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roads into rivers Energency services deal with 40 year high rainfall - ) FROM PAGE 1
. He added that .while they re sponded to this incident the water level rose one foot in three quarters of an hour making the rescue quite pre carious.
“ T h e n on S u n d a y , Weather SEVEN DAYFORECAST:
There will be sunny intervals and scat- teredshowerstoday(Thursday)and tomorrow (Friday). It will rain for a time on Friday night, then it will be windy with sunny intervals and wintry showers on Saturday.' It will then become colder with sunny in tervals and light rain showers throughout ' the week.
LIGHTING UPTIMES:
Sunrise: 7-43 am Sunset: 4-06 pm Lighting up time: 4-36 pm
. firefighters were called out at around 11-30 am after a Tesco van got stuck in flood water at Sawley. Just under an hour later at 12-26 pm, firefighters had to push acar to safety from flood water after the driver was forced to dial 999. . The incident happened
on an unadopted road near to Sawley Road, Grindleton, and
. Clitheroe firefighters had,to push the vehicle to safety with the driver at the wheel. Prior to these incidents,
firefighters had been in Ribchester on Saturday to assist the Army and the Environment Agency in building flood defences along the River Ribble, and there wassimilaractivityinWhalley for the River Calder. Police also issued warnings over Clitheroe Road, Clitheroe,
The River Ribble at Edisford floods with water levels reaching the benches and play area, (s) (inset) Cars caught in the flood in West Bradford, (s)
and the A59 at Sawley Brow because of surface water. - L an c a sh ire C o u n ty -
Council Highways s ta f f closed several bridges in the Ribble Valley due to surface, water flooding, including Sawley Bridge, Chatburn Bridge, Ribchester Bridge
and West Bradford Bridge. However, police received
reports that some members of the public were ignoring these closures. Staff at Bowland High
School, Grindleton, were keeping a close eye on the weather and posted messages
on the school’s website and Facebookthat parents would be informed i f the weather' worsened and the school was forced to close. Flood a le r ts , which
mean that f lo od in g is possible and to be prepared, remained in place locally at
firefighters, Environment Agency and Army personnel build flood de fences along the River Ribble. (s)
the beginning of the week. ■ They were in place for
the River Ribble, Hodder and other watercourses,
from Settle to Samlesbury including Clitheroe, Gisburn, Sawley, Waddington and Ribchester plus the River Calder at Whalley.
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Thewaterloggedfields around Sawley. (s)
Residents negotiate the floods onSawley Road, Sawley. (s) Is--"; 1 i V' • ' • ' • • s . - •- '•v; 1
Who could possibly climb Mount Everest in under 90 min utes? A 40 strong team of Scouts from Clitheroe, that’s who! They took on the challenge at Grip and Go in Haslingden and completed the 8,848 metre climb in just 86 minutes after completing 1,181 climbs on the walls. And they have
smashed their fundraising target of £500 for BBC Children in Need by £118.80 so far. Deputy County Commissioner for East Lancashire Scouts Chris Taylor said: “The Scouts are about adventure so this was the perfect challenge.” You can boost the Scouts’ total by accessing Grip and Go’s Just Giving page via facebook.
Defence firm BAE Systems’ 371 job cuts
Upto 371 jobs are being axed at defencegiantBAESystemsas thegroupsaiditwasslowing production of its Typhoon jet
fighters.
BAE said the job losses would affect its 10,000-strong work force in Samlesbury and Warton, which makes the Eu rofighter Typhoon. It is proposed to cut 343
roles at Samlesbury and 28 at Warton. The company said it hoped to avoid compulsoryjob losses/ The group also warned that
themovetoslowjetproduction would hit its 2015 financial re sults and will see Typhoon production sales drop from around £1.3 billion in 2015 to around £i.i billion in 2016. BAE Systems makes theTy-
phoon and the Hawk trainerjet atSamlesburyandWartonand alsopartsoftheAmericanF-35. In a letter to employees, the
company said: “Today wehave also announced action to ex tend the production life of iy- phoonaircraftbyreducingthe
current production rate in our UK Military Air and Informa tion business and to respond to the absence of additional
near-term shipbuilding work at our Williamstown shipyard in Australia., “Both of these actions will
regrettably result in some workforce reductions. While we do not take decisions that impact our workforce lightly, these actions are vital to en hance our competitive po sition and ensure we have a long-term sustainable busi ness.” Meanwhile, the company
announced ithad sold 22 Hawk ad- vancedjet trainer aircraft, associat ed ground equip- mentandtraining aids to the Royal Saudi Air Force. BAE Systems chiefs recent
ly said there were enough Ty phoon orders to last until 2018, although that could be extend ed. New enhanced weapons systems have also been tested and are expected to be rolled outon theTyphoon in the near
future. BAE Systems said the job
losses reflected “a reduction in the production rate for Typhoon major units to the optimum rate required to de-
liver our existing order book and best position us to secure and deliver future export con tracts”. The company has begun
We are confident that Typhoon will achieve further exportsuccess
consultation with Trade Un ions and employee repre sentatives and is committed td exploring opportunities to mitigate potential job loss es and believes that most of thelosses can be addressed through redeployment, release of temporary labour and a tar- getted voluntary redundancy pro gramme.” Chris Board-
man, managing director, BAE Systems Military
Air andlnformation,said: “We appreciate this is difficult news and we will work closely and openly with Trade Unions, employee representatives and employees, to ensure the best possible outcome for the indi viduals affected and the MAI business! “We understand this an
nouncement creates uncer tainty and concern, but we believe that taking action now will put us in the best possible position to secure future work
andhelpensurewehavealong- term sustainable business. The company added in its
letter to employees; “Although there can be no certainty as to the timing of orders, we are confident that Typhoon will achievefurtherexport success
inthemonthsahead.Thisisre-' inforced by the recent agree ment reached with the Kuwait Air Force for 28 aircraft. “Subject to the formal con
tract, deliveries from the Ital- . ian Typhoon final assembly line to Kuwait involve an ex tended production schedule and are likely to commence around the end of the decade. “To meet existing and an
ticipated orders and delivery schedules, we have decided to reduce the rate of Typhoon production from early next year to enable us to bid com petitively for new orders. “This action will avoid any
break in production and pro vide a more sustainable and competitive position for Ty phoon manufacturing in the years ahead. “We will explore opportu nities to mitigate compulsory
job losses in line with our poli cy and usual practice."
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JCB death crash driver sentenced
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A JCB driver who killed a mo torcyclist after flouting the law and raising the bucket has been senttodetentionforiomonths. Burnley Crown Court heard
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Harry Shaw, now20, didn’t see father-of-two Craig Foster at all and caused the crash turn ing into his path on Blackburn
Road.Simonstone. Mr Foster (42) who lived in
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Accrington and had been rid ing his Kawasaki ZX6R home from work, died at the scene on March 23rd last year. Mr Foster ran his own motor business in Hapton and had two children, Cory and Lola. He was formerly a partner in Accrington Beetles and Vans and had also worked for some time on his father’s Ac crington butcher’s stall. As Shaw was sentenced, it
was revealed he had been in volved in a collision with a car while driving a tractor in 2012, but was not charged and ac cepted a driving course. The defendant had original
ly been charged with causing MrFoster’sdeathbydangerous driving, but in July had admit ted the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Judge Beverley Lunt told
him on Friday. “Inmyjudgment the manner ofyour driving was not far short of dangerous driv ing.” . Shaw, of Blackburn Road,
Simonstone, was banned from driving for 18 months and was ordered to take a extended retest. He had no previous con victions. The court had been told
howthedefendant was turning right between Time Technol ogy Park and S eaways Services, at about 4-3opm. He was not speeding, had
slowed down and was indicat ing, but raised the bucket on the front of the JCB, intending to push an unlocked gate open with the front wheels of it. Judge Lunt said: “No sen
tence that I can impose can or is intended to reflect the value of the life of Craig Foster or as suage thegriefofhisfamilyand friends.” The judge said she had read
a “moving” document from Mr Foster’s widow, a pre-sentence report and many letters in sup port of the defendant. Judge Lunt said Shaw had
been 18 at the time of the inci dent and was now still only 20. He was at the wheel of a large and heavy piece of plant equip ment, it was not the first time he had driven itandhehadbeen driving heavy farm equipment for a number ofyears. The judge told him: “It was
incumbent onyou to drive such a large piece of machinery in a proper, safe manner. On this particular day, you did not drive with the necessary care, or in myjudgment, anything like it.” The judge said Mr Foster,
who was on his way home, was an experienced motorcyclist and was ridingin a safe and law ful manner. She told Shaw: “You know
that by lawyou have to drive on theroadswiththebucketdown, but you ignored that.” Judge Lunt added Shaw
came from a good family, had many excellent character traits andhadaccepted his guilt to the police. She added: “I accept that
your remorse and sadness at the consequences ofyour ac tions for Mr Foster’s family are' entirelygenuine.”
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