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‘Good Friday’ travellers’ site Following the decision by the Borough Council’s Planning Committee on 23 July to refuse permission for the ‘Good Friday’ travellers’ site in Barlestone to become permanent, the Council has served an enforcement notice in respect of the breach of planning control. The notice takes effect on 16 September 2013 and requires the site to be vacated by 16 June 2014 and for the land to be returned to its original condition by 16 September 2014.
Don’t miss the Grand Autumn Fayre at Markfield Court Markfield Court Retirement Village are holding a Grand Autumn Fayre on Saturday 5th October. There will be clothes, shoes, cakes, fancy goods, refreshments, tombola, bric-abrac, Christmas gifts, and many many more stalls. Come and join in the fun between 11am and 3pm.
Redgate Dog Show & Open Day Report First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who came to support our Dog Show and Open Day at the Sanctuary on 11th August. As a small, local charity, we really do rely on these fund-raising activities to pay for our work with stray, injured and unwanted animals. We are delighted to announce that just over 1,000 people attended through the day (10.00am – 4.00pm) – that’s almost 200 more than last year! The charity’s treasurer has not yet finished counting, but so far, we know we have raised at least £4,000 to help with the bills for veterinary care, food and heating. Every penny raised at the dog show and other public events goes Best in Show was ARCHIE, the fawn and white whippet directly to animal care. The all-day Dog Show was a massive success with an average of 20 dogs being entered in each of the 15 categories. The Best in Show (category sponsored by Lyn and Andy Herring) was a lovely little fwn and white whippet called Archie, shown by Steve. Archie also won in the Best Working Breed category (sponsored by Cook’s Farm Shop in Newtown Linford). Dog Agility (with brand new obstacles, only unwrapped the day before!) attracted dozens of entries and many people sat and watched the contestants (and their devoted owners) in the pleasant, mild weather. Once or twice we even got full sun! CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ....>
Markfield Library Book & DVD Sale! Head over to Markfield library and bag yourself a bargain! The sale, which includes both adult and children stock, continues until Saturday 14th September. Stock up your book shelves with popular authors and recent best sellers and check out our ex-rental DVDs and talking books too. All items are very reasonably priced. For more information call the library on: 0116 305 3642.
It’s a Bagworth Show of two halves For the first time in its eleven year history, the Bagworth Show will be in two halves and will take place at the Bagworth Working Men’s Club rather than the Community Centre. This is due to on-going refurbishment of the Community Centre.
By the time you read this, the first half will hopefully have passed successfully. This involved just vegetables, fruit and flowers. The remainder of the classes involving the cooking and baking, the arts and crafts, children’s section, etc will take place on October 5, again at the Working Men’s Club. The Club will be open for viewing of the exhibits about 2 pm. There will also be stalls and refreshments. In addition, the bar will be open. At 4 pm the cups and trophies will be presented followed by an auction of the exhibits. If you require some tasty and cheap accompaniments for your Sunday tea, then this is the place to be. The Bagworth Show is organised by the Bagworth Forward Group. We are a small group of volunteers. All of the profit that we make on our events is ploughed back into Bagworth in order to enhance the life of the village. Please come and support us at the Show and have a good time as well. For further details of the Bagworth Show please contact either Rosemary (01530 230347) or Bob (01530 230429).
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