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Celebrtity gardener opens Ribchester café video
Celebrity gardener Christine Walkden paid a visit to Lancashire to officially open The Glasshouse at Stydd, Ribchester.
BLOG: Fitness coach Jamie Kennedy on how to boost your Pennine 10k time
By now we should have tried the route and be well into training and many of you will be wanting to set a target for the time you want to complete the run.
VIDEO: Read and Simonstone procession video
People of all ages paraded through the streets of Read and Simonstone to celebrate the annual whit walks.
Fighting poverty
Three more people have been selected to bring awareness about the reality of extreme poverty to the island.
VIDEO: TV star Ricky opens Clitheroe beer festival video
Actor Ricky Tomlinson was in Clitheroe today (Friday) to officially open the town’s annual real ale festival.
Rimington man is Ribble Valley’s new Mayor
A FORMER draughtsman and keen traveller, who hails from the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, is Ribble Valley’s new mayor.
Sport
Season Review: January - Clarets climb to seventh
January would ultimately be Burnley’s most impressive month of the season - all without their talisman Charlie Austin.
Conti hits hat-trick to claim cup victory
Rimington Reserves secured the Norman Pratt Craven League Trophy for the third successive season after a thrilling 4-2 final win against Earby Town Reserves on Friday night at Settle.
Readstone United end season on a high with three wins
Readstone United Under 10s Blues finished the season in style with three victories to end up mid-table.
Chris wins second championship
Chris Stokes of Clitheroe won her second Lancashire Veterans Ladies’ Championship when she beat Penny Thomson of West Lancashire in the final at Pleasington Golf Club in wet and very windy conditions.
Season Review: December - Vokes earns derby draw
Burnley’s first goal against arch rivals Blackburn Rovers at Turf Moor since Peter Noble scored on Boxing Day 1978 earned a deserved point as December started with the East Lancashire derby.
Grindleton win cup in extra time thriller
Grindleton Reserves added to the Ribble Valley’s trophy-laden season as they landed the Craven and District Football League Third Division Cup following an exciting final at Cowling against Sutton.
Video
Celebrtity gardener opens Ribchester café video
Celebrity gardener Christine Walkden paid a visit to Lancashire to officially open The Glasshouse at Stydd, Ribchester.
Lifestyle
Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton
Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.
Photo of the Week: Friday, May 17, 2013
This edition’s photo of the week has been submitted by John Richmond, showing the summit of Pendle Hill, with the clouds below.
Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne
When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.
Joanne’s artistic way with textiles
A textile day workshop by Clitheroe artist and exhibitor Joanne Wilson at Alston Hall, Longridge, on Thursday June 6th, will offer an opportunity to experiment with batik techniques on silk.
Bid to demolish Waddington pub and build homes
PLANS have been submitted to demolish the Moorcock Inn at Waddington and build three detached houses.
Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas
Elizabeth Loupas isn’t the first writer to be inspired by the marital mysteries surrounding the shadowy 16th century Duke of Ferrara... English poet Robert Browning got there first.
Community
Protest walk against Clitheroe homes plans
“Stop Standen” placards were carried on a protest walk on Sunday against the largest planning application the Ribble Valley has ever seen.
Bid to demolish Waddington pub and build homes
PLANS have been submitted to demolish the Moorcock Inn at Waddington and build three detached houses.
Trim trail opens at revamped Clitheroe park
YOUNGSTERS flocked to the official opening of Brungerley Park’s new trim trail on Saturday.
Photos: Ribble Valley Jazz Festival 2013 video
Thousands of jazz and blues fans converged on the Ribble Valley from all over the UK for a May Bank Holiday weekend of great music.
NOSTALGIA: Clitheroe marks wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
This photo from 1981 was brought in by David Lancaster and shows members of Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade putting up the bunting in Clitheroe’s Castle Street, just outside the Rose and Crown pub.
Police’s Operation Basin nets Ribble Valley thieves
A police crackdown called “Operation Basin” has made a big impact on rural crime in the Ribble Valley.
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Weather for Clitheroe
Monday 20 May 2013
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 11 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: North west
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Temperature: 7 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: North west
