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What is Parental Alienation?

When a parent tries to “alienate” a child from his or her other parent during a relationship breakdown, the goal may be for the child to reject their other parent. Commonly, such parents will often display behaviour such as: • Making inappropriate comments about the other parent.

• Reducing contact for no reason with the other parent and their family.

• Making a child pick sides between parents.

• Making false allegations of abuse.

• Asking unnecessary questions about the other parent.

• Not involving the other parent in health/school issues.

• Making the child feel guilty about wanting to have contact with the other parent.

What can you do if you are the alienated parent?

If false or serious allegations are made against a parent, it is essential that legal advice is sought as soon as possible, from a specialist family law advisor.

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manipulated, the Court will place that child’s welfare above their wishes and feelings.

What can a parent do to prevent parental alienation?

• Speak positively about the other parent and the child’s forthcoming contact with them.

• Continue to promote contact between the child and the family of the other parent.

• Explain the importance of a child having contact with both parents.

• Avoid demanding every detail of contact with the other parent.

• Seek mediation to help deal with any hostile feelings towards the other parent.

For more information about any of the issues raised in this article please contact Sandeep Sandhu, Solicitor at Spratt Endicott on 01295 204154 or email ssandhu@se-law.co.uk.

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May Days

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There’s a lot to like about May – weather’s warm, flowers are blooming, birds singing and both early mornings and late evenings are light and lovely – so many opportunities to enjoy life to the full!

With two Bank Holidays – Mondays 1st and 29th – there’s even more free time to relax and unwind with the family; to have a

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With the school half-term holiday at the end of the month as well, and if – like me you’re watching the pennies, then finding fun activities to do with the kids is always a challenge!

Here are some tried and tested ways to spend a day, without costing the earth:

Den day – if you have a garden, this takes on a whole new scale!

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share ideas. You can pretend to be prehistoric people, or out camping somewhere with wild animals – whatever they want to imagine!

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• Torches, a picnic or pretend food and plastic plates, soft toys or toy dinosaurs which can be ‘creatures that roam the outside world’!

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Miniature gardens – these can be made from recyclables or bits of safe, non-toxic plants, so with very little children you can supply ‘safe’ materials and help them to create. You’ll need: • Takeaway trays or shallow ice cream tubs • Modelling clay or playdough – or thick mud if you prefer!

• ‘Plants’ – coloured cotton wool, twigs, moss, bits of leaves and grass • Foil to create a pond, string and glue to help everything stay together • Small stones for a rockery, corrugated cardboard strips for edging, lolly sticks for fencing, doll’s house furniture for ‘on the patio’ Half-fill the plastic tray with your damp mud or modelling clay, and level or shape to create the terrain for your garden. Shape trees out of painted cotton wool with twigs as the trunk, make flowers from sweet wrappers, plant grass or build a rockery or patio from little stones. Have a competition for the craziest, or most realistic, or most colourful – and the gardens will keep for a few days if you pop the lids back on the tubs to prevent them drying out.

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A Remarkable Season at Brackley Town

As the football season's end approaches we can reflect upon a remarkable season at Brackley Town. While a Top Five finish in National League North appears to be beyond reach - just - a Top Eight finish in this company is no small achievement. National League North is by common consent its strongest ever and such an exciting division with many former league sides jostling to get back. Half of the teams are averaging over 1000 for home gates with Stockport County leading the way averaging over 3000 through the Edgeley Park turnstiles. Gates at St James Park are well up on last season. The highest attendance was unsurprisingly for the FA Cup replay against League One Gillingham when 1654 supporters crammed into St James Park to witness Brackley's stunning 4-3 victory on live TV. The game turned hat-trick man and midfielder Jimmy Armson into an overnight star and made him the centre of attention by scouts from many league teams. The good news for Brackley Town fans is that Armson has rejected all offers from elsewhere and committed to another season at Brackley.

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Jimmy Armson fires in a shot against FC United of Manchester

the club's history, bowing out eventuallky to League Two Blackpool, and reached the quarter-final stage of the FA Trophy losing narrowly at York City.

Manager Kevin Wilkin is busy building his squad for next season. Along with Jimmy Armson, a number of key players from this season have been signed onto contract for next season already and Wilkin will be looking to add further experience and quality to his squad to ensure a bigger push for a play-off place next time around.

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Ok, so we all know that the quickest way to get a bikini body is simply to…. put on a bikini!

But there’s a bit of essential preparation required for that all-important glow of confidence that’s essential to wear it with style!

What you weigh is nowhere near as important as the way you wear it – a big smile is the very best accessory for any outfit, whatever your size or shape.

My Summer routine is so very simple – increase the exercise, cut out the junk, drink more water.

Fruit and vegetables provide so many essential nutrients to help you look and feel your best, so why not combine them, and make juices or fruit smoothies part of your daily routine.

Getting enough sleep and making time to relax and do something you enjoy, really does help you look and feel better, and reducing stress helps to regulate your blood sugar, making it easier to eat right.

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BRACKLEY SOAPBOX Sunday June 4th 2017

This year marks the 15th annual running of the event which is now a firm favourite within the town and the 2017 Brackley Soapbox Derby will take place on Sunday June 4th on the High Street. From 2.00pm onwards soapboxes will run on the main road down the hill to the finish line at the Market Square car park. The race is open to three classes, juniors under 15 years of age, adults 15 and over and once again a premier class for the more sophisticated constructor.

Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the fastest three in each class and a separate trophy will be presented to the soapbox judged to be the best turned out cart. To underline the popularity of the event entries have already been received from various parts of the country and enthusiastic local soapbox builders are urged to get their entries in as soon as possible as entries will be limited this year.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 apprentices will be racing their new Mercedes AMG Petronas soapbox on the High Street in the premier class which they won in 2014 and 2015. This is a new design for this year and will be sure attract a lot of interest. Mercedes will also be displaying

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Brackley Soapbox Derby will once again be supporting various local charities and prizes can won with funds raised being donated.

Brackley Soapbox Derby is a family event and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy a great afternoon.

Snacks, drinks and other attractions will also be accessible in the Market Square during the afternoon.

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Now that Spring is well and truly underway, the native animals and birds living in our parks, gardens and wild areas are busy breeding, bringing up the next generation whilst nature is kindest and food supplies are plentiful.

The warm sunshine heralds the arrival of insects to pollinate fruit blossom, garden plants and the early flowering crops, with bees working hard to collect nectar.

Birds have been nesting awhile, enjoying the plentiful crop of available insects, with garden favourites such as the blackbird, song thrush, sparrow and robin bringing up clutches offluffy-feathered fledglings. As with other young animals, if you find these tiny birds out of the nest, try not to touch them so that the parents will come back with food – they continue caring for their young for several weeks after they have made the brave step into the big world beyond their nest.

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Wildlife in May

Baby rabbits are appearing above ground, perfect little miniatures of their parents, enjoying the fresh, green shoots on roadside verges, unworried by the constantly thundering traffic.

Ducklings can be seen, paddling merrily along behind their proud mothers, along streams and canals, stopping to preen their downy feathers in the sunshine.

Watch out for swans and their cygnets, when you’re out feeding the ducks or walking along riverbanks and towpaths – they become very protective when they have young, and can attack anyone they think may be a problem!

Help the wildlife out by planting colourful flowering plants in your garden, and reducing your use of chemicals, such as pesticides – there are many organic alternatives or oldfashioned tricks to keep the pests away, and help the wildlife around you flourish this month.

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GARDENING THIS MONTH Chris Swallow, Swallow Nursery

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The same applies to young plants grown as a hedge.

Trim them regularly to keep a tidy shape and to avoid having to cut deep into a poorly shaped plant in subsequent years.

After a prolonged spell of dry, settled weather in April, is May going to come wet as she often does? Time will tell but our gardens do need the rain to Looking Good look their best.

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Japanese Quinces (Chaenomeles species) (see above picture), produce their flowers early to mid spring, sometimes with a second lesser flush later in the season. They will instantly brighten a north-facing wall, fence or evergreen hedge. Flower choices include white, pink, red and orange, usually with bright yellow stamens.

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GARDENING THIS MONTH

Bedding Time to clear out the spring bedding to make way for summer bedding. Leave until later in the month to avoid possible frost damage – we have been known to get frosts in June in this area! Don’t forget to feed the soil for best results with the new plants.

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18th May Our AGM followed by: Fiona Baker – “My Year as Brackley Mayor” Ruth Harris – “C.A.F.E.”

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Brackley Jubilee Choir rehearse in the Chapel of St John & St James, Magdalen College School, Brackley on the High St between 7.30pm and 9pm.

We are a mixed adult choir (SATB).

New members welcome.

Contact Karen Lesniak 01280 706692.

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Self Defence Classes

every Wednesday at Maids Moreton School.

Kids and Teens 6.00 Adults 7.00 cskravmaga@sky.com 07526629955

Brackley Post Office & Stores

Mon - Fri 7am - 7pm, Sat 8am - 6pm, Sun 8.30am - 1.30pm 01280 840550 • Newsagents • Stationers • Gifts • Cards • Bureau de change • Photo booths • Off Licence

Rotary Club of Brackley

meets every Thursday evening.

Further information from www.brackleyrotary.org.uk info@brackleyrotary.org.uk

Every Monday

SCUBA diving with Stowe Sub Aqua Club, see the web for more information.

StoweSubAqua.co.uk

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Brackley Junior Badminton Club

We run every Monday after school at Wodhams hall Magdalen. We cater for beginners and advanced players offering coaching and games play. Anyone interested call Paula on 07507317694.

Every Sunday

Brackley Nova Cycling group start at Brackley Leisure Centre at 09:00 ww.brackleynovacycling.co.uk

Every Wednesday Evening & Sunday Afternoon Mixed Club Sessions Brackley Tennis Club, Westminster Road, Brackey.

John Leftwich 01280 705717 and Nigel Evans 01280 701740.

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BRACKLEY CRICKET CLUB

run 2 Saturday Teams and a Midweek Team as well as kwik circket and junior teams. Running indoor nets at Winchester House School in Brackley on Thursday from 8pm Please feel free to come and intriduce yourself or call or email Keith Cartwright for more information T:01280 840192 E: keith@cartwrights -sports.co.uk

Every Monday

Short Mat Bowls 7.30 -9.30 Croughton Village Hall first two session free

Every Weds/Thursday (term time only)

Every Tuesday

Every Tuesday from 7 p.m.

Banbury & District Model Railway Club Information on www.BDMRC.com or phone Secretary 01295-252931

Every Saturday

BRACKLEY DIPPERS 12 noon until 1.30p.m.

We are a club for adults with physical problems that meets at Brackley Pool.

For information please ring Janine on 01295 712408

1st Tuesday of the month

of Brackley meets on the 3rd Monday of the month.

Further information from Zoe on 07544983461 For the first time the Inner Wheel Cl Brackley will be happy to join in t Carnival this year. We will be havin charity stall and including the “Hum Fruit Machine”. Prizes to be won. C and see us and have some fun.

(no August meeting) Sing and Sign The Brackley and District Baby Signing classes for babies 6 weeks Flower Club meet at Evenley to speaking. Wed mornings at WI Hall, Village Hall at 7.30pm, Manor Road, Brackley, Thurs mornings demonstrations and workshops at Evenley Village Hall, Booking is every month, essential contact Helen see us on Facebook 07906 055591 36

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The Inner Wheel Club

Every Wednesday

Mind in Brackley meet from 10 – 3 at Brackley Health Centr Halse Road. Support for anyon over 18 who experiences anxiet stress or depression.

Please contact Jo Webb on 07889 181220 or just call in

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The next meeting of Brackley History society is 3rd May

Every Mon, Wed & Thurs MOYLAN SCHOOL of DANCE - RAD at Waynflete Infants School Hall For details contact Gabrielle Butler 01280 706876 or visit www.brackley-dance.co.uk

Every Wednesday

Brackley Town Badminton Club.

8 to 10 pm in Winchester House School sports hall.

Contact Marcus Lesniak 01280-706692 www.btbc.org.uk

when Roy Smart will be taking about - The tale of aviation pioneer Percy Sinclair Pilcher and his wonderful sister Ella, who noble quest for flight ended tragically on the banks of Shakespeare’s Avon. The first Englishman to die in the cause of ‘the conquest of the air’ when on the cusp of becoming the most famous name in aviation history.

Refreshments after the talk.

For more information call 01280 702837 or e-mail brackleyhistorysociety@hotmail.com.

Our meeting are held at Brackley Methodist Church, High Street, Brackley NN13 7ZX Starting at 7.30pm - Members free, Visitors £3 (very welcome) why not come along and see what we are about and have a chat.

This year`s Brackley Carnival will take place on Saturday 10th June this year`s theme is magic and mystery.

We are now taking bookings for stalls and trade stands on the Carnival field along with entries for the procession, so if you are a group school business or organisation and would like to get involved please contact us www.brackleycommunitycarnival.org.uk The event is a great way to promote yourself either by taking a stand on the field or entering the procession. We are also keen to get interesting and classic/vintage vehicles into the procession.

If you fancy being part of this year`s Carnival entertainment we have a community stage sponsored by Northamptonshire Country Council we are looking for Bands ,Singers Music Groups Comedians in fact anyone who would like to perform so get in touch with us to book your slot Brackley Carnival is organised by a very small team who give time to plan and make Carnival happen but we need more people to either join the team on the Carnival committee and or help on the Carnival day so if you can spare a few hours please contact us Without more help this could be Brackley`s last Carnival so if you would like to get involved and keep this event in Brackley please contact us www.brackleycommunitycarnival.org.uk Or call our Chairman Mark Stopps on 07778 629876.

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