84-636: Ian Sharp (born 13 November 1946, Clitheroe , Lancashire ) is an English film and television director. He is best known for directing the SAS action thriller Who Dares Wins (1982) and directing the action sequences of the James Bond film Goldeneye (1995). Sharp was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and Durham University ( Hatfield College ) where he gained an honours degree in Psychology and Modern Philosophy in 1968. During
168-527: A Salvation Army citadel. Since 2017, there is also a Friends meeting house . A former church at Lowergate was granted permission in December 2006 to become a multi faith centre, with a Muslim prayer room. It is open for all faiths to use the rest of the building. The conversion was completed in March 2014. Clitheroe Castle is argued to be the smallest Norman keep in the whole of England. It stands atop
252-717: A naturalised American citizen, already owned The Sun and the News of the World , but the Conservative government decided not to refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , citing a clause in the Fair Trading Act that exempted uneconomic businesses from referral. The Thomson Corporation had threatened to close the papers down if they were not taken over by someone else within an allotted time, and it
336-469: A tabloid format in the early 2000s, The Sunday Times retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it intends to continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sold 75% more copies than its sister paper, The Times , which is published from Monday to Saturday. The paper publishes The Sunday Times Rich List and The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 . The paper began publication on 18 February 1821 as The New Observer , but from 21 April its title
420-567: A 2021 interview Sharp said: "I always suffered because of that. I was offered Highlander and it was between me and Russell Mulcahy , who’s a very gifted director. The American producer wanted me, but on the British side they said I was a right-wing fascist. I know that for a fact because the American producer told me." Sharp was disappointed in the kind of film projects he was offered after Who Dares Wins and returned to television. Next came
504-510: A 35-metre knoll of limestone and is one of the oldest buildings in Lancashire . The castle's most prominent feature is the hole in its side which was made in 1649 as was ordered by the government. Dixon Robinson was in residence as Steward of the Honour of Clitheroe from 1836 until his death in 1878 and resided at the castle for the same period. His son Aurthur Ingram Robinson lived at
588-424: A BBC article to be wildly incorrect. The newspaper published a correction, apologising for an over simplification in the headline, which had referred to a fall in the number of fully mature cod over the age of 13, thereby indicating this is the breeding age of cod. In fact, as the newspaper subsequently pointed out, cod can start breeding between the ages of four and six, in which case there are many more mature cod in
672-465: A campaign to prove that HIV was not a cause of AIDS. In 1990, The Sunday Times serialized a book by an American conservative who rejected the scientific consensus on the causes of AIDS and argued that AIDS could not spread to heterosexuals. Articles and editorials in The Sunday Times cast doubt on the scientific consensus, described HIV as a "politically correct virus" about which there
756-494: A community based station which broadcast to the town and across the Ribble Valley on 106.7 FM and also online. The town is served by the local newspapers, Burnley Express (formerly The Clitheroe Advertiser & Times ) and Lancashire Telegraph . The three main secondary schools in the town are Clitheroe Royal Grammar School , Ribblesdale High School and Moorland School . There are several primary schools in
840-450: A community rail group, is campaigning for services from Clitheroe to be extended north to Hellifield . On Saturdays, DalesRail trains run to Settle and Ribblehead. A number of freight trains also pass through Clitheroe each week. There are frequent bus services from Clitheroe Interchange to the surrounding Lancashire and Yorkshire settlements. Transdev Blazefield , with its Blackburn Bus Company and Burnley Bus Company subsidiaries,
924-511: A controversial column. The Irish edition has had four editors since it was set up: Alan Ruddock from 1993 until 1996, Rory Godson from 1996 until 2000, Fiona McHugh from 2000 to 2005, and from 2005 until 2020 Frank Fitzgibbon . John Burns has been acting editor of the Irish edition from 2020. For more than 20 years the paper has published a separate Scottish edition, which has been edited since January 2012 by Jason Allardyce . While most of
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#17327870237951008-404: A fight sequence for an episode of Minder brought him to the attention of the producers of The Professionals . He made a total of 6 episodes for those two series. Shortly after that, he directed Who Dares Wins (1982), his second feature film, for producer Euan Lloyd . Who Dares Wins was perceived by some as a right-wing film and Sharp says he lost career opportunities because of this. In
1092-673: A fortune in mining in Australia and by floating the Midas Mine Company on the London Stock Exchange. She bought the paper to promote her new company, The British and Australasian Mining Investment Company, and as a gift to her lover Phil Robinson . Robinson was installed as editor and the two were later married in 1894. In 1893 Cornwell sold the paper to Frederick Beer, who already owned The Observer . Beer appointed his wife, Rachel Sassoon Beer , as editor. She
1176-520: A leading campaigning and investigative newspaper. On 19 May 1968, the paper published its first major campaigning report on the drug thalidomide , which had been reported by the Australian doctor William McBride in The Lancet in 1961 as being associated with birth defects, and been quickly withdrawn. The newspaper published a four-page Insight investigation, titled "The Thalidomide File", in
1260-483: A number of digital-only subscribers, which numbered 99,017 by January 2019. During January 2013, Martin Ivens became 'acting' editor of The Sunday Times in succession to John Witherow, who became the 'acting' editor of The Times at the same time. The independent directors rejected a permanent position for Ivens as editor to avoid any possible merger of The Sunday Times and daily Times titles. The paper endorsed
1344-424: A radical politician. Under its new owner, The Sunday Times notched up several firsts. A wood engraving it published of the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 was the largest illustration to have appeared in a British newspaper. In 1841, it became one of the first papers to serialise a novel: William Harrison Ainsworth 's Old St Paul's . The paper was bought in 1887 by Alice Anne Cornwell , who had made
1428-454: A rise in circulation to 1.3 million and reconfirmed The Sunday Times 's reputation for publishing hard-hitting news stories – such as the cash for questions scandal in 1994 and the cash for honours scandal in 2006, and revelations of corruption at FIFA in 2010. The newspaper's foreign coverage has been especially strong, and its reporters, Marie Colvin , Jon Swain , Hala Jaber , Mark Franchetti and Christina Lamb have dominated
1512-469: A small scale in 1993 with just two staff: Alan Ruddock and John Burns (who started as financial correspondent for the newspaper and is at present acting associate editor). It used the slogan "The English just don't get it". It is now the third biggest-selling newspaper in Ireland measured in terms of full-price cover sales (Source: ABC January–June 2012). Circulation had grown steadily to over 127,000 in
1596-478: A wall with blood and Palestinians trapped between the bricks. The cartoon sparked an outcry, compounded by the fact that its publication coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day , and was condemned by the Anti-Defamation League . After Rupert Murdoch tweeted that he considered it a "grotesque, offensive cartoon" and that Scarfe had "never reflected the opinions of The Sunday Times "
1680-651: Is a shopping centre known as the Swan Courtyard . In May 2007, when Kwik Save entered administration, its store on Station Road closed. In September 2008, Booths bought the site, and expanded their store, where it currently houses charity shop YMCA . At the 2011 United Kingdom census , Clitheroe civil parish had a population of 14,765. 5 electoral wards cover the same area (Salthill, Littlemoor, Edisford and Low Moor, St Mary's and Primrose). It has small Eastern European and Asian Populations which are both of similar sizes. There are three Anglican churches:
1764-669: Is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley , Lancashire , England; it is located 34 miles (55 km) north-west of Manchester . It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, the Clitheroe built-up area had an estimated population of 16,279. The town was listed in the 2017 The Sunday Times report on the best places to live in Northern England, while
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#17327870237951848-541: Is from 1283, granted by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln , confirming rights granted by one of his forebears between 1147 and 1177. According to local legend, stepping stones across the River Ribble near the town are the abode of an evil spirit, who drowns one traveller every seven years. During World War II , the jet engine was developed by the Rover Company . Rover and Rolls-Royce met engineers from
1932-527: Is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK (formerly News International), which is owned by News Corp . Times Newspapers also publishes The Times . The two papers, founded separately and independently, have been under the same ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981. In March 2020, The Sunday Times had a circulation of 647,622, exceeding that of its main rivals, The Sunday Telegraph and The Observer , combined. While some other national newspapers moved to
2016-571: Is the most prominent operator; it operates mainly interurban services to other towns in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire. Other operators include Preston Bus , Vision Bus, Pilkington Bus, Holmeswood Coaches and Stagecoach in Lancashire . Clitheroe F.C. play in the Northern Premier League Division One North . Originally established in 1877 as Clitheroe Central, they play their home games at
2100-703: Is thought to come from the Anglo-Saxon for "Rocky Hill", and was also spelled Clyderhow and Cletherwoode , amongst others. The town was the administrative centre for the lands of the Honour of Clitheroe . The Battle of Clitheroe was fought in 1138 during the Anarchy . These lands were held by Roger the Poitevin , who passed them to the de Lacy family, from whom they passed by marriage in 1310 or 1311 to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster . It subsequently became part of
2184-525: The News of the World , a Murdoch tabloid newspaper published in the UK from 1843 to 2011. Former British prime minister Gordon Brown accused The Sunday Times of employing "known criminals" to impersonate him and obtain his private financial records. Brown's bank reported that an investigator employed by The Sunday Times repeatedly impersonated Brown to gain access to his bank account records. The Sunday Times vigorously denied these accusations and said that
2268-658: The Conservative Party in the 2005 UK general election , the 2010 UK general election , the 2015 UK general election , the 2017 UK general election , and the 2019 UK general election , before endorsing the Labour Party in the 2024 UK general election . The Sunday Times has its own website. It previously shared an online presence with The Times , but in May 2010 they both launched their own sites to reflect their distinct brand identities. Since July 2010,
2352-702: The Duchy of Lancaster until Charles II at the Restoration bestowed it, on George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , from whose family it descended through the house of Montague to that of Buccleuch. At one point, the town of Clitheroe was given to Richard, 1st Duke of Gloucester . Up until 1835, the Lord of the Honor was also by right Lord of Bowland , the so-called Lord of the Fells . The town's earliest existing charter
2436-524: The Insight investigative team was established under Clive Irving. The "Business" section was launched on 27 September 1964, making The Sunday Times Britain's first regular three-section newspaper. In September 1966, Thomson bought The Times , to form Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL). It was the first time The Sunday Times and The Times had been brought under the same ownership. Harold Evans , editor from 1967 until 1981, established The Sunday Times as
2520-602: The Labour Representation Committee . He was the first Labour MP to win a by-election, and the third ever elected. He was returned unopposed, but easily won the subsequent 1906 general election , at which he was challenged by an Independent Conservative . Shackleton was General Secretary of the Textile Factory Workers Association, and at the time, there were a large number of mill workers living locally. Labour lost
2604-675: The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene ; St James' Church; St Paul's in Low Moor . The Roman Catholic church of St Michael and St John Church is at Lowergate and St Augustine's High School in Billington is the local Roman Catholic secondary school. Trinity Methodist Church is on the edge of Castle Park in Clitheroe. There is also a United Reformed Church in the town; the Clitheroe Community Church and
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2688-462: The Ramsbottom and Twenty-20 cups in the 2006 season. The Clitheroe Golf Club was founded in 1891, and originally the course was at Horrocksford on land now quarried away. The current course was designed by James Braid , and play began in the early 1930s. It is located south of the town in the neighbouring parish of Pendleton . Clitheroe Rugby Union Football Club, formed in 1977, play at
2772-467: The Ribble Valley constituency, Clitheroe has been represented by a Conservative Member of Parliament for many years, with the exception of Michael Carr , who won a by-election in 1991 for the Liberal Democrats , but who lost the seat at the general election a year later. The current MP is Jonathan Hinder , who was first elected in 2024. ICI founded a chemical plant in 1941, which
2856-696: The Wapping dispute . The demonstrations sometimes turned violent. The protest ended in failure in February 1987. During Neil's editorship, a number of new sections were added: the annual " The Sunday Times Rich List " and the " Funday Times ", in 1989 (the latter stopped appearing in print and was relaunched as a standalone website in March 2006, but was later closed); "Style & Travel", "News Review" and "Arts" in 1990; and "Culture" in 1992. In September 1994, "Style" and "Travel" became two separate sections. During Neil's time as editor, The Sunday Times backed
2940-490: The "Weekly Review" section. A compensation settlement for the UK victims was eventually reached with Distillers Company (now part of Diageo ), which had distributed the drug in the UK. TNL was plagued by a series of industrial disputes at its plant at Gray's Inn Road in London, with the print unions resisting attempts to replace the old-fashioned hot-metal and labour-intensive Linotype method with technology that would allow
3024-405: The 10 Liberal Democrat borough councillors on Ribble Valley Borough Council , while Clitheroe Town Council has been Liberal Democrat-controlled for that period too. Likewise, since 1993, the town has elected a Liberal Democrat County Councillor to Lancashire County Council. Clitheroe was one of earliest seats to elect a Labour MP, when David Shackleton won the 1902 Clitheroe by-election for
3108-642: The 1970s, he worked at the BBC making documentaries first for the General Features Department and then for Music and Arts, especially Arena and Omnibus . In 1978, the BBC gave him 3 months sabbatical to make a movie called The Music Machine , and it was this experience that led him to turn towards drama. His first break came in 1980 with the ITV comedy drama series Minder . The way Sharp directed
3192-452: The Aids lobby for warning that everybody might be at risk in the early days, when ignorance was rife and reliable evidence scant." He criticized the "AIDS establishment" and said "Aids had become an industry, a job-creation scheme for the caring classes." John Witherow , who became editor at the end of 1994 (after several months as acting editor), continued the newspaper's expansion. A website
3276-724: The Castle after 1878, and inherited the Steward title too (see Honour of Clitheroe ). The town has good local public transport links, centred around Clitheroe Interchange . Clitheroe railway station is on the Ribble Valley line , providing hourly passenger services to Blackburn , Manchester Victoria and Rochdale ; the route is operated by Northern Trains . Services are operated usually by Class 150 diesel multiple units , & Class 156 units. Regular passenger train services had ceased in 1962; they resumed in 1994, though only south towards Blackburn at first. Ribble Valley Rail ,
3360-577: The Castle grounds, built and funded by the Lancaster Foundation charitable trust. In June 2016, Clitheroe-raised mixed martial artist, Michael Bisping , won the UFC Middleweight Championship , by defeating Luke Rockhold by way of knockout in the first round of the fight. On 5 July 2019 he was inducted into The UFC Hall of Fame. He is the first English fighter to be inducted. In 2018, the short documentary Alfie
3444-617: The East Lancashire Commissioning Care Group. Clitheroe also has its own Ambulance , Fire and police stations . Clitheroe is twinned with Rivesaltes , a small town in France. The Sunday Times Defunct The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as The New Observer . It
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3528-598: The Foreign Reporter of the Year category at the British Press Awards since 2000. Colvin, who worked for the paper from 1985, was killed in February 2012 by Syrian forces while covering the siege of Homs during that country's civil war. In common with other newspapers, The Sunday Times has been hit by a fall in circulation, which has declined from a peak of 1.3 million to just over 710,000. It has
3612-505: The HIV/AIDS denialism "deserved publication to encourage debate". That same year, he wrote that The Sunday Times had been vindicated in its coverage, "The Sunday Times was one of a handful of newspapers, perhaps the most prominent, which argued that heterosexual Aids was a myth. The figures are now in and this newspaper stands totally vindicated ... The history of Aids is one of the great scandals of our time. I do not blame doctors and
3696-597: The Littlemoor Ground on Littlemoor Road in the town and run two adult rugby teams. In August 2005, a cycle race, the Clitheroe Grand Prix , took place in the town, with Russell Downing finishing ahead of Chris Newton . In August 2006, Ben Greenwood won, with Ian Wilkinson second, but in April 2007, the council decided not to support another event, citing poor attendance. The town was also
3780-599: The North Sea. In 1992, the paper agreed to pay David Irving , an author widely criticised for Holocaust denial , the sum of £75,000 to authenticate the Goebbels diaries and edit them for serialisation. The deal was quickly cancelled after drawing strong international criticism. In January 2013, The Sunday Times published a Gerald Scarfe caricature depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cementing
3864-689: The Odd-Job Boy of Clitheroe featured on BBC Three. The film follows the ups and downs of 18-year-old Alfie Cookson, who set up his own business on a tandem pushbike and trailer after struggling to work for other people. Clitheroe has hosted the Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Fest since making a return in 2010 after more than 40 years. It is held annually, usually during Early May Bank Holiday weekend. The annual Clitheroe Food Festival takes place in early August. Eighty or more Lancashire food and drink producers are selected to participate by
3948-545: The Shawbridge Stadium. There is also a youth football club, Clitheroe Wolves, founded in 1992. Cricket has been played in Clitheroe since the 1800s, with Clitheroe Cricket Club being formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of two sides, Clitheroe Alhambra and the local Rifles Corps. Based at Chatburn Road and members of the Ribblesdale League since its inception, the club won the league title and both
4032-525: The articles that run in the English edition appear in the Scottish edition, its staff also produces about a dozen Scottish news stories, including a front-page article, most weeks. The edition also contains a weekly "Scottish Focus" feature and Scottish commentary, and covers Scottish sport in addition to providing Scottish television schedules. The Scottish issue is the biggest-selling 'quality newspaper' in
4116-429: The best-paid women presenters in the BBC – Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz , with whose, no doubt, sterling work I am tragically unacquainted – are Jewish. Good for them". He continued "Jews are not generally noted for their insistence on selling their talent for the lowest possible price, which is the most useful measure there is of inveterate, lost-with-all-hands stupidity. I wonder, who are their agents? If they’re
4200-551: The different companies at Clitheroe's Swan & Royal Hotel . The residential area 'Whittle Close' in the town is named after Frank Whittle , being built over the site of the former jet engine test beds. The town only has three Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Bellmanpark Lime kiln and embankment, Edisford Bridge and Clitheroe Castle . The town elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons . The Great Reform Act reduced this to one. The parliamentary borough
4284-596: The festival organisers. Lancashire's top professional chefs, the town's retailers, groups and volunteer organisations also take part. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada . Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Lancashire on 95.5 FM, Heart North West on 105.4 FM, Smooth North West on 100.4 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire on 96.5 FM, Capital Manchester and Lancashire on 107.0 FM, and Ribble FM,
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#17327870237954368-593: The first Sunday newspaper to publish a 40-page issue and on 21 January 1940, news replaced advertising on the front page. In 1943, the Kemsley Newspapers Group was established, with The Sunday Times becoming its flagship paper. At this time, Kemsley was the largest newspaper group in Britain. On 12 November 1945, Ian Fleming , who later created James Bond , joined the paper as foreign manager (foreign editor) and special writer. The following month, circulation reached 500,000. On 28 September 1958,
4452-414: The first six episodes of Robin of Sherwood for ITV, and the ensuing few years consisted of mainly television work until Robert Zemeckis asked him to direct the second unit on Who Framed Roger Rabbit starring Bob Hoskins . In 1994, he directed the action scenes for GoldenEye , starring Pierce Brosnan . His tank chase sequence and the daring dam jump which opens the picture are much respected in
4536-533: The group, was shifted to a new plant in Wapping, and the strikers were dismissed. The plant, which allowed journalists to input copy directly, was activated with the help of the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU). The print unions posted pickets and organised demonstrations outside the new plant to try to dissuade journalists and others from working there, in what became known as
4620-456: The high street. In May 2007, planning permission was granted for a Homebase , although the store didn't open until April 2009. In April 2015, work officially started on a new development, consisting of Aldi and Pets at Home. In October 2015, Aldi officially opened, with Pets at Home and Vets4pets following shortly afterwards. Clitheroe has five supermarkets: Booths , Tesco , Sainsbury's (including an Argos ), Lidl , and Aldi. There
4704-450: The industry. After being out of work for two years, Sharp accepted an offer to direct RPM , starring Emmanuelle Seigner , Famke Janssen and David Arquette . Sharp now regrets ever having taken the job. In a 2021 interview he said: "I read the script and thought it was terrible. The action in the film could not be shot. The producer wanted it all to be real stunts. I told him it couldn’t be done. (...) I tried to make something that I knew
4788-494: The newspaper had "so consistently misrepresented the role of HIV in the causation of AIDS that Nature plans to monitor its future treatment of the issue." In January 2010, The Sunday Times published an article by Jonathan Leake, alleging that a figure in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report was based on an "unsubstantiated claim". The story attracted worldwide attention. However, a scientist quoted in
4872-600: The newspaper issued an apology. Journalist Ian Burrell, writing in The Independent , described the apology as an "indication of the power of the Israel lobby in challenging critical media coverage of its politicians" and one that questions Rupert Murdoch's assertion that he does not "interfere in the editorial content of his papers". In July 2017, Kevin Myers wrote a column in The Sunday Times saying "I note that two of
4956-436: The own newspaper's own independent director, Hugh Trevor-Roper , the historian and author of The Last Days of Hitler . Under Andrew Neil , editor from 1983 until 1994, The Sunday Times took a strongly Thatcherite slant that contrasted with the traditional paternalistic conservatism expounded by Peregrine Worsthorne at the rival Sunday Telegraph . It also built on its reputation for investigations. Its scoops included
5040-496: The paper launched a separate Review section, becoming the first newspaper to publish two sections regularly. The Kemsley group was bought in 1959 by Lord Thomson , and in October 1960 circulation reached one million for the first time. In another first, on 4 February 1962 the editor, Denis Hamilton , launched The Sunday Times Magazine . (At the insistence of newsagents, worried at the impact on sales of standalone magazines, it
5124-518: The papers to be composed digitally. Thomson offered to invest millions of pounds to buy out obstructive practices and overmanning, but the unions rejected every proposal. As a result, publication of The Sunday Times and other titles in the group was suspended in November 1978. It did not resume until November 1979. Although journalists at The Times had been on full pay during the suspension, they went on strike demanding more money after production
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#17327870237955208-550: The plant. Another local firm, the family-owned animal feed producer Dugdale Nutrition can trace its history back to John Dugdale who was trading at Waddington Post Office in 1850. Historically, Dawsons green grocers was a significant player in the town retail fabric, circa late sixties and early seventies. Batemans Boys Wear fulfilled a retail need from approx 1968–1980. There are numerous banks and building societies, including Lloyds Bank , HSBC , and NatWest . Clitheroe has three jewellers, with Nettletons Jewellers being on
5292-529: The revelation in 1986 that Israel had manufactured more than 100 nuclear warheads and the publication in 1992 of extracts from Andrew Morton 's book, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words . In the early 1990s, the paper courted controversy with a series of articles in which it rejected the role of HIV in causing AIDS. In January 1986, after the announcement of a strike by print workers, production of The Sunday Times , along with other newspapers in
5376-496: The same article later stated that the newspaper story was wrong and that quotes of him had been used in a misleading way. Following an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission , The Sunday Times retracted the story and apologised. In September 2012, Jonathan Leake published an article in The Sunday Times under the headline "Only 100 adult cod in North Sea". This figure was later shown by
5460-413: The same ones that negotiated the pay for the women on the lower scales, then maybe the latter have found their true value in the marketplace". After the column The Sunday Times fired Myers. The Campaign Against Antisemitism criticized The Sunday Times for allowing Myers to write the column despite his past comments about Jews. The Republic of Ireland edition of The Sunday Times was launched on
5544-418: The seat at the 1922 election , and did not regain it until their 1945 landslide victory . The Conservatives won the seat back at the next general election, in 1950 , and held it from then until 1983 , when the constituency was abolished due to boundary changes. From 1885 to 1983, when the seat existed, the boundaries covered areas outside Clitheroe itself, including parts of Burnley and Colne . As part of
5628-418: The sites are charging for access. An iPad edition was launched in December 2010, and an Android version in August 2011. Since July 2012, the digital version of the paper has been available on Apple's Newsstand platform, allowing automated downloading of the news section. With over 500 MB of content every week, it is the biggest newspaper app in the world. The Sunday Times iPad app was named newspaper app of
5712-455: The start point of the second stage of the 2015 Tour of Britain . Public sports facilities are available at Edisford, with the Ribblesdale Pool and Clitheroe Tennis Centre located there, along with a number of football pitches and netball courts. The site is shared with the Roefield Leisure Centre, developed and operated by a registered charity whose supporters began fund-raising in 1985. In April 2006, Clitheroe Skatepark officially opened in
5796-460: The story was in the public interest and that it had followed the Press Complaints Commission code on using subterfuge. Over two years in the early 1990s, The Sunday Times published a series of articles rejecting the role of HIV in causing AIDS, calling the African AIDS epidemic a myth. In response, the scientific journal Nature described the paper's coverage of HIV/AIDS as "seriously mistaken, and probably disastrous". Nature argued that
5880-408: The town. These are St James's Church of England Primary School, St. Michael and John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Pendle Primary School, Edisford Primary School, Brookside Primary School and newly built (2024) Ribblesdale Primary School. Clitheroe has a health centre, accommodating the Pendleside Medical Practice and the Castle Medical Group. There is a community hospital. The area is served by
5964-530: The two decades before 2012, but has declined since and currently stands at 60,352 (January to June 2018). The paper is heavily editionalised, with extensive Irish coverage of politics, general news, business, personal finance, sport, culture and lifestyle. The office employs 25 people. The paper also has a number of well-known freelance columnists including Brenda Power , Liam Fay , Matt Cooper , Damien Kiberd , Jill Kerby and Stephen Price . However, it ended collaboration with Kevin Myers after he had published
6048-698: The wider Ribble Valley , of which Clitheroe is the most populous settlement, was listed in the 2018 and 2024 Sunday Times report on the best places to live. Clitheroe and the wider Ribble Valley have also been listed as healthiest and happiest place to live in the United Kingdom. The town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle , which is said to be one of the smallest Norman keeps in Great Britain. Several manufacturing companies have sites here, including Dugdale Nutrition, Hanson Cement , Johnson Matthey and Tarmac . The name Clitheroe
6132-522: The year at the 2011 Newspaper Awards and has twice been ranked best newspaper or magazine app in the world by iMonitor. Various subscription packages exist, giving access to both the print and digital versions of the paper. On 2 October 2012, The Sunday Times launched Sunday Times Driving, a separate classified advertising site for premium vehicles that also includes editorial content from the newspaper as well as specially commissioned articles. It can be accessed without cost. This 164-page monthly magazine
6216-817: Was a "conspiracy of silence", disputed that AIDS was spreading in Africa, claimed that tests for HIV were invalid, described the HIV/AIDS treatment drug AZT as harmful, and characterized the WHO as an "Empire-building AIDS [organisation]". The pseudoscientific coverage of HIV/AIDS in The Sunday Times led the scientific journal Nature to monitor the newspaper's coverage and to publish letters rebutting Sunday Times articles which The Sunday Times refused to publish. In response to this, The Sunday Times published an article headlined "AIDS – why we won't be silenced", which claimed that Nature engaged in censorship and "sinister intent". In his 1996 book, Full Disclosure , Neil wrote that
6300-623: Was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 . It was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , and remained a municipal borough , based at Clitheroe Town Hall , until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974, when it became a successor parish within the Ribble Valley district. Since 1991, the town of Clitheroe has elected at least 8 out of
6384-451: Was already editor of The Observer – the first woman to run a national newspaper – and continued to edit both titles until 1901. There was a further change of ownership in 1903, and then in 1915 the paper was bought by William Berry and his brother, Gomer Berry, later ennobled as Lord Camrose and Viscount Kemsley respectively. Under their ownership, The Sunday Times continued its reputation for innovation: on 23 November 1930, it became
6468-497: Was changed to the Independent Observer . Its founder, Henry White, chose the name apparently in an attempt to take advantage of the success of The Observer , which had been founded in 1791, although there was no connection between the two papers. On 20 October 1822 it was reborn as The Sunday Times , although it had no relationship with The Times . In January 1823, White sold the paper to Daniel Whittle Harvey ,
6552-472: Was feared that any legal delay to Murdoch's takeover might lead to the two titles' demise. In return, Murdoch provided legally binding guarantees to preserve the titles' editorial independence. Evans was appointed editor of The Times in February 1981 and was replaced at The Sunday Times by Frank Giles . In 1983, the newspaper bought the serialisation rights to publish the faked Hitler Diaries , thinking them to be genuine after they were authenticated by
6636-532: Was impossible." His last feature film is Tracker (2010), a project for which the producers initially wanted Martin Campbell as a director. Sharp successfully campaigned to direct the film himself. He speaks fluent French and German and lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, the broadcaster and author Sue Cook , whom he married in 2004. Clitheroe Clitheroe ( / ˈ k l ɪ ð ə r oʊ / )
6720-400: Was initially called the "colour section" and did not take the name The Sunday Times Magazine until 9 August 1964.) The cover picture of the first issue was of Jean Shrimpton wearing a Mary Quant outfit and was taken by David Bailey . The magazine got off to a slow start, but the advertising soon began to pick up, and, over time, other newspapers launched magazines of their own. In 1963,
6804-564: Was launched in 1996 and new print sections added: "Home" in 2001, and "Driving" in 2002, which in 2006 was renamed "InGear". (It reverted to the name "Driving" from 7 October 2012, to coincide with the launch of a new standalone website, Sunday Times Driving .) Technology coverage was expanded in 2000 with the weekly colour magazine "Doors", and in 2003 "The Month", an editorial section presented as an interactive CD-ROM. Magazine partworks were regular additions, among them "1000 Makers of Music", published over six weeks in 1997. John Witherow oversaw
6888-406: Was resumed. Kenneth Thomson , the head of the company, felt betrayed and decided to sell. Evans tried to organise a management buyout of The Sunday Times , but Thomson decided instead to sell to Rupert Murdoch , who he thought had a better chance of dealing with the trade unions. Rupert Murdoch 's News International acquired the group in February 1981. Murdoch, an Australian who in 1985 became
6972-591: Was sold for a reported £260 million in September 2002, to Johnson Matthey . Conservatory manufacturer Ultraframe was started in Clitheroe, by John Lancaster in 1983. In March 1997, it floated on the stock exchange, being valued at £345 million in 2003. In June 2006, however, a downturn led to a takeover by Brian Kennedy's Latium Holdings. Hanson Cement has been criticised for using industrial waste in its kilns. The company claims that its filters remove these and that government inspectors have approved
7056-435: Was sold separately from the newspaper and was Britain's best-selling travel magazine. The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it included news, features and insider guides. Some of the more notable or controversial stories published in The Sunday Times include: In July 2011, The Sunday Times was implicated in the wider News International phone hacking scandal , which primarily involved
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