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Easter is now over, and we await the summer with bated breath. Here at Modern Magazines we are really looking forward to some family time and ever hopeful the weather will be good for us all to get out and about.

Spring, where we are now of course, is a great time for airing out the old, cleaning, getting rid of unwanted ‘stuff’ and putting a fresh touch to our environment. Have you finished all your decluttering this year? The advertisers inside are here to help and would love to hear from you.

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Our aim each month is to bring you good local trades people and services, right to your door. In addition to that we want to let you know what is going on locally and give you interesting news that may hopefully help make you smile.

Afterall life is what we make it, but sometimes it can be tough, so if we can alleviate even a little bit of stress, then we are very happy. Maybe you have a good news story to tell yourself? If you do, please email us at localdata@ modernmagazines.co.uk. We may well be able to tell everyone about your uplifting message. Let’s share the good times.

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Mayor’s Message After enjoying a fabulous April in Weymouth which saw the town welcome thousands of tourists over the Easter holidays, and the arrival of our giant deckchair near the Prom Café for selfies – #WeymouthBeach – we’re now into May and summer is just around the corner.

May, however, marks the end of my time as Mayor of Weymouth. The mayoral term lasts for a year, so after a fantastic twelve months of representing the town, it’s time to pass on the mayoral robes and chains and let someone else have a go.

Reflecting on the past twelve months, many highlights spring to mind. I greatly enjoyed my Civic Day last month, where Weymouth hosted many local dignitaries who spent the day experiencing Weymouth’s rich heritage. The group received a tour of the town, and we ended the day at the award-winning heritage attraction at the Nothe Fort.

Another recent highlight was last month’s Weymouth Community Expo, held at Redlands Community Sports Hub. The town council hosted the event, which was attended by many local community groups and gave the public a great opportunity to find out more about what’s on in their town and how they could get involved.

People also had the chance to meet members of the council team who were on hand to answer questions about the services that we provide.

It was a great honour to serve as Mayor of Weymouth during the town’s 450th anniversary celebrations in 2021. Many events took place throughout the town to mark this occasion – which was a wonderful spotlight on Weymouth’s

heritage and history.

I have so many other highlights from my time as Mayor, but one that springs to mind is the naming ceremony of the new MV Freedom boat where the charity was presented with the Queen’s Award for Excellence on behalf of her Majesty by the Lord Lieutenant. The boat is an incredible community asset which the town council was pleased to support with a grant in 2019. The boat is purpose built to accommodate people with disabilities, giving people the opportunity to experience the beautiful open waters that the local area has to offer. I was very glad to be able to attend this ceremony and support this great charity.

I’d like to thank my Deputy Mayor, Cllr Ann Weaving for her support throughout the past year and for attending a number of events on my behalf. I’d also like to thank the team at Weymouth Town Council for their hard work that they do for the community and for supporting me throughout my mayoral term.

The new Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Weymouth will be confirmed this month at Full Council and introduced to the public at the Mayor’s Community Awards and Picnic event. This event is on Sunday 15th May at Lodmoor Country Park, starting at 1pm. It will be my last official engagement before I hand over the mayoral robes and chains to the new Mayor. I wish them the very best for the year ahead, and hope that they enjoy their time as Mayor as much as I have!

Keep an eye on our website: www.weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk and social media channels for all the latest council news. twitter.com/Weymouth facebook.com/WeymouthWTC

Cllr. Colin Huckle Mayor of Weymouth

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Dorset Wildlife Trust upgraded barn owl webcam is now live The barn owl webcam at the Lorton Meadows nature reserve near Weymouth is now live on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website giving wildlife lovers in Dorset and around the world the opportunity to tune in live at any time of day or night to follow the progress of a pair of resident barn owls nesting and raising their chicks.

This year, viewers are able to watch the owls in colour and much higher definition thanks to the new upgraded webcam which was installed in the nesting box at the beginning of the season. Over the past few years, tens of thousands of viewers have followed the progress of the barn owls and witness firsthand their intriguing behaviours, including preening, mating and eating, and hear their characteristic chittering, screeching or hissing, all live via the webcam. With the breeding season now upon us, the pair have already produced four eggs and there may well be more to follow.Webcam followers can comment on the dedicated barn owl webcam facebook page @DWTBarnOwlWebCam to share what they’ve seen and help build a picture of how the pair are getting on.

A great way for webcam viewers and wildlife lovers to help protect these majestic but declining birds in Dorset is to adopt a barn owl online through the Dorset Wildlife Trust website. The adoption pack includes a certificate of adoption and a fascinating sheet of barn owl facts, for just £15.

The proceeds will help ensure barn owls across the county continue to benefit from good quality habitat, through Dorset Wildlife Trust’s conservation work on nature reserves and engagement with the local community and farmers. Barn owls hunt rodents such as voles, shrews and mice in rough grassland, but much of this habitat has been lost due to increased pressures on the countryside from

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development and food production, contributing to their widespread decline.

Emily Newton, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Landowner Liaison Officer said: “The new upgraded webcam is giving us the opportunity to see the barn owls so much more clearly and it’s very exciting to be able to view this pair already settling into their nest. We are very much hoping that they will successfully breed this year - the rougher grassland fields at Lorton Meadows provide plentiful supplies of food such as field vole to help them to rear their young. Other rough grassland sites in Dorset will also support prey for the barn owls, in Dorset we work with farmers and advise them to manage grass margins and field corners to increase hunting habitat for species such as owls.”

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Celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee with Flowers Why not visit St Nicholas’ Church in Moreton which is world famous for the beautiful engraved glass windows by poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler? The church is not only unique in having all its windows engraved but these make the world’s largest collection of Sir Laurence Whistler’s window art.

For over 40 years the church has hosted a flower festival, which further enhances Whistler’s masterpieces, with beautiful displays of flowers by the members and friends of the Benefice of Moreton, Woodsford and Crossways with Tincleton.

This year the festival will be over the Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend of 2nd – 5th June and has a ’70 Memorable Years’ theme. It will be open daily 10am to 4pm on the Thursday till Sunday.

Admission is free and there will be refreshments every day with stalls outside the church Thursday - Saturday. There will also be a free concert (Songs of a Summer Evening) at 7pm on the Thursday evening.

Visitors can also see the grave of Lawrence of Arabia and explore the village of Moreton with its walled garden and tearoom, the River Frome and countryside walks. An ideal family day out!

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Summer DRRt: The Purbeck 4000 - 19th June 2022 Enter the EPIC 33 miles and 4,000 feet of climb and descent in the Purbeck hills or the new 22 miles LITE route. The routes feature clifftop bridleways, outstanding sea views, rolling chalk downs to sandy heath land and a forest, there’s just about everything you could wish for.

• Lots of smiles!

In co-operation with the National Trust we set up the HQ at Studland South Beach. This is in one of the large pay and display car parks with a real ale pub next door! You can also park at Sandbanks and cycle across to the start via the chain ferry (£2 return). Sign in for this event is between 9.00am and 9.30am, please do not arrive any later!

The DRR gazebo will be there – simply sign in, collect your map/ guide, number wristband (which can be put on your bike) and start the ride. All we ask is that you wear a helmet at all times (mandatory), carry a mobile phone and report back to the start point by the required time to collect your goodies.

What you get for your entry fee: • A coloured map with a detailed ride guide on the reverse. A code of conduct for all riders is on the rear – please read this carefully.

• A route way marked with over 50 direction signs.

Simply turn up at the time stated for the event.

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If you are unable to complete the course for whatever reason please inform the organisers by calling the telephone number provided on the map. Also make sure you sign in at the midway point so we know you haven’t got lost!

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Can’t stop Driis He’s an acclaimed actor, DJ and director, so naturally Idris Elba needs to stay in shape to keep up with his relentless schedule. Not one to do things by halves however, the charming 49-year-old reveals why no challenge will ever be big enough.

Idris Elba wants his epitaph to read: “This guy reminds me of the things that I want to be doing but I’ve not done yet - because he never sat still.” It also happens to be his life motto and explains his powerful and pressing desire to grab life by the throat and pack as much as he can into his time here.

“I’m someone who has a hard time staying still, I’m always in a restless state,” Elba admits.

“People often have dreams and desires but wind up just thinking about them instead of going out and doing them.

I need to feel like I’m always moving forward and doing as much as I can instead of just wondering about it. That’s why I love throwing myself

into as many different characters and stories as I can and living out different adventures. You just need the will to go out and do it!”

That logic explains why the London-born star continues to tread a varied and experimental path with the choices he makes. From TV drama, with the perennially successful Luther, which he is currently filming and will return this year, along with outward bound movie Beast, last year’s spectacular Suicide Squad, and even animated voiceover work in the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie; if a project excites him, he’ll do it.

And when not on film sets, the handsome Hackney native loves to stare danger square in the face. For his 2015 Discovery channel show, Idris Elba: No Limits, he took part in drag racing, broke a land speed record and stepped into the ring as a professional kickboxer.

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to be toned or want to jog for miles, but my ultimate fitness goal is to be fight-ready.”

When it came to the actual fighting – as chronicled in Idris Elba: Fighter – Elba ended up outdone by more skilled fighters, yet the experience came with a valuable lesson.

“I changed my diet and my fitness routine completely – I feel I have much more energy now eating mainly fish, chicken, lots of fresh vegetables and salads… things like that,” he says.

“That’s a big deal for me because, while I don’t fear getting old, I certainly don’t want to give in to it. I feel I still have a lot more to give – professionally, physically, mentally – and I think all men of my age and older should believe the door remains open to achieve whatever they want.

“You’re only here once… so prolong it!”

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Greenfingers… the Alan Titchmarsh column He’s a brilliant presenter, accomplished gardener, talented novelist and all-round horticultural inspiration. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about the impact his iconic Ground Force series had on the nation.

I get asked a lot about Ground Force, the TV programme I fronted for five years from 1997, and the impact it made on gardening, as a whole. To be honest, I don’t like to talk up my achievements too much, but I will admit this was one of the real successes I will always look back on with fondness.

That’s not so much for any personal reasons, and I certainly don’t think my horticultural knowledge was called on in the same way it has been with other gardening shows I’ve done over the years.

Instead, the pride I have for Ground Force stems from a place where we managed to start something of an outdoors revolution.

Not only were we at the forefront of a new brand of reality TV (that wasn’t a talent show or a singing contest). It was in people’s homes, in their lives, and focused on the idea that people could come together from all over to make a difference.

All the people involved in Ground Force came from different backgrounds and offered very different ideas in the process of transforming a chosen family’s back garden, but it worked. My role was probably one of the easiest – almost just an anchor man pulling the whole thing together, however clumsily!

The show’s success provoked a whole raft of other home reality programmes where people’s dreams came true… usually. And I say that on the basis of some of the awkward transformations Changing Rooms embarked on! Yet for the most part, this brand of telly was incredibly successful – think DIY SOS, Property Ladder, Amazing Spaces, Grand Designs, Location Location Location and others.

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ordinary people in extraordinary situations, and seeing how they react. Everyone who agrees to take part is looking for something, and the lucky ones are the ones who find it and know when they have found it. After all, our gardens will never be absolutely perfect places – nature sees to that – but Ground Force certainly got them close to that for a time.

As the TV crews departed, I would always suggest to the homeowners they should just sit in or look out over their garden without feeling conditioned to keep it in a certain way. Life isn’t like that – it evolves, as do our outside spaces, and we should let it.

As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”… or tidying the garden!

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Money on my mind...the Martin Lewis column He’s the UK’s leading money saving expert - a journalist and presenter who has kept millions of pounds in people’s pockets as well as lifting the lid on the threats and dangers we need to be aware of as consumers.

In this month’s column, Martin Lewis looks at taking financial responsibility for ourselves in these post-pandemic days.

What the Coronavirus pandemic has given us, probably more than any point in the past 50 years, is an idea that we can turn to a bank, or the government, or a charity, for help and support. And I won’t deny that, in some examples, these entities have stood up and there has been a feeling of support and community.

Yet I think we all realise that can only go so far. We have now emerged out of the darkness of the pandemic, and slowly but shortly the directive is that we have to fend for ourselves again. I don’t doubt some support remains, but I wouldn’t expect it to last forever.

The average food waste bill in the UK still stands at around £750 per year, and that’s horrendous. Remember the difference between Use By and Best Before, and it will save you hundreds each year.

If you have any packaging that has a date on it, if it’s after that date, lots of people just sling the food. Well, let’s remember – Use By is a health notice to you. If something is beyond its Use By date, you need to chuck it in the bin. Best Before is the manufacturer’s guide to optimum quality. All it means is that the item will be

in its best possible condition before this date. The day after a Best Before, it’s still perfectly legitimate to eat.

With some canned goods, it’s still perfectly okay to eat them three or four years after the Best Before date. So, use your nose to smell it, use your eyes to look at it, use your senses to decide whether it’s right for you.

Just by diminishing that, and by having a decent shopping list and proper menu planning, you will cut down waste. That’s not just good for your pocket, but also good for the environment.

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ELLIE’S SMILE Ellie’s family were torn apart by the devastating news that their beautiful, smiley baby girl had an aggressive brain tumour.

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A Design for Life… The Kevin McCloud Column Designer, writer and television presenter, Kevin McCloud leapt into our consciousness with his vastly successful Grand Designs show on Channel 4. This month, the affable architectural business owner talks about his background running a lighting design company.

When I got my break in television, I was running a lighting design company. It wasn’t easy, but I always carried with me a driving passion for the subject.

My work on Grand Designs and a few other things has taken me away from the subject, and I am perhaps not the expert I once was when it comes to lighting, as now my expertise is spread rather more across whole-of-whole elements, but I do think any outdoor space can look absolutely spectacular with garden lights.

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Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall’s Pear & Almond Cake Introduction

This soft, dense, almondy cake can be served warm for pudding with lashings of cream, or cold with a cup of tea or coffee. Firm Conference pears should work a treat here.

Method 1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas mark 3.

Grease a 20cm diameter, springform cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.

2. Put a saucepan over a medium heat and add 25g of the butter. When it’s sizzling, add a tablespoon of sugar and stir until it dissolves. Add the pear quarters and fry in the buttery caramel for five to ten minutes, until they start to brown and soften (the time taken will vary greatly, depending on how ripe the pears are). Put to one side to cool a little.

3. Put the remaining butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. Beat in the two eggs, one at a time.

Whizz the whole blanched almonds (if using) in a food processor for about a minute, to grind them. Tip them into the cake batter (or add the readyground almonds), then sift in the self-raising flour and fold in gently. Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange the pieces of pear on top of the cake.

4. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a knife pushed into the centre comes out clean. Place the tin on a wire rack to cool.

Serve warm or cold.

Ingredients (serves 6) • 175g unsalted butter, softened • 125g caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp • 3 pears, firm but not too hard, peeled, cored and quartered • 2 eggs • 75g whole blanched almonds or ground almonds • 75g self-raising flour

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