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Following the blustery and wet condi tions of this woekend Christmas Eve and -
Christmas Day are sot to be fine with bright sunshine on the latter.
On these festive days It should bo clean and crisp as well as a lot less windy.
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' Boxing Day though and It looks as though there could bo rain showers from Boxing Day and throughout tha weekend.
At least Christmas Day was dry though. LIGHTING UPTIMES:
Sunrise: 8-27 am ' . Sunset: 3-52 pm ■ Lighting up time: 4-22 pm :
Coun. Ranson unveiled a plaque which was his first named plaque as Mayor." SEE INSIDE P A G E 12
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A Clitheroe pensioner has beenjailedfortwo years after admitting attempting to en gage in sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl.
Former Ribble Valley coun cil election candidate Ronald John Loebell (72), of Edisford Road, appeared at Preston Crown Court on Thursday af ter admitting two charges. He wiped his eyes with a
- hanky as the court heard how within 15 minutes of striking up a conversation online with a girl he believed to be 12, he had initiatedintimate conver sation with her, asking her if she was old enough to talk about sex, and if she had seen a man naked. He went on to exposed
himself to her on a webcam and encouraged
her.to com mit acts herself. , But unknown to Loebell, who sought election as a UK1P
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wore a beige jacket, admit ted attempting to cause a 12-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, and attempt ing to watch a 12-year-old en gage in sexual activity. Mr Jeremy Lasker (de
Ron Loebell, jailed fo r tw o years
councillor, the “girl” was an undercover police officer. Judge Heather Lloyd, sen
tencing him, said: “You are a 72-year-old man who until to day was of good character. “I have read many positive
ly glowing references about you from friends and family indicating what a hard work ing, loving, lovely family man you are and they all expressed their understandable shock and distress at what you have done. “But offend you did, on this
day in July, and in a serious sexual fashion.” The d e fen d an t , who
fending) said his client, who had admitted the offences under the “Early Guilty Plea Scheme”, had already been- - been in custody for four months on remand since his arrest earlier this year. Loebell was a candidate
for UKIP in Edisford Ward in the Ribble Valley Borough Council elections of May 2011 and also stood for election to Clitheroe Town Council, but was beaten in both contests. • UKIP previously said that
Loebell had retired from pol itics and was no longer in- volvedwithUKIPRibble Valley
orEastLancashirepriortohis arrest. He has also been outspo
ken on many local issues and was a frequent contributor to the letters column of this newspaper.
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Inside your Clitheroe Advertiser and Times... >7 STREETWISE PRE-SCHOOLERS
Jackie passes on h e r road safety tips
School crossing patrol offic er Jackie Devine explained to pre-schoolers the impor tance of being seen by mo torists. Jackie gave the young
sters from Bowland Mon- tessori Pre-school, which is based at St James’ CE Prima ry School in Clitheroe, a va riety of different safety tips whichincluded making sure they kept well back from the kerb.
Other tips included wear
ing high visibility or reflec tive wear.
One of the treats at the end of the learning experi
ence was to take it in turns to hold the lollipop which was epjoyed by all.
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Clitheroe residents warned of online scam -
Residents across the Ribble Valley are being encouraged to look out for a potential on line shopping delivery scam. The warning has been is
sued by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau who have received alarge number ofreports from victims who have lost out in similar cir cumstances. In each case the victim
has bought something on line, assuming that the sell er is legitimate and in many cases payment has been tak en through a reputable pay ment protection service. When the package arrives
Charity begins at home for market traders
Charity began at home for cabin andstallholders on Clit heroe Market when they invited volunteers from Rosemere Cancer Foundation to take up a free pitch at their special ChristmasMarketfunday.' It enabled the charity’s supporters to raise £380.51 by host ing a Christmas cake raffle, guess the weight of a game pie competition, tombola and pick-a-straw game. They also sold home-made craft gifts and Rosemere goodies. Visitors to the market were serenaded with carols by The Salvation Army Band and with more contemporary music from Phil Knight Senior and invited musicians later in the day. There was also a strolling Santa, hog roast and mulled
wine and roasted chestnuts to add to the festive flavour. Rosemere Cancer Foundation fundraises to bring world class cancer care to local patients in their local hospital.
It spends the donations it receives on vital equipment, re search and training, which the NHS is unable to fund. It also pays for patient welfare projects, including providing free access to complementary therapies for those going through treatment, and working to make the surroundings in which treatment is given more patient friendly. For more details visit:
www.rosemere.org.uk”
www.rosemere.org.uk Father Christmas is pictured joining Rosemere volunteers on their pitch donated by Clitheroe Market Traders’ Club.
and is signed for by some one at the delivery address, if the contents have not been checkedbeforesigning, each victim has found thepackage to be empty or to not contain the item they ordered. The victims have at
tempted to track their orders online, but discover that the package they signed for had thesame tracking number as
" the ordered item and when disputing the problem it looks as though the pack age has been successfully
delivered. Residents should follow a few simple steps to prevent them from becom- ingavictimofsimilarscams: • Always check seller
feedback when buying on line - if the seller has a lot of recent negative feedback, do not buy from them. It is not unknown for
fraudsters to hack legitimate accounts or trick legitimate sellers into allowing them to use their account for fraud ulent purposes, so focus on the most recent feedback. • Consider keeping a list
of which items you and the people you live with are ex pecting to be delivered as it can be particularly confus ing when you have a large number of items on the way. •
If you are asked to sign
for a package and you are in any doubt as to what it is for, consideropeningandverify- ing it before signing for the item. If you have been affected
by this fraud or by any oth er scam, report it to Action Fraud by calling 0300123 2040 or visit
www.action-
fraud.police.uk
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