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Ribble

British  
/ ˈrɪbəl /

noun

  1. a river in NW England, flowing south and west through Lancashire to the Irish Sea. Length: 121 km (75 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Councillor Simon Hore, leader of Ribble Valley Council, highlighted rising oil costs at the borough's Policy and Finance Committee, during a talk on the £53m government support package announced in March.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Atkinson, who was leader of Ribble Valley Council before defecting from the Conservatives, was elected to the county council to represent Ribble Valley South West with 2,174 votes.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

The MP for Ribble Valley said "we need to make our tax structures work better".

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

The Ribble Valley borough council, which oversees Hurst Green, took legal action against the pub’s owner, Andrew Donelan, whose company demolished the building.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

It is finely situated in the valley of the Ribble, at the foot of Pendle Hill, a steep plateau-like mass rising to 1831 ft.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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