No sign of flagging

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Jay, four,
told ‘you’re
barred’
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The club’s treasurer
Aubrey Simpson said:
“There have been numerous
complaints in which the par-
ents have been asked to keep
the child under control. The
reason they were finally 1 4 7
asked not to bring the child
in was that he was climbing
on railings and the heating
unit in the patio area – it was
a disaster waiting to happen.
“They have been repeat-
edly asked, but what can
you do if they can’t be re-
sponsible? We are liable un-
fortunately.”
If the club decided to re- 3 2 5 6 8
port Jay to the town’s Pub-

A dozen parks land

watch scheme, he could be
banned from every licensed
premises in the area.
Mr Simpson said the par-
ents, whose memberships
expired this year, have re-
ceived two letters of warn-
ing and “verbal requests” to
control their son.
He added: “It’s a real
shame really. We do have
children in this club – there’s
not an awful lot and they are
well-behaved. But they are
running around and we
can’t have it, especially if
someone pulls a cue out.
“Jay comes in and he’s a
bit of a gang leader and
leads them all to join in.”
Mr Simpson said Jay is
the second child to be
barred from the club after
another youngster aged be-
tween “four and seven” was
banned several years ago.
Mrs Cadwallader added:
“He is only a baby and does-
n’t really understand.”
Conservative spokesman
Giles Kenningham said the
party did not know of any-
one younger being banned
from a Tory social club.
He said: “I’m not aware
of any other cases like this.”
by Suzanne Harvey
suzanne.harvey@lep.co.uk
LANCASHIRE’S
parks are among the
greenest in the country.
Twelve parks have landed
a prestigious Green Flag
Award by the Civic Trust for
their “exceptional public
space”.
Parks and cemeteries in Pre-
ston, South Ribble, Lancaster
and Chorley have scooped the
awards, with two achieving it for
more than a decade.
Worden Park in Leyland is
one of only five in the country to
receive the award every year
since 1996. And Longton Brick-
croft has landed its 12th con-
secutive award.
Hurst Grange in Pen-
wortham was awarded the ac-
colade for a sixth year.
Visitors
Coun Phil Smith, South Rib-
ble Council cabinet member
with responsibility for leisure
and cultural services, said:
“Year on year South Ribble’s
parks and green spaces attract
visitors from miles around.
“The council considers its
prestigious award
WINNERS
And the winners are:
Worden Park, Leyland (pic-
ture 1 above)
Avenham and Miller Parks,
Preston (2)
Longton Brickcroft Nature
Reserve (8)
Hurst Grange Park,
Penwortham (6)
Torrisholme Cemetery,
Morecambe
Fishwick Bottoms (5)
Grange Park, Ribbleton (4)
Haslam Park, Ashton (3)
Tatton Rec Ground, Chorley
Cuerden Valley Park,
Bamber Bridge (7)
Withnell Nature Reserve,
Chorley
enth consecutive year. Cuerden
Valley Park in Bamber Bridge
is celebrating after scooping the
award for the first time.
The park is managed by a
trust who oversee the manage-
ment and keep it open for the
public all year round.
Jim Longbottom, manager of
Cuerden Valley Park, said:
“We’re very pleased. It reflects
the hard work by the staff and
volunteers to improve the
park.”
Standards
Chorley’s three Green Flag
parks are Yarrow Valley Coun-
try Park, Tatton Recreation
Ground and Withnell Nature
Reserve.
Torrisholme Cemetery in
Morecambe retained a flag for
the second year running.
Coun David Kerr, cabinet
member for health and wellbe-
ing said: “I would like to con-
gratulate all the cemeteries staff

previous green spaces to be among the Yarrow Valley Country and members of the Friends
borough’s best assets and we Park, Chorley Group for all their hard work

stories
are committed to working with
the community to maintain and
develop them further.”
lep.co.uk The council has also prom-
ised to continue to improve his-
● Pub's Blackpool FC toric Worden Park, despite los-
shrine barred ing out for a £2m Heritage Lot-
● Boy, 12, given asbo tery Fund grant.
as last resort In Preston, the city’s four
Green Flag parks retained their
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award
status, with Grange Park in Rib-
bleton achieving it for the sev-
over the last year in maintain-
ing the Green Flag standards.”
A record 1,013 winners were
announced this year, with the
number of Green Flag parks in
England and Wales increasing
by 36%.
The North West retained the
highest number of award win-
ning parks with 225.

Driver
licensed
A MAN convicted
twice of drink driv-
ing has been given a
licence to operate
as a taxi driver.
Wyre Council’s
licensing commit-
tee granted the pri-
vate hire taxi li-
cence to the man,
despite the convic-
tions. The new driv-
er was not named
and is known only
as Mr H.