THE next meeting of the Clitheroe and District Speakers Club will take place on Monday, April 20, at the Young Farmers Club in Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, from 7.15pm to 9.30pm.

A spokesman said: “We are a group of people from the Ribble Valley and its surroun-ding areas who all have the same aim: to become better at speaking before groups of people.

“Our fortnightly meetings usually consist of a mixture of prepared speeches and short impromptu talks.”