UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Health bosses should have a "full, frank and transparent debate" before deciding whether to put fluoride in water supplies in South Ribble, a panel of councillors has said. The Community Watchdog Scrutiny Committee of South Ribble Council has warned the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust it must tell the public the pros and cons of adding fluoride to water. The chemical has been added to water in...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds of damage at a cemetery in Lancashire's Ribble Valley.
ECB (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Lancashire cricketer Alexandra Hartley has won Ribble Valley Borough Council's rising star award. The youngster beat off stiff competition to scoop the prize at a ceremony recently.
Keris Stainton (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
Left: The Ribble Valley. Right: My town (if you turn right at the end of our road). Below: Five minutes up the road (if you turn left)!
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 13/04/2008
The Olympics should be permanently based in Greece to stop politics interfering in the Games, a Lancashire MP has said. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has urged the International Olympic Committee to hold every Games in Olympia. The suggestion comes amid the continued chaos surrounding the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay. Mr Evans said: "The current system will always bring problems relating to the...
Impact Lab (Free subscription) | 23/03/2008
Members of the Chorley and South Ribble Knit and Natter Group in Lancashire, England, decided to knit something useful for new mothers learning to breastfeed: knitted breasts! [Breastfeeding Network] helper Sara Cookson said that whilst the knitted boobs seem quite funny at first glance, they're actually one of their most important tools, and they would be [...]
Granny Buttons (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
Fears of future of Ribble Piddler - Lancashire Evening Post Has anyone got a photo of the Ribble Piddler? The £21,000 oak giant – called Gauging the Ripple – has been removed from the side of the Millennium Ribble Link...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
A 79-year-old woman from the Ribble Valley dies after a road crash in Lancashire.
