Glenfield Country Market is attracting lots of new customers!

THE WEEKLY Glenfield Country Market continues with our producers cooking, crafting, growing and displaying their wares at this popular market each Friday in St Peter’s Church Centre, Glenfield (LE3 8DP) from 9am-11am.

We are having a couple of weeks break to refresh ourselves and this will be for both Fridays 18th and 25th August. We will however be represented at THE PUMPING STATION EVENT on Sunday 20th August and, after reopening our regular market on Friday 1st September, we will also be at the ANSTEY GALA on Saturday 9th September. Phew! It’s proving to be a busy summer! And then, in order to broaden our audience and also help to showcase our talents and the talents of other local crafters, we are having another CRAFT FAIR in Groby Village Hall on Saturday 18th October. Get the dates in your diary!

It is lovely to see our regular customers and our stream of new customers too. We continue to offer good value for money across the crafts, bakes and preserves and plants stalls. All of the items for sale are made/grown by our producers, adhering to detailed and appropriate guidelines to ensure safety and good quality goods.

Come along this summer and we are happy to welcome children with their well-behaved parents and grandparents, to join us! Our friendly, informal and free event offers refreshments as well as the wide range of handcrafted goods to buy. You will be spoiled for choice!

We take card payments to make your shopping experience even better! So come early to see the full range of products and to bag the best bargains! Follow us on Facebook The Glenfield Country Market which is shared with The Glenfield Page too!

Thank you.

Ruth Lane

Secretary for Glenfield Country Market

Dogs in a French town will have their DNA tested to crack down on POO PROBLEM

BÉZIERS is planning a genetic register for dogs that would help track down owners who leave their poo behind.

Similar schemes have been trialled in the Spanish city of Valencia, Tel Aviv in Israel and some parts of London.

Owners who leave dog poo in the street could soon be tracked down using a DNA database. The scheme is being trialled in the southern French town of Béziers.

It would require dog owners to have their pets genetically tested to allow authorities to link them to any excrement left on the street.

Local mayor Robert Ménard told France Bleu radio that people in the town were fed up with residents and visitors leaving dog faeces on the pavement. He said that Béziers is planning to trial the scheme for two years.

How would the DNA testing scheme work?

Owners would be required to carry a ‘genetic passport’ for their dog under the planned scheme. This would mean taking their pet to the vet or having a free saliva sample taken by the town’s veterinary specialists which would be tested and a document issued.

Dog excrement found on the streets would be collected and tested then sent to the police. They would match the DNA to national pet registers, locate the owner and charge them up to €122 for cleaning up the streets.

Owners found not to be picking up their dog’s poo could be fined up to €122. People who are stopped walking their dog in specific areas without a passport would also be fined €38.

Ménard told the French radio station that the city’s cleaning service picks up more than 1,000 pieces of dog faeces every month.

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