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Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England, although historically, most of the Ribble Valley lies within the West Riding of Yorkshire which still exists in common law. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the area's natural unspoilt beauty, much of which lies within the Forest of Bowland.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Clitheroe, Longridge urban district, Clitheroe Rural District, part of Blackburn Rural District, part of Burnley Rural District, and part of Preston Rural District, as well as the Bowland Rural District from the West Riding of Yorkshire, hence the addition of the Red Rose of Lancaster and White Rose of York on the council's coat of arms.

Education

Primary Schools

Salesbury CE Primary School
St Michales & St John's RC Primary School, Clitheroe
St James' CofE Primary School
St Josephs RC Primary School, Hurst Green
St Mary's RC Primary School, Langho
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Hurst Green
St Mary's CE Primary School, Mellor
Brookside Primary School
Waddington & West Bradford CofE Primary School, Clitheroe
Pendle Primary School, Clitheroe
Edisford Primary School, Clitheroe

Secondary Schools

Ribblesdale High School Technology College

St Augustine's RC High School

Bowland High

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

Private Schools

Oakhill College

Moorland School

Stonyhurst College

Sport

Futsal

The PESL Futsal Cup, Clitheroe

Local Radio

Community Radio

Ribble Valley Radio

: A community radio station based in Clitheroe. Part of the new, third sector of local radio licensed by OFCOM (External Link

). The project was launched by a local resident, Mr Steven Suttie in September 2004 and currently broadcasts via the webpage. The radio station has helped 6 local residents into paid work within the radio sector in just 3 years and has trained over 100 volunteers to present and produce their own radio shows. The project isn't supported by the Borough Council, which caused lots of controversy in the area and local newspaper the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times (External Link

)held a poll which returned the result that 94% agreed that the Ribble Valley Borough Council were WRONG not to fund the project and assist its long term success. Many letters (External Link

)appeared in support of the project and damning the "short sighted" decision of the council. The whole episode brought excellent publicity and boosted the radio stations listening figures by 400%. MP Nigel Evans is a staunch supporter and tabled an Early Day Motion at Parliament EDM 979 (External Link

)calling for "better resources and funding" for Ribble Valley Radio and the new and emerging sector.
However Ribble Valley Radio closed down on 14th October 2007. The radio station closed as it was unable to gain sufficient funding to apply for a licence. The Dale Bamber show was the last show to broadcast on the station.The presenter - Dale Bamber, known for his love for Girls Aloud stepped up to the mic and hosted the last show intervewing past and present presenters from the station. The final song played on the station was Girls Aloud - I'll stand by you.

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