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ByDuncan Smith duncansmithl@jpress.co.uk Twitter@clithadvertiser


RibbleValley Borough Council has announced a council tax freeze without cuts in jobs or services forthesixth year running -and been praised in Parliament for its efficiency.


The council has frozen its 2015/16 council tax without the need for compulsory re­ dundancies or service cuts, despite a 14% reduction in Government grants. Support for charities and voluntary or­ ganisations will also be main­ tained. And Secretary of State Eric


Pickles MP has described the thrifty council as the “apple of my eye" during a Parliamen­ tary debate. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s share of the council tax on a Band D property will remain at£i40.6g-thelowest


cient and cost-effective serv- Parliament.” Ribble Valley MP ices in difficult times.


Nigel Evans told the House of He said: “I am delighted _ Commons that Ribble Valley


that Ribble Valley’s share of'.. Borough Council had frozen the council tax is to be frozen its council tax without reduc- and core services protected


. for the sixth successive year. This has been achieved de­ spite a reduction in core Govern--


^ ment funding of 14 per cent, a to­ tal of 40% since 2010. . “Ribble Val- ■


ing services and asked Eric Pickles to congratulate the council for doing so. The Secretary


‘Iamgratefulto


councillors and staff fbrtheir dedication and commitment’


! ley has the lowest council tax in Lancashire and one of the lowest in the country, which is a significant achievement


of State respond­ ed: “I congratu­ late Ribble Valley


Borough Council, which is clearly the apple of my


eye. - . \ ' “I know it to be a very ef-


_ ficient authority and income levels in the borough are bet-


Eric Pickles, Secretary of State forCommunities and Local Government


in Lancashire and one of the lowest in the country-follow­ ing this week’s meeting of the


council’s policy and finance committee. Councilleader Stuart Hirst


praised the dedication and hard work of council staff and councillors for delivering effi-


built on many years of careful / ter, because councillors are financial planning. I am grate­ ful to councillors and stafffor their dedication and commit­ ment in continuing to deliver efficient and cost-effective services, while maintaining high levels of customer sat­ isfaction. I am particularly delighted that our sterling efforts have been praised in


dedicated to keeping council tax down.”


Council tax bills include


precepts from Lancashire County Council, Lancashire


•Constabulary, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and local parishes. Full details are available at www.ribblevalley. gov.uk


7 . T-r * Rose’s tasty character is such a good looker you couldjust eat him up!


It is one of the most highly an- ticipatedfilmsoftheyearwith thetrailerhavingalreadybeen watched millions of times on YouTube. “Fifty Shades of Grey” will


be released in cinemas tomor­ row (Friday), but it’s been the icing on the cake for fans who have already been able to get theirteethintoatoplessChris- tian Grey - immortalised in cake! •Two life-size and edible


versions of the man of the mo­ ment Christian Grey, have been created by talented Clit- heroe baker Rosie Dummer and her team for the Cake International Baking show in'Manchester! The 6ft. tall cakes were constructed using Genoise sponge, 25kg of flour and 340 eggs.-' Mother-of-four Rose and


her team of six took two-and- a-half months to construct the life-size character and used 200kg of sugar paste to craft his exterior. And for those a little sensitive to the naked human flesh, there’s also a clothed version of Mr Grey- also made of cake - clad in a grey business suit. You would be forgiven for


thinking he doesn’t look much' like hunk Jamie Dornan and. that’s because he’s not sup­ posed to. Rose, who lives in Whalley Road, explained: “The' cake resembles the character written for the book,'rather than Jamie.


' Rosie Dummerand her Fifty ShadosofGrey creation


it was just a throwaway idea. I really didn’t think it was work­


able. As the show was sched- . uled for the week of the movie


premiere, it just seemed like a great opportunity to do some-


. thing relevant and entertain- . ing,sowewentwithit.” She added: The Peridle


Cake Company have been the backbone of this project from the start. Lee has become my structural engineer, heavily involved with the preparing the frame with me, and Becca has been organising the kilos ofcake and sugar paste thatwe need to prepare and assemble.. Inside Track, Clitheroe, have helped us with transporting these huge creations and Cas­ tle Sheet Metal, in Sabden, • have helped us with all the frames. We also had Advanced Heating Supplies in Lome- shaye help us with all of the pipeworkthatweusedwithin the structure. And, of course, I’ve had a lot of help from Mol­ ly Robbins, who runs Molly’s . Creative Cakes in Crawshaw- booth. We are so lucky to have


so many local firms on board with what we do.” Rose is no stranger to creat­


ing edible life-size characters. In November last year, Rose was commissioned by Cake Masters Magazine to make a 7ft Grenadier Guard out of caketoraisemoneyandaware- ness for the Poppy Appeal!' Before becoming one of "


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“When I first pitched the ’ theme to Cake International


the UK’s top cake designers, Rose had a very different ca­ reer, serving with the Arrned Forces. She was the Army Air


Corps’'sfirstfemaleheIicop'ter pilot, and subsequently the first female Lynx pilot;:


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A £3 million re-build of the main building at Bowland High School is now officially complete and the students are al- readyenjoyingtheirnewfacilities. Temporary classrooms have been in use for the past 15 months whilst the construction work was underway, and the project handover was finally completed and declared fit for purpose last Monday. The new “Riversmead Building” connects the old library and thesportshall blocks and is now home to a large new classrooms, an assembly and dining hall and a new library. The building eqjoys magnificent views of Pendle Hill and will be further enhanced by the new school yard, which will be


opened after the site clearance has concluded. The long term hope is that the school complex will all eventu­ ally be housed under one roof. The originalmainschool building was builtin 1865 andsub- sequently converted to a luxurious hotel in Edwardian times. “Riversmead” became an orphanage in the 1920s and also acted as a home from home for refugee children during the Second World War. It was developed into its current incarnation as Bowland High School in 1949, but in its earlier years was always affec­


tionately known as Riversmead, hence the name of the new building.


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Clitheroe resident highlights daily obstacles people across the UK had in­


byJulieMagee julie.magee@jpress.co.uk Twitter@clittiadvertiser


Lunch in memory


One of the last requests of a Sawley woman suffering with cancer was that a fun­


draising eventwould beheld to raise money for the organ­


isations who had helped her throughout her illness. Moira Smithson of Saw-


ley, who lost her battle with cancer in August last year, . wanted to show her grati­ tude for the immense sup­ port she had received with


a charity lunch attended by family.and friends to raise money for Macmillan Can-!-


cer Care and the East Lancs Hospice. The lunch menu in c lu d ed -san dw ich e s , soup and cakes donated by Moira’s family and friends, who also put on a grand raf­ fle with prizes donated by many local businesses and


ja tombola. Moira’s popular­ i t y was reflected in the size of queue of people waiting to be served both in and out­ side the village hall and a to­ tal of £3,115 was raised to be split equally between both charities. . " / /


A campaigner is highlight ing the problems caused by street obstacles in Clitheroe as a national sight loss charity warns of risk ofinjuryand loss


ofconfidence. New research by the Royal Na­ tional Institute of Blind Peo­ ple (RNIB) has highlighted the growing problem of danger­ ous street crossings and street obstacles; bollards, advertis­ ing boards, bins, and cars parked on pavements, which are preventing many people with sight loss from getting out and about. Survey results published in


' RNIB’s “Who put that there” _ report revealed that a third of blind and partially sighted


jured themselves when walk­ ing around their local areas. Overall, 95% of people said that they had collided with an obstacle. Clitheroe resident Mike


Tupper, who has had a sight condition since birth, said: “The streets in Clitheroe are verynarrowwhichmakesnav- igating them a nightmare, as they are also full of obstacles like A boards and shop front signs. Not only is getting out and about a risk for me, but it also puts other.people at risk as they are forced to step into


. theroadtotryandbehelpful.' “It’s harder when it gets


dark’because I suffer from night blindness and the dan­ gers of bumping into some­ thing is higher." More than two million peo­


ple live with sight loss, and with someone starting to lose


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their sight every 15 minutes, this number is set to rise to four million by 2050. Instead of our streets becoming more accessible, they remain a daily obstacle course. FaziletHadi.directorofen-


gagement at RNIB, said: “Peo­ ple with sight loss should be able to walk to the shops, see friends or visit the doctor’s in the same way as everyone else. “Local authorities need to


take steps to make streets safe for their blind and partially sighted residents.” RNIB is calling on local


authorities to review their policies in relation to the six most common obstacles fac­ ing blind and.partially sight­ ed people, and to consult with


. peoplewithsightlosstodevel- op a “street charter" that puts a clear highway policy at the heart of their local decision making.


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Thursday, FebruarylZ.2015 www.clitlieroeadvertlser.co.ul< CUTHEROEADVERTISER&TIMES I Senior Assistant Headteacher Andrea Yates in the new Bowland High School building.


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Irate man saw red in Clitheroe bank


A 4'g-year-old man saw red after a dispute in the Clithe­ roe branch of his bank. Blackburn magistrates '


heard Nigel Graham Bid- dulph knocked over the Christmas tree and ripped a CCTV camera off the wall, causing £200 worth of dam­ age. * :


; . Biddulph’, formerly of


Derwent Crescent, Clithe­ roe, but now living in Black- burn Road, Accrington, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to the CCTV cam­ era in Lloyds Bank, Church Street. He was ordered to pay £200 in compensation for the damage and £40 to the bank cashier who served


him. Miss Catherine-Allan


(prosecuting) said Biddulph went into the bank and said he had paid £800 into his ac­ count the day before, but had only wanted to pay in £700 and wanted the £106 back. “The cashier asked for


his account number, but he refused to give it,” said Miss 'Allan. “He started swearing at her and then jumped up and ripped the CCTV cam­ era off the wall before knock­ ing over the Christmas tree.” When he was interviewed


by police, Biddulph said he lost his temper because the bank assistant wasn’t listen­ ing to him.


New Cubs and Beaver groups now enrolling


A new Scout group is open- Wolf Cubs, for those aged ing in Read United Re- eight to 11. Both sections formed Church and serving will meet oh Thursday, the the villages of Read and Si- beavers from 6 to 7 pm and monstone. It is recruiting the Cubs from 7 to 8-30 pm. members into the Beavers To reserve a place phone section, for boys and girls 07730148629 oremail: read- aged six to eight, and the ' scouts@btinternet.com


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