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Foodbank gets a new name ; Clitheroe Foodbank will in future be known as Ribble Val-


-.-.■ ley Foodbank to reflect that it now has two local centres. . , .These are at Trinity Church, Clitheroe, whichis open


U i ■% Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 am to 1-30 pm and . St Paul’s at Longridge, whichis open every Friday from 11


. ■ 1 am to 1-30 pm. Both are manned byvolunteers from local 7 churches.


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LA permanent collection point has been set up by Tesco, which wilItopupeyerythingcollectedby30%.


In the Ribble Valley, around 5,600 meals were distributed - and 620 people fed between July last year and January


-The foodbankis currently running low on fruit juice, - baby hygiene items and tinned peas/carrots.


Store’s cancer charity boost . Staff mid customers at M&Co in Clitheroe are celebrating


;afterraising£2,7i8for Cancer Research UK. ;: The funds have been raised through raffles, hampers,


fashion shows, dress upsand providing donation stations in store for customers to donate items to help stock ..Cancer Research UK shops.


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The retailer, which has more then 250 stores nationally, I , has raised more than £1.6 million for Cancer Research UK.


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The nextmeeting ofthe Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Par­ kinson’s Support Group takes place this Saturday, March 1st, in the Supper Room at Accrington Town Hall (where lift access is available), but at the earlier time of 10-30 am. Me“Aers of thephysiotherapyandoccupational therapy team will be carrying put a presentation and question- and-answer session. Members will then eqjoy a Jacob’s joinlunchandawarmwelcomeisextendedtoanybody


joinlunchandawarm welcome is extended to anybody and everybody who is affected hv Parlrincnn’c


In a campaign aimed at raising aware­ ness about the importance of mak­ ing a will, the Christie Charity, which


supports the specialist cancer centre ffle Christie Hospital, Manchester, has


' been running an annual Make a WU1 . Week for the past four years.


This most recent campaign saw close


to 150 people make or update'their will, which in total has raised more than£i4,oootohelpcancerpatients. —


As many as 68 solicitors from across "


theNorth-Westtookpartandoffered their services for free, waiving their


usual fees in return for a donation to the charity.


Among them was Steele & Son with ~ : Bagot Heyes Solicitors, who have offices


at both Castlegate, Clitheroe, and in Barnoldswick. Through their efforts and the generosity of clients theywere-


- pleased to raise£gi5thisyear. mostofour lives at some time, and as


many local residents have benefited fromthewonderfulworkdoneby


Christie’s, we are happy to have been ' able.to support in this way.” _ ■


KeithBagot,apartnerandwillsand probate expert at the firm, said: “I am delighted at theresponse from clients andpleasedwewereabletocontribute sopositivelytotheamountraised. ‘ It is a sad fact that cancer touches


Appeal for sightings proved a false alarm


An article on page 10 of Last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser ‘ was an appeal from the po- •


lice for sightings of a Ford Transit box van after it was reported by a Farm Watch


. member in the Newton area as being potentially a sus­


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noted that both the council and thedeveloper agreed “that- the council’sadopted housing policies are out of date, that the draft core.strategy can be given only limited weight:, and that the appeal should be judged.primarily against the National Planning Policy


, Framework” - •*. ;


: ; Thelackofafive-yearhous- ingland supply assessment j as required by the NPPF, “weighs significantly in favour of the


• appeal” the latter said. Theletter also said that the


effect of the development on


ble, but acceptable” with good design and the retention of ex­ isting vegetation, with there


He stated.that the site


would be readily accessible by non-car modes and the proposal, including the travel plan and sustainable travel in-


.... centives, offer additional ac- ' ' cessibility benefits. He added that the proposal would not - harmhighwaysafety. ' > > . These conclusions have


*'■ -been totally refuted bymem- bers ofBCAG. who say the de-


' i velopment is far too large and is not appropriate for the site.


the character and appearance • of the local area was “noticea-'


likely to be little discernible landscape impact from more than around two kilometres. r ^ Rail operator Network Rail had objected to the increased : usagepfnearbylevelcrossings ■ arid associated risk; But the - Secretary of State said that an increase in number from two to 12 users per day would rep-.


;,f.osent only a small increase • “i jn risk,'and givenmitigation:


ercise due caution:


track;-riotedthat individuals a responsibility to take of warning signs and ex­ -


>■: plans by Barrow Lands Coin-' J pany Ltd to develop this site, •' said: “It is just devastating: ' We are not against devel­ opment and are in no way/ ‘NIMBYs’. We!ve had develop­ ment on brown field sites, but a development of over 500


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joinupallthewayandforman / urban sprawl.


' ties, but since then, excluding these plans, seven separate


- which formed in 2011 to fight- - cision. • Aspokeswoman forBCAG,' v; .. tie grazing on it and all three'.


pact such alarge development will have. This is land with cat-


villages - Barrow,-Wiswell and Whalley, will.be impact-:;.; ed dreadfully.”


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.. - She said that the appro/; priate infrastructure was not Z in place to cope with so many'


. new homes, and blamed the - current political climate and7' - the Government’s eagerness to build more new homes as : well as the lack of a Core Strat- - egy for the borough for the de- - '


.-. .■ . Ribble ValleyBorough '


- Council has also been criti- : cised, with a Barrow resident--1 and BCAG member starting a petition calling for the remiov- ■


alofthecouncil’sheadofplan- , ning services and the head of


. regeneration and housing.


»-• David Birtwhistle, of Ash .Close, said that he had totally


■ - 1 • “Back in 2010, Barrow vil-F- lage had just overaooproper- -;


sites have been developed add- ■ ing345 extra properties./- •'& ’ “These 504 new homes,- -whenever they are built,'will ’ "-take the village to nearly 85o:; : properties on top of what we'


--v have in the village already” she ' explained.


• . : “We^verydisappointed.-'- arid devastated about the im-


' l°st confidence in the council. • “If you look at every large-”1


scale application defended' by Ribble Valley council'^they ■ •


- - have lost them all,” he said.-: . .


■ was defended by the local resi- .’ dents at Waddow View after


“T h e o n ly o n e th a tw a sw o n


, the council-had backed out/ aajarigit-was unwinnable.''


* ’.“Weneedachangeofman— /agement fast before our beau- ■; tiful landscape resembles '


' - Beirut and our livestock is fet'? placed witli concrete cows.”


picious vehicle. We.would like to point-out that it has5


now been established this’ is not the case, as the vehi-* cleis driven by an entirely le­ gitimate trader who is well known in the area, selling workwear to outlying farms.


Do you recognise this' woiiifan?^^


> Police are keen to trace and , speak to the blonde woman ' facing the camera on the ' ■ right of this picture, in con- - <


nection with the theft of a - coat and its contents from • The Dog sports bar in Clit- ;


heroe on November 29th ■ last year. - CCTV footage from the


bar appears to show the -, woman searching through


, the coat before leaving with' both the coat and its con­ tents in her possession. Anyone who knows the 1


> womanorwhowasinthebar • . . . ■ — Infrfh-ightu nd* ^members eny telephone n um ^ im ,


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, anything about her is asked ' quoting reference number tonngthepohcenon-emeig- - EN1301656.- ur' -•


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