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Heartthrob Jamie Dornan came face-to-face with a life- size cake of Christian Grey, made by Clitheroe baker, Rose Dummer. on Friday's episode of “The Graham Norton Show”.


Jamie spoke about his charac­ ter ahead of the highly-antic­ ipated “Fifty Shades of Grey” film,which was beingreleased in cinemas throughout the country the same day.. As the 6ft tall cake of his


character made its way into the studio, Dornon looked horrified as host Graham Nor­ ton grabbed a knife and pro­ ceeded to cut into the cake’s


extremely chiseled abs. Once Norton had proper­


ly gutted the poor edible Mr Grey, it was time to put the cake to the test. “How do you taste?” asked


fellow show guest Stephen Maiigan. “Better than I imag­ ined,” Dornan answered.


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tion?” Dornan said, turning to Rose, who was seated in the - audience. “Yes,” she replied. “Why?” he asked in turn. The m o th e r -o f - fp u r


laughed then explained it’was actually made for an interna­ tional cake show.


. Rose, and her team of six


bakers, including Molly Rob­ bins, of Crawshawbooth, used Genoise sponge, 25kg of flour and 340 eggs to make the ed­ ible character.


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People who promote AONB celebrate launch ofnew'essential guidebook


Town centre listed pigeon proofed’


Spikes could be placed on a Clitheroe Town Centre listed building to prevent pigeons from roosting. A planning application to


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Ex-Liberal councillor stands for the Greens


Ronan honoured in het t^e“1 eat cake! at new club launch


A Ribble Valley filmmaker showed outstanding dedica­ tion and commitment in de­ veloping a short film - which was honoured at Blackburn College’sCreativeArtsAwards. FormerStAugustine’sstu-


dent Ronan Mackenzie, who is now studying Level 3 Creative Media Production at Black­ burn College, was singled out for the Most Promising First Year Student award for his short film about a man get­ ting over losing his girlfriend. ■ His tutors felt his prepara­


tion went above and beyond therekofhisyeargroup, which showed in the quality and ec­ centricity of his final film. Ronan (17), from Old Lang-


ho, said he chose Blackburn College because he was par­ ticularly interested in getting into film production and the course had everything he was looking for: “My tutor Gra­ ham Barnes has been fantas­ tic and I am learning so much. I really enjoy just getting my hands on the equipment and


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filming. I’m hoping to go on to study filmmaking at Univer­ sity eventually,” he said. Ronan was one of 27 stu­


dents who were presented with trophies and certificates for their outstanding achieve-, ments in creative related sub-


ject areas including art and design, fashion and textiles, photography, graphic design, interior design, music and cre­


ative media production. Former Blackburn College


student Graham Duff present- ed the awards on the night. Writer, actor and produc­


er Mr Duff has created a vari­ ety of shows for TV, radio and stage, appeared in the Harry Potterfilms,collaborated with The Fall’s Mark E. Smith and. script edited the Alan Par­ tridge film Alpha Papa.


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AformerLiberalDemocrat councillor has entered the race to become the Ribble Valley’s next MP. Langho resident Gra­


ham Sowter will stand for The Green Party in May’s General Election. After a vote of local


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There was a whole host of homemade delights at the launch of a new book, bake . and cake club. Family favourites that


people made and brought along included a lemon driz- zle cake, Italian bananabread and a brown sugar chocolate cake. Dainty china dishes and cups were loaned to the group by The Vintage China Tea Party Company, which helped make it a very special afternoon tea. The Ribble Valley Book, Bake and Cake Club is for , people who love baking, eat­


ing or talking about cake or even have a passion for cook­ ery books. The Clitheroe club was launched at Clithe­ roe Library and offers peo­ ple the perfect opportunity to meet up with like-mind­ ed folk, have a chat and eat cake. There could even be the chance to pick up some tips and new recipes. The next meeting is on


Thursday March 19th at Read Library and for more details please contact San- dra.ellison@lancashire.gov. uk or ring Clitheroe Library 0003001236703.


members of The Green Party, the result was an­ nounced yesterday and Graham was selected by a comfortable majority. Given the recent surge in the Greens’ membership and opinion poll ratings, the local East Lancashire party felt it was important to contest as many seats as possible. They last contest­ ed the seat in the 1991 by- election. After a period out of ac-


. five politics, Graham, who is also chairman of Whal­ ley Community Hydro - a renewable energy scheme, was persuaded to return by what he sees as the serious problems the country fac­ es, which the current big­ ger parties are failing to address. He said: “At a time


when we are entitled to expect vision and states­ manship from our politi­ cal leaders, we get tactical positioning, petty point scoring and the politics of the playground. “Anyone who watches


Prime Minister’s Ques­ tions on TV will know what Imean. “I think there’s a big re­


A former hospital cook and treasurer of the Pendle Club has died aged 88. MargaretDavies.wholived


in West View, Clitheroe, was very well-known and respect­ ed in the Ribble Valley. Born in Clitheroe, but


brought up at Kitchens Farm, Bashall Eaves, she attended the village school.


! The eldest of eight chil-,- dren, on-leaving p r im a ry . school, she was educated at


Ribblesdale School, but had to leave at the age of 14 to work at variousplacesincludingEdis- ford Hall Farm to support her mother and family after her father passed away in 1937. Margaret was aged 11 at the time of his passing. • . Aftersomeyears, she went


to work for Dr Barker at Hill- crest House. When he died in 1956, she worked at Bram- ley Meade maternity home, Whalley, where she worked


for 30 years until retirement at the age of 60. She started as a nursing auxiliary, but soon applied for a position as a cook and prepared meals until she retired. Outside work, her hob­


bies included embroidery and walking. In fact, she was a member of Clitheroe Ram­ blers Club and enjoyed a number of walking holidays • with the Countrywide Holi­ days Association. She was,


also a member of the Pendle Club where she was treasur- erforsomeyears.Shewentto dances there and until recent- lyjoined the luncheon club on Wednesdays. Margaret also enjoyed


dances at various different places throughout her life including Newton and Slaid- burn Village Halls, The Cath­ olic Centre, West Bradford


-Village Hall and the Pendle club.


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sponsibility on my genera­ tion to support the move to


more sustainable lifestyles


and not use up too many of the resources on which fu­ ture generations will de­


pend. “Older people need to


bemuch more aware of the ways in which their lives can impact on the younger . generation, for better and


for worse. . “It seems to me only


the Green Party has many of the answers.”


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alter or extend a listed build­ ing has been submitted for the Castle Street building, which houses Barclays Bank on the ground floor. It pro­ poses that the building is “bird proofed” with metal spikes placed on the ledges,- parapets and roofs of the property. Constructed circa 1850,


Where to go and what to do in beautiful Rowland


A new booklet is set to be the essential guide to the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty this year. Busi­ nesses, tourism representatives and event providers joined AONB staff at the celebratory launch of the guide at Gibbon Bridge Hotel, near Chipping. Discover Bowland 2015, a full-colour guide available on-line and from tourist information centres and selected venues, includes everything from walking routes and wildlife blogs to award winning green tourism businesses. Photographers will also find details of how to get their images featured on the AONB website eachweek. Foodies are well catered for, and the guide includes a chance


to win a meal at Northcote, the Parkers Arms, the Castle Inn andtheTraddock. The guide includes off-road cycling routes, woodland wan­ ders, picnic spots and agricultural shows and for the first time it features the full Festival Bowland annual events cal­ endar from February to December, with more than 90 events including guided walks, wildlife-spotting, traditional skills workshops, family-friendly activities and food and drink. Sustainable tourism officer Hetty Byrne said: “The Forest of Bowland has so many fantastic things to discover.” ,■ For more information see www.forestofbowland.com or call the AONB office on 01200 448000.


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the building is situated on the corner of King Street and Castle Street and is grade II listed. Its two storeys are carved in stone with ornate chevaux de frise and iron finials. “Unfortunately,thebuild-


ing has become an attraction for a flock of pigeons that are roosting on and around the building. This has be­ come a serious problem for the building and indeed the town,” said a spokesman for Longden and Cook Commer­ cial Chartered Surveyors. “We have had various re­ quests from the health and


safety department of Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council to address this issue. We are aware that the local coun­ cil has tried on several oc­ casions to cull the pigeons however to no avail. We are now left with no option, but to bird proof the building.” It was added that the ac­


tion will help to protect the building and to keep the building attractive rather than be “continually defaced by pigeon droppings”. The plans will be consid­


ered by members of Ribble Valley Borough Council’s planning and development committee at a future meet­ ing. If approved the Avipoint"


Anti-Roosting System will be the “preferred” method of bird proofing. The Av- ishock Proofing system was also considered, yet due to the nature of the proofing, electric shock, this method would mean drilling into the stone work and small warn­ ing signs being erected. This method is not considered


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Lancashire County Coun­ cil, which receives the lion's share of council tax bills, has confirmed it's budget, setting out how it will make £152 mil­


lion in savings by April 2018. Final agreement follows a six- week public consultation,, after budget proposals had been considered by the coun­ ty council’s cabinet at a series of meetings in recent months. Anadjustment to the budg­


et, also agreed at the meeting, set aside £5 million to estab­ lish a green energy fund. This


will enable research and de­ velopment work, support green energy businesses in Lancashire, and develop ener­


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a whole and the council itself. Coun. David Borrow, Dep­


uty Leader of the Council, ex­ plained: “The combination of funding cuts by central gov­ ernment and rising demand for services such as social care means we have to find unprec­ edented savings. “We had already identified


£2im. of savings for 2015/16 in last year’s budget and have • now agreed a further £79m. of savings to be made this year, a total of £ioom. Between 2010 and 2018 we will have made savings of£547million, which leaves usnooptionbutto take radical action. “We have already made


significant savings by intro­ ducing more intelligent and efficient ways of working and we will continue to do that. However, it is also clear that we will have to deliver some services in a different way and


stop providing some services altogether. We are doing all we can to ensure that we protect the most vulnerable and we remain committed to spend­


in g our resources fairly, ac­ cording to need.” . Under the budget, the


county council will spend a total of £726.7 million in the


• financial year 2015/16. The county council’s element o f . council tax will rise by 1.99%. Coun. Borrow said: “We’re asking council tax payers to contribute a little extra be­ cause the relatively small amount of money per house-


■ hold the increase represents will help us to deliver several million pounds worth of serv­ ices that we wouldn’t be able to deliver without it. We aim to spend every penny.wisely and use this budget to make Lan- cashireabetter.healthierand moreprosperousplaceforall."


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