May 2016 herald online

MAY 2016

News from Stanton School

Dressing up for World Book Day

South Charnwood High School – ‘Backing the Blues’

THE CHILDREN enjoyed a wonderful World Book Day again this year, they dressed up as their favourite book character, bringing the book along to share with their friends at school.

All children participated in a day full of book related activities and friends and families were invited to a shared reading session across the whole school in the afternoon.

Mrs S Smith

Christian Aid Week Events •

Christian Aid Week service, on Sunday 15th May, 10.30am, Congregational Church, Main Street, Markfield. Speaker: Chris Hossack • Christian Aid Coffee Morning on Saturday 21st May • at the Congregational Church Hall, Main Street, Markfield, 10am to 12 noon.

• Why not drop in and pick up a bargain or a plant. Have a chat with friends.

• Come to the Christian Aid Quiz at St Wilfrid’s (Coalville) on Saturday 21st May at 7.45pm. £2 per head. Raffle & Refreshments.

Hope to see you there.

Many thanks for you generosity and support.

CTIM (Churches Together in Markfield)

SOUTH CHARNWOOD High School staff and pupils joined thousands of other supporters in the ‘Backing the Blues’ campaign by coming to school dressed in something blue to show their support for Leicester City Football Club as they strived to win the Premier League title for the first time.

The campaign obviously did the trick and Leicester were crowned champions on Monday 2nd May 2016. Well done you Blues!

Our picture shows Mr Haughan (Head of ADT) along with pupils Alex Till, Liam VarnamTyrrel, James Wheat, Jordan Wallace, Jack Hemmings, Oliver Spicer, Sophie Hill and Tilly Timms.

Enjoy an afternoon of Board Games and Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation The Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation is seeking new members to join its games club which takes place on the last Friday of the Month at Ulverscroft Manor, Priory Lane, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, LE67 9PH – 1.30pm – 3.00pm, sessions cost £2.50 per person to include tea or coffee. The next three sessions take place throughout the summer on Friday 25th June, 29th July and 26th August.

Helen Baxter, Activities Coordinator at the Foundation said ‘We are currently seeking new members to join our friendly and welcoming games club. We are a social, inclusive group playing a variety of card and board games, old and new depending on what members would like to play and bring along to share with the group’. She added ‘The Foundation has many activities and groups available to anyone living with an illness or disability. We are inclusive and friendly setting and pride ourselves on making it easy for people to find a sense of belonging and enjoy time out in beautiful surroundings’ If you would like to learn more about the activities and services that the Foundation has to offer the please call Helen Baxter on 01530 244914 or email helen@shuttlewood-clarke.org. Details can also be found by visiting www.shuttlewood-clarke.org

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Concert raised £250 for charity STANTON UNDER BARDON Singers & Musicians would like to thank all who supported the Concert held in St Mary & All Saints Church on Friday 15th April in aid of Alzheimers Society.

We raised £250.00 which has been sent to the Charity.

Peter Massey

Strictly Bagworth THE NEXT charity dance at The Club, Bagworth is on Friday July 22nd at 8 pm.

Further details will follow.

Saturday dances will take place on 21st May and 18th June at 8 pm. at the same venue. Music will be provided by Ken’s CDs. The cost of entry is £2 and can be paid on the door. There will also be a session of bingo and a raffle at each event.

If you want to practice or learn new dances, there is a tea dance at The Club each Wednesday afternoon from 2-4 pm. Admission is £1 and includes a hot drink.

The people who organise and attend all of these events are a great crowd and will make you very welcome, whether you are on your own, are a couple or are part of a larger group. Give it a go.

Pantomime Awards

Markfield & Thornton Theatre Group News!

SINCE THE inception “The Pantomime Alliance of Leicestershire”, the brain child of David Pollard, former Chairman of Leicestershire County Council, MTTG has been involved in continuing to support, promote and keep alive the art of Pantomime throughout Leicestershire and Rutland.

Every year, we have attended the annual Awards Evening, and marvelled at the varied entries from all over the counties... hundreds of people drawn together by a common love of entertaining!

We are delighted to share with you news from the recent PAL AWARDS EVENING in April 2016. How the representatives of MTTG cheered as we received a magnificent TEN nominations for our 2016 Pantomime, “Sleeping Beauty”! We were nominated as the best in the following categories:• FRONT OF HOUSE - our team lead by Susan Heath • LIGHTING - David Woodward (with Kim Chambers on the follow-spot!)

• SOUND - Anne Dobrowolska • SET DESIGN - Ian Lay (ably abetted by Marie O’Neill) • DANCING - choreography by Charlotte Parish brilliantly executed by the cast! (Though many protested that they can’t dance!)

• DANCE TROUPE- our Junior Chorus from the Linda Williams Academy of Performing Arts • CAMEO ROLE - Roderick Lay as Morpheous the wandering knight.

• MAGICAL BEING - Richard Hitchcock as Elfis (Those hip swivels did it) • FEMALE IN SUPPORTING ROLE - Debbie Shreeve as Queen Clemencia (Who could forget the Dancing Queen?)

• and... last but by no means least ... PRINCIPAL BOY- Trystan Luxton as Jack the Lad. IN THREE OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES .........LIGHTING, DANCING AND CAMEO ROLE..WE WON! We felt that was just reward for the individuals... David, who selflessly undertook the Lighting when we had noone else to do it, Charlotte, who managed her own onstage role whilst teaching the cast their many and varied dance routines, and Roderick..everybody’s favourite wandering knight who made us all laugh at every rehearsal and continued to do the same throughout the performances. He’s a star! I should add a huge thank you to all the adjudicators who spent the 2015/16 pantomime season travelling round the county watching and judging so many pantomimes.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE PANTOMIMES WE HAVE PRODUCED OVER THE YEARS AND LET’S ALL HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MANY MORE FOR MTTG. WE WOULD WELCOME MORE MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN PLAN MORE, EXCITING PRODUCTIONS! SO, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF ANY OF OUR PRODUCTIONS – NOT JUST PANTOMIMES – THEN YOU’LL FIND US AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THORNTON ON ANY WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 7.30 P.M.. DO COME ALONG!

Muriel Walker

(Writer and Director of “Sleeping Beauty” 2016)

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Visit a farm on Open Farm Sunday and discover the story behind our food.

A day for everyone to meet the people, who grow our food and care for our countryside, 5th June 2016 Where: Little Markfield Farm, Forest Road, Markfield, Leicester, LE67 9UN. Time: 10.30am to 5.00pm Contact: Brenda 01530 243252 or 07774047571

Activities: Come and see sheep being sheared, wool being spun, Cows, Sheep, Pigs and Chickens with their babies; feed the lambs!

Cookery Demonstrations by 2 professional chefs, Hot dogs & Beef Burgers using farm produce, Bakanalia Border Morris Leicester, Beer, Greengrass Look-alike Meet Pen the Red-Tail Hawk, Fosse & Watling Land Rover Club Display, Modern & Vintage Farm Machinery, Over 30 Crafts & Food stalls, Mr Softee Ice Cream van, Sausage Making with the Sausage Master Alf, A Civil War Re-enactment and much much more!!! £1 entry fee per Adult Children Free We will be raising money for Gems Charity, Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation, Markfield Medical Centre & St Michaels and all Angels Church Markfield.

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ONCE UPON a time there was a beautiful idea: to put on a spectacular dance show.

But this idea was soon magically transformed into a monstrous task, with over 5000 person-hours to be spent on costumes and scenery, choreography, script-writing and rehearsals. By the time of the show, though, all the hard work had become a thing of beauty once more!

‘Beauty and the Beast’ was the latest epic production by Keely-Anna’s Dance Fitness Fusion. There were two performances, each featuring 106 students from Markfield, Bagworth, Anstey and the surrounding areas.

It showcased 48 individually choreographed dances, performed with grace and gusto by children with ages ranging from 2 to 18.

As well as the technical excellence you’d expect from a Royal Academy of Dance trained teacher, Miss Keely-Anna also puts a great emphasis on working towards shows, with ‘Beauty’ following on from other epic productions such as ‘Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’. She believes that as well as being exciting for the students, these shows are also a great reward for their parents, giving them a chance to share in the joy of performance.

Of course, without the amazing support from parents, it would be difficult to put on a show at all! From sewing costumes, to making scenery, from organising raffles to minding kids in the green-room, the community support given to Miss Keely-Anna is huge and humbling. Extra-special thanks this year go to Nicola Geary and Cathy Williams for help way and above the call of duty.

But of course the stars of the show are always the kids. Their hard-work and enthusiasm is the real magic that can transform a cold wooden stage into an enchanted place of beauty and joy, and let us all live happily ever after. Congratulations to each and every one of them!

Don’t judge a book by its cover. I switched the covers on all these books.

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News from Bardon Park Chapel

County Councillor’s Report from David Sprason

The End of Snibston as a Leicestershire visitor attraction

www.bardonchapel.co.uk

Increases in fly tipping I PREVIOUSLY have covered the reduction in opening times of the County Council’s recycling centres. I warned of the danger that potentially this would increase fly tipping in rural areas.

THE LAST TRACES of Snibston Discovery have now been pulled down.

The gallery building has now been flattened by heavy machinery as part of the continuing clearance of the site. The popular Coalville attraction was closed in the summer as part of cost-cutting measures by Leicestershire County Council despite a determined campaign to save it.

The £180,000 demolition project has not included Snibston’s historic headstocks, which are registered monuments, and the Century Theatre which remains open for business. The site of the gallery, dubbed The Shed by the leader of the County Council, has now been cleared.

So far County Hall have not said what it intends to do with the site but it is understood they are considering offering the cleared area up for industrial redevelopment rather than housing because there are issues with land contamination. Former promises to replace the museum with a smaller mining heritage centre have been dropped because they were deemed unaffordable by the administration.

The County Council have said it will be temporarily used as a car park but they have no firm proposals for the future use of the site and not had talks with any potential developers. The 1500 exhibits have been placed in storage and 100 items that were on loan from the Leicester City museum service have been returned. A further dozen items borrowed from other museums or private collectors have also been returned.

It is a great shame that Snibston Discovery Museum, a place my three children enjoyed, will no longer be available to future generations. It inspired their learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics this has now disappeared forever from the county of Leicestershire.

A short-sighted decision? I will leave that for you to judge!

“Lawn Tennis,” wrote J.B. Priestley, “is a name with the mildest associations. It suggests a companion pastime to croquet, a late-Victorian thing, bright with petticoats and delicately clouded with curates.”

So it seemed with the development of Wimbledon’s All England Lawn Tennis Club from its beginnings in 1869 as a Croquet Club, at which “Gentlemen are requested not to play in their shirt sleeves when ladies are present.” However, with the addition of tennis courts to the grounds, the new game gained ascendency, and the first Wimbledon

A report has been released from Harborough District Council stating that fly tipping had doubled since 2012/13 when opening times changed. It has stated that the reduction in the times and days the amenity sites had been a contributory effect on the increases in fly tipping. It is feared that the further introduction of charges will make the matter worse and will see illicit dumping events increase.

We quite rightly do not condone fly tipping and we know that some individuals are wilfully breaking the law and not disposing of rubbish in the correct way. If we see fly tipping we should quite rightly report it to our local authority, but as I keep saying cuts have consequences.

By reducing the opening days and hours of our amenity sites may have saved the County Council money but the problem has shifted to the rural Borough & District Councils.

When the Vicar won Wimbledon

Tennis Championships took place in 1877.

It was at the third tournament of 1879 that the Rev J.T. Hartley, vicar of Burneston in Yorkshire, won the AllComers Gentlemen’s Singles out of an entry of 45 competitors at Wimbledon, and repeated the feat the following year.

On the middle Sunday of the tournament, he was obliged to dash back to Yorkshire to deliver his church sermon before returning once again to complete his triumph at the All-England Club.

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Never again was a clergyman to win Wimbledon. (Though in their dreams I am sure many clergy have appeared in the final a number of times!)

Many of the early players were highly idiosyncratic. In the 1921 quarter-finals Randolph Lycett was playing Zenzo Shimidzu on one of the hottest days in memory. During the third set, Lycett had to be revived with gin every time he changed ends. In the fifth set, muzzy and staggering, he ordered a bottle of

WORSHIP SERVICE: Every Sunday morning at 10.30am.

Our gatherings are fairly informal.

The Chapel is also open on Thursdays between 1 pm and 3.30 pm Take a break away from your desk, office, warehouse, home or factory. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Eat your lunch. Sit quietly.

Pray......or tie a prayer-request onto the prayer-tree. Have a chat.

Look around and enjoy our historic buildings. Relax, unwind, do nothing at all. THE CHOICE IS YOURS THURSDAY ART CLASS: Between 7pm and 9.00pm. The class tutor is a retired art teacher.

THE MONTHLY PRAISE MEETING: 1st Saturday in each month at 3.00pm. Come and enjoy a lively time of singing, encouragement, fellowship, testimonies and uplifting messages. Light refreshments afterwards in the school room.

Find us at the roundabout at the junction of Shaw Lane (A 511), Bardon Road (A 511) and Beveridge Lane (B 585), take the Leicester-bound (eastbound) carriageway of the A 511 road and the chapel is on the left after about 50 metres. There is a large car park at the back.

For more details on any of the above please contact: Richard Norburn on Tel: 01530 242526

Champagne to be brought out onto the Centre Court, and he consumed the last drop of it as the umpire called, “Shimidzu leads by nine games to eight in the final set.” The gallery hardly knew whether to object or sympathise when Lycett dropped his racket, and then on hands and knees crawled round in search of it. To most people’s relief, Shimidzu won the match.

Today a Bosnian, Novak Djokovic, as world’s Number One, leads a dazzling array of players who - almost universally - see Wimbledon as ‘the big W’ - that can seemingly make a man or woman immortal.

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IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT MTTG! “PANIC STATIONS” – A FARCE BY DEREK BENFIELD, IS TO BE PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE MARKFIELD & THORNTON THEATRE GROUP AT THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM WEDNESDAY 18TH TO SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2016.

HAVE YOU bought your tickets yet? If not, then please mark the dates in your diary as this is a treat not to be missed.

TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE CORNER SHOP IN THORNTON, FROM ANY GROUP MEMBER, OR BOOKED ON 01530 245439. They are priced at £5 Adults and £4 Concessions When it came to the task of choosing a play, director Anne Dobrowolska plumped for a comedy... then found herself drawn to farce when she read the script for this one, which made her laugh from beginning to end.

Rehearsals are well underway as the cast tries its best to work at the pace demanded by all good farces, and certainly by any written by Derek Benfield!

In the lead role of Chester Dreadnought is Richard Hitchcock – recently seen as Elfis in “Sleeping Beauty.” Richard is now a familiar face in our pantomimes, but this is his first role in a play for MTTG though he has both acted and directed for other am dram groups. Richard has a degree in documentary production - though whether that is a help or a hindrance as he battles the enormous amount of dialogue demanded of him in this play, ( whilst keeping track of the tortuous plot), is difficult to determine!

Laura Vesty plays Chester’s wife, Patricia, and Kim Chambers his love interest, Carol,... though Chester vehemently denies that he had any interest in the first place and tries to ensure that the two never meet!

The characters are drawn together in a less-than-idyllic country cottage which is Chester’s first step on the property ladder where Mr & Mrs Bounty, (played by Wayne Roberts and Charlotte Parish) have been making preparations for their arrival. Mrs. Bounty, suddenly thrown into a mêlée of mixed identities, valiantly enters into the spirit of things, but is glad she left her bike outside. Mr Bounty falls foul of a primus stove and just about everything else!

Chester’s in-laws, the Elroods, (played by Muriel Walker and Tadeusz Dobrowolski), have their own agenda. Lord Elrood, armed with a shotgun, lives in a fantasy world of rather dangerous martial confusion wherein he must repel the enemy. Lady Elrood, nothing stirred by this, is , in turn, both appalled and affronted, (and maybe even a little delighted!), by her son-in-law’s apparent inadequacies.

Fresh from his success in police helmet and fairy frock, Keith Barnes gatecrashes the party as Sergeant Hathaway from the nearby Army Camp, who brings unwelcome news for Chester.

Completing the cast is amateur archaeologist Miss Partridge, (played by Susan Heath), inexorably drawn, (so she tells us), to the cottage by echoes of the past.

Farce is defined as “ a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.” “Panic Stations” certainly lives up to this definition. Why not come along and see for yourself – at the same time enjoying a laughter-filled evening in good company? We do value your support.

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She has real ‘catitude’ but would really blossom in a one-to-one relationship, therefore Redgate is looking for a home where she will be the only cat, and where there are no younger children. Tasha very much likes fuss and attention on her terms, so isn’t always a docile lap cat. But she loves to sit with people and ‘chat’ with them. Tasha is more than ready for a new start in life and longing for her own lifelong human pal.

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Don’t seize up!

Easy moves to keep ageing at bay ONE OF THE frustrations of old age is reduced mobility. It often follows a kind of ‘disuse syndrome’, where some older people simply coast to a halt. Put frankly, older people need to keep moving!

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A fundraising ‘eggstravaganza’, polar exploration and rock climbing at Dove Bank Primary School Pupils, parents and staff at Dove Bank Primary School in Nailstone have been busy scaling new heights, raising much-needed funds and learning to be real-life polar explorers.

As part of their ‘Expedition to Canada’ topic, pupils from Classes 3 to 6 took part in a Polar Explorer workshop, hosted

by Simon Harris-Ward a member of the Explorer Academy.

Simon kept the children utterly enthralled with stories based on his real-life expeditions. Blending personal development training, cross-curricular learning and enrichment, the fullday teambuilding programme took pupils on a journey to one of the remotest corners of the planet, all without leaving the school premises!

Pupils took part in hands-on team exercises and problem solving activities allowing groups to practise key life skills, whilst image-rich interactive presentations sought to develop in pupils a sense of fascination and curiosity about the natural world.

Simon said the pupils were “an absolute pleasure to work with” and many of the pupils said is was “the best day ever”.

As part of their work on Character Education pupils, Years 3 and 4 were invited to neighbouring Ibstock Junior School to take part an exciting adventure afternoon which involved pupils ascending a climbing wall in order to develop an appreciation of the key values of determination and perseverance.

Headteacher Fiona Shields said the climbing wall was a fantastic experience as it empowered the children to conquer a difficult challenge, develop a positive mindset and appreciate the importance of encouraging others as part of a team effort.

Mrs Shields also praised the children and parents who supported the school’s Easter Eggstravaganza.

“Thanks to the hard work of the School Council, pupils took part in a range of activities including an Easter bonnet parade, a name the bunny competition, Easter cake decoration and Easter egg hunt – with goodies kindly donated by a range of local sponsors, including Morrisons, B&M, Asda, Lidl and Thorntons.

“It has been an eggsceptionally busy time at Dove Bank Primary School over the last few weeks with lots going on.

We must thank all the parents who have gone above and beyond not only in supporting the school but getting prizes and donations to help us raise much-needed funds for the school.”

Calling all performers DRAMA groups, musicians and other performers - as well as local schools now have the chance to air their talents for free in the bandstand in Hinckley’s Argents Mead.

A programme of summer concerts has been booked from May to August, but when the bandstand is not in use, the public is invited to book a performance slot free of charge.

Performers will need to supply their own sound equipment but a member of staff will be on hand to hook the equipment up to the electricity supply.

Councillor Russ Roberts, the Borough Council’s Executive Member responsible for Culture and Leisure, said: “I would encourage anyone who is looking for a performance space to consider hiring the bandstand, especially as there is no charge for doing so.

“With the Mead coming into bloom and the imminent opening of the new leisure centre attracting plenty of visitors, performers will be hard pressed to find a more popular venue.”

To book a slot, contact the council’s Cultural Services team on 01455 255856 or email paula.padmore@hinckleybosworth.gov.uk. Bookings will be made on a first come, first served basis.

Sometimes I spend whole meetings wondering how they got the big meeting table through the door.

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‘It’s all smoke and mirrors,’ she said, exhaling into her reflection.

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Christian Aid Week 2016 THE CHRISTIAN Aid envelopes will be delivered this year between 15th and 21st May. We are unable to return to each household to collect the envelopes but we kindly ask those who would like to contribute to return the envelope, with donation enclosed, to any of the addresses on the list attached to the envelope.

If you are a UK taxpayer remember to Gift Aid your donation - Christian Aid can receive 25p back from the government for every £1 you contribute, at no extra cost to you. Just fill in your name, house number and post code on the form attached to the envelope and place it in the envelope with your donation.

And / Or Drop in to the Christian Aid Coffee Morning on Saturday 21st May at the Congregational Church Hall, Main Street, Markfield, 10am to 12 noon.

Thank you all for your generosity.

• POLICE MATTERS, AntiSocial behaviour: - There was no police attendance.

Anti-social behaviour at Markfield Community Centre and the surrounding areas was continuing.

• Leicestershire County Council – Urban Grass Cutting: The clerk had emailed Miss A Baines again to ask whether or not the County Council would be happy with the “urban” grass cutting areas, which the Parish Council had agreed to consider taking over the grass cutting within the “urban” part of Markfield but didn’t want to undertake verge works along Ratby/ Thornton Lane nor Little Shaw Lane. The clerk would follow the matter up again.

• Highways and Footpath fault reporting: Outstanding eroded “Give Way” white lines at several locations and at junctions throughout the village.

Ongoing.

At the previous meeting several members raised concerns about the school route to South Charnwood high School, as the footpath along Forest Road and Grassy Lane was now very overgrown and poorly maintained by the County Council.

The clerk reported the matter to the County Council and a Highways Officer had inspected the area and had undertook some pruning works to some trees and told the clerk that the grass would be cut over the next few weeks.

The clerk had reported the concerns raised about the overgrown hedges and vegetation adjacent to the highway and over the dry stone walling along Ashby Road on private land opposite The Queen’s Head, public house.

• Euroshel bus shelter, Chitterman Way: - Mr P Richards had informed the clerk that his supplier had painted the panels the wrong shade of green so Mr P Richards had to get the correct shade mixed and would paint the panels himself.

• War Memorial: Mrs M Browning agreed to clean the algae off the memorial.

• Request for a new bench – Little Shaw Lane: – Resolved

Extracts from the Unapproved Minutes of the Markfield Parish Meeting held on Tuesday 5th April 2016 at 8.00pm at the Methodist Chapel, Markfield.

(May be subject to alteration or correction.) in principle, the Parish Council would supply and install a bench but the precise location needed to be agreed. Mr M Lay and the clerk would visit the site to discuss a suitable location. Ongoing • The Community Partnership Library Service: - Mrs M Bowler stated that the service had settled down really well and the volunteers were now planning for the new financial year and consideration was being given to longer opening hours during the school summer holidays. 23 children had attended the day of activities during the school holidays and a coffee machine had also been installed.

• Hanging Baskets 2016: The clerk would provide Leics County Council with the details of an up to date list of the street lights in question and a copy of the Parish Council’s public liability insurance.

• Car Parking along Chitterman Way outside the Post Office and Markfield Surgery: Several members raised concerns about the large numbers of cars parked along the highway, footpath and at the bus stop as at times the situation was becoming quite chaotic. The Parish Council had previously resolved to contribute £500.00 towards the cost of installing a police operated covert camera to cover this area but had since heard nothing from PC Wardle. The clerk would follow this matter up.

• BOROUGH COUNCILLOR’S REPORT • Environmental Improvement Scheme 2015/2016 Village Trail Information board: Fitzpatrick Woolmer had provided a second hard copy proof of the sign which

the clerk and Chairman had checked for accuracy and advised the company to proceed with production.

• Environmental Improvement Scheme 2016/2017: Mr D Britton had advised the clerk of the unsuitability of the Parish Council’s suggestion regarding the restoration of the Parish clock. A further proposal was put forward; the installation of another two planters along Main Street junction with Uplands Drive; this would be 120cm x 120cm and made of recyclable plastic at a cost of £2100.00 exc. Vat. RESOLVED: the proposal was accepted.

• The Co-Op store development, Daisy Close: - The works to erect the sign at Daisy Close, and undertake works to the semi-mature trees had been undertaken. Maintenance to the shrub bed at the entrance had not been done.

Mr M Lay stated that the new external CCTV had been agreed which gave the same coverage on Main Street as the original. No update at this time.

• Taylor Wimpey housing development on land south of Jacqueline Road: The application had been refused.

• Neighbourhood Plans: A public meeting should be held at Markfield Library. Mr T Lockley would approach the Rural Community Council to ask for someone to attend the meeting to discuss the implications and processes required to draw up a Community Plan. Date to

9 years ago I asked the girl of my dreams out on a date, today I asked her to marry me. She said no both times.

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be arranged for one evening at Markfield Library.

• Jelson development – 106 monies As previous minutes.

Mr T Lockley had noted that a stream runs along one side of the public open space by the balancing pond. He wondered whether Markfield PC would be asked to take-on the riparian management responsibilities for one bank of the stream. He also wondered whether some form of protective fencing ought to be provided along the stream’s bank. Mr M Lay would follow the matter up at the Borough Council.

• CEMETERY Attempted break in, 5 The Rushes: Following the attempted break in the property owner had been informed by the police that access had been gained via the small gap in the hedge boundary from the Cemetery.

Resolved, the Parish Council agreed to order 2 x5 foot 6-inch-high by 6-foot-long brown finished fencing panel at a cost of £27.36 exc. VAT each from Lawmac Fencing.

• Cemetery Fees from 1st April 2016: Resolved, as in previous years the fees should be raised in accordance with the percentage rise in H&BBC fees.

• COMMUNITY CENTRE • MCA meeting - implications of the new National Minimum Wage and the future Living Wage: Mr. T Lockley had raised this at the meeting within the context of it being a component of what should be charged for room hire to try and ensure that realistic hourly rates were approved.

Operational Inspection Report 19/11/2015: - Mr P Richards would install timber under the fencing around the Play Area to stop small animals getting in to it.

• Caloo, Climbing Wall repairs: The Clerk had written to Caloo expressing the Council’s concern over the repair works and to question whether they indicated a fundamental design flaw or poor installation. She had also raised the question over the impact of the repairs on any guarantee offered by Caloo. There had been no response from the company.

• Dogs to be kept on leads signage and amendment to existing Byelaws The members would consider “dogs are welcome as long as they are under control and kept on a lead” signage around the site. The existing Bylaws were out of date so Mr T Lockley asked for a volunteer to look for Government Model Byelaws. Mr. B Gannon agreed to look into this.

• JUBILEE PLAYING FIELDS • Pitch maintenance: - Mr T Lockley stated that there were two village Football teams regularly using the pitch, which had been well maintained. There was one Cricket team from Leicester and another from Newtown Linford but no village Cricket team. Due to the demands of one of the teams, the maintenance of the Cricket pitch had been far higher than expected over the last 12 months.

• Motorcycle damage: Mr T Lockley was looking into some form of gateway to allow pedestrian access only from the adjacent field.

• Bench seats stolen: - Mrs M Browning reported that 3 bench seats had been stolen from the grounds.

• QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR: Mr B Gannon asked why the Parish Council paid Business Rates on the Cemetery Chapel and not on the Community Centre or Jubilee Playing Fields. The clerk did not know the reason for this and agreed to make enquiries at the Borough Council.

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Letter

Can you help our campaign?

Dear Friends and Neighbours In 2014, my husband Joe Bohen was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called a Neuro Endocrine Tumour (NET).

There is currently no cure for this cancer, but for the past two years it has been kept under control with a monthly injection of Lanreotide. Joe has enjoyed a good quality of life and continued to work full time throughout.

In March of this year, we were devastated to learn that the latest scan showed that the tumours were growing once more. As if this news was not bad enough we were horrified to be told that there was a drug called PRRT (also known as Lutetium-177 octreotate,) which is clinically proven to stop these NET tumours growing.

This drug was available up until November of last year on the NHS, but has since been withdrawn by Public Health England. This drug is available in other parts of the UK. We feel this is terribly unfair - not just for Joe, but everyone with this disease and we have started a petition to be sent to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt.

We had over 2000 signatures in the first week and if you wish to sign you can do so on-line here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pleasere-instate-p-r-r-t-on-the-cancer-drugs-fund-in-england

Whenever I’m feeling fat, I try not to stress about it and just keep my chins up.

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Leicester City Worlds Apart

MIKE PRATT OF GROBY has created a truly unique ‘Worlds Apart’ image for Premier League Champions, showing that Leicester City are really out of this world!

(Please visit his facebook page; images available for purchase on Etsy.com - search for ‘Worlds Apart by Mike Pratt’ on each website.)

Where are you supposed to meet single people? I tried my hallway, my living room, and even my kitchen. what am I doing wrong?

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Our local teams’ sporting success binds us together Borough Councillor Matthew Lay writes in the Herald I HAVE needed little in the way of inspiration for this month’s Herald article.

It really is hard not to get carried away with the sporting success of Leicester City this season and the whole emotion of it all. Such is the mountain that they have climbed that the view from the summit is all the more spectacular and will be cherished.

There is absolutely no way that this team will take things for granted and one hopes that this is the start and not the end of something special. For me it has been amazing and has reinforced the pride I have in my home city and county. We may not have the same razzmatazz as some other places but we do have great sport and, for its size, it can be said we punch above our weight.

This sporting success has over the years given us an identity, a tie that binds us together; it is a leveller in our communities and allows us to have conversations with strangers about a subject not simply weather related. In an age in which we yearn to belong, sporting pedigree makes a huge difference to the notion of wellbeing and happiness.

Working in London in a large office building, I am in a minority of one in being a Leicester supporter.

In the 4 years I have now worked in London I have had conversations with a good many colleagues in my office and discovered that the big teams have a monopoly on support. Despite the office being in London, Manchester City appear to be the biggest draw on support followed by Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool. There are also a few Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham fans but Leicester, little old Leicester, has none except for me (so on the Tuesday after they had won the league I wore my City shirt with pride in the office).

The sporting focus at work amongst both genders is very much football based. Any mention of another great Leicester team who of course play rugby union is greeted with a degree of scepticism unbeknown to them that rugby union is a huge team sport in these parts and that many Leicesterians have a distinct interest in all local sporting success whatever that sport may be.

I must say that such has been the remarkable run of teams and sporting individuals from Leicester, you would not be surprised to find

Matthew Lay

Leicester City’s stunning performances this season have amazed the football community - locally and globally a Leicester player winning the world cup for synchronised diving or the downhill slalom despite us having no pedigree in winter sports or even an indoor ski venue, which of course we did once.

Sport in Leicestershire has been a significant feature of my life as it has for many others, for as long as I can remember. As a child I was fortunate enough to see the great David Gower bat for Leicestershire, a player who had one of the most attractive playing styles ever in the game.

In more recent times I celebrated when they for two seasons won the prized County Championship against much better resourced counties and later dominated the early 20/20 cup with two stunning victories very much against the odds. I hope that the County Cricket team are now turning the corner and building a team to compete again.

I first went to see Leicester City as a boy play Fulham in the 79/80 season under the manager Jock Wallace - something of a character in those days. I saw them a couple of times that season when they won the old second division and went up into the first division.

In the first division my abiding memory is of being in the old Kop with my Dad on his shoulders watching us beat Liverpool and seeing a relatively unknown player at the time - Andy Peake hammer in a searing shot from 30 yards out. I cried when we lost to Spurs in the semi-final of the FA cup.

I was fortunate during the glory days of Martin O’Neill to have a small connection to the club by

virtue of playing Sunday league football for a team of staff at the club (half-time orange) and although we lost almost every game my close friend and former employer got me a fair few tickets to see them play. I was there when we lost to Atletico Madrid, one of the club’s few forays in Europe.

I remember going to see the Planters Leicester play basketball against the Solent Stars at the Granby Halls not many years after the game had gone professional, and what tremendous success they have achieved in a brand new purpose built facility.

I went to watch the Leicester Panthers play American Football at the Saffron stadium with a quarterback whose name was Sean Payton and who would go on to win the Super Bowl as coach of New Orleans Saints.

During the days when snooker ruled the world my local hero was Willie Thorne from Leicester, a great player who could never quite handle the pressure of the big occasion, unlike the wonderful ‘Jester from Leicester’ Mark Selby who seemingly has nerves of steel.

I didn’t manage to ever see the old Leicester Lions speedway team when they played on Blackbird Road but remember friends talking fondly about them and of course had a school friend whose father was a certain Ray Wilson who had been a local speedway hero.

I also counted David Hemsley as a friend - someone who would go on to become a world champion in cycle speedway and would of course play a massive part in reforming the Leicester Lions with its own purpose built stadium to boot.

Of the sport I am most close to, the profile of the Leicester Tigers is up there with the best in global rugby. I have kept a season ticket since 1985 and was fortunate to see some of the greats of world rugby play at Welford Road. The Christmas Barbarian game became a festive highlight followed by numerous domestic triumphs which meant they became the prize team in the sport. I was able to propose the freedom of the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth for Dean Richards and witnessed the great Martin Johnson lift the European Cup for Leicester at the Millennium Stadium. I was inspired through watching the Tigers sporting triumphs to go and play rugby for Coalville - something I did for near on 20 years. It has I am pleased to say, rubbed off on my eldest son who is now playing at Coalville and with whom a few weeks ago we went on our first rugby tour up to Bishop Auckland.

The beauty of all this is that we can celebrate the success of all our teams and individuals because we can connect to them. They are part of our community and this makes it all the more real. It inspires us go out and give sport a go whatever that sport may be, or it allows us to become great armchair experts ruminating, blogging or using social media to express our opinions on aspects we feel strongly about.

Living in this county we don’t have the dilemma of choice in that in all major sports, it is a single Leicester/county team and so we can all get behind it and we often do. This was most evident in the past season at the King Power stadium. Those scenes of celebration witnessed across the world were not some creations of a Hollywood executive - they were real, they were outpourings of raw emotion that if captured and bottled would be worth their weight in gold. We knew it was special and so it was and the thing was everybody could enjoy it.

Sport in Leicester and Leicestershire has become the core in the apple, it is what unites us, gives us all something in common with our neighbour whoever that person maybe.

Long may it continue.

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Wednesday 18th May

Living Well with Dementia Afternoon PLEASE COME along and join us at Markfield Community Centre for a Living Well with Dementia and looking after your mental health and well being afternoon 2pm to 4pm on Wednesday 18th May. There will be opportunities t6o take part in and lots of activities throughout the afternoon including: • Making a memory box and a twiddle muff • Take part in reminiscence sessions • Card making activities • Dementia Friends session • Singing Café • Seated Chair Exercise • Having a go at walking football and with a bit of luck former Leicester City Football legend Matt Elliott will be coming along to “referee” the fun You can also stay for a cuppa and chat with staff and volunteers from AGE UK, Books On Prescription, Pathways Centre, Changing Minds, Reminiscent Times, the Richmond Fellowship and Mind Foy You. Entry and refreshments are free and you will also get a FREE Goody Bag. The potentially devastating effects of Dementia and its onset are a worry for us all and our loved ones. This event will give you a chance to learn more on how to cope and what support is available for you. Just turn up on the day and you will be most welcome to join in.

Coming up at The Club in Thornton • Fri 13th May: The Fantoms Band Plus Elvis Tribute - Charity Evening For Redgates Animal Sanctuary 8pm • Sat 14th May: Thornton’s Own Punk & Disorderly Band • Sat 21st May: The Boneyard Blues Band • Sat 11th June: The Bemuzos Information from Karen Orme

Markfield HomeMakers MARKFIELD HomeMakers meet in the Congregational Hall, Main Street, Markfield, on the second Wednesday of the month at 8pm.

June 8th ~Virginia Wright ~ Leicester Clock Tower Aug 10th ~ Skittles ~ 7.15 for 7.30pm ~ At Little Markfield Farm For more information, call: Brenda on 01530 242173 or Iris on 01530 242436.

Bagworth Community Centre NEWS THE WEEKLY events continue to take place at the Community Centre. Sundays there is football training.

Mondays include Keely-Anna’s dance classes, Karate, Pathfinders and Craft Club. Tuesdays have Drop in, Stay and Play, Code Club and dog training.

(The dog training is proving popular but there are still a few places. If you are interested, contact Amelia on 07714 268107.) Wednesdays include Autism Pathway, ASD Craft and Support and Keep Fit. On Thursdays it is Messy Play, Roller Disco and Youth Club.

Monthly meetings include the Church Service on the first Sunday of the month, Prize Bingo takes place on the second Monday of the month (with excellent prizes), meet the Councillors on the last Wednesday of the month and WI on the second Thursday of the month.

If you require further information about any of these events please look at the Community Centre notice board, or the web page or phone 07886 766160 and leave a message.)

During half term week, (30th May to 3rd June) there will be daily activities for children.

In addition we have lots of one off events. Bagworth Forward Group are hosting the live music event, ‘The Stephane Grappelli Story’ on Saturday 14th August. There is the Queen’s birthday celebration on Sunday 15th May. On Saturday 21st May there is a Psychic Fair in the afternoon and a ladies only Ann Summers Party in the evening. On Saturday 4th June there is a charity car wash and in the evening a live band, the Swing Fires, are performing. On Saturday 11th June, Andrew Walker is holding another ‘Self Defence for Women’ class.

Again the details above will provide further information should it be required.

Iced off with the wedding cake?

THE WEDDING season is upon us, but how many brides will choose the traditional decorated tiered wedding cake?

In recent years, the sheer cost of one (which can reach £1000) has meant that many couples now opt for alternatives. These include cupcakes, cake pops, cheese cake, doughnut towers, croquembouche and even ‘naked cake’ (no frosting at all).

The great traditional tiered wedding cake has been traced back to the 18th century, when • 18th May: Resolutions a lovelorn baker’s apprentice, Taste and Try William Rich of Ludgate, was • 15th June: TBA desperate to catch the eye – and Meal out heart – of his master’s daughter.

• 20th July: Canine Partners He looked round for inspiration for a cake, saw the spire of St Bride’s • 17th Aug: Brian Johnson Church … and the rest is history.

Who do you think lived in a House like this?

Queen Victoria’s wedding cake in 1840 was three yards in • 21st Sept: David Siddon circumference, and weighed 300 The Fascination of the pounds. Her daughter, who married English Language in 1858, had something more • 19th Oct : Ali Groschl modern: three tiers – though it was The Art of Fused Glass nearly seven feet high. In the 1940s, • 16th Nov: Julie Ede with rationing in force, people kept Wonderful, Wicked, Wily up the ‘glamour’ by displaying Wallis beautiful cardboard cakes, made • 21st Dec: Ian Rogerson or rented, hiding (for eating) a very Turkey Talk modest cake near by.

It may not look like it, but I’m actually very handsome.

Markfield WI Programme 2016

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On the struggle for life in a rectory The Rectory St. James the Least My dear Nephew Darren AT LAST I can return to the Rectory without putting on my overcoat before going inside. For the next four months, all windows and doors are left open in order to let the heat in. If anyone else tells me how lucky I am to live in a 12-bedroom Queen Anne house, I shall have them excommunicated.

You will soon stop complaining about your one bedroom flat should you ever have to live in a rural rectory; the days of wandering about the house in shirtsleeves will become a distant memory. In my first winter here, I had the central heating on full blast 24 hours a day. The house was almost warm, even if the boilers sounded like the Queen Mary coming into port. But that quarter’s gas bill needed a substantial grant from the International Monetary Fund to cover it, so ever since, for six months of the year, I live in the kitchen.

Parishioners find it either touching or sad that I sleep with my Labrador. It never occurs to them that I need her for extra heat.

It does mean that evening meetings at the rectory on winter evenings can be un-Christianly satisfying.

Watching committee members fighting – with infinite politeness - to get nearest to the one-bar electric fire is highly entertaining. They hold on to their coffee cups less for refreshment, more for a little extra warmth. At least it means that meetings are short.

My predecessor was a model railway enthusiast and so several bedrooms were taken up with a system of such complexity that it made Crewe Junction seem trivial. He also found it helpful to put his teenage son in the turret bedroom, where he could play his drums without anyone else in the house being able to hear a thing.

Nowadays, all these extra rooms are filled with cribs and nativity play costumes, Easter gardens and spare choir cassocks. It is remarkable how all these things used to be stored quite satisfactorily in the church vestry until the parish acquired a single priest; now the empty rooms in the rectory have become vital storage space.

I so hope my successor has a plethora of children, so that parishioners have to find alternative accommodation for all the detritus vital to church life.

No, dear boy, cherish your centrally heated, dry, draft proof, mice-free, bat-less, modern-plumbed accommodation. It will not be ever thus.

Your loving uncle,

Eustace

My therapist wants to start meeting twice a week; I guess she’s going through a really hard time.

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Groovy

Newbold Verdon Jazz Club ON FRIDAY May 6th we were entertained by Kevin Grenfell’s Jazz Giants.

They gave us a very lively and varied evening of music starting with a rousing version of Running Wild followed by a mixture of fast and slow numbers and some well known songs mainly from Kevin who is a very talented singer. The band comprised Kevin Grenfell, trombone and trumpet, Matt Palmer, reeds, Malcolm Hogarth piWanist, Jim Swinnerton on double bass and Graham Smith on drums; all very talented musicians.

Kevin had a great rapport with the audience which created a fun night for all.

Next month we have Washington Whirligig, a band from the north of England where they were voted Band of the Year at Rochdale jazz club.

Do come along and join us for another great evening at Newbold Verdon Social Club on Friday June 3rd at 8.00pm.

Everyone, from any church or none, who is part of the Christian community in Markfield is invited to share together in prayer for our village and beyond, in response to the Archbishops’ call to pray in the week leading up to Pentecost. opportunities to meet to pray together are:

Friday 13th May at Markfield Library any time between 6.30 & 8.30pm Sunday 15th May at Hill Hole Markfield 8.00-8.30am, followed by breakfast if you’re unable to make it, pray anyway, anywhere, anytime www.thykingdom.co.uk

Another local couple celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss

Christians across the different denominations will be joining in prayer for the people locally and elsewhere, as we believe that God is concerned for all of us and for the challenges facing our nation at this time.

The three church buildings in the village will be open for anyone to come to pray during the week leading up to Pentecost as follows:

Tuesday 10th May 7-8pm - Markfield Congs Church

Wednesday 11th May 7-8pm - St Michael’s Church Thursday 12th May 7-8pm - Trinity Methodist Church

Organised by Churches Together in Markfield Further information from Joy: 01530 451549 Simon: 01530 242844 Ann: 01530 242166

Get some sleep MOST OF us are not getting enough sleep. Instead of the 7.7 hours we feel we need, we are making do with 6.8 hours a night.

A study by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) points out that poor sleep impacts our ability to perform, and has been linked to a number of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart attack and depression.

“We do need to wake up to the benefits of sleep,” says the RSPH.

THIS PHOTO shows Doreen & Sid Murby of Markfield on their wedding day 60 years ago.

They recently celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary with friends and family at the Charnwood Arms and a great day was enjoyed by all.

World Blood Donor Day: 14th June THE THEME for this year’s World Blood Donor Day is ‘Blood connects us all’.

The website offers three videos highlighting stories of people whose lives have been saved by a blood donor.

Visit: http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-blood-donor-day/2016/en/

IDC Home Maintenance Painter Decorator and Property Maintenance NO JOB TOO SMALL

Saturday 7th May at 7.00pm Loughborough Training Band

Concert at St Mary’s Church, SuB Tickets £4.00 in aid of Band funds and Church Funds

Refreshments included

From changing a light bulb to complete house re-decoration.

For all the jobs you need to do but simply don’t have time.

For a free quotation please call Ian on:

01530 245461

or

07885 541428

3 The Nook, Markfield, Leicestershire

Web site: www.idchomemaintenance.co.uk Full Tradesman Liability Insurance held

You can lead a horse to water, but you probably can’t do it as well as Sneaky Gary, the serial horse drowner.

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Markfield Surgery and Patient Participation Group (PPG) news

Congratulations to Leicester City, Mark Selby & The Leicester Riders from everyone at The Bricklayer’s

FIRSTLY, the PPG and the staff at the Surgery would like to pass on a big ‘Thank You’ to all patients for their patience and goodwill during the changeover to SystmOne. As many of you who read the Herald will know from the March article, SystmOne is used in GP practice, Child Health Services, Community services, Prisons, Hospitals, Urgent Care and Out of Hours services, Palliative care services and many others.

SystmOne is important for record sharing where, if you happen to use any of the services mentioned above, they may be able to access your medical records. It will in turn mean that the surgery can share your records, which is very much in the interests of all patients. The changeover was well-planned and, despite some hiccups, all staff are becoming familiar with the demands of the new system.

Please do not hesitate to contact either the Surgery or the PPG if you have any queries related to the new system. All patients who previously booked appointments or requested prescriptions online should have now received their new log in details. If you have not yet done so please contact the surgery.

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Traditional Sunday Lunch

Wednesday is

“STEAK NIGHT” 2 Steaks, With Hand-Cut Chips, Peas, Tomato, Mushrooms & Two Glasses of House Wine - £18.95

1 Course - £8.00 2 Courses - £10.00 3 Courses - £12.00

With personal service to your table

Home-Made Pie Night - Tuesdays - £5.95 Lunches & Snacks: Tues-Sun Eves (Tues-Sat): ‘A La Carte’ or Snacks • Weekend Specials A Welcoming Homely Atmosphere, Garden & Great Food!

PPG Awareness Week: 6-10 June PPG Awareness Week this year runs from Monday June 6th to Friday June 10th 2016. During this week members of the PPG will be available in the surgery waiting room ready to hear patients’ views on the Surgery, what works well and what might be improved.

We are very keen to hear the views of as wide a range of surgery users and patients as possible so, if you do not have occasion to visit the surgery during this week, please contact the PPG by writing a note and dropping it into Reception at Markfield Surgery.

The PPG members welcome this opportunity to talk to patients face to face although many of our members are becoming familiar to you and receive requests or queries from patients as they go about their daily lives in the village and local area. These are always passed on and discussed at the PPG meetings held regularly at the Surgery.

Don’t forget, should you wish to know more about the PPG, contact one of the members whose details are on display in the foyer of the Surgery or drop a note into the surgery. We are looking forward to talking to as many of you as possible during PPG week to share your views.

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The gardeners woke me up at 6am again. These sleepovers have gotta stop.

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Markfield Community and Sports Centre Champions Champions FIRSTLY I cannot resist the temptation to mention Leicester City Football Club’s amazing and fairytale success.

As I write this article LCFC has just been crowned the Barclays Premier League Champions 2015–2016. As an avid City supporter for half a century and, like many of you, have experienced their ups and downs this is an achievement that we can all be truly proud of.

What’s this got to do with the Centre’s article? Well I will tell you.

Our older readers will remember City legend Matt Elliott. Matt’s ME Sports Development is based at the centre and provides a whole range of football coaching courses for all ages. One recent addition are Walking Football sessions aimed at adult men and women especially the over 50’s, those coming back from injury and those with a lack of mobility for whatever reason. So, if you want to have a go and join in a slower paced sport and have fun at the same time WALKING FOOTBALL is for you. Remember the LCFC motto “FEARLESS” and what they have achieved despite the odds - you can do it to.

Walking football sessions are held on Tuesday mornings 10.30am to 11.30am and Tuesday evenings 7pm to 8pm. For further information please contact ME Sports on 07584 568937 or email info@mesports.co.uk

Centre’s Summer Fair JUST A reminder that the Centre’s Summer Fair will take place from 11am onwards on Saturday 11th June.

This date also coincides with the Queen’s official 90th Birthday. If you would like to book a stall for the Fair please contact Dave Moss on 07791 034921. Don’t leave it too late as spaces are limited.

Annual Family Trip to the Seaside As mentioned in last month’s edition of the Herald, we have booked

TWO trips to the seaside during the school summer holidays.

The first is to Llandudno in North Wales on Wednesday 17th August, and the other trip is our annual pilgrimage to Skegness on Wednesday 27th July.

Both coaches are already fully booked BUT don’t panic as we are now taking further bookings for an extra coach to Skeggy so, you can still book places by contacting the centre.

Living Well with Dementia Afternoon DON’T FORGET that we are holding a special event during the afternoon of Wednesday 18th May 2pm to 4pm around living well with dementia.

Please see separate article for full details.

ALL WELCOME.

A Right Royal Tea Party AS PART of the Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations a special tea party was held at the Mayflower Club during the afternoon of Wednesday 20th April.

The tea party was honoured by the presence of Queen Dinah of Markfield, her consort Prince John of Thornton and her close “royal” family members including Charles, Camilla, William, Kate and of course Harry.

The “royal” family were seated at a special banquet table and treated to special tea that including caviar and smoked salmon whilst those sitting “below the salt” munched away on fingers sandwiches and fairy cakes. Amid much laughter the “Queen” was treated to an Eamonn Andrews style “This is Your Life” presentation as well as a special Royal Queen Play Your Cards Right game.

Queen Dinah was so delighted with the party she proclaimed Carol Berridge as Duchess of Birchfield and I was banished to the Tower.

Courtesy of Angela Berry, Queen Dinah bestowed packs of special breakfast tea and granola on the gathering. I have to say that the members of the “royal” party really played their parts extremely well and threw themselves into play their character roles with aplomb. We all had a great laugh but respectfully concluded with a sound rendition of God Save the Queen.

Mayflower Club Update APART from the Queen’s Birthday tea party the club members

Queen Dinah of Markfield with Prince John of Thornton

Members enjoying the tea party have enjoyed other interesting sessions this month including: • On the 6th April we were given a very interesting talk on the History of Bradgate Park. Considering that the Park is on our doorstep I doubt if many of us know how it developed from a small Royal game hunting reserve hundreds of years ago into the public park that we all know today. The talk gave us interesting

How come MOM’S only get one day and Sharks get a whole week??

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Mayflower members at Taylors Bell Foundry facts on Royal connections, people who lived there, the park’s wildlife as well as the legend behind “Old John” and many other fascinating facts about the park.

• A well attended Personal Safety afternoon was held on the 13th April. This was a chance for villagers to get to know what is going on locally in relation to crime, anti-social behavior, drug abuse as well as bogus callers and current scams. Attendees also had the chance to speak with our local Police team, Trading Standards, Fire and Rescue as well as the Borough Council’s Community Safety Team. The event was very useful and we all picked up tips on how to keep our homes, our property and ourselves safe. Due to the success of the afternoon we are now planning to make this an annual event.

On 27th April we visited the Taylors Bell Foundry and Museum in Loughborough. The Bell Foundry is only one of two left in the country where bells are made and repaired. It was a real step back in time experience with all its Victorian era workshops, atmosphere, sights, sounds and smells. A modern day Health and Safety officer would have a field day. It was amazing to have a firsthand insight into how bells are made, cleaned and tuned. We were given a talk on the history of the foundry, how bells were made for far flung parts of the country and indeed the world, how bells are hung and rang and much-much more. I was intrigued by the fact that one of the main ingredients for making bell moulds is horse manure - you learn something every day. If you ever get a chance the Bell Foundry and its museum is well worth a visit Here are some events that are coming up at the Club in the next few months

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18th May: Living Well with Dementia 25th May: Visit to the National Gas Museum in Leicester 1st June: Talk on the work of Save the Children 8th June: Visit to the Dog Trust Centre in Wymeswold

If you would like to join in, DON’T BE SHY - just turn up at the Centre on Wednesday afternoons 2pm to 4pm. You will meet some lovely people and have some fun as well as getting good information on things that affect your life and wellbeing. It only costs £1 per session and you get a “cuppa” and biscuits included and all new members will be most welcome

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31st May to 3rd June Shultz Soccer School 11th June Centre’s Summer Fair 23rd June European Referendum 27th July National Blood Service

Money Saving Offer AS FROM 1st April a modest charge of £10 per room will be made for room hire HOWEVER, this fee is very competitive to other venues in the area and will continue to save you money.

For bookings and enquiries please contact Markfield Centre and Sports ,Mayflower Close, Markfield LE67 9ST on 01530 242240 or email markfieldcomunitycentre@ hotmail.co.uk or you can visit our website www.markfield communitycentre.com to view our facilities, latest news, photo gallery and information about the Centre.

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Groby Community College wins award for exceptional 2015 results

Matters arising from the previous minutes

GROBY COMMUNITY College has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).

• Works to the M1 roundabout. It was discussed that from the roundabout to the compound, the roads are not being cleaned, or are being cleaned late at night. Agreed that the whole thing has been badly managed.

Email to be sent to Gallifords to request that more cleaning is done.

Include H & BBC planning officer.

• Allotment bonfires. A resident mentioned the allotment agreement for the 6pm cut off for bonfires. Following a discussion it was RESOLVED that common sense will prevail, and if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction then there should be no fires. Parish Council RESOLVED: They would not enforce the 6pm cut off but would monitor it and see if there are further complaints.

• Quarry. Questions were raised about the quarry being extended.

The quarry liaison committee were asked about this and commented there were no plans at the moment to extend.

• Bus Stops. Another resident mentioned that there used to be more bus stops around the village, around the public house.

RESOLVED: Clerk to write to Roberts to request another bus stop.

Educational Outcomes data analysis from SSAT has shown that the school is in the top 20% of non-selective schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students.

Mr Robert Coles, Headteacher, is delighted for the students, their families and the staff after receiving notification of the award during the Easter break. ‘This is excellent news for the students’ stated Mr Coles, ‘many of whom are now studying in the Post 16 centre, as it recognises their hard work in their GCSEs last year. I am thrilled that the college has been recognised in this way.’

The school’s SSAT Educational Outcomes award will be presented at a regional celebration event held to draw attention to the work of high-achieving, improving and innovating schools and teachers.

Mr Coles would like to thank all the students, parents, carers and staff for their continued hard work on the campus.

For more information regarding Groby Community College please visit www.grobycoll.com There’s a gang going though our town, systematically shoplifting clothes in size order.

The police believe they’re still at large.

I often say to myself, “I can’t believe that cloning machine worked!”

Footpath around the recreation ground- money has been received.

Order has been placed with Brian Mee. Mary Briggs is going to arrange an onsite meeting with Brian Mee, to discuss how the work will be carried out.

Questions to the Chair

Clerk’s report • Update on training 2Commune. Costs would initially be £250 + £250. Following a discussion the councillors RESOLVED that this was expensive, and alternatives should be explored.

• Financial report - added Lectrics Bill & British Gas to include within the 2015/16 year end figures.

• Banking - Clerk informed the councillors that bank statements had not been received. The

Extracts from the Unapproved Minutes of the Stanton under Bardon Parish Meeting held on Tuesday 5th April 2016 at 7.00pm at the Village Hall, Stanton under Bardon.

(May be subject to alteration or correction.) change of address letter had been returned as the request did not comply with the bank mandate.

Clerk is unable to deal with anything to do with the bank as not a signatory, but needs to be able to deal with banking queries.

RESOLVED: Clerk to speak to the bank, and LRALC to get advice.

Internal Audit arrangements Clerk has contacted the previous auditor, Mr Kevin Shaw who had agreed to carry out the audit. This will be done towards the end of May.

Parish Properties • Recreation Ground report and equipment - Generally fine, there is a little bit of litter around and mole hills.

• Bottom allotment inspection had been done by Mrs Mary Briggs, who reported that the School’s Allotment had not had anything done to it, and suggested sending a letter. Top allotments inspection, carried forward to the next meeting.

Work was being carried out on the vacant allotments.

• Mrs Mary Briggs held a meeting with Persimmon to discuss the pieces of land around Stanton Under Bardon.

Persimmon had agreed to transfer ownership of the land, by the allotments, and the SUB station to Stanton Under Bardon Parish Council. Persimmon had also agreed to transfer the sliver of land adjacent to his property to Mr Underdown.

• Brian Mee had offered a planter to be installed a couple of years ago. It was discussed that the planter be placed at the top of the village, but this was not Parish Council land. Parish Council could approach H & BBC to see if

they would be prepared to have a planter placed at the top of the village.

Planning Applications/ Permissions/Refusals • Two Storey extension/dropped kerb at 30 Preston Close. An amendment to plans, no comments to be made • Single storey extension to workshop/storage area at Broad Lane – no comments to be made.

• Works to Woodland Ref W4 tree preservation – no comments to be made.

Matters Pending to be actioned before next meeting • Meeting with Charles Church Land Director – Regarding Land around St John Cole Crescent. Land to be transferred to Parish Council within 2 weeks, hopefully.

• Speedwatch campaign – Volunteers had come forward, so far these were:Mrs Mary Briggs, Mr Stuart Bridges, Mr John Geary, Mr Bernard West, Mr Allen, Ms S Ladkin, and Mr Matthew Lay .

• Notice Board – Mr Quail was currently looking at the installation, and this was in hand.

Warning Zone Open Day: 13th August AFTER REACHING the milestone of 10yrs in helping young people stay safe, Warning Zone is holding an Open Day on Saturday 13th August from 11-00am until 4-00pm.

Warning Zone is a children’s educational charity, based at Frog Island in Leicester. By the end of this school year we will have had over 9,000 year 6 pupils (aged 10 & 11) visit us from Primary, Independent and Special Schools from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Interactive learning is the key to

our success and we educate the young people on how to stay safe both online and offline, whilst at the same time realising the age of criminal responsibility (which is 10) and discouraging anti-social behaviour.

The ultimate aim is to save lives, reduce injury and stop children and others from entering the

criminal justice system. It also helps them in their transition into early adolescence by equipping them with important and relevant life skills.

Our original eight interactive zones cover fire risk in the home, the dangers of electricity and building sites, alcohol, personal safety, water safety, arson and

What kind of soup do you bring to a chicken with the flu?

finally risks around the railways.

Please join us on Saturday 13th August between 11am - 4pm (Free entry) for demonstrations, stalls and guided tours around our unique safety zones. Refreshments will be available to purchase on the day.

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CARERS WANTED Start your career in care Christians across the different

denominations will be joining You can make a difference… in prayer for the people locally

elsewhere, as we believe Grandad‛s carers and work that God is concerned for all FLEXIBLE hours of us and for the challenges are KIND and CARING facing our nation at this time. and Everyone, from any church or none, who The three church buildings in Have EXCELLENT training is part of the Christian community in the village will be open for Markfield is invited to share together in anyone to come to pray prayer for our village and beyond, in during the week leading up to response to the Archbishops’ call to pray Pentecost as follows:

in the week leading up to Pentecost.

opportunities to meet to pray together are:

Tuesday 10th May 7-8pm - Markfield Congs Church

Wednesday 11th May Grandad’s Carers work for a reputable

Friday 13th May at Markfield Library 7-8pmof - St Michael’s Church Company with 25 years experience any time between 6.30 & 8.30pm Thursday 12th May 7-8pm delivering care Sunday 15th May at Hill Hole Markfield 8.00-8.30am, followed by breakfast

Get in touch…

- Trinity Methodist Church

Organised by Churches Together in Markfield

if you’re unable to it, pray anyway, Call us on:make 01455292648 Further information from Joy: 01530 451549 anywhere, anytime Simon: 01530 242844 Email: www.managementteam@givecare.co.uk www.thykingdom.co.uk

Ann: 01530 242166

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Saturday 7th May at 7.00pm Loughborough Training Band

Concert at St Mary’s Church, SuB Tickets £4.00 in aid of Band funds and Church Funds

Refreshments included

I haven’t exaggerated in 300 years.

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Parish and community grants top £1million

Borough Councillors’ Report Chris Boothby & Ozzy O’Shea

Over £1MILLION has been awarded to community groups in parishes across Hinckley & Bosworth since the Borough Council launched its Parish and Community Initiative Fund in 2005.

The million pound milestone was passed with the award of another £110,438 to 38 schemes this year, bringing the total number of schemes that have been supported over the past 11 years to 223. The aim of the fund is to enable people who live in the parishes to improve local facilities and the quality of life in their communities, and was increased for 2016/17 from £100,000 to £125,000.

In welcoming the awards, Cllr Kevin Morrell, the Executive Member responsible for Rural Affairs, said: “Our newly-established Rural Strategy for the Borough includes a commitment to seek to increase the fund during 2016/17, and I am delighted that this has been achieved, sending a clear message to our rural parishes that we recognise the value they place on this important funding stream.”

We are pleased to announce that one of this year’s successful projects is: Bagworth, Thornton PCC £2,100 for dry stone Wall repairs at St Peter’s Church, Thornton.

Get set for parking changes in Hinckley DRIVERS in Hinckley are reminded that Mount Road Car Park became the new Leisure Centre Car Park on Sunday 1st May. The entrance to the car park will move from Mount Road to St Mary’s Road (via Station Road).

The new Leisure Centre Car Park will become a short stay pay-anddisplay car park and will be open to the general public as well as leisure centre users. At the same time, the former leisure centre car park on Trinity Vicarage Road will become a long stay car park with charges ranging from £1.30 for up for five hours and £2.40 for stays of over five hours.

Meanwhile, from Monday 2 May, charges in all council-run car parks in Hinckley will be extended from 5.30pm until 6pm Monday to Saturday. So anyone parking in any of the following car parks between 8am and 6pm from Monday to Saturday must display a valid ticket: • Church Walk • St Marys Road • Stockwell Head • Alma Road • Rear of Castle Street

Cllr Chris Boothby Tel: 0116 2388301 or 07880 711222 Email chris.boothby@hotmail.com

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Trinity Lane West Mansion Street Holliers Walk Thornycroft Road Druid Street Lower Bond Street Trinity Vicarage Mount Road/Leisure Centre Trinity Lane East Atkins Building North Warwickshire & Hinckley College

Customers are reminded that parking is free in all council car parks on Sundays and bank holidays and free on all council car parks at all times for blue badge users.

Free swimming sessions at Hinckley Leisure Centre A host of free, regular swimming sessions are now available to customers at Hinckley’s new £15m Leisure Centre since it opened its doors for the first time on Tuesday 3 May. Places for People Leisure - the company appointed to design, build and run the new centre on behalf of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council for the next 20 years – has now released the pool and classes timetable for the new centre. The timetables can be viewed by visiting www.hinckleyleisurecentre.org All children aged eight and under can swim for free during any public swim sessions, excluding ‘splash’ sessions. Children must be accompanied by a fee paying adult.

Any children or adults enrolled in swimming lessons at the Leisure Centre are able to swim for free during any public swim sessions.

Cllr Ozzy O’shea Tel 0116 2394336 or 07808585825 Email ozzyoshea@hotmail.com Disabled users are also able to swim for free during all public swimming sessions.

Meanwhile people aged 50 and over can swim for free during five sessions a week. The free sessions for over 50s are offered during the daytime, evenings and weekends right across the week in order to be convenient to as many people as possible. The sessions are: Tuesdays: 14:30 – 15:50 Thursdays: 15:00 – 15:50/20:00 – 21:00 Fridays: 09:00 – 10:00 Sundays: 07:00 – 09:00 The times apply to both term time and holiday time programmes.

The new, environmentally-friendly leisure centre features: • an eight court sports hall • an enhanced state-of-the-art gym, • cafe and soft adventure play facility • an eight lane, 25 metre main pool • a community pool • a separate splash pad wet play area ideal for young families • a sauna and steam room • dance studios For further information please contact Hinckley Leisure Centre (01455) 610011 or visit www. hinckleyleisurecentre.org

Summer of Free Concerts in Argents Mead A NEW season of free concerts will take place in the bandstand in Argents Mead this summer, beginning later this month.

It will see the return of some old favourites, such as Peter Crebbin’s Cool Swing Band and the awardwinning acapella choir Tuxedo

Junction, as well as performers new to the Mead this year.

Argents Mead will be transformed this year by the opening of the new leisure centre, giving a whole new feel to the bandstand area and park.

All performances are from 1pm to 3pm with a short interval in the middle: • 28 May - Pieces of 8 (eight piece covers band with rhythm and brass) • 11 June – Tuxedo Junction (award-winning barbershop choir) • 25 June - The Bandicoots Blues Connection (blues) • 2 July - Covernote (10-piece covers band with brass section) • 16 July – Peter Crebbin and his Cool Swing Band (ninepiece jazz and swing) • 30 July – Beneath the Lights (alternative rock) • 13 August – Out of Gas (foottapping covers) • 27 August - Treacle Town (rhythm and blues) On 11 June Tuxedo Junction will give a special performance on Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday.

There will be a party atmosphere in the Mead, with Union Jack hand-waving flags. Why not bring a picnic and join the party?

We would both like to end by congratulating Leicester City on winning the premier league we can now proudly call them Champions.

Once again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank residents for their continued support and remind you we are only a phone call away Regards

Chris & Ozzy Working for you.

Cllr Chris Boothby.

Cllr Ozzy O’shea Tel 0116 2388301 or 07880711222 Tel 0116 2394336 or 07808585825 Email chris.boothby@hotmail.com Email ozzyoshea@hotmail.com

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Open Event Saturday 11th June - 11am to 4pm

Would you like to try sailing.

Come along to our Open Event.

Please refer to our website for more details and directions. www.wanlipsc.co.uk

I hope other drivers realize I’m going to be on the road soon. I don’t want any trouble.

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THE CAMERA NEVER LIES (not even after 80 years!)

SOUTH CHARNWOOD High School trip to France, 2016 – recorded with a camera as old as the school!

Another year, another chance to take a large number of children to a foreign country!

Aside from the usual fears over ferry times, food intolerances and the frightening risk of terrorism, I decided this year to take my Box Brownie with us to take some snapshots. It shows the various stages of the trip, from travelling by ferry, Disneyland Paris, a tour around the local area and the battlefields of the First World War. The Brownie, in various different guises, was one of the most popular cameras of the twentieth century and was in production from the turn of the century until the 1980s. Mine is a box camera that had evolved from a cardboard box into a leatherette-covered aluminium box and dates from the 1930s. It was probably the most common model and it is also possible to buy ‘120’ roll film for it and to have it processed. Not bad for a camera that was new when our school was built in 1935!

I still love the waiting for the pictures to come back from the lab and the look of photographs made of chemicals on film rather than pixels on a screen. I do, however, re-join the twenty-first century in that I have the photos scanned at the time of developing so I can share them with friends and family. It always surprises me that there is so much fine detail in film negatives and even out-of-focus shots have a smooth quality that gives them character.

Although the conditions were favourable for the trip, in that it was warm, dry and sunny, being hot and tired did lead me to make some fundamental mistakes! The light got to a couple of shots near the end of the rolls of film and I did not leave enough space between my victims (sorry, subjects) and the camera as there is no way to focus. We live and learn.

Now, the next step is to invest in my own darkroom! My picture, taken at a French café in Rue shows, from left to right, Annalise Browne, Phoebe Banner and Bethany York enjoying the sunshine and a drink.

Mark Liptrot

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

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British to become the fattest people in Europe BRITAIN already has some of the worst obesity levels in Europe – only Malta and Turkey are worse.

And it will get worse: a new study warns that if present trends continue, then within 10 years Britain will have the highest proportion of fat women in Europe, and the most fat men, along with Ireland and Lithuania.

In 1975 the average Briton had a BMI of 23, which is considered healthy. Today that has risen to 27, with the average person now overweight, and headed for obesity.

Obesity currently costs the health service £47 billion a year, just under HALF the ENTIRE NHS budget.

The study was done at Imperial College, London. Cancer Research UK predicts that obesity-related cancer will rise 45 per cent over the next two decades.

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Calling all Young Writers in Leicestershire

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ALLING children of Leicestershire, it’s time to get creative and put pen to paper because the National Young Writers’ Awards have returned!

Organised by tuition provider, Explore Learning, which has a centre in Sainsbury’s Fosse Park and High Cross Shopping Centre the theme this year is ‘The Mash-Up’ where children are encouraged to write a 500 word story that is a ‘mash-up’ of two genres. This could see a spaceman rocketed to Roman times, an alien landing in the lost city of Atlantis, a Victorian gentleman trekking the outback or your favourite fairy-tale character taking on killer zombies – just let your imagination go wild!

It is the eighth year the national competition will run with children battling it out to win the coveted prize of an amazing trip to Disneyland Paris for them and their family – and £500 worth of books for their school!

And this year’s judge will be none other than multi-award winning, bestselling writer and artist, Lauren Child! The creator of much-loved characters including Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Charlie and Lola has been at the forefront of innovation for 15 years, advocating visual literacy and the importance of quality books for children.

Lauren says: “Being able to write well is a wonderful thing. If you can write well, you can communicate your ideas, thoughts and feelings. If you can write beautifully, you have the power to move people with the stories you tell. The National Young Writers’ Awards celebrate the individual, encouraging children to find a voice of their own, to explore story-telling and see that the possibilities are endless.”

Lauren and the team at Explore Learning will present the winner with a trophy, their trip to Paris and fantastic collection of books during a surprise assembly at their school in June. The top nine runners up will receive a personalised engraved Sheaffer pen while each centre will select their regional winner who courtesy of the folks at National Stationery Week.

The FREE competition is open to children all over the UK aged 14 and under and the closing date is Tuesday 7th June. Children can enter by filling out an application form from their nearest Explore Learning centre, online at www.explorelearning.co.uk/ youngwriters, or simply write your story and download the entrance slip and post it to NYWA, Explore Learning, 74 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AW. Carey Ann Dodah, Head of Curriculum at Explore Learning says: “We are absolutely thrilled that Lauren Child is our judge for 2016! Children all over the world love her stories, characters and illustrations and we know that having her judging the top entries will inspire children to get their creative juices bubbling.

“This year’s theme is inspired by something that is huge in popular culture at the moment – a mash-up which we hope will really excite the children as there’s such vast scope for creativity! The aim of the competition is to encourage children to let loose, have confidence in their writing and not be afraid to enter a competition where they could be named victorious! You never know, we may have the next Lauren Child in our midst!”

Child recently released the thrilling fifth book in her bestselling series of Ruby Redfort named ‘Pick Your Poison’. The story of super-cool, codecracking, undercover agent 13 year old, Ruby Redfort, the new adventure involves some deliciously clever dead-letter drops, double-crossings galore and a series of Snow White-inspired poisonings. Ruby of course takes it all in her stride, though she does have to brush up her Kung-Fu! The sixth and final book in the Ruby Redfort series will be published in the Autumn.

Previous judges of the National Young Writers’ Awards have so far included some of the UK’s most prolific authors, like Cressida Cowell, Liz Pichon, Jonathan Meres, Andy Cope and Alan Durant. Last year’s winner was 12 year old Alexander Boxall from Eastbourne who wowed the World of Norm author, Jonathan Meres, with his story That’s a Wrap which you can read online at www.explorelearning.co.uk/youngwriters.

Explore Learning provides English and maths tuition to children aged five to 14. Over the next two months they will be running free workshops with local libraries, schools and community groups to inspire children’s love of writing.

For more information about the National Young Writers’ Awards visit www.explorelearning.co.uk/youngwriters.

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News from Cross Hills Baptist Church Serving the villages of Thornton & Bagworth plus the surrounding area

Save the Children DID YOU see our Sunday Club member, Mollie Holmes in the Leicester Mercury last month, on 12th April?

We are all very proud of Mollie, who is only 8, for the Christian compassion she showed in deciding to hold a coffee afternoon to raise funds for Save the Children after she saw on Sport Relief the plight of the children working on the rubbish tips all day for tiny amounts of money and with no beds to sleep on. Mollie and her 5 year old brother William gave many of their treasured soft toys and teddies away for the Teddy Tombola and the rest of their family got involved in helping with the arrangements and baking delicious cakes, cookies, cup cakes and other goodies for sale. There were bacon butties and hot dogs to buy and plenty of opportunities to win prizes. The event raised a wonderful total of over £400 which has been sent to the Save the Children charity.

We were all touched by Mollie’s initiative and kindness and especially at the amazing amount of money that she raised. A big ‘WELL DONE’, Mollie from your Cross Hills church family.

20 year church building celebration ON SUNDAY 20th April, we celebrated 20 years of the new church building with a Praise Service.

With over 75 people attending the atmosphere was happy and spirits were high. Cross Hills puppeteers’ gave 2 performances which appealed to both young and old alike. There were also short addresses from George Cornford, Robert Holmes and Pastor Garry Kelly. An afternoon tea was laid out in the hall, and the tables were bending with a bountiful spread of

I have no one to blame for my mistakes but everyone else ...

sandwiches, savouries, trifles’ and cakes. A large cake made in the shape of a cross and decorated

by Ruth Holmes, not only looked wonderful but tasted perfect.

A message from our Pastor ...

IT WAS very good to see so many attend for the celebration service, and we would love to see more people coming and sharing with us each and every Sunday.

Our services which start at 10:30am are open to all; with hymns both old and new, and our themes are relevant and lively.

We also host a Sunday Club for children of all ages and the Sunday Club leaders are very dedicated to the care and teaching of all those who come along each week. If you have never put your toe into the water at Cross Hills you will be pleasantly surprised with the warm genuine welcome you will receive, and it will not be long before, like all of us who attend, you will feel at home and comfortable in a warm well cared for church. If you would like to know more then please feel free to call Garry on 07816 616189.

Details of our Church Services are in the Information towards the back of this magazine. Tea and coffee are always available after our services so that we can enjoy friendship and a chat together.

Contact Numbers Pastor - Garry Kelly: 01455 457802/07816 616189 Secretary - Lynda Kelly: 01455 457802/07910 440243 Treasurer - Glynis Straw: 01530 230272 Parish Nurse - Vera Harding: 01530 230557

Glynis Straw

On behalf of the Cross Hills Church family

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All the latest news from MARKFIELD

Queen’s 90th Birthday In The Library

Book Sale

WE HAD a lovely Royal display in the library to honour the Queen’s 90th birthday.

TALKING of June 11th - we will be holding a book sale stall at the Markfield Community Centre Fair.

Not only did we have bunting and books but we also put together a display about significant moments in the Queen’s life and a book which was relevant to that year. We featured nine memorable moments in Her Majesty’s life and these are just a small sample.

For instance in 1926, the year the Queen was born, Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne first appeared in a Christmas story commissioned by London paper The Evening News in 1925, and a book featuring Pooh’s fellow inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood followed St Michael’s Church the year after. The Pooh stories have since been translated into over 50 languages, including Latin.

In 1947 the then young Princess Elizabeth married Prince Phillip and the most relevant book of that year was Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947).

The year is 1942 and with Nazis occupying Holland, a with Raffle, thirteen-year-old JewishTombola, girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the Plant Stall, Refreshments next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office Congregational Church building.

In her diary Anne FrankHall recorded vivid from of 10.00 am - 12.00 during noon this period. By impressions her experiences turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account All welcome offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman.

The year of the Queen’s silver jubilee was 1977 and the book which everyone was talking about was Stephen King’s classic The Shining.

It tells the story Are you in control of your money... or do of five year old Danny who in the words of old Mr you? your finances control Halloran was a ‘shiner’, aglow with psychic voltage.

Canofyou up to pay for the things you When his father became caretaker thesave Overlook need... or out do you Hotel, Danny’s visions grew frighteningly of pay for them all ‘later’ interest? control. As winter closed in andwith blizzards cut them off, the hotel seemed to develop a life of its own. It was Come on the CAP money course (3 weekly meant to be empty, but who was the lady in Room sessions) for help with building a budget and 217,Contact and who were the masked guests going up and details: the future.

It is suitable for down in the elevator? And why saving did thefor hedges shaped Steph Beeston-Clarke anyone and everyone whatever their like animals seem so alive?

Money situation good or bad - and is or AllLead of theCAP books we Coach mentionedfinancial in the display are- available to borrow completely stephbc@hotmail.co.uk order from the library together with books confidential. on the Queen and the Royal Family.

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We have lots of donated books for sale with paperbacks at 50p and hardbacks from £1. Many books are almost brand new, particularly the autobiographies and biographies, which include memoirs of inspirational people as well as books by famous actors, and sports personalities.

We will also be launching a SPECIAL RAFFLE - the prize is a brand new collection of 11 books by Colin Dexter and the winner will be announced at one of our events during the Summer holidays

May Fayre

Saturday 14th May

07572 852684 Royal Memories

Thornton Community Centre.

Steph to findmeeting out DO YOU have any storiesContact to share about the Queen more Family or to bookor your place. orhttps://capuk.org/iany members of the Royal any an-ecdote Come on your own, want-help/cap-moneyrelating to Royalty? withthe a friend oror in been a group. course/course Perhaps you have personally met Queen to a Buckingham Palace garden party. Maybe you’ve met other members of Royalty or have special memories of the street parties in 1977. If so please let us know as we would love to put your memories and photographs in a community display for the Queen’s official birthday on June 11th.

Summer In The Library WE WILL be extending our opening times in the library during the Summer holidays and will be holding all sorts of activities and events throughout.

We plan to have family events as well as specific activities for adults as well as children. Please check our website and look out for more details in the June issue of the Herald, or email markfieldcommunitylibraryevents@mail. com One of the main events taking place is the Summer Reading Challenge THE BIG FRIENDLY READ. Children aged 3-12 can take part in a giant reading adventure at our library this Summer. The Big Friendly Read is an exciting reading challenge taking place in all Leicestershire libraries, including mobiles, from the 9th July and celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl, the world’s favourite storyteller.

Children sign up to the challenge for FREE. All they have to do is read six library books or e-books throughout the summer and will be able to collect six limited edition Quentin Blake cards to slot into a fold-up wallet.

Participants will also be rewarded with fun rainbow glasses as they read their books and a certificate and medal when they complete the challenge.

All children taking part are entitled to free admission to Bosworth Battlefield by showing their The Big Friendly Read wallet at reception (one child per full–paying adult).

St Michael’s Church Look out for more details and information for The Big Friendly Read in the library and for more information about The Big Friendly Read visit the website: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/thebigfriendlyread It’s free to join the library and there’s something for all the family to enjoy!

May Fayre

Drinks now available! with Raffle, Tombola,

WE Plant NOWStall, haveRefreshments a brand new drinks machine dispensing everything from tea to four different varieties of coffee - but Saturday 14th May the most popular by far is the rich Galaxy milk chocolate Congregational drink - yummy! Church Hall from 10.00 am - 12.00 noon Why not arrange to meet friends for a cuppa and chat or just treat yourself All catching welcome to a drink whilst up with the local newspapers and magazines or surfing the internet.

Are you in control of your money... or do your finances control you?

a Churches Together in Markfield initiative

An opportunity to relax, find peace and 'reflect' on our place in the world.

With creative suggestions for reading, thinking and exploring prayer.

Congregational Church Hall - 6-7pm Thursdays 26th May, 23rd June Come for as long as you wish and leave when you want.

Refreshments available. All are welcome.

Further information: Rosemary (242844)

Can you save up to pay for the things you need... or do you pay for them all ‘later’ with interest?

Contact details: Steph Beeston-Clarke Lead CAP Money Coach stephbc@hotmail.co.uk 01530 243606 07572 852684

https://capuk.org/iwant-help/cap-moneycourse/course

Come on the CAP money course (3 weekly sessions) for help with building a budget and saving for the future. It is suitable for anyone and everyone whatever their financial situation - good or bad - and is completely confidential.

Next course starts 6th June 2016 at Thornton Community Centre.

Contact Steph to find out more or to book your place.

Come on your own, with a friend or in a group.

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COMMUNITY LIBRARY Happy 21st - Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction NOW IN its twenty first year, the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women from throughout the world.

This year’s winner will be announced on Wednesday June 8th from the following six books that have been shortlisted.

• Cynthia Bond: Ruby • Anne Enright: The Green Road • Lisa McInerney: The Glorious Heresies • Elizabeth McKenzie: The Portable Veblen • Hannah Rothschild: The Improbability of Love • Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life If you would like to read any of the books please call into the library to either borrow or order them. Don’t forget your library card or as always it’s free to join the library and you can borrow up to 12 books at a time.

Dementia Awareness Week FROM MAY 15TH to 21st is Dementia Awareness Week. Dementia is not a disease. Dementia is a term given to a group of symptoms from certain diseases which affect the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia.

Normal Opening Times 9.00am to 10.00am 1.00pm to 3.00pm 9.00am to 10.00am 1.00pm to 3.00pm 9.00am to 10.00am Closed 9.00am to 10.00am 1.00pm to 3.00pm 9.00am to 10.00am 1.00pm to 3.00pm 10.00am to 12 noon Closed Closed All Day

6.00pm to 7.00pm 6.00pm to 7.00pm Closed 6.00pm to 7.00pm Closed Closed

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Book Spot

5000-1: The Leicester City Story: How We Beat the Odds to Become Premier League Champions

By Rob Tanner THE ESSENTIAL book on Leicester City FC’s incredible, victorious 2015-16 season, from the Leicester Mercury’s chief football writer Leicester City – a team facing relegation a year ago, priced at 5000-1 to finish top at the start of this season – won the 2015-16 Premier League in the greatest fairytale in football history.

From the Leicester Mercury’s chief football writer Rob Tanner, and with unrivalled access to players, staff and fans, 5000-1: The Leicester City Story is Tanner’s diary of this astonishing season as it happened, recounting the growing sense of hope and disbelief as the Foxes close in on glory.

The story begins with the explosive end of Nigel Pearson’s tenure as manager and the surprise appointment of Claudio Ranieri. From the loss of their talismanic midfielder Esteban Cambiasso to the 89th-minute winner against Norwich in February 2016, and the slaying of Tottenham and Manchester City with an unfancied team whose star man Riyad Mahrez cost less than Wayne Rooney earns in a month, it shouldn’t have been possible.

With incredible insider access, Tanner’s book tells the full tale of the Premier League’s most remarkable story to date – the dream of anyone who has ever supported an underdog.

Available 26th May 2016 - Amazon Price: £8.99.

Each year ‘Remember The Person’ is the recurring theme for Dementia Awareness Week. In an advanced stage, a person with dementia may not be able to communicate and express themselves and people are encouraged to ‘remember the person’ behind the dementia.

To learn more about dementia and for information about how to get help and support we will have books and leaflets in the library which you are able to borrow or we can order specific titles for you.

For more information please visit our website markfieldcommunitylibrary. co.uk or email markfieldcommunitylibraryevents@mail.com Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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Baby massage Yoga movement to music Baby sign Sensory play Every class your child needs in one!

Venue: Markfield Community Centre

Contact Louise on 07794948862 or email: louise@totsplay.co.uk Visit the website at: w w w.totsplay.co.uk

Groby Sings The Beatles and Abba!

Performance dates: Saturday 25th June 7.30pm and Sunday 26th June 3.00pm in the Sports Hall at Groby Community College.

Tickets still ONLY £5 will be on sale from mid-May from any choir member or Chaplin’s Butchers, Groby.

For our summer 2016 performances, Groby Sings is going back half a century to the Swinging Sixties and Super Seventies when musical history was made with the coming of The Beatles and ABBA. Whatever their age, everyone knows at least one Beatles or ABBA song and we hope to delight our audiences this time with a fantastic selection of classic songs by these world famous artists. There should be some interesting sights on stage too as we raid our dressing-up boxes for Beatles wigs and sparkly costumes. Be prepared to be amazed in both sound and vision!!

Our community choir, Groby Sings, goes from strength to strength with numbers increasing almost on a weekly basis. At the last count there were nearly 280 singers on the books which is a fantastic achievement for our fourth year of singing together. Many of this year’s newcomers have been encouraged to join by relatives, friends and acquaintances of existing choir members. Our posters have sparked a lot of interest, particularly because we are singing Beatles and ABBA songs which are proving to be a very popular choice. We know too that many choir members appreciate the social side of our choir. There is a great camaraderie which is encouraged

by Helen, our conductor, who works us hard but makes us laugh too and, of course, who can resist the half-time cake?

As the popularity of the choir is growing all the time and because Groby Sings The Beatles and ABBA is already eagerly awaited, we expect that tickets will be snapped up quickly so make sure to get your order in as soon as possible.

Enquiries to: Helen Hayes 07867 963328 or Ruth Matthews 07759 395072 (not to the College).

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Without Walls Christian Fellowship, 135 Main St Stanton Under Bardon Sunday 15th May: Service 10am Tuesday 17th May: Singing Cafe Shepshed Library 10-11am, Friday 20th May: Singing Cafe, Loughborough Library, 10.15-11.15am, Coalville Library 1.30-2.30pm Sunday 22nd May: Service 10am Tuesday 24th May: Singing Cafe Shepshed Library 10-11am, Bible Study 6pm Friday 27th May: Singing Cafe, Loughborough Library 10.15-11.15am, Coalville Library 1.30-2.30pm Sunday 29th May: Cafe 4U 4pm

Local Church Services Sunday 29th May: 10.30am Morning Service Sunday 5th June: 10.30am Morning Service Sunday 12th June: 10.30am Morning Service with The Lord’s Supper Sunday 19th June: 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School Anniversary Father’s Day There is a Sunday Club in our hall for children & young people during the Morning Service. For further details, our contact list is in the Cross Hills News section of this magazine.

Tuesday 31st May: Singing Cafe Shepshed Library 10-11am

Trinity Methodist Church, Markfield

Friday 3rd June: Singing Cafe, Loughborough Library, 10.15-11.15am, Coalville Library 1.30-2.30pm

Sunday 15th May: Pentecost 10.30am United Churches Together Service at Congregational Church 6.00pm Evening Communion Service

Sunday 5th June: Service 10am Tuesday 7th June: Singing cafe Shepshed Library 10-11am, prayer meeting 6pm Friday 10th June: Singing Cafe, Loughborough Library 10.15-11.15am, Coalville Library 1.30-2.30pm Sunday 12th June: Service 10am Tuesday 14th June: Singing Cafe Shepshed Library 10-11am, Mid week fellowship dinner call for details (07875378628) Friday 17th June: Singing Cafe, Loughborough Library 10.15-11.15am, Coalville Library 1.30-2.30pm Saturday 18th June: ‘RENDEZVOUS’ all welcome from 11am-3pm at WOW for garden party and neighbourhood chat, call for details

Markfield Congregational Church 01530 242142 Sunday 15 May: 10.30am United Service in Our Church at the start of Christian Aid Week Sunday 22 May: 10.15am Morning Worship Sunday 29 May: 10.15am Worship with Sunday Club in Church Hall Sunday 5 June: 10.15am Morning Worship followed by Communion

Cross Hills Baptist Church, between Bagworth & Thornton Sunday 15th May: 10.30am Christian Aid service and Pentecost Sunday 22nd May: 10.30am Morning Service

Sunday 22nd May: 10.30am Morning Service 6.00pm No Evening Service Thursday 26th May: 2.00pm - 4.00pm Music Café Sunday 29th May: 10.30am Morning Communion Service 6.00pm No Evening Service Sunday 5th June: 10.30am Morning Service 6.00pm Evening Taizé Service Thursday 9th June: 2.00pm - 4.00pm Music Café Sunday 12th June: 10.30am Morning Service 4.00pm Afternoon Café Style Service Sunday 19th June: 10.30am United Churches Together Service at Anglican Church 6.00pm Evening Communion Service Thursday 23rd June: 2.00pm - 4.00pm Music Café Sunday 26th June: 10.30am Morning Service 6.00pm No Evening Service

St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Markfield 10:15-11.30am Sunday Club for Children in the Congregational Hall on the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays, term time.

All Age Service in Church on the 2nd Sunday each month.

Sunday 15th May: 10.30 am Churches Together in Markfield Service at Markfield Congregational Church 6.00 pm Evening Prayer for Pentecost Friday 20th May: 8.00 pm “Still Friday”

Sunday 22nd May: 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Open Church 6.00 pm Evening Service Sunday 29th May: 6.00 pm Joint Evening Service Sunday 5th June: 10.30 am Holy Communion Sunday 12th June: 10.15 am All Age Service 6.00 pm Holy Communion Friday 17th June: 8.00 pm “Still Friday” Sunday 19th June: 10.30 am Churches Together in Markfield Service at St Michael’s Church 6.00 pm Evening Prayer Sunday 26th June 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Open Church 6.00 pm Evening Service

St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Stanton under Bardon Sunday 8th May 10.30 am Morning Service Sunday 15th May 10.30 am Holy Communion for Pentecost Sunday 22nd May 10.30 am “Something Different” Service Sunday 29th May 10.30 am Single Service Holy Communion at St Peter’s, Thornton Sunday 5th June 10.30 am Morning Service Sunday 12th June 10.30 am Holy Communion Sunday 19th June 10.30 am Morning Service Sunday 26th June 10.30 am “Something Different” Service

St Peter’s Church, Thornton Sunday 15th May 10.30 am Holy Communion for Pentecost Sunday 22nd May 10.30 am All Age Service Wednesday 25th May 10.00 am Midweek Communion and Coffee Sunday 29th May: 10.30 am Single Service Holy Communion

Sunday 12th June: 9.00 am Holy Communion Sunday 19th June: 10.30 am Holy Communion Wednesday 22nd June: 10.00 am Midweek Communion and Coffee Sunday 26th June: 10.30 am All Age Service

Holy Rood Church, Bagworth Please note: Services will be at Bagworth Community Centre Sunday 5th June 10.30 am Morning Service

St Peter’s Church, Copt Oak Sunday 15th May 9.15 am Holy Communion for Pentecost (said service) Sunday 22nd May 6.00 pm Evening Prayer Sunday 29th May 6.00 pm Joint Evening Service at St Michael’s, Markfield Sunday 5th June 6.00 pm Holy Communion Sunday 12th June 3.00 pm Praise Service Sunday 19th June 9.15 am Holy Communion (said service) Sunday 26th June 6.00 pm Evening Prayer

Catholic Church of St Wilfrid of York 53 London Road, Coalville, LE67 3JB

Sunday Mass Saturday Vigil: 6 pm Sunday: 10 am See Newsletter on the website for details of weekday Mass times, Benediction & Confessions.

Parish Priest: Fr Tom Breslin – 01530 832098, www.stwilfspriest@gmail.com Parish Website: www.stwilfscoalville. blogspot.co.uk St Clare’s R C Primary School, Coalville: 01530 837747, www.st-clares.leics. sch.uk De Lisle RC College, Loughborough: 01509 268739, www.delisle./leics.sch. uk Markfield Masses in the Congregational Church Hall, Main St, beside the Chinese Takeaway: Wednesday 15 June 2016 at 7 pm Wednesday 21 September 2016 at 7 pm Wednesday 16 November 2016 at 7 pm

Sunday 5th June: 10.30 am Morning Service

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Gardening Spot with Joanne Kennedy

Early flowering perennials should be giving your garden some colour this month but you may want to add to your borders. This is still a good time to do this as the soil is now warmer and we have longer days.

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Dancing Divas get Eurovision Fever at Our Lady’s Convent School

Perennial plants are those plants that, once put in, will come back every year.

Some are evergreen and will stay throughout the year such as euphorbias, dianthus and Heucheras.

Heucheras are available in a lot of colours. Try ‘Marmalade’, Paris or ‘Plum Pudding’.

These are reliable and only need tidying up of their dead leaves in Spring.

Most perennials are not evergreen and disappear in the winter then shoot back up again in Spring.

Choose plants that will be happy in your soil and the amount of sunlight they get.

Salvia nemerosa Caradonna partnered with pink lupins, scabious and bergenias give colour and a good variety of leaf structure.

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Keep weeds under control by hoeing the borders regularly.

Plant out summer bedding and fill containers once the fear of frost has passed Keep greenhouses ventilated by opening windows and doors. Fix an automatic opener to a window which does the opening for you and saves you coming home to a greenhouse of wilting plants.

Mow lawns weekly.

Take off the heads of daffodils but wait for the foliage to die back before cutting off.

Water hanging baskets and containers.

Prune early flowering shrubs such as forsythia and ribes as these will have finished flowering.

Prune early flowering clematis such as Clematis montana if finished flowering.

Keep tying in climbing roses shoots to the framework its supported by.

Put in plant supports for tall perennials.

Plants that are looking their best this month are Rhododendrons, Azaleas, late Tulips and Ceanothus.

For advice on any of the above feel free to contact me on 07739 153516 or 01530 832670; through my website www.gardenblueprints.net - or through Facebook (Garden Blueprints) or Twitter @GardenBluPrints.

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ON THE evening of 29th April the lights dimmed and the audience settled down to the start of an amazing evening showcase of dance and cheerleading prowess in the form of the OLCS Eurovision Dance Contest.

At 7pm the curtain rose on students from Nursery up to Year 11 representing European countries as they battled it out in front of 11 judges and an audience of nearly 300 to win the coveted first place in the OLCS Eurovision Dance Contest.

The competition was just as hotly contested as the traditional Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Stockholm later in May, but with a twist. This year the School’s Eurovision theme was ‘Divas’ and songs by everyone from Adele to Whitney Houston reverberated around the Hall and stage.

This is the second year the School has hosted this event under the guidance of Mrs Clair Knowland, Head of PE. Through her links with the OGAE (Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision) she was able to secure the support of Mr Paul Marks-Jones as lead judge, who was until recently the OGAE President of Eurovision UK. With ten other judges, Mr MarksJones, had the unenviable task of allocating points according to Eurovision rules and there were several ‘douze points’ from the judges who in keeping with tradition spoke in their countries’ languages to say ‘Good Evening Europe’ before giving their points.

In the end the winning country was Turkey with the Year 9 group called ‘Possessed’ representing the Diva Sia with her song Chandelier.

Speaking after the event Mrs Knowland said, “I am delighted we were able to build on the success of last year’s event. This evening has been a huge success, the atmosphere has been electric and the supporters passionate. I have been delighted with how all the students have worked and how professional their performances have been. The judges had a very tough job deciding on a winner!”

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FIND THE NAMES OF 12 POPULAR CRIME & THRILLER WRITERS in this month’s Wordsearch Solutions for Districts Free Resources puzzle and you could win yourself a meal and a drink. This month we are offering a tasty prize of: A Main Course for Two, plus A Bottle of House Wine at The FieldHead Hotel.

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To go into the draw, all you have to do is find - and mark a line through - the names of 12 POPULAR CRIME AND THRILLER WRITERS. These can run vertically, horizontally or diagonally (and backwards!). Send your entry to: MURDER, The Herald, PO S T E S S G E R R I T S E N X N V Box 8, Markfield, Leics. LE67 9ZT to arrive by Friday 6th May 2016. Remember to include your name and address. The first all-correct E L O C A N I T R A M O K T I Y Y entry drawn out of the Editor’s deerstalker will win the Meal for Two at M E P O A U M G F P Z C B K K E A The Field Head Hotel. Good luck!

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Last Month’s Competition Winner The winner of last issue’s Wordsearch Competition was: C. WINKS of Oakfield Avenue, Markfield Congratulations! Your voucher will be sent to you soon.

Newtown Linford Lunch Club

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LAST AUTUMN we enjoyed a wonderful variety of talks by a poet, a plantsman, a social historian and a funeral director.

Then at Christmas Roxanne Dinsdale came to talk about and demonstrate Belly Dancing! In February David Tideswell delighted us with his humorous talk on garden birds which he illustrated with superb slides.

Artist Pollyanna Pickering and her daughter Anna-Louise returned in March to tell us about their adventures tracking wolves. Anna-Louise’s photographs were a delight.

We have talks coming up by: Caroline Roberts (a Blue Badge guide) on Leicester; Eliza McCelland, a many talented actress and embroiderer, with a talk entitled ‘A Woman for all Seasons’ then Colin Bower who will tell us about working on a cruise ship. And that’s not all. Do come along and see what else is on our programme.

We meet at the Forest Hill Golf Club Botcheston once a month on a Wednesday for a three course meal after which we are entertained by a Local Belly Dancer speaker.

Roxanne Dinsdale There is a friendly atmosphere, the venue is pleasant. Why not give us a try? The three course meal with coffee is £16. If you decide you would like to join our club membership is £20 per year; this pays for the speakers. For more details or to book a meal phone 0116 230 4420.

Our club is called The Newtown Linford Lunch Club but you don’t have to live there to join.

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We stick and colour and thoroughly enjoy ourselves as we get to know each other – always centered on what Jesus had to say about whatever it is we are doing. As you can see here, in April we centered our thoughts and activities with our own Dragon and swords ( a la St George).

We do all this on the fourth Sunday of each month at 10.30 (we call it Something Different Sunday) and we would be delighted if you’d come and give us a try.

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The DofE Charity has helped young people from all walks of life since 1956. To celebrate our Diamond Anniversary we’re inviting you, your friends and family to help make it a year to remember – by taking part in the DofE Diamond Challenge.

Choose your challenge, raise money and help give more young people in your area a chance to shine.

Which challenge will you choose?

Adventure

Push yourself to the limit and hike up Ben Nevis, trek Hadrian’s Wall, or camp under the stars.

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Face a fear or test your willpower. Do something that really challenges you.

Skill

Try something new and learn to bake, learn to sing, or build a garden shed.

For more ideas visit DofEDiamondChallenge.org

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