25 to 30 with who may have seen what hap- dirty blond/light mousy col- pened, or may have informa- oured hair, tion about the man, to get in He was wearing a grey- touch with police as soon as hoodedtop.greytracksuitand possible.


trainers. Anyone who might Valley’s success in Good Food contest


The Ribble Valley has once again proved it’s culinary offerings are up there with the best in the country. The Freemasons Arms at Wiswell, owned by chef Steven Smith, has


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Child abuser to stay in prison indefinitely


Court rejects paedophile’s bid to overturn open-ended term


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A Clitheroe paedophile who sexually abuseda10-year- old girlandtook vile pho- tographsofherwillstay in prison indefinitely after failing in an Appeal Court bid to overturn his potentially lifelong sentence.


Glenn Yates (41) caused “im­ mense and incalculable” harm to the schoolgirl after pressuring her into pleasur­ ing him and making her pose for images, which he added to his collection of child por­ nography. Yates, who lived in Hay-


hurst Street, Was handed an open-ended prison sen­ tence - almost identical to a life term - at Preston Crown Court in September, 2009, after he was convicted of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. The judge'ordered that


Yates, who also admitted child pornography offences, could not be released until the Parole Board was satis­ fied it would be safe to do so. An attempt to challenge


his sentence was later reject­ ed by the Appeal Court after it ruled that thejudge was right to find him a “dangerous of­ fender". Now three senior judges


have rejected his bid to re­ launch his appeal via the Criminal Cases Review Com­ mission-which probes potential miscarriages of


justice - saying it would “not be right” to do so. Had Y.ates


Appeal Court says judge was right to brand man as a


been successful in an appeal, he would have been eligible for immediate release. Lord Justice Davis said


Yates made thegirl touch him after repeatedly askingherto perform a sex act. She later managed to re­


buff his request to put his hand inside her clothes. The sex crimes came to


‘dangerous offender'


light more than five years ago after police raided Yat­ es’ home and discovered on a computer images that he had taken of the victim posing nude and in her underwear. . They also discovered 85 indecent images of oth­ er children, which he had downloaded. During anoth­ er search of his home, months later, police found a further cache containing 41 indecent images of children. • Despite Yates denying that he abused the young girl, he was found guilty by a jury andjailed. In p a s s in g


sentence, the


trial judge said Yates had an “entrenched sexual interest in young girls” and observed thathehad caused “immense and, in reality, incalculable” harm to his victim. He said Yates presented a


high risk of re-offending and causing serious harm to other children. He therefore ranked him


as a “dangerous offender” and for that reason imposed the indeterminatejail sentence. The Court of Appeal later


refused to soften Yates’ over­ all sentence, despite making minor, academic amend­ ments to some aspects of the concurrent sentences for the offences involving images. After a referral by the


CCRC, the Appeal Court has now corrected further inconsequential elements of his sentence, but crucially re­ fused a bid by Yates to re-boot his appeal against his overall punishment. MrMatthewStanbury.for


Yates, argued that the court should reconsider whether thejudge should have handed him a sentence which guar­ anteed his release at some point. But Lord Justice Davis, sit­


ting with Mr Justice King and Mr Justice Holroyde, said: “We conclude that it would not be right to grant approv­ al in the form sought by Mr Stanbury.”


walked away with first place out of 50 pubs in the food industry’s equivalent of the “Oscars”, the Waitrose Good Food Guide 2015. The Duke of York, Grindleton, is


ranked 45th best pub in the coun­ try, whilst celebrated eatery North- cote also gets a mention in the top 50 restaurants in the UK, coming in at numher4g.


“I’d also ask anyone who have seen him is urged to call sees a man matching this de- the police on 101.


County’s 150 cops with cameras


Lancashire Police have issued 150 body-worn video cameras across the county in an effort to deter crime, protect the pub­ lic and capture the best possible evidence. The force has already piloted the scheme using cameras for a small number of operations, and now 150 have been distrib­ uted for immediate response teams to use. Only specially trained, uniformed officers will wear the cameras and strict guidelines are in place to ensure they are used correctly, and the retention of any footage will comply with legislation.


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