Clitheroe, England News

For the officers of Lancashire Probation Service, their job is about changing lives.

Fund-raiser Bill Honeywell reckons he is reaching the height of madness for his latest stunt - abseiling 200 feet from the top of "The Big One" rollercoaster at Blackpool.

Actor Ricky Tomlinson launches Clitheroe's eighth real ale festival with the Mayor of Clitheroe Coun.

The tragic proof that sometimes love really CAN'T conquer all: When Rick was horribly maimed in Afghanistan, Leanne insisted their wedding went ahead.

Local residents join the protest walk against plans to build more than 1,000 new homes on Standen Estate in Clitheroe.

A member of the Blackburn Rovers ground staff scored an own goal when he found a seat ripped out during the derby match against Burnley.

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.

A dedicated and hard-working former Mayor of Clitheroe, Mrs Joan Knight, has died in hospital 10 days after her car crashed in the town centre.

TEACHERS are having to find new tactics to spot pupils smoking on school grounds since the introduction of e-cigarettes. Stephen Cox, headteacher at Ribblesdale High School, in Clitheroe, said detection of smokers was becoming 'more problematic' for staff because of the lack of smell and visibility from the electronic alternatives.

Since then, the band have ploughed on relentlessly, releasing a new album with ceaseless regularity, while losing and gaining band members with such frequency that ex-members are themselves the subject of a book .

Police are appealing for witnesses following the death of a Clitheroe woman 10 days after after a road traffic collision.

THE defiant owners of a saucy mannequin have pledged not to bow to pressure to remove it - and have now given her a 'companion'. 'Babs', the controversial figure outside The Time Train in Lowergate, Clitheroe, which has even been the subject of a complaint to the police, has recently been joined by a friend, known as 'The Entity'. The new figure ... (more)

Actor Ricky Tomlinson will officially open Clitheroe's annual real ale festival on Friday, beginning two days of sampling some of the region's finest brews.

Elected: From left to right: Coun. Albert Atkinson, Coun. David Smith, Ribble Valley Conservative party agent, Coun.

More than 50 roadside checks were carried out and A 20,000 of suspected stolen property was seized in the six week operation.

It had been installed by her father, Nick Beard, who owns Woodstoc UK Ltd, which is based at Backridge Farm, Waddington.

ORDINATED initiative to map out where lifesaving defibrillators are located in the Ribble Valley is being led by the North West Ambulance Service.

GHOSTS will walk and the secrets of the town's Egyptian mummies will be revealed at Blackburn Museum and Library next week.

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.

CORONATION Street actor Bill Roache and Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans both had to withdraw from the same mayor-making ceremony following their separate arrests over alleged sex offences.