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SEVENDAYFORECAST: It is forecast to be dry and fairly cloudy on Friday, but occasional outbreaks of light rain are possible at times during the weekend. I t will be windier, toe, end feel cool. - Further slow-moving bands of heavy rain are likely to continue into Wednesday; again K will ba a minority of places which see the larger totals, but where it occurs there Is the risk oflocalisedminorflooding.


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Sunrise: 7-31 am Sunset 6-15 pm Lighting up time: 6-45 pm


Firm sentenced after employee loses sight in eye


AClitheroehydrauliccylinder manufacturer has been fined for serious safety breaches ‘ after an employee was badly injured when he was struck in the face during a test pro­ cedure. Lodematic (Components)


Ltd was prosecuted on F r i­ day by the Health and Safety , Executive (HSE) following an incident at Numbers 1,2


and 3 Works, Primrose Road, Clitheroe on January 23rd. ■ Preston Crown Court


heard that the worker was struck in the face by a pressu­ rised hose during a test when a connector catastrophically failed. The worker suffered a broken jaw multiple facial lacerations and total blind­ ness in his right eye. The worker was assisting


the works manager and design engineer in pressure testing a hydraulic cylinder when the incident occurred. The HSE investigation


found that the test zone was not segregated or safeguarded and that the test equipment was not maintained and suit-. able for the task, the firm had' also failed to carry out a risk assessment.


Lodematic (Components)


Ltd pleaded guilty to a breach of Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act


1974- The firm was fined £35>ooo and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £7,835.52. Speakingafterthehearing,


HSE inspector Bradley Wig- glesworth said: “Lodematic


(Components) Ltdfailed to as- sess the risks or provide a safe


system of work for pressure testing hydraulic cylinders. The test was carried out yvith- out segregating or. safeguard­ ing the test zone, and the test connectors were not subject to maintenance or inspection. “ I f these measures had


been in place at the time of the incident then the employee’s life changing iiyuries could have been avoided."


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where a neighbouring holiday­ maker drowned. The woman, who has been


confirmed to be among the 19 peoplekilledinthefloods.was on holiday with her husband, who is later believed to have suffered a heart attack. Retirees Colin (67) and


Anne (60), who are well known locally and have four grand­ children, helped three neigh- • hours escape the six feet high water by pushing them to safe­ ty through their caravan’s sky


•light. “The events of the last couple of days have been pretty horrendous,” said Colin. “The first thing we knew


about the floods was when there was water lapping against our caravan door and we were confronted by three neighbours stood outside. At this point the water was rising about afoot every five minutes. “One of the neighbours was


a little old man called Jack who was wi thhis wife, Jean, and had


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lost his hearing aid, while the other was an Irish lady called Ann. I bashed the skylight out of the roof of the caravan and Anne climbed up to help them all on to the roof.”


Colin subsequently stood


on the kitchen worktop and peered through the sky light in order to keep his head above thewater. “Had the water risen any


further I don’t know what I would’ve done, as there wasn’t room for me to climb through


• the skylight,” he added. “It was all very frightening


and a terrible experience, but at the end of the day it is over­ shadowed by how fortunate we have been in comparison to the lady who died and her husband. “Anne thinks we were on


the roof of the caravan for about four hours, and Jack, who must be in his 80s, was showing signs of hypother­ mia.” Thankfully, thewater even­


tually started to recede, and when it reached knee level Colin and Anne waded through


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' the water to Jack and Jean’s caravan tohelpthemfindsome


clean and dry clothes. As Jack was on five different types of medication, they also made a couple of attempts to locate this. “There were helicopters


hovering above and winching people up. They were going to


take Jack up, but as they came .


closer it started to whip up too much debris and blew all our candles out, so they decided against it.” The party, along with oth­


ers from the campsite, were Idter rescued and taken in fire engines to a rescue centre containing around 200 people where they were provided with sleeping bags and hot drinks. Thankfully for Colin and


Anne, when they realised the volume ofwater that was flood­ ing into their caravan they had acted quickly and Anne had climbed up on to the roof of the caravan, pushing cases containing clothes, their pass­ ports and money up into the branches of a tree. Assisted by locals they have


also managed to get a room in a nearby hotel until they fly home. “We went back to the site


on Monday and it’s just utter devastation-fullofdebrisand mud. It was total chaos when it all happened and the only way to stay safe was to remain with the caravan,” concluded Colin.


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Sheep rustlers guilty of livestock theft


Sheep rustlers are convicted of £35k theft of pedigree ewes


byCourt Reporter www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Twitter:@clithativertiser


Two sheep rustlers have been convicted of stealing livestock worth more than


£35,000. Following an extensive inves­


tigation, the men have now been convicted of theft after DNA evidence from the sto­ len ewes taken in raids from


farms in both Lancaster and Skipton,confirmed theywere


the missing sheep when of­ ficers raided Lathams Farm, nearSlaidburn. Thomas Redfern (25), de­


nied being involved in the burglary of 88 ewes after the . animals were taken in raids at Curwen Hill Farm, Wray, near Lancaster and Newton . Hall Farm, Skipton. Andrew Piner (45). the


manager at Lathams Farm, near Slaidburn, admitted


theft at an earlier hearing at Lancaster Castle, but af­ ter standing trial at Preston Crown Court, the jury also found Redfern unanimously guilty of two counts of theft relating to the


sheep. P r e s t o n


. Thevalueofthattheftwas


in excess of £30,000. Officers from Lancashire


“These offences hadasignificant


Crown C ou r t heard that farm­ er Daniel Towers had invested his life savings in the flock at Cur­ wen Hall Farm at Wray. In September 2013, Red­


Police’s ru ral crime unit launched an investigation which led to Lathams Farm being searched underawarrant. Stolen sheep


impact on thelocal community”


from both bur- g la r ie s w e re found at the farm and at an­


other address nearby, rented


by Piner. PC Andrew Massingham,


fern was working as a stock- man at Newton Hall Farm when 30 crossbred mule ewes were stolen, with a value of


£5,ooo. Five months later in Feb­


ruary 2014,58 pedigree Bel- tex and recipient mule ewes carrying Beltrex embryos were stolen following a bur­ glary at Curwen Hill Farm near Wray, Lancaster.


Community Beat and Wild­ life officer for the Lower Lune


Valley and investigating offic­


er, said: “These offences had asignificantimpacton thelo­


cal community as they were committed by people work­ ing within and trusted by the


farming community. ■ “It is completely unac- ■


ceptable that people in such positions carry out these des-


. picable crimes which affect the lives and livelihoods of thoseconcerned. “As a result of these offenc­


es Lancashire Constabulary has worked and is working very closely with the NFU and farmers in the area and has created the Farmers Net­


work. “There is a very close


working relationship with the rural community, which has beenbolstered by this re­


sult at court. “It sends a clear and une­ quivocal message that crime


within rural areas is unac­ ceptable, will be investigated


and those concerned will be brought to justice wherever.


possible”. Redfern, of Chisholme


Close, Standish, and Pin­ er, of Deer House Cottages, Gisburne, will be sentenced together at Burnley Crown ■' Court on Novemberioth.


Plans have been submitted to change the use of a Clitheroe pub which has been closed for a number of years. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s planning and devel­ opment committee will consid­ er an application to change the use of the Craven Heifer pub on Whalley Road,Clitheroe,so


that it can be used for offices. The application has been


submitted by Castle ViewDevel- opments who want to utilise the


currently closed public house for use by small businesses. No material alterations are


proposed to the existing build­ ing. The external layout of the existing building plus access and parking arrangements will remain unchanged although ad­ ditional windows and doors will be added.


New Aldi supermarket will be open by the end of the month


Bosses at discount supermarket chain Aldi say its new store “Littlemoor is currently closed Jto complete a scheme.of in ClithertMB should be open by the end of October.


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Plumber worked for same firm for half a century


A man who spent half a centu­


ry working for the same Clit­ heroe company has died at the


age of 90. Mr Bernard Blacklock be­


came an apprentice at G D Porter plumbers in Woone Lane at the age of 16. And he remained at the company for his entire working life until his retirement at the age of 65. He became a well known


face in the town along with his late wife, Greta, who also, worked for the same firm all herlife,Sheldon’s Chemistsin


Moor Lane. She died 15 years ago. The couple lived in the same house in Salthill Road, Mr Bernard Blacklock. (s)


Clitheroe for 63years andhad . . .


a son who died at the age of staffwithhismcredible mem- one. Mr Blacklockloved work- ory of people and places from ing in one of the Ribble Valley’s Clitheroe. Mr Blacklock’s fu- estate homes or farms. Mr neral was held at St Michael Blacklock had lived at Beech and St John’s Church, Lower- Grove Care Home for the past gate, Clitheroe. He leaves sev-


two years where he amazed eral relatives.


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