Clitheroe Advertiser and Times - Health Feed

Ribble Valley Borough Council health scheme aims to put a spring in your step

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:24 GMT

A Ribble Valley Borough Council health scheme is aiming to put a spring in the step of residents with health problems.

Ribble Valley youngsters ask adults: ‘Please don’t smoke in our play areas’

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:29 GMT

Smokers are being asked to quit smoking in play areas, thanks to a new Ribble Valley Borough Council campaign featuring artwork by a Sabden Primary School pupil.

BLOG: Fitness coach Jamie Kennedy on how to beat the Pennine 10k hills

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:16 GMT

I recently read a tweet a few months ago from ex-professional footballer Stan Collymore who claimed “If you want strong legs all you need to do is run up hills.”

Owen Coyle talks to Clitheroe pupils

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:51:50 GMT

Former Burnley and Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle spoke to pupils at a Clitheroe school on Friday about the importance of defibrillators after seeing first hand how one was used to help save a young sportsman’s life.

Trim trail opens at revamped Clitheroe park

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:10:53 GMT

YOUNGSTERS flocked to the official opening of Brungerley Park’s new trim trail on Saturday.

Map out community defibrillator machines

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:12:22 GMT

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

Anna (15) organises Clitheroe charity gig with Fuze

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:23:26 GMT

Music fan Anna Souroullas aims to rock Clitheroe with a gig she has organised single-handedly.

Chatburn mum-of-five and restaurant owner dies (56)

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:48:41 GMT

A well-known active community member, restaurant owner and mother of five has died after a two-year fight with cancer.

Clitheroe Cancer Research UK fashion show raises £1,500

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:57:48 GMT

Fund-raisers at Cancer Research UK held a fashion show that raised £1,500 through the sale of clothes, a raffle and tombola.

Whalley teenager leads Manchester ‘flashmob’

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:46:59 GMT

Whalley girl Francesca Wheatley has already shown she is made of stern stuff after sitting 11 GCSEs whilst undergoing gruelling treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, vowing at the time: “Cancer will not define me”.

David’s London Marathon raises £2,000 for kidney charity

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:41:37 GMT

A marathon man running in the name of his father who suffers kidney disease has helped raise nearly £2,000 for charity.

Valley MP under pressure

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:47:02 GMT

As part of “Know Your Blood Pressure Day” the Rotary Clubs of Clitheroe and Ribblesdale, in conjunction with the National Stroke Association, held a Town Centre free drop-in Blood Pressure Testing Station at the United Reform Church in Clitheroe.

£19m. Chipping leisure plan could create 100 jobs

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:38:39 GMT

A public consultation is being launched around plans for a new £19m leisure-led scheme in the Trough of Bowland.