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'A man has appeared before"' Blackburn magistrates after violence erupted at a Ribble;, Valley wedding venue on Sat- urdaynight.


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■ The magistrates’ court heard that a woman was taken to hospital after a taxi.. knocked her over and ran over her head as the driver. set off with two young chil­ dren in the back. Anotherwoman,whowas


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Clitheroe driver Neil Simpson madeasensationalreturn to rallying after a12-year absence when hefinished second overall and first in his class on the North West


. Stages Rally in his Simpsons Skoda Fabia S2000.


With Claire Mole as co-driver - for the first time, the 41-year ■


--old dealer pr inc ipa l of Simpsons Skoda, in Colne, was lying 17th after a tricky open­ ing night of competition when heavy rain and darkness made conditions very challenging.


Nfeil’s back m the seal and


winning again!


Neil quickly got into his stride on day two, acclima-


. tising quickly to his new ex­ factory Skoda Motorsport Fa­ bia S2000 as the multi-venue all-Tarmac rally unfolded. -> He rapidly moved up the leaderboard and after great


runs over the Blackpool Prom­ enade and Fleetwood Water­ front stages, which were lined with thousands of spectators, Neil completed all 26 stages and 75 miles of flat-out compe­ tition in second place overall. Said Neil: “I’m delighted


with the result and our over­ all performance. I’ve missed


rallying so much, and to score such a great result first time out after 12 years is a great start to the year.


“Theopeninggroupofstag-


es on the Friday night were some of the most difficult I’ve ever done in my entire rally career. It was very much back in at the deep end, and having gone out on slick tyres in the pouring rain we spent most of the night spinning and travel­ ling backwards!”


. “I went to bed in 17th place and .thinking the long day ahead was going to be even harder and a top 10 result would be a good achievement, but on the Saturday thingsjust got better and better. “To finish second on my


: first rally in 12 years - well, I couldn’t have wished for any­ thing better.” Neil’s next rally will be the


Le Touquet Rallye in France on March i4-i5th .


Child Action Northwest has sent out an SOS for a charita­


i .to support its team of runners ... in this year’s Manchester 10k


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is village at Manchester Central :.iwhere runners can pick up : refreshments and meet the '.fund-raising team.


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jment'director is taking part ; along with 10 other members


-of staff from the,Care and .Accommodation team re-


Martin Hartley Smith outside the charity’s Wilpshire HQ.


sponsible for the Foster Care operation. He explained:


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this year are first timers/ They won’t have run in a big


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attacked by three women and a man, also needed hos- pital treatment following the


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- incident, which happened : at th e Mercure Bla ck­ burn Foxfields Country Hotel, Billington.


- Christopher James Dick- inson (31), of St Gabriel’s Ave­ nue, Blackburn, was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court after pleading not guilty to assaulting Roland Jones causing him actual bodily harm and to damaging a car belonging to Naveed Ahmed. Mr.Jones was knocked unconscious during the al- ; leged attack.


Inquest opens into Langho railway death


Sainsbury’s had a surprise in store for school choir


Choir members at Pendle Primary School, Clitheroe, have hit a new fash­ ionable note! Thanks to the generosity of the Sains­ bury’s store in Clitheroe, pupils now


have newpurple choir T-shirts to wear whenever they represent the school. Mr David Binns, deputymanager at the store, visited the school to present a -.. cheque for £200 towards the cost of the


. new T-shirts. The choir will proudly show off the smart new attire for the first time on March 15th when it takes part in the “Sing Together” event at King George’s Hall, Blackburn.


Plans for 200 new homes get the green light


Councillors approve three separate applications


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Plans for just over200 new homes in the Ribble Valley have been given the initial thumbsup.


Members of Ribble Valley Borough Council’s planning committee agreed to approval subject to the necessary con- - ditions being met on three, separate planning applica­ tions. - Two of the three applica-.;


tions refer to sites at Barrow: while the third refers to a site at Billington. - An application for outline:


planning permission, which: means for permission in prin­ ciple, for a proposed resident tial development of up to 43 houses; 30% of which will be


affordable, with partial means of access to (but not within) the site at Hansons Garden Centre in Whalley Road, Bar- row, were discussed by plan­ ners on Thursday. ■ Concerns were raised by


parish councillors, who were consulted on the plans, about the cumulative effects ofother planning applications in Bar- row. ■ They also said that an ap-


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ii. Members.agreed to de- . ferred approval subject to 13 , conditions being completed;


' was for full planning permis­ sion for 102 homes,' including 20 affordable homes, on land off Middle Lodge Road, Bar- row. ' - . 7 Onrecommending approv-


- - al the council planning officer. . said:“Theproposalhasnosig­ nificant detrimental impact on nearby residential amenity nor would it have an adverse visual impact upon the imme­ diate of wider context.” Again, members granted


deferred approval subject to 13 conditions being met. An application for a pro­


posed residential develop-, ment of 56 homes including 15


' affordable homes, at Wilkin-: son’s Haulage Yard and nearby


•• land at Whalley Road, Billing- <■ ,. ton, was also discussed. : 7 Representations were re-


:•. - The second application for < Barrow that was discussed


veeived from nine local house­ holds and a letter from an action group signed by 21 res-: • idents.


■ Lancashire County Council has sought almost a £340,000


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An inquest has been opened on Sunday, February gth. andadjournedintothedeath The incident involved ofaLanghowomanwhowas the 5-40 pm service from killed when she was hit by a Clitheroe to Manchester train.


- Oxford Road and a spokes- Lisa Loughney (29), who man for British Transport


is believed to be from the Police confirmed they were Rogersfield area of Langho, not treating the death as died after being struck by suspicious. The inquest was the train on the track near opened and adjourned at Langho Railway Station Blackburn last Thursday.


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