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Afteraweekofpleasantwarm weatheritwill befairly wet today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) with some heavy rain at times and a north easterly breeze. It will then be drier on Saturday, but will remain fairly cloudy. Temperatures will be generally near normal for the time ofyear, Next week, there will be lightrain showers, but it will remain quite warm.


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Sunrise: 4-35 am Sunset: 9-20 pm Lighting uptime: 9-50 pm


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‘Stars of tomorrow’ at music festival Netball team are national champs!


Some of the country’s finest young classical and jazz musicians are coming to the Ribble Valley for this year’s Ribchester Music Festival. Artists from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester - two of the finest music Academies worldwide - will perform at this year’s event, which runs from Saturday June 7th to Sunday the 15th.


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Ribble Valley Netball Club are champions of England after winning the Na­ tional Club Finals in Sheffield. The squad, based at Oakhill College, beat Tameside 23-22 in a thrilling final to claim the national crown. The road to glory started last September with the ultimate goal to get to the national club finals weekend, where the two top teams from the nine differ­ ent England Netball regions would battle it out for the title.


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Police issue stark warning after spate of car break-iris


By Fa iz a JLf z a a l laiza.afzaai@jpress.co.uk Twitterr@cliihadvertiser


thieves. A laptop, jewellery, CDs, a sat-nav device and money has been stolen from


------------------------------ — - the vehicles. Police believe Policearewarningmotorists the cars were left unlocked, in the Ribble Valley to be on Insp. Khan said: “I can- their guard of opportunist not stress how important it thieves and to keep their ve- is for motorists to keep their hides locked at all times. vehicleslockedandtheirval- The stark warning has uables out of sight. Despite


been issued by Insp. Hassan renewed calls to secure ve- Khan,ofClitheroePolice,af- hides, opportunist thieves ter a spate of car break-ins are managing to break into recently. And he is urging cars because they have been car owners to be extra vigi- left insecure, lant and to keep valuables


“It is very important, es-


out of sight, especially with pecially during the summer the Spring Bank Holiday ap- months, to checkyour doors proaching.


and windows have been Cars parked in St James locked at all times.”


Stre et, Waterloo Road, Anyonewithinformation Brownlow Street, Clitheroe should call police on 101 for and Wiswell Lane, Whal- Crimestoppers on 0800 ley, have been targeted by 555m-


NEWS IN BRIEF Town’s spruced up library is unveiled


A newly restored Clithe- as well as isolated exam- roe library was unveiled .- pies o f pointing replace- thisweek.


ment, the repair and


Work has been carried out to consolidate the


redecoration of windows andotherwoodwork.


library’s stonework and Some minor internal make it safe after there health andsafety works were several instances has also been carried out. of delaminated material The works on the falling to the street mean- £108,000 restoration ing safety netting had to project,whichwasde- be fixed to the building.


Material used in ad hoc " obtained listed building repairs hasalsobeenre-


placed with natural stone ary 6th. Boy (5) hit by car in town


Emergency services including the North West Air Ambu­ lance were called after a five-year-old Clitheroe school boy suffered serious leg iqjuries in a road traffic collision on Duck Street, Clitheroe, on Tuesday afternoon at approximately 4-15 pm. The boy was flown by the air ambulance to the Royal Man­


chester Children’s Hospital to be treated for his injuries. The driver of the Ford Focus involved in the collision was report­ edly uniqjured.


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Inside your Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.. FEATURE


Dapper‘Seb’ is local star of new TV show


A Clitheroe wheeler-dealer and his family feature in a new BBCi TV series which begins this week. - DanielSebastianisawell-


known character on the Lan­ cashire auctions and sales circuits, known to most simply as “Seb”. Tall, slim and dapper, with a glinting


' goldtooth.stylishshadesand a distinctive Afro hairstyle, Seb is hard to miss and in­ stantly likeable. No wonder the producers


of “Del Boys and Dealers”, a new series offour hour-long programmes scheduled for


■ 9 pm on Wednesdays, chose to followhim with their cam­ eras rolling. .


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Cameron to visit Valley?


Bowland High School’s Head of Science receives top teaching accolade


By K a t ie Ham m o n d katie.hammond@jpress.co.uk twitter: @clithadvertiser


Ascienceteacherfrom Bow- land High School has been selected from over20,000 na­ tional nominations to receive a silver teaching prize in the award fo r ‘Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School’ cat­ egory of the prestigious 2014 PearsonTeaching Awards.


The awards are an annual cel­ ebration of exceptional teach­ ers and teaching, founded in 1999 by Lord Puttnam. They recognise the life-changing impact of an inspirational teacher on the lives of the young people they teach. Head of Science at Bowland


and father-of-three Danny Breen (47) was nominated for the award by four of his appre­ ciative students. The nomination detailed


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his “dedication and sheer hard work to bring out the best in pupils who work hard for him because they respect him and don’t want to let him down.” Bowland’s headteacher


Mr John Tarbox commented: “Mr Breen is an inspirational. teacher who has a fantastic re­ lationship with his students and fellow members ofstaff. “He is a credit to the school


and we are all very proud of him. •. “He is a teacher who past students remember for years after they have left the school and who those who have gone


• continued from page 3 Mr Cameron added: “I


know that his focus is getting backto thejob ofworkinghard for the people of Ribble Valley and it will be for him and his association to determine his future. “He’s a very hard-working


MP, he’s a valuable member of the team in Parliament. Obvi­ ously he has great experience, having been Deputy Speaker, and I’m keen to see him con­ tinue.” No further details on the visit have yet been released.


Get ready to scream for The Rutles!


Originally created for a short comedy sketch by Eric Idle and Neil Innes, The Rutles were a thinly-veiled pastiche of The Beatles and all the hys­ teria that surrounded the first “supergroup”. - However, that sketch and


Award-winning science teacher MrDannyBreenafterthespecialassemblypresentationofhis award with Mr JohnTarbox,headteacherofBowland High School, (s)


into teaching want to emu­ late.” Mr Breen was presented


his award in a special assem­ bly to mark “Thank a Teach­ er Day” by some of the pupils who nominated him. He commented: “The fact


that I was nominated for this award by my students is a great feeling. “Teaching is so very re­


warding and the best thing about thejob is when thepen- ny drops for a student whilst you are teaching a really com­ plicated topic.” Comments from thejudg-


es of the teaching awards in­ cluded: “Passionate about education, deep thinking, ad­ mired and loved by both chil­ dren and colleagues, Danny is indeed an outstandjng teach-


erandavery worthy recipient of this prestigious award.” Mr Breen will nowjoin fel­


low silver award winners at the UK final of the teaching awards at London’s Guild Hall on October 26th, where 10 sil­ ver award winners will go on to receive a gold award. The ceremony will be filmed and broadcast by the BBC. Oscar-winning actress


Emma Thompson, presi­ dent of the Pearson Teaching Awards said: “I am genuinely proud and honoured to be the president of the teach­ ing awards. 1 owe so much of what I’ve done to my fan­ tastic teachers at school and university and it is exciting to join in celebrating what is probably the most important profession of them all.”


others that followed had such a positive response that The Rutles became an actual group, performing shows and even releasing albums! At a time when Monty Py­


thon is back in the news with the eagerly anticipated 30th anniversary summer reun­ ion scheduled for London’s O2 Arena, The Rutles also make a timely visit to The Grand on a whistle-stop UK tour. The Rutles appear at The


Grand, Clitheroe, on Wednes­ day May 28 th (Ticket hotline: 01200 421599, www.thegran- dvenue.co.uk, £20adv).


layed while the council consent, started on Janu-


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