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Tributes to death crash motorcyclist
Tributes have been paid to a
"man who was killed when his motorcycle was in collision ■
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with a JCB in Simonstone. Dad-of-two Craig Foster (42),
: from Accrington, was travel- • ling along Blackburn Road from the direction of Padiham towards Clayton-lerMoors around 4-30pm on Sunday when, police say, a JCB travel ling in theopposite direction turned right into the path of his Kawasaki ZX6R motorcy-
' cle. He suffered fatal injuries
. anddiedatthescene;Theroad ■: was closed forfivehours while. . an accident investigation was carried out.' „ - Craig’s wife, Mel, said: “Craig was Craig, people that
‘“It is a truly tragic loss of a
loving husband and father to our two wonderful childrenm Cory and Lola. He was a mar vellous son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend to many. “Craig was a hardworking
man. After spending some time working on his father’s butchers stall in Accrington
: toration ofVolkswagen Beetle cars and camper vans. “He was'a keen and expe
he turned his hand to the res- Craig Foster (s) -
knew him know this well. Craig lived an interesting and
•fun filled life with love and laughter and touched many hearts along the way, a popu lar guy with a huge personal ity.
rienced motorcyclist and was on his way home to see his
family after a day’s work when the crash happened.” Police are appealing for
witnesses to the accident or anyone who saw the motorcy-
cleorJCBpriortotheaccident to call ioi quoting log number
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Walkers are being encour aged to take their cameras for a new series of photo walks in Bowland and other Northern beauty spots;
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Snapping in Slaidburn, Vi
king settlements around Rib- blehead and August in The Lakes are all subjects in this year’s programme. Some ac
tivities are based at Individual Inns with lunch or afternoon
tea included in the price. A Festival Bowland walk
will.be held at Slaidburn on Monday, April 14th, from 1.30
to 4.30pm for the golden an niversary celebrations of the ForestofBowlandAreaofOut- standing Natural Beauty. All the walks in the pro
gramme are being led by experienced professional
• photographer Veronica Ca- peron, and several will be
: accompanied by wildlife and environmental specialists.'
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Cameras at the ready, walkers on an earlier hay meadow walk near Slaid- burn.(s)
' The events are mainly for
those with little photograph ic experience, but more ad vanced photographers a r e . welcome to join. Booking is essential and
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family tickets are available. . Details at
www.veronicas
gallery.co.uk on the photo walks'page; contact Veronica Caperon atstudio@veronicas
gallery.co.uk or 01729 824537.
Village’s cricket ground is set to
be put up for sale
^Residents and community - groups in Ribble Valley are
invited to a public meeting to discuss thefutureofChipping' Cricket Ground. - . ; ;i;,- ■
*.: The ground’s owners have
; announced their intention to- ■ sell it.
on the Ribble .Valley Register v However, as it is included
of Community Assets; local groups andindividuals are eh- titled to express an interest in . - acquiring the site as a commu- i‘
nityfacilitybeforeitgoes onto theopenmarket. Themeeting will take place at Chipping Vil lage Hall on Thursday, March 27. at 7.45pm, and anyone interested in acquiring the ground as a community facil ity is invited to attend.-.- : Alternatively, they can reg
ister their interest with Rib ble Valley Borough Council’s head of legal and democratic services; Diane Rice, on 01200 414418, by Thursday, May 1st.
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Ribblesdale’s Sport Relief makes it onto the BBC news
'.(Thursday).-
Pupils from the Ribby Media: Under the watchful eye of staffcameascelebritysports cycle offwith Mr Cox. Sains- Team, at Ribblesdale High headteacher Mr Stephen Cox people with a very interest- bury’s also kindly donated School, will be taking part in pupils were allowed to com- • ing looking Bradley Wiggins, a huge hamper which was BBC School Report Day today pete against staffin a variety a stunning red card and some w o n b y A b b y King (7H) • ;
’ of challenges. ’ They will bereportirig on These included the fastest Serena Williams! ■
double trouble in the form of and all the fru it for the s ch o o l’s sm oo th ie s and
the events that took place for minute on a bike, super set Ribble Valley Mayor and other merchandise which Sport Relief at the school on shots, fastest forward ro l ls . Mayoress Coun. Richard was raffled off.
Fridaywhichincludedafran- and an opportunity to bowl Sherras and his consort Mrs : A large amount of mon- t ic flashmob at Clitheroe’s out cricket fanatic deputy Lynne Pate thoroughly en- ey was r a is e d and th e : Sainsbury’s supermarket in. head Andrew Davidson. the foyer.
1 In the drama complex, with their donation.
joyed the day and joined in. school’s reporters were on hand to catch every mo-
, S ta f f and pupils then pupils were able to wow an Thanks have been ex- ment w ith , l iv e tw e e t s , tu rn e d th e ir a t ten t ion audience with their voices p re s sed to the s t a f f o f o n - s c e n e 'c o v e ra g e and to eating h e a lth y fru it when they sang a range of ■ C l ith e ro e ’s S a in sb u ry ’s exclusive interviews with k eb ab s , sm o o th ie s and sporty songs. > ■
supermarket who helped -s ta f f and pupils.
Ribblesdale High School staff ,1 take part in the fastest minute
on a bike challenge. . ,
Attempts are made to bowl out cricket fanatic deputy head Andrew Davidson.; ...
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............miles and to top the day off, The manager even had a on the BBC website. :
s traw b e r r ie s dipp ed in During the day, staff and • pupils raise money and-' ■ Be su r e to c h e c k i t chocolate~during break; pupils walked, jogged, ran took part in the sport ing out on the school’s website while at lunchtime the school and cheered a total of 1,400 challenges. ' went challenge mad.
“ and from today (Thursday) WaUdng despite the weather
Staff from Skipton Juilding Society in darket Place, Clit- leroe, completed in eight-mile.' i p o n s o r e d v a l k . - f f o r . Sport Relief., lesp ite aw-i r
ul weather..,
:onditions,: >n Saturday,-; darch 22nd, •aising£i30. •
Village chi ldren take a walk or a toddle
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dies.mother and toddler ; g r o u p . c o in p 1 e t e d vj u s 1'^;! ;;over/a one mile
walk.to
v Sport Relief."- •' K ■ BoKon-by-Bo wland Primary Schools?*^ e s C h i 1 d r e n;° s t a f f ::a n d a ro u n d B o lto n -b y -B ow la r id
. pupils andyoungsters from Buddies'^ p?a: R e in - t fs^ .p ' u r i t f e . f f v T i r mother and toddler group complete aT;-1 o d d 1 e d a n d / s t r o 1 l e_d mileforSportRelief.
and raised £287: - T - ' > '^ T e a ch e r Mrs Towler said: “We are so proud of. all thejchildren, parents, and friends and fariiilies' who joiried'iri the event;®! . ^^g.urxBuddies}mpth'- • er^ahdntbddler-igroup a lso 'to o lcipart-Jand'we wo u ld ; l i k e ;to^th'ank everyone fo r
helping.in , this event.”
Ribble Valley residents turned out in force on Sunday to go thatextramileforagoodcause. Hundreds took part in
the Sport Relief Mile, which was coordinated by Ribble Valley Borough Council, at Clitheroe Castle. A warm up session was
held at Clitheroe Castle’s band stand before Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Richard Sher- ras and his consort Mrs Lynne Pate gave the instruction for participants to set off. Ribble Valley residents had
the option of either running, walking orjogging a one, three or six-mile circuit of Clithe roe Castle grounds, setting off
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from the bandstand at 11 am. The Sport Relief Mile offers
everyone, from mums and tod dlers to seasoned runners, the chance to take part in the big gest mile in history. Ribble Valley Borough'
Council’s sports development officer, Peter Fletcher, said that around 250 people had taken part in the event raising more than £1,000. He thanked the staff from
Clitheroe’s Sainsbury’s super market for helping register participants on the day and take donations! Mr Fletcher also thanked the local police cadets who had volunteered to be marshalls for the event. Sport Relief has raised
more than £i95m. since being launched in 2002 to help peo ple living tough lives in the UK arid across the world.
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