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Children who attend th e Ribble Valley's only Catholic secondaryschoolarefacing financial and religious . discrimination, according to local MP Nigel Evans.


And Mr Evans has asked the leader o f the House of Com­ mons, Mr AndrewLansley MP, for a debate on why parents who send their children to St Augustine’s RC High School at Billington have to pay for their bus fares. Addressing the House of Commons, Mr Evans said:


' “May I ask for an early debate on financial travel support for parents whowish to send their youngsters to faith-based schools? “Parents came to see me


because they want to send their children to the Catholic school, St Augustine’s, in Bil­ lington! As they have to pass a non-faith-based school, they will get no support whatever


for travel costs, and it will cost parents hundreds of pounds. Financial discrimination is religious discrimination and that should not happen.” He added: “I find it to be a


ridiculous situation that par­ ents are financially penalised for exercising choice in their children’s education and I hope that a solution to this can be found, as there will clearly be other cases of this nature in the Ribble Valley and across Britain.” Two of Mr Evans’ constit­


uents, Rachel Stanworth and Faith Venguedasalon, whose children attend St Augus­ tine’s, are lobbying for change after Lancashire County Council increased the cost of their children’s transport to school. • continued on page 4


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Final hurdle for Valley’s strategy?


A controversial planning blueprint for housing that details how the Ribble Val­ ley should grow up to 2028 is finally set to be submit­ ted to the Government hav­ ing undergone a series of crucial modifications. The Ribble Valley Core


Strategy - the borough’s long-term development plan up until 2028 - willbe considered at a meeting of the Planning and Develop­ ment Committee meeting tonight (Thursday) before being sent to the Govern­ ment inspector for his final approval.


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E.coli cases Five children were taken to hospital after contracting E.coli while feeding lambs at a petting farm in the Rib- ble.Valley. Health bosses are in­


vestigating a total of 14 confirmed cases of the in­ fection in 12 children and two adults who had been to lambing live at Huntley’s Country Store, near Sam- lesbury.


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