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THE BIRSTALL POST JAN 2014
Jonah is champion SEVEN YEAR old Jonah Walker from Birstall is “really happy and excited” to be a new British Tae Kwon Do champion. Jonah, of Tempest Road, secured the title at the Tae Kwon Do Association Great Britain championships in Cardiff last November. He won his first round bout 6-3 on points and the semifinal 10-2. “To win the championship I wasn’t scared, I knew I had the best kicks” said Jonah. “In the final I scored a three pointer to the head with a reverse side kick.” He won the final of the Green Belt sparring category 9-2 to become champion. Jonah started Tae Kwon Do when he was five and trains at Sileby Tae Kwon Do club twice a week, and at his school, Ratcliffe College, with his instructor Gary Vickers a 4th Degree black belt. Jonah said: “I really enjoy
Tesco festive display DECORATIONS MADE by children from a local nursery helped to decorate the staff canteen at Birstall’s Tesco Express this Christmas.
Pic: Champion Jonah Walker
sparring because I like getting points and winning trophies. I want to be a black belt and keep winning sparring competitions.”
Parish Council notes A FULL meeting of Birstall Parish Council was held on December 9. PCSO Charlotte White reported that there had been an increase in the number of burglaries, many in the Curzon Avenue area. Comment was made that many residents are not heeding advice to leave a light on when they go out in the evening, a signal to burglars that
the house is unoccupied. Borough Cllr David Gaskell reported that the Riversdale Court improvement scheme had been granted planning permission and he welcomed the development, saying he thought it would be an award winning scheme. He reported that the monthly Borough Councillors Surgery at the 10 Sibson Road building was proving popular, and
The store invited the children at Birstall Rainbow Nursery to make festive decorations on the theme of snow, Santa and Christmas trees, offering prizes for the best efforts. “I thought it would be a lovely idea for the children to help us decorate our canteen” said Debbie Press from Tesco. “I think they look fab and we have donatinvited any parish councillor to attend. Terry McGreal from the LE4 Action Group reported on the group’s options for mounting a legal challenge to the City Council’s decision to grant planning permission for two traveller sites on the edge of Birstall. The group has spent £5-6000 to date on legal advice, and if the group seek a Judicial Review the cost would be £20-25,000. The group intend to seek a barrister’s advice on the likely success of any legal challenge, advice that would cost £2000. The Council considered a request from the LE4 Action Group for assistance. The council has obtained legal advice on the legality of using public money to support such a campaign, and on issues relating to discrimination against the travelling community. The Council agreed to donate £2000 to the LE4 Action Group. The Council agreed a precept for the year 2014/15 of £339,940. This is an increase of 1.5%. The Council’s budget for the year, which includes the precept and Government grant, is £358,650. Birstall Parish Council Clerk Steve Blackburn will retire on February 28, 2014 after five years in the post. The new clerk will be Sue Coulson, currently the Deputy Clerk. The Council agreed to spend £475 on welding a steel skirt to the bottom of the gate on the Crossways car park, to prevent people gaining access at night by crawling under the gate. The council agreed to budget £10,400 in 2014/15 for a steel fence along the Loughborough Road boundary of the School Lane playing field. It was agreed to spend £645 on removing dead trees near the Greengate Lane allotments. They represent a danger to passers by. The Council agreed to hold a best kept allotment competition in 2014. Permission was given to the Youth Café to grow vegetables in the Village Hall Courtyard.
ed a handful of presents to them in thanks.”
Indecent exposure A MAN wearing black tights, flat black ladies shoes and a jacket with a fur hood indecently exposed himself to a motorist on the A46 near Birstall. The incident took place at 8.40am on Thursday December 5 between Wanlip Island and Hobby Horse Island. The man is described as being 6ft tall, 30-40 yrs old and clean shaven. The same man is being sought in connection with two further incidents on the same day, at 8.20am on the Melton Road in Queniborough and at 8am on Gaddesby Lane in Rearsby. Police are urging anyone who was in the area around this time who may have seen this man to get in touch. Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC 2217 Danielle Mistretta on 101, follow the instructions to leave a message for a police officer and when prompted key in the officer’s identification number 2217. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, which is free and anonymous on 0800 555 111.
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