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in sessions Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans will host a drop- in session this Saturday, July 19th, from noon to 2 pm along with Couns Ian Brown and Kevin Horkin. It will be upstairs at Clit­ heroe Conservative Club, in Castle Street, and there is no need to book appoint­ ments.


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Campaigners are calling for urgent action to improve the “appalling and neglected" state of w a r graves at


Clitheroe Cemetery. R ib b le V a l le y Borou gh Council officials have been accused o f showing a lack of respect to the graves of war victims buried at the cemetery in Waddington Road. Some local residents feel


the graves of 13 men who died during the First World War and 17 from the Second World War are hidden from view due to long grass and dense under­ growth. However, the council says


the grass has not been cut in order to encourage wildflow- erstogrowandprovideahabi- tat for wildlife. Ribble-Valley MP Nigel


Evans visited the cemetery on Friday and is keen for


the graves to be cared for. One ofthe campaigners, lo­


cal resident Simon Entwistle, said: “The war graves section is part of the town’s herit­ age. Every 11th of November throughout the UK we hon­ our these men and boys with two minutes of silence. Sure­ ly, the sacrifice of these Clit­ heroe men deserves not only our respect, but a well-kept grave regularly mown and strimmed by the local au­ thority; Another concerned resi­


dent, community stalwart, Mel Diack MBE, added: “I feel that this has been a cost cut­ ting exercise. Of course, peo­ ple will state that it is lovely to see butterflies, birds, bees continued onpage 3


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