Ribble

British

/ ˈrɪbəl /

noun

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

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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

In the future, he says, it would be a "great honour" to be a parliamentary candidate for the party where he lives in the Ribble Valley, if he was selected.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

South Ribble Borough Council's environmental health team did an inspection of her drains but the authority said it was ultimately unable to help because the sinkhole had sprung up on private land.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024

Garvey said that he’s received inquiries from other groups looking to launch similar challenges after news of Ribble Valley’s victory.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

Thus, in modern Lancashire, south of the Ribble, the churches of Wigan and Winwick, Childwall, Walton, Warrington, Manchester, Blackburn, and Whalley are expressly named in Domesday, but invariably in connexion with the ownership of land.

From Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

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