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Worried West Bradford residents held a crisis meet ing this week over plans for 11 two-storey houses on land next to Clitheroe Road-the main routeinto the village.
Local people met with Ribble Valley borough councillor Ian Brown and engineering surveyor Stephen Jeffries, who came along to answer questions and listen to the them outline their concerns. Primary objections from
the group revolve around traffic and highways issues and the potential growth of the development after the first phase is completed. A resident said: “The ob
jections reflect our concern for the location of the en trance to the development off the main road and also that the plans show three more separate exits. “We’re concerned that
once the first h houses have been built, the developers are planning on extending the development at a later date.
“It has been well-docu mented recently that there
are big problems with access to the village over West Brad
ford bridge and we have seen it closed on numerous occa sions due to heavy good vehi cles damaging the structure. “The closures have caused
havoc with traffic in the vil lage and have had a knock on effect in Waddington and Chatburn as drivers sought alternative routes, leading to congestion there too.” The residents have re
ceived support in the form of a letter from Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who says he shares their'concerns: “No body can argue that there should be no further houses built in the Ribble Valley, how ever the current situation is clearly unacceptable, with several villages and towns being held under siege by speculative applications on a
Two men who removed lead and power tools from a Clit heroe builder’s yard were challenged by police after dis turbing a neighbour. Blackburn magistrates
large scale. West Bradford is a perfect example of this. I have made my opposition to the proposals public and feel very strongly that the genu ine concerns that you have raised are being dismissed as ‘nimbyism’/when they are in fact, very real concerns over issues such as school places and road safety. The Conservative MP add
ed: “You may have recently seen in the local media that I am to present a petition to the House of Commons with over goo signatures showing the strength of feeling in the areas against developments ' such as this. “I can assure you that I
will continue in my efforts to preserve the Ribble Valley as the rural and semi-rural area that it presently is.”
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peared before Blackburn mag istrates after allegedly being “snared” by a journalist who has a reputation for expos
ing people involved in sexual grooming of children via the internet.
David Holt, of Whalley Old
Road, Langho, was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court charged with arranging or fa cilitating an offence of sexual activitywithachild.
Conditions of bail include reporting to Clitheroe police
station three times a week and not to possess or use any de
vice capable of accessing the
internet. Tracey Yates (prosecut
ing) said journalist Stinson Hunter, who targets people involved in sexual grooming of children via the internet, had reported the matter to
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Clitheroe Town Crier Roland Hailwood has agreed to offi cially open Hanson Cement’s
open day at the Clitheroe plant on Saturday.
As well as welcoming visi
tors at the start ofproceedings at 9 am, he will announce the departure of mini-buses tak ing members of the public on tours of site. Roland, who has been the
town crier for 30 years, said: “1 know the importance of the site as an employer and of its history and have a number of
. family connections with the site."
Among the many attrac
tions will be a balloon race, with members of the public offered thechance to release a helium-filled balloon and the person whose balloon travels
furthest will win a trip in an
air balloon. The money raised will go to
five local charities. Other features include gi
ant quarry machines, trains and road tankers that trans port cement; displays about cement making and geology, as well as face painting and music from Clitheroe Town Band.
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Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has welcomed the release of the Association of Conven ience Stores’ 2014 Local Shop Report.
It provides key insights in
to the convenience store mar ket and figures which show that the sector creates more
jobs in the Ribble Valley than the regional average. “I am greatly encouraged
by these statistics, which show that there are 631 jobs being created at 83 stores in the Ribble Valley from the convenience sector,” said Mr Evans. “This is obviously a small partofthe convenience store
sectorwhichemploys386,ooo people in the UK at a value of £374 billion to the economy, but the creation of each and
every one of these jobs in the Ribble Valley is good news. “As a former owner of con
venience stores myself I know first-hand what an important community asset they are, bringing products, services, flexible employment and in vestment to every commu nity in the Ribble Valley and I welcome their continued success.”
heard both men ran off when they were ordered to stop, but Adam Barrass was arrested nearby. Ba rras s (21), o f Ian
Critchlow Way, Rishton, pleaded guilty to burglary at Ingham Building and Joinery Contractors, Nelson Street,
and theft of lead and tools. He was remanded on bail for the preparation ofa pre-sentence report. Mr Scott Ainge (prosecut
ing) said the neighbour heard the sound of breaking glass at around midnight but could see nothing when he looked out. Half-an-hour later the
neighbour was disturbed again and this time saw one man passing things out of the building to another. He said the owner of the
business estimated it would
cost £500 to put right the dam age caused. MrsHelen Farnsworth (de
fending) said her client had been drinking heavily before dreaming up the plan to break into the premises. “There was no sophistica
tion,” said Mrs Farnsworth. “They were obviously making a lot of noise and they hadn’t even given any thought to how they were going to remove the
leadandthetoolsfromthesite.” Calling green-fingered folk
Anyone with an interest in gar dening is being asked to help resurrect a once popular gar dening club in Whalley. Whalley and District Hor-
ticulturalSociety, later known as Whalley Gardening Club, was disbanded in 1998. Its former secretary
Valerie Jones, of Woodlands Drive, Whalley, wants to hear from anyone who would be in terested in starting the club up again.
She has in her possession
old documents referring to the garden club, which, when it was the horticultural soci ety and was affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society, used to hold its annual sum mer show. This gave members ■ the chance, to show off their flowers and vegetables. It al so had children’s classes, arts and crafts plus baking and was held at Whalley Method ist Church hall.
In later years when it be
came a garden club, without membership, trips out were held and speakers arranged. Mrs Jones said: “It would
be great to revive the old club and I would love to hear from any one who would have the energy and drive to do this. “You don’t need to have an
allotment to be involved, just an interest in gardening.” Anyone interested can call Mrs Jones on 01254 823440.
The MayorandMayoress with, from the left, watch manager Dave McGrath and retained firefighters Mark Schofield, Daniel King and Glen Dinsdale.
A warm welcome was in store forthe Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun.
Michael and Mrs Janette Ranson, when they visited
Clitheroe Fire Station. On arrival they were greeted
bystationmanagerPhil Whit taker, who introduced them to the fire crews, including the longest serving member of the team, watch manager Dave McGrath. Dave, who this year cel
ebrates his 30th year at the station, showed the VIPs to the drill area where they met the firefighters, who demon strated a variety of emergency exercises. These included pitching
a ladder to the drill tower, rescuing from height, setting
up a portable pump and wa- terjet, kitting out in breathing apparatus and showing how to stabilise a building damaged by fire. The firefighters chatted to
their visitors about all aspects ofthejob-their length oftime in service, what they do when they’re not out responding to a fire call and how they get called to an incident. Clitheroe Fire Station cov ers the largest area in the
county-ifnotthewholecoun- try - spanning an area from Barrow right across to Dun- sop Bridge and Tosside. Fire fighters have to live or work within five minutes of the sta tion in order to meet required response times and be avail able whenever their pagers beep.
Dave McGrath said: “With
out the massive support we get from employers willing to let our firefighters respond to their pagers in work time, plus the support of their fam ilies and commitment from the firefighters themselves, including those who have their own businesses to run, we simply couldn’t keep the fire engine running 24/7. “A measure of that com
mitment was demonstrated by one firefighter who found that he lived too far away to re spond to an incident in time, so moved closer to enable him to join the team. After a while, he realised he wanted to respond even quicker and so moved house again to ensure he can better serve his com munity.”
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