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Top award for Scout SarahA BIRSTALL Scout leader hasreceived the top award inscouting.

Sarah Dolby (24) was awarded theQueen’s Scout Award, and the Duke ofEdinburgh Gold Award, at a ceremonyheld at Birstall Scout HQ on Birstallroad.

Sarah said: “I feel very proud ofmyself that I have achieved both theawards, as I never thought I would getthrough them, it takes a lot of hardwork and commitment to complete theawards. I’m very proud and honoured tosay that I am a Queen’s Scout and holdthe Duke of Edinburgh award.”

To gain the awards, Sarah completeda physical challenge, took part in anexpedition in the Yorkshire Moors, andcompleted a five night residential at afirefighting training course in Norfolk.She also took up a new skill, singingwith the St James Gospel choir, and anew physical activity: geocaching.

Adrian Wray, County Secretary withLeicestershire Scouts, presented Sarahwith her award. He said: “I’m privilegedto be invited to present Sarah with heraward. Sarah is an active leader and allthose skills she has learnt during theaward will be seen by the young peopleshe works with each week.”

Sarah, who works at the NationalSpace Centre, has been involved withscouting since she was 16 and a leaderfor the last seven years. She said: “I

have achieved so much out of scouting, Iam more confident in myself, and havegained so much independence and skills.Every day is a new challenge, and youlearn something new. If it wasn’t for theleadership teams I volunteer and workwith I wouldn’t have got where I am

today, so for that I would like to say abig thank you!”

Sarah will receive her Duke of Edin-burgh certificate at a ceremony at StJames’ Palace and will be attending theQueen’s St George’s Day parade at Wind-sor Castle in 2015.

A NEW school created fromthe merger of StonehillHigh School and LongsladeCollege will open in August2015.

The new 11-19 school will be part ofLionheart Academies Trust which alreadyincorporates Stonehill High, RiversidePrimary and Highcliffe Primary alongwith Beauchamp College in Oadby. TheTrust says that staff across all theschools are already looking for ways inwhich the best from each school orcollege can be shared to raise standardsfor all, and the Birstall schools are bene-fiting from the support of BeauchampCollege, which is the county’s highestperforming 14-19 school.

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Pic: Sarah Dolby receives her award from Adrian Wray

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Hugh Howe, Executive Principal ofLionheart Academies Trust, said: “Weare delighted with the work alreadytaking place to bring together Stonehilland Longslade and the excellentprogress being made in standards atLongslade. We have a busy year ahead ofus in preparation for the opening of thenew school in August but we’re confi-dent that the hard work and skill of staff,parents and governors will ensure thatwe build a school we can all be proudof.”

The school’s new name was chosenafter consulting students and was an-

nounced on October 1 (after this issuehad gone to press).

Christine Swan, Chair of the LionheartAcademies Trust, said: “We’ve developeda master plan which draws together theexisting buildings and as funding be-comes available we hope to build addi-tional areas beginning with a newreception and admin block betweenLongslade’s Design block and the library.This will enable us to work more effi-ciently and to save costs in the longterm.”

Plans for providing primary schoolteaching on the site have emerged as anoption following discussions between theCounty Council and developer JelsonHomes, who are required to providefunding for education as part of the 106agreement associated with Hallam Fieldsthat was signed in 2003.

Christine Swan said: “We have spokento the Local Authority about primaryeducation in Birstall and the need for anew school but no firm plans have beenagreed as yet.”

She added: “The Executive Board islooking at a staffing structure for thenew school which includes the seniorleadership team. No decision has beenmade about appointing senior leadersinto this structure but we aim to use afair and transparent process.”

A CHEERLEADING squad that trains at Highcliffe School per-formed in front of the crowd at Leicestershire County crick-et ground this summer.

“It was a great honour to be asked toperform there and the girls loved everyminute of it, we are now hoping to be-come their official cheerleaders for nextseason” said Amy Owen of the Dynamite

Cheerleaders.The squad are now preparing their

annual show in November. Amy said: “Itis always a very exciting time for every-one involved. Our theme this year willsee us going back in time through allthe different eras of music.”

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THOSE LOOKING to get into acareer in teaching can nowtrain at a local school.

Stonehill, Roundhill and Wreake Val-ley schools are part of a hub that offer‘School Direct’ teacher training, with theaim of securing a post at the schoolwhen you qualify.

Initial Teacher Training co-ordinatorat Stonehill High School Elizabeth Meil-lon, said: “The recruiting process withteaching has changed majorly over thelast two years. Schools are now recruit-ing themselves through a family ofschools.

“We offer a high quality teacher train-ing programme where you can obtain asecondary PGCE accreditation in yourchosen subject area, and Masters cred-its.”

Training is offered across the 11-18age range. Tuition fees are £9000 andbursaries of up to £20,000 are available.

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TWO TOP boxers visited CarlGunns’ gym on Birstall Roadand gave the young peoplethat train there a glimpse ofthe sport at a competitivelevel.

England Boxing National ChampionPaige Murney and top prospect LeonWoodstock, who train at Leicester’s UnityBoxing club, visited the gym to encour-age those boxing for fitness to considercompeting.

Unity coach Ajmal ‘Hudge’ Butt andDonna Brady, England Boxing Club’ssupport officer in the East Midlands,accompanied the two fighters. Ajmalsaid: “Paige took her medals and thebelt she won in her recent internationalto inspire the women at Gunns' gym.Although it isn’t affiliated to EnglandBoxing, the gym has over 70 regularfemale participants in its boxing sessions,so it was great to have an opportunity toinspire some of them to take their inter-est further and join an England Boxingclub.”

Carl Gunns said: “It was a very suc-

cessful evening, the gym was packed andeveryone thought Paige and Leon wereterrific.

“Paige spoke how she got into boxingaged 18, that she did it at first just tokeep fit but then decided it was a sportshe wanted to take up, one or two of mygirls said to me afterwards they would

like to take it further after Paige’s visit.”He added: “I’m astounded by the

success of Unity and really respect whatthe guys and girls there have achieved. Ihave a lot of talent coming through andhave no qualms referring these newtalented boxers to Unity to further theirprogression in the sport.”

A FULL meeting of BirstallParish Council was held onSeptember 8.

Two candidates wee co-opted to fillvacancies on the council: Geoff Greenand Connor McNicholl.

Borough Cllr David Gaskell reportedthat work to extend and refurbish Rivers-dale Court on Riversdale Close will startin October.

A representative from Birstall Allot-ment Society has provided a list of ac-tions agreed by the Council but notcarried out. The Council received anaction sheet of works in progress relat-ing to the Office and the Estates team.

The Council has considered a requestfrom a resident to allow pedestrians touse the new access track on MeadowLane, and to install gates. The clerkreported that the track was never intend-ed for pedestrians, pedestrian accesswould remain the same as it always wasand that use of the track by pedestrianswhen maintenance machinery is usingthe track would be a health and safetyrisk. After discussion it was decided notto allow pedestrian access.

The council agreed to spend £1842on resurfacing the small car park out-side the Council Office and £240 onrepairs to the roller shutters on theSchool Lane pavilion.

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James Teagle has just returned fromCanada where he was competing forGreat Britain in the Elite Junior Worldchampionships. In a competitive field of72 athletes from 30 nations, James fin-

ished 22nd. “I’ll aim for top ten nextyear!” said James.

Crowned Junior British Champion inAugust. James only took up triathlonthree years ago when he joined LeicesterTriathlon club. He currently races forRacetime Triathlon Club and trains withBritish Triathlon at Loughborough Uni-versity.

James was recently awarded a grantfrom local charity the Joe HumphriesMemorial Trust (JHMT), set up in mem-ory of Joe Humphries who died aged 14while out jogging near his home in Roth-ley.

James said: “I’m really glad I appliedfor an Inspire Award. They gave me agrant of £235 and I used the money tohelp me compete in the Geneva Europe-

an Junior Cup where, despite my gogglessnapping in the swim, I had my best

European cup result yet, finishing 11th. Iam hoping to build on this next year, inwhat will be my final year as a junior.

A PARK specifically designedfor the exciting urban sportof Parkour has been createdin Charnwood thanks to theborough council and agroup of young people.

Construction of the new facility, inSouthfields Park, Loughborough, wascompleted last month.

The council has been working withlocal teenagers and the Parkour commu-nity across the East Midlands to create abespoke park for Parkour enthusiasts –known as Traceurs. The park has beendesigned by Natural Sports, a companythat designs Parkour facilities.

Councillor David Snartt, the Council’sCabinet Member for NeighbourhoodServices, said: “It’s great to see how this

project has grown, our Sport and ActiveRecreation team has been working incommunities to bring Parkour to youngpeople and now the interest has grownit’s great to see a permanent site. “Iwould like to thank all the youngsterswho joined us to help decide on thelook and design of the equipment, alongwith members of the Parkour communi-ty. Not only will the park provide a saferenvironment for traceurs to test out theirskills, but it will also be a great placefor beginners to learn and be fit andactive.”

Parkour is the artful discipline ofgetting from point A to point B in thestraightest, fastest and most efficient way.It usually involves manoeuvring overvarious obstacles such as rails, walls,pipes or trees. The park in Southfieldsfeatures various obstacles and has beenfunded by £42,000 of Section 106 mon-ey.

The Council’s Sports and Active Recre-ation team is also working with JumpParkour to bring a mobile Parkour kitto the borough, providing residentsacross Charnwood with the chance togive the sport a go.

Marcus Reader from Natural Sportssaid: “We are excited to be creating adestination facility for Parkour within theCharnwood Borough. This will be a trulybespoke design created with the localusers. Many of the features on this facili-ty are ground breaking taking the Park-our training facilities to a different levelwhilst catering for all abilities. In part-nership with Jump Parkour we will sup-port the facility to ensure theengagement through parkour continuesto grow.”

“I’m absolutely passionate about triath-lon and I’d like to thank the Trust asthis money has helped me to competeabroad, gain valuable experience ofinternational racing and continue tobuild my career as an athlete.”

Launched in June, the Inspire Awardsoffer small grants and/or specialist sup-port to city and county young peopleaged 13-19, to help them develop theirtalents. To find out more about the In-spire Awards and apply, go towww.jhmt.org.uk/inspire

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A COMMUNITY choir that hasmany members from Birstallwithin its ranks will be cele-brating its tenth birthdaywith a special concert laterthis month.

The Leicester Amika choir was found-ed by its leader Una May Olomolaiye.Originally known as the Peepul Choir, itchanged its name to Amika, whichmeans ‘friendly’ in Esperanto.

Birstall resident and choir memberSteve Clifton said: “I heard about Amikathrough taking part in Sing for Water,having met and worked with Una May Iknew that if she had a local choir then Ihad to be a part of it. I followed thechoir by their website and it was a newyear’s resolution I made in 2012 to join.My only regret is that I didn’t do it soon-er.”

To celebrate ten years of singingtogether Amika set about recording a CD,making good use of the excellent acous-tics in Birstall Methodist Church, and the

recording skills of Studio 3 Zero, a Bir-stall based professional recording studio,to produce their CD ‘Let it Rain’. The CDis available through the choir website(www.amika.org.uk) and from choirmember and Birstall resident Louise Hallby phoning her on 0777 33 53 482.

Amika will celebrate their tenth year

with a special concert at the Peepulcentre. Singing a range of songs fromaround the world from traditional gospelto modern pop songs, Amazing Grace,Stand by Me, Happy and Feeling Good,.There will be a little something for every-body to get the toes tapping and faces

smiling” said Steve.

The 10th Anniversary Concert is onSaturday October 11 from 7.30pm at thePeepul Centre, Orchardson Ave, Leices-ter LE4 6PD. Tickets £9 are availablefrom the Peepul Centre and choir mem-bers.

Pic: Leicester Amika Choir performing outside Birstall Methodist Church

A QUALIFIED solicitor fromBirstall is offering localresidents free face to faceconsultations at a localsurgery.

Sunny Patel of Greengate Lane, Bir-stall is now a practising solicitor forHighcross Law Solicitors based in thecity centre.

Sunny (28) has lived in Birstall allhis life and studied at Highcliffe Prima-

ry School, Stonehill High School andLongslade Community College. Whilestudying at university he had a part timejob for several years at the McColls andBargain Booze Shops within the centreof the village.

Sunny said: “I love Birstall, I still livein Birstall and intend to do so for manyyears. Having studied and worked inBirstall and having so many local friends,I wish to contribute further to the localcommunity.”

Sunny intends to set up a local sur-

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CHARNWOOD’S MAYOR, Cllr Paul Day, visited Stonehill HighSchool for a special assembly last month.

A GROUP of local artists arestaging an exhibition oftheir work.

The Soar Valley Artists’ 12th Annualexhibition will be held in the RothleyCentre on Mountsorrel Lane on Saturday& Sunday October 11/12 from 10am to5pm

Spokesman John Beckett said: “Thesociety was formed in October 2002.Our main objective is to further our loveof art and to continuously improve ourstandard of work in enjoyable company.We meet to paint on Monday evenings atSileby and Wednesday mornings at Roth-ley. The year’s programme includesworkshops, demonstrations, critique

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BIRSTALL LADIES BowlingClub members won threetitles at the county finals,which took place at Narbor-ough last month.

Pa Walker won the two wood singleswith a 17-10 victory over Coalville’sJackie Watson. She also won the tripleswith daughter Noi and Jan Everitt. Theybeat a Market Bosworth triple skippedby Chris Massie 20-11 with an end tospare.

Pa then teamed up with Val Ross, JanEveritt and Di Hurst to edge home 22-20in the fours against a team from NewLount, skipped by Carol Dixon, to makeit a hat trick of wins. This is the seventhtime a team from Birstall has won thiscompetition and the sixth time in thelast eight years.

Meanwhile, Pam Ratcliffe, Di Hartopand Jan Everitt reached the latter stagesof the county two wood triples competi-tion, losing out to a triple from Syston inthe semi final.

Finally this month, the club recentlyheld its annual charity fixture againstRushey Mead, with £133 raised for thelocal St John Ambulance branch, whichincluded a £50 donation from RusheyMead.

their confidence and capabilities develop,says Helen.

Leader Marie Upton added “Due toretirements and relocations we are cur-rently in need of new leaders and helpersin Birstall. Most of our groups have a

waiting list of girls wanting to join andthis will only be possible if we recruitsome new volunteers.

“All volunteer Leaders give their timefreely to ensure our young members havefun and enjoy the opportunities that Guid-ing can offer in a safe environment.”

Girlguiding welcomes volunteers of allbackgrounds, cultures, faiths and abilities.They carry out recruitment checks on allvolunteers who work directly with youngmembers. You can volunteer to help outwith: Rainbows aged 5-7, Brownies aged7-10, Guides aged 10 to 14 or the SeniorSection aged 14 to 26.

Helen said: “So, women of Birstall, ifyou want the opportunity to travel, dosomething adventurous, learn a new craft,be part of a show or just be in charge ofthe barbeque while making a difference tothe lives of local girls then please comeand join us.”

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“We have volunteers whohave visited Russia, Switzerlandand Japan, have slept at Conk-ers and the Space Centre, metthe Queen, enjoyed scuba div-ing, archery, grass sledgingand boating” said Helen Sibson,

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“They have held owls, builtspace rockets – from card-board, baked a lot of cakes and madefriends in a new area. All these thingshave been possible because of beingGirlguiding volunteers.”

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A NEW shop selling newand nearly new babyequipment has opened atGreenacres.

Run by the Leicestershire CharityADAPT Prembabies, the shop, locatedon The Sidings near to the BirstallGCR station, has been set up on athree month trial basis to help raisefunds for the group.

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get along without it, and none is so poorbut that he can be made rich by it

A smile creates happiness in thehome, fosters good will in business andis the countersign of friendship

It brings rest to the weary, cheer tothe discouraged, sunshine to the sad, itis nature’s best antidote for trouble

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, bor-rowed or stolen, for it is something thatis of no value to anyone until it is givenaway

Some people are too tired to give youa smile

Give them one of yours, as none

I am forwarding below a very movingprose, written by my granddaughterLexie Mcloughlin which seems particular-ly relevant at this time of remembrancefor the start of World War 1. Havingbeen asked to create an appropriatepiece of work at her school, Riverside,Birstall, she came up with the workbelow on her own!

Being only 9 it occurs to me that thesentiment contained within the versetouches to the core of our need to re-member those who fell for us in pastconflicts.

D-Day 70years laterWhen you say to someoneOh I'm sorry to hear about your legOr I'm sorry to hear about your armBut no one realises that the people

on D-Day died to save usA kiss in the morning never felt so

lostReturn to me my loved one soonTears in my face for those who were

gone never to come backA hug is all I have to offer for them

allThank you to every one for the life

you gaveFamily is forever and never forgottenLove from Lexie (aged 9)

CLASH 2012 would like to say a hugethank you to everybody that attended ourannual coffee morning on Saturday Au-gust 23 at the Birstall Methodist church.We would also like to express our grati-tude and thanks to the many local organ-isations that donated raffle and tombolaprizes towards the morning too.

We raised an outstanding amount of£373.05 which would not have been

I've just picked up on the recentdiscussion re cyclists etc at Watermead.I pay an annual fee to fish in the parkand I'm a frequent walker in the parkthroughout the year. Subscribers to thisannual permit receive a quite prescrip-tive set of rules, regulations and caveatscovering their activities in the park,totalling a whole side of an A4 page infine print, yet nowhere do I find a refer-ence that states one is obliged to put upwith dogs that owners seemingly cannotor will not control. Recently I politelyasked a dog owner with five or six dogsto control her animals. The responsewas "You again! Don't you start again,I've had enough of you." The fact that Ihad never seen this person before in mylife speaks volumes, and demonstratesbetter than any words of mine that theperson had previously been in conflictwith other park users. The vast majorityof dog owners are responsible and incontrol of their dogs and often chat withme whilst I'm fishing, even though nei-ther of us is known to the other. Whendogs trample all over my equipment andignore the ineffectual admonishments oftheir owners, quite aside from the incon-venience, I genuinely worry that the dogswill injure themselves. In the event ofsuch a risk actually occurring, thesesame owners will want to blame me forinjury to their animal. A dog that is notproperly trained and controlled is aliability to itself, other dogs, other parkusers, particularly children and ofcourse to its owner. There are notices atvarious points asking people not to feedthe water birds yet people continue toblithely ignore this. It does the birds nofavours: they are wild fauna and thethoughtless feeding, seen as an entertain-ment, has already started to change thebird’s natural habits in ways that exposethem to a variety of risks. The seasonalblue green algae warnings are largelyignored. This year has seen possibly theworst outbreak of blue green algae forsome time, yet I've witnessed dog own-ers throwing sticks in the water, fol-lowed by their dog(s) plunging in afterthem. In addition to this there have alsobeen several occasions when I have seenpeople swimming in King Herod lake,whereas I had been led to believe thatswimming is not permitted. Clearly thereare issues that affect various users withinthe park and I can confirm Mrs Gam-ble’s observations re some cyclists. Inview of the prevailing situation it seems

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to me that it is simply a matter of timebefore a more problematic confrontationoccurs in connection with the foregoingand at this juncture it is difficult to seewhat can be done to prevent such anoutcome.

Mike MuseBirstallBirdwatching ClubTuesday October 14Chile - South to North by Pam DarbyPam will take us on a journey from thesoaring mountains of Patagonia in thesouth to the arid Atacama desert inthe north.Chile is a long, thin country with veryvaried habitats and a rich abundanceof wildlife. So please come along andlet Pam share her experience of thiswonderful country.Meetings are at The Rothley Centre,Mountsorrel Lane, RothleyVisitors are most welcome £2Free parking on site and easy accessFurther information from Ken Goodrich0116 2674813

Autumn Fairon Sat October 25, The Rothley Centre.Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley.10am till 12 noon. Admission 50 p.Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP will be at-tending.Raffle, Tombola, Books, ProduceStalls, Cakes, Games, Vegetables

Birstall RoyalBritish Legion4th Colin James (M/V)11th Karen West(F/V)18th Lesley (F/V)25th Neil Alexander (M/V)Dancing every Saturday night with liveentertainmentBingo, Free beer raffle and not forget-ting Open the BoxEvery Tuesday night Bingo starting at9.15pmQuiz nights Sunday 12th and 26th Oc-tober starting at 9pmAcoustic night Sunday 19th October at8pmFood available every Saturday 12-2pm

Wakes catered forFood available 12-2pm families welcomeNew outside seating area

Birstall Flower ClubOctober 22, 2014, 7.15pmBirstall Village HallDemonstration by Judi Cripps entitled“What’s in a Title”Visitors welcome - £5Queries to Sylvia: 0116 2674206 orMary Linnett: 0116 2672247

Birstall & DistrictLocal History SocietyThe next meeting will take place onThursday 9th October 2014 at 7.30pmin the Birstall Village Hall, BirstallRoad, Birstall, Leics LE4 4DH.The subject of the talk will be "Youcannot be Serious" and the speaker -Mike Rawle.There is parking for cars on the SchoolLane entrance of the Birstall PlayingFields. Visitors are very welcome tojoin us for this talk.

Quorn Badminton ClubRawlins Community CollegeSports Hall ( 4 Courts)Monday evenings 7.45 - 9.45Just come and experience having funplaying matches with us.Further Information 0116 2106 71

Birstall MethodistChurchFriday 28th November 10am - 7pmSat 29th November 10am - 2pm

Christmas Festival(admission to the Church £1 accompa-nied children free)and

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Light Lunches served 12 - 1.30pm

Film PresentationsFrom Thurcaston & Cropston Parish Council“Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom”Friday October 17 (139 mins)Starring Naomie Harris and Idris Elba,this film is drawn from the memoirs ofthe South African statesman, NelsonMandela. It stretches from his childhoodto his almost unbelievable inauguration.It delves into the complex politics as wellas difficult relationships within his fami-ly. Elba brings out the courageous deter-mination of Mandela and his charismaticpersonality. This has been the greatestchallenge of Elba's acting career.“The Monuments Men”Friday Nov 14 (118 mins)Based on a true story, a WW11 platoonbegins the task of recovering stolen mas-terpieces from the hands of Nazi Germa-ny. Claire, played by Cate Blanchett, wasrisking her life by noting down everypiece of artwork that was being taken.This allowed the Monuments Men, one ofwhom is played by Hugh Bonneville of“Downton Abbey”, to go in after D-Dayto try to locate the art as it was being“spirited” away. This film blends excite-ment with comedy.“About Time”: Friday Dec 12Thurcaston and Cropston Parish Coun-cil will be showing these films atThurcaston Memorial Hall. Starting at7.30pm, tickets cost £4.50 and con-cessions are £4. The price includesrefreshments and a lucky prize draw.Advanced tickets can be reserved viathe parish office - 0116 236 7626 orbought at the door.

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Cinderella Two -The Sisters StrikeBackBy Andrew YatesThurs 27th, Friday 28th & Sat 29thNovember7.15pm, Sat Matinee 2.30pmAt Highcliffe Primary School GreengateLane BirstallTickets £6 adult, £5 conc, avail now0116 2209594 or 0116 2128757 [email protected] nominated charity for the raffleproceeds will be donated to CopingWith Cancer.Don't Delay Book Your Tickets Today!

Film NightSaving Mr BanksSt James Church,Church Hill, Birstallon Friday October 17th at 7.00 pmStarring Emma Thompson and Tom

I’ve recently noticed that a lot ofstreet lights are on in the day time, sincethey have been altered to switch offduring part of the night. I have tried toreport them, but after today I have decid-ed not to bother again.

When I reported a light on in myroad, it was two weeks before it wasfixed, and only a couple of days beforeit was back on in the day time.

I’ve rung the number, it rings andrings, you get an automated messageand eventually, if you are lucky, some-one answers. They seemed more interest-ed in who I was, where I lived, and whatmy phone number was, than why I wasringing. If you have the exact locationbut not the number on the light, theydon’t want to know.

Today I rang the same number toreport light number 4 on Orchard Road,I was told that I had to ring a differentnumber. Funny, I have always ring thesame number for Birstall street lights. Sowhy bother, I have better things to dowith my time. That’s probably who thestreet lights are left glowing, if you’vetried to report it and had no luck, likeme you say “I won’t bother again!”

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For the last few weeks there has beenan awful smell in Birstall. Some days itis so bad that you want to stay indoorswith the windows closed.

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Doctor to talk about

The TarotA talk on The Tarot will be given by DrCharlotte Venkatraman at the meetingof Leicestershire and Rutland Dowserson Saturday, October 4.Dr Venkatraman is a qualified doctorand psychiatrist with NHS experience.She will explain in her talk how shebecame interested in Tarot cards.The meeting will take place as usualat St James' Day Centre, Birstall Vil-lage Hall, and will start at 10-30am.Admission is £3 for members and £5for non-members.•

Tea DanceBallroom, Sequence and LatinFriday 17th October 3.30 - 5.30pm£3 on the door includes refreshmentsBirstall Village HallBirstall Road, Leicester LE4 4DHCome along for a great afternoon ofdancing,socialising and excellent com-pany and some good music.All welcome.

CLASH 2012Events/activitiesExercise sessions for individuals withArthritis and other MSK conditions. Tue 1.00 - 2.00pm - General FitnessWed 1.00 - 2.00pm - Chair based ex-ercise sessions.Sports Hall, Peepul Centre, OrchardsonAvenue, Leicester, LE4 6DP. Call Karenfor further information on

07954584402. Please note that therewill be a weekly charge of £2 per ses-sion for non members of CLASH 2012attending the above exercise sessions.CLASH 2012, a UK Online Centre, pro-vides basic computer training at itsAfter School e-learning sessions heldin the Palmer Tomkinson Centre atLongslade Community College - Thurs-day 3.30pm-4.30pm term time only.UK Online has recently awarded CLASH2012 a grant to support access tolearning more about your healthplease visitwww.learnmyway.com/what-next/health to go direct to the 'BEINGHEALTHY' landing page & please sup-port CLASH 2012 by taking the DigitalHealth Survey including our centrenumber 3420633For further information please contactConrad on 07919844629 or Mark on07801718908CLASH 2012 Monthly Meeting -Wednesday 8th October at the PalmerTomkinson Centre, Longslade Commu-nity College, Wanlip Lane, Birstall, LE44GH - 7.00 - 9.00pm - Poetry work-shop, Lydia Towsey. Arts in healthcoordinator.

24-hour TennisChallengeFriday October 24 5pm until SaturdayOctober 25 5pmBirstall Watermead Tennis clubCo-operative Sports and Social Club,Birstall RoadSign up for fun activities and help clubcoach Laura complete 24 hours of con-tinuous tennis to raise funds for theMeningitis Research Foundation andnew junior equipment.Includes BBQ, coffee and cakes forsale, kids’ sessions, beat the coach,cardio tennis, individual coaching,wipeout and waves, midnight mixeddoubles and more…Suggested donation £5 per child and£10 per adultContact Laura Morley 07742249807www.birstallwatermeadtennis.co.uk

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Coffee ShopFed up sitting at home on your own.Want to sit and chat over a cup oftea/coffee?(Biscuits/Cakes will be available)The Coffee Shop will be open on the3rd Tuesday of the month.Come and join us on Tuesday October21, Wanlip Church & Community Cen-tre, Wanlip, 10am – 12.30pm

St. James The GreatChurch Hill, BirstallSunday 2nd November at 3pm

All Souls ServiceWe will be holding a short service ofhymns/readings/prayers and reflectionfor those who have lost a loved onerecently or in the pastOpen to everyone in the parishYou will be very welcomeRefreshments after the service

Events at Birstalllibrary16th October - 5.45pm to 6.30pmBedtime Stories - Get ready for bed &bring your Ted!For 4 - 8 year olds.£1.00 per child (includes a drink &cookies)Booking essential, please contact Bir-stall Library on 0116 305 875617th October - 12.30pm to 1.30pmSky Sailors! - The Royal Naval Air Serv-ice 1912-18.From 1912 until the formation of theRAF in April 1918, the Royal Navy hadits own air force.From Gallipoli to the Western Frontand Russia to Africa the RNAS foughtin the air and on land.Come along and learn more about thisinnovative flying service.A talk at Birstall Library by Nick Mar-shall.Tickets are £ 2.50 for library members& £3.00 for non-members.Booking essential, please contact Bir-stall Library on 0116 305 8756

Starting Monday 20th OctoberBirstall Library Bumper Book SaleCome and grab a bargain!

Friday 10th October 1-4pm

World Mental Health DayDrop in for a free mini-health check atBirstall library(including weight and blood pressurechecks)Plus, find out more about MentalHealth Awareness DayFor more information please contactVictoria Brackenbury on 01509634764 from Charnwood BoroughCouncil

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Autumn FayreSaturday 15 November 201410am – 12 noon at Rothley CentreMountsorrel Lane, RothleyAdmission 50p including tea/coffee.Craft items, homemade goods, jams,pickles, cakes, etc. books, bric-a-brac,bottle tombola; raffle, refreshments.Everyone WelcomePlease Come & Give Us Your Support

Birstall & District Art Society

20th AnnualExhibitionNov 1st-Nov 3rdat the Village Hall, Birstall Road,Leicester, LE4 4DH.Open 9.30am-5pm Sat & Sun, 9.30am-3pm Mon.Free admission, wheelchair access,refreshments, free parking to the rearof the village hall.Visit: www.badas.org

St James GospelChoirDo you want to join a choir wherethere are no auditions, sing Christianand popular songs, and make lastingfriendships?Then come along to our next practiseon Friday 14th November 2014, StJames Church, Church Hill, Birstall at7:30pm.

Adult Table TennisTerm-time Thursdays at HighcliffeSchool, Greengate Lane, 8-9pm. En-thusiastic non-league group wouldwelcome extra players. Pop in oneevening or ring John Stevens on 0116-2674241.

Yoga ClassThursdays 7-8 pm at Palmer Tomkin-son Centre, Longslade College.£4.50 a class. Pay as you attend. Startdate is Thursday 2nd October.Contact Susan 07765808667 or [email protected]

Rearsby Art ClubArt And Craft ExhibitionInc. Craft and Painting demonstrationswith opportunities to have a go your-self!Rearsby Village Hall, Sat 11th October& Sun 12th October 2014, 11am - 4pmAdmission £1 (inc. one freetea/coffee)For more details contact01664424696

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Remembrance DayServiceSunday 9th Nov 10.45am for 11amService of Remembrance to be con-ducted by Rev Pam HaynesAll are Welcome

Leicester AmikaChoir10th Anniversary ConcertSaturday 11th October, 7.30pmPeepul Centre. Tickets £9Tel: 0116 2616000

The Home Front inWorld War OneSyston library has organised a veryinteresting talk on WW1 by renownedexpert, Nick Marshall on Tuesday 4thNovember from 7 – 8.30pm. Ticketsare £3 including refreshments andavailable in advance from Syston li-brary Tel: 0116 3053500.Nationally, the Great War broughtmassive changes in society as womentook up new jobs and the whole coun-try was mobilised.Come along and find out :• How did the county's industry sup-port the War Effort?• What happened when the war camehome and wounded soldiers floodedinto our local hospitals?• Why was Loughborough was bombedin 1916?• These questions and more will beanswered in 'The Home Front in theGreat War.• After the first rush to join up, manyof the men of Britain were fightingaround the world but what were con-ditions like for those at home?Due to limited capacity, reserve yourtickets early to avoid disappointment.•

Halloween BedtimeStoriesDuring half term week, Children aged4 -8 years with their parents/carersare invited come along and enjoy aspecial bedtime story events across 5libraries in the Syston group. Join usfor milk, cookies, stories and craft ac-tivity for just £2 per child per session.• Rothley library Mon 20th October5.45 – 6.45pm (Tel: 0116 3053671)• Syston library Tues 21st October5.45 – 6.45pm (Tel: 0116 3053500)

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Soar Valley Artists12th Annual ExhibitionThe Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane,RothleySat & Sun, Oct 11/12, 10am-5pmCome and enjoy our display of paint-ings as well as coffee

Modern HistoryTalkby Dr Michael Lynch, University ofLeicester‘The EU – Glittering Success or DismalFailure?”Tuesday October 21, 7-9.30pmRothley Centre, Mountsorrel LaneTickets £5Call Norman Pratt 0116 2375254 tobook your ticket then pay on the door

Valuation DayAt Belgrave Bowling ClubThurcaston Road, Leicester LE4 2QGSat Oct 18, 10-2pm

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Birstall & DistrictArt SocietyTuesday October 14 at 7pmYou are invited to join us at the Palm-er Tompkinson Centre at LongsladeCollege to watch a demonstration byrenowned professional artist NormalRossiter entitled ‘Wildlife with Pheas-ants in Acrylics’. Come along, beamazed and inspired! Refreshmentsavailable at the interval. Demonstra-tion to end at 9pm. Members £1;Guests £3 Free raffle. Ample parkingand wheelchair access.

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from each country play with Englandwinning by a margin of 3 to2 with one match halved.Currently England hold a30-16 lead with three match-es having been drawn. FourBirstall members, Tom Hen-dry, John Kennedy, DennisBull and Normal Abel, whoplayed in the original match

also played in this year’s match.

THE FIFTIETH annual Scot-land v England gents golfmatch took place at BirstallGolf Club in September.

In a closely contested match with 72players participating, England eventuallysecured a 10-8 victory.

The match was followed by the tradi-tional dinner celebrating the food ofboth countries including the piping inand addressing of the haggis. Club Cap-tain Mike Atkins said: “Today was a trulyspecial celebration of 50 years of keenbut friendly rivalry. A wonderful day forBirstall Golf Club enjoyed by both ourmembers and guests from other clubs.”

Players and spectators were enter-tained from 12 noon until tee off at1.30pm by the Corby Grampian PipeBand.

Started in 1965 the match cameabout after two Birstall members, TomHendry and Tony Bull, issued a chal-lenge to each other to form a team fromtheir respective countries to play annual-ly for a Claymore which resides in theClub to this day.

The first match saw 12 members

Pic: the Famous Five – 5 members who played in the original match and the 50th match –Norman Abell, Dennis Bull, Tom Hendry, Jim Seagriff and John Kennedy.

A 30 MILE ride on a pennyfarthing bicycle will raisefunds for the LeicesterBaby Loss appeal, the cho-sen charity of Centrebus.

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Birstall’s Thomas Manship, a Com-mercial Administrator at Centrebus, willbe cycling the bus operator’s outercircle route, starting from the Leicesterbus depot and taking in stops at Leices-ter General hospital and Glenfield hospi-tal.

“This is sure to be a great event toraise funds for a very sensitive cause”said Thomas.

“It’ll be a long ride on the pennyfarthing but it will be a great way toraise awareness and support for theLeicester Baby Loss appeal.”

“The appeal aims to create a self-contained bereavement delivery suitewithin the birthing centre at the Leices-ter General Hospital specifically formothers experiencing pregnancy loss ordifficulties in childbirth.

Passengers can support the cause bymaking on bus donations or throughthe justgiving page atwww.justgiving.com/centrebuscyclethecircle

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CHILDREN AT Half Pints childcare on Loughbor-ough Road had a fun filled summer.

“The children enjoyed dressing up in stage costumes at the Curve,feeling the texture of themoon at the Space Centreand learning all about ice,snow and snowflakes dur-ing our Frozen Day. I thinkthey went back to schoolfor a rest!” said a spokes-man.

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Felix Liggins (9) from WoodgateDrive is a student at the Starlight TheatreSchool. He successfully auditioned fromover 900 applicants for the Royal BalletSchool’s Junior Associ-ates programme at theirheadquarters in CoventGarden.

Felix started his train-ing in September and willtravel to London mostweekends to attend class-es.

He has been a studentat Starlight for the past twoyears and in addition tohis ballet training he alsostudies tap, modern, jazz,acrobatics and stage. Star-

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dance school, in classicalballet training and associ-ates sometimes have theopportunity to performwith the Royal Balletcompany. This is a won-derful opportunity and Iam very proud of Felix’sachievement and thehard work he has putin.”

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Fundraising foranimal shelterA BIRSTALL woman has started to raise funds for an animalshelter she visited on holiday.

Shan Naidu (36), of Loughborough Road, was onholiday in Fiji with her family and was touched by theplight of the animals at Animals Fiji after the charity wastold to vacate their premises in 90 days.

Shan, pictured right, said: “Animals Fiji lost theirhome a couple of months ago when their premises wereput up for sale by the landlords, and they were forced tofind new quarters for their brood of over 80 residentanimals within 90 days. The temporary premises housingtheir veterinary clinic and animal shelter currently com-prises of old shipping containers and makeshift cages inan empty commercial yard, kindly given to them by alocal company for a year. During the course of this year

Animals Fiji are actively fundraising tobuy land and build their new shelter andclinic. While keeping the temporaryshelter operational.”

She added: “The animals come in allshapes and sizes, but the one thing theyhave in common is their need for com-panionship. Unfortunately, not all theseanimals can be rehomed in spite of thededication of the caring staff at the shel-ter, but for those which are left behind,there is a way to ensure they have apermanent and secure home.”

When Shan returned from holiday herhusband offered to pay her a penny forevery gram her two overweight cavalierspaniels lost in weight, and it gave herthe idea to raise funds for the animalshelter.

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A NINE year old boy from Birstall has secured a place atthe prestigious Royal Ballet School in London.

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Ciaran Bibby beat Connor Winterton6-1, 1-6, 6-2 in the men's final, to re-gain the title he won in 2012, whileRachel Chalmers defeated Marcia Merry6-0, 6-0 in the ladies' event.

Inspired by their singles success,Ciaran andRachel thenteamed up toclinch themixed dou-bles final,beatingMary White-man andConnor 6-0,6-2.

In the ladies doubles, WendyMorley and Val McCarthy beatMarcia Merry and Audrey Pres-ton 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 in a thrilling,fluctuating match. Meanwhile, inthe men's doubles, Mike Smithand Kieran Williams overcameTony Lourenco and Kuljit Tara6-3, 7-6.

In other finals, Kuljit Tara beat RyanBurton 6-3, 6-2 in the Under 18s, MattSteward beat Joe Collings 6-2, 6-1 in the

Under 16s andMatt Stewardalso won theunder 14s bydefeating JoeCollings 4-6,6-2, 10-8.

In the Under12s, Jake Mc-Cleary beatGeorge Dearden

6-4, 4-6, 10-5 in an exciting match.Finlay Platts beat Barney Sutton 6-0, 6-0in the Under 10s, and Ajay Burton-Pyattbeat Kyan Gohill 9-10, 10-1, 10-3 in theUnder 8s.

The Under 9s final may be played at alater date.

In the men's plate, Matt Stewardcapped a great great day by gaining ahat-trick of wins, beating Tiran Mistry6-2, 6-3.Pics (from left): Ciaran Bibby & RachelChalmers; Mike Smith (left) & Kieran Wil-liams; Val McCarthey (left) & Wendy Mor-ley

IT WAS double success for winners of the men's and ladies'singles titles at a warm and sunny Birstall Watermead Ten-nis Club Finals Day.

Tennis club’s finals

THE OUTDOOR bowls season is winding down and RolyGreen from St Margaret’s Co-operative Bowls club hasbeen reflecting on the year.

He said: “Undoubtedly for me the high point was that my Monday afternoon triplesteam, the Saints, reached the final of the Loughborough and District Trophy, played Sep-tember 1. This in itself is something special as the last time I played in a cup final wasaged 10, playing junior school football.

“The Saints play in lowly Division 4 and toreach the final we had to dispatch four otherteams including a Division 1 side which wemet in an extremely close semi-final. All this

giant killingcaused quite astir in the club.There were gaspsof disbelief followed by adulatory noises and rash promiseslike “I’ll come and see you in the final”.

“On the day things had reached fever pitch as the massedranks of Saints’ supporters packed into the LoughboroughGranby ground. The crowd, almost too many to count, Istopped at 20, spontaneously burst into a rousing chorus of‘When the Saints go Marching In’ as their team strode proudlyonto the turf ably led by captain Tony Moulding. The opposi-tion, the Shepshed Rams, could no way match this as theyhad only three supporters. They clearly felt that their teamhad no need of this kind of support, having recently beenconfirmed top of Division 1.

“I won’t go into detail as there is enough gore aroundthese days. In short we got slaughtered. True to form, theShepshed Rams were the worthy winners. A great day washad by all and we are just very pleased to get as far as wedid.”Pic: Stalwart JK delivers his bowl as captain Tony Moulding sur-veys his options

BIRSTALL AND Wanlip WI hold theirfirst meeting after the summer break.

28 ladies caught up on news whilst making greetingscards and consuming tea, coffee and homemade cakes.We were very thankful to Val and Judy who spent agespreparing everything we needed. It was a very pleasantway to spend an evening.

The Skegness coach trip in August was voted a greatsuccess. The weather was kind and so the usual seasidepursuits were undertaken with gusto.

The WI centenary Baton exchange takes place onOctober 8 and Leicestershire WI’s bunting will stretchfor 300 metres from the Top Lock at Foxton. This isfollowed by a Baton walk around Bradgate Park onOctober 9 and finally a 17 mile walk around RutlandWater to hand over the baton to Huntingdon and Peter-borough Federation on the 14th.

Jan Berry and Jenny Downes were joint winners ofthe competition cup with their greetings cards.

We meet again at Highcliffe School on October 6when once again we welcome Sandra Moore who willtalk to us about famous people in Belgrave Cemetery.The competition is ‘A Famous Person I’d Like To Meet’.

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“Season of mists and mellow fruitful-ness”

Harvest is the first big event on the agenda.At both St James, Birstall and Our Lady and StNicholas, Wanlip, Harvest Sunday is celebrat-ed on Oct 5, with an All Together 10am serv-ice at St James and Harvest Evensong at 6pmat Wanlip. Any harvest gifts (which peopleare invited to bring to these services) will bedonated to the Community of Grace in Leices-ter, which cares for the homeless and canmake good use of any sort of produce.Giving thanks

Thanksgiving Sunday is celebrated at bothchurches on Sunday October 19 at 10am and6pm respectively, when we give thanks to Godfor all that the Church receives in the way oftime, talents and money from its membersand friends. Another reason to be thankful isfor the support St James received for theannual Garden Fete, which had to take placeinside the church because of the terribleweather, but still raised over £1500.

After the service there will be a Thanksgiv-ing Bring and Share hot lunch in the VillageHall. Names for this can be added to the listsin either church

At this time of year, there is a differentsort of thanksgiving at St James: a service onAll Souls Day, Sunday November 2, at 3pm.Anyone who has lost a friend or relative,either recently or in the past can give thanksfor their lives and light a candle in their mem-ory. Everyone is welcome to this short serv-ice and is invited to stay for a cup of teaafterwards.A night at the “flicks”!

Those who attended the film nights at StJames last winter will be glad to know thatthe first film to be shown this season “SavingMr Banks” is on Friday October 17 at 7pm.As before, there is no charge for this enter-taining evening (some minor problems lastseason with colour and sound have beensorted!)

Refreshments will be available at the inter-val and our ice-cream lady will be on duty

is to be Stan Braybrook from Shepshed. Youwill be most welcome to join with us on thisoccasion, when we will give God thanks forthe food and blessings we have received, aswell as remembering those who do not haveenough to eat. We will be especially support-ing those in Sri Lanka this year.Sunday services

Our normal Sunday morning services willbe held in the Community Room at Highcliffethrough October, starting at the same time of10.45am, except that we will not be able touse the room on the 26th owing to the half-term break, so please contact us for the ven-ue on that day.

Further information please ring 01162214883.

From Anne Taylor , Birstall IndependentBaptist Church

News from the churches

New Faces at the Methodist ChurchOn October 5, we welcome a new face to

our pulpit. Kim Shorley is a local preacherliving in Market Harborough. As part of hertraining towards full ministry in the MethodistChurch Kim has been taken under our minis-ter’s wing for about 100 hours between nowand next Easter.

Another new face, but only making a sin-gle visit is Rev Jill Marsh who will take the‘World Church’ service on October 19. Jill was(until recently) Minister at the MethodistChurch in central Leicester in Bishop Street(whose premises are open for refreshmentsmost days in the week).

Some Birstall folk will remember Sam &Pete Taylor from Syston. They now have aMinistry in the Vale of Glamorgan Circuit, andare based at Barry (where one of theirchurches is just 5 years old!). They will bothbe coming back to Syston for one day andwill lead the worship there on October 26 at10.30am & 6 pm.For families on Saturday at Birstall Meth-odist

You will have seen the messy blanket occa-sionally strung round the oak tree outside thechurch. It advertises ‘Messy Church’. Meetingtwice a month (4th & 18th in October) it isan opportunity for families to create thingstogether, then celebrate with a short act ofworship and then chew over a simple meal;all within 2 hours, starting at 4pm. MessyChurch follows a theme each time they meetand it is designed for all ages together. Nounaccompanied children please. It is free butdonations are invited.Happy Video

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Intruders will often attempt entry to prop-erties via the garden perimeters. The firstdeterrent is, of course, a locked side gate.This can be made even more secure if fittedwith one or two strips of our fence spikes.

There are some attractive plants whichwould keep burglars at bay. They’ll act assentinels to your home as well as beingpleasing to the eye. The following will deterany unwanted intruders:-

1. Berberis, a large family of evergreenand deciduous shrubs that has spectacularfoliage and flowers....and sharp, thornyshoots! Varieties such as stenophylla, a fastgrowing evergreen, can reach seven feet inheight. A burglar would take one look at thisand go away, yet, in flower it is a mass ofgold, bell-like blooms.

2. Berberis darwinii with holly-likeleaves and bright orange, bell-like flowers isspectacular, but sharp and spiky.

3. A shrub rose is another stopper plant-ed along a fence or wall. To cover the top ofa fence, rambling roses work well.

4. Ideal for window protection is Pyra-cantha—a family of large thorny shrubscommonly known as firethorn. They areeffective under windows as a burglar deter-rent, but they also have spectacular ever-green leaves and fire-bright berries.

Another advantage of these plants is thatthey provide safe nesting places for birds asthey are not popular with cats.

From Birstall & Wanlip NHW

Crime Report : Birstall & Wanlip Aug2014

Assaults 7, burglary 9, burglary non-dwelling 3, damage to motor vehicle 2,drugs 1, public order 1, theft 6, theftcycle 1, theft from motor vehicle 2, theftfrom store 2

REPORTED CRIME has remained at thesame level as last month with 34 of-fences reported during the month ofAugust, however unfortunately a

large number of these are burglaryoffences, with a total of 12 beingreported in all (nine dwelling andthree non-dwelling).

This is both disappointing and frustrating,however it is not uncommon to see a smallrise in these offences during the summermonths due to the fact properties are oftenunoccupied whilst the occupants are away onholiday. In three cases, properties were en-tered via insecure doors or windows and afurther two cases were ‘attempted’ breaks,where no actual entry was gained – pleaseensure that doors and windows are securedat all times when your property is unoccupiedas this really is the most effective way of keep-ing your home safe.

I am also pleased to report that earlier inthe month two males were arrested in rela-tion to one of these break–ins and they arecurrently on Police bail whilst enquiries con-tinue. A further male was also arrested inrelation to another break following some DNAbeing recovered from the scene - I will keepyou updated in relation to these arrests indue course.

The week commencing the 15th Septem-ber is Alcohol Awareness Week and whilstthis may have passed by the time you readthis report it would seem a good time toremind you that a lot of Anti-Social Behaviourand assault cases that the Police deal with arealcohol related. As such, please remember tokeep your alcohol consumption within sensi-ble limits as drinking too much can have direconsequences, including a driving ban if youare caught drink driving, losing your job,being arrested if you commit an offence dueto excessive alcohol consumption, not tomention the long term effect on your heath.

We have a new PCSO on the beat and I amsure many of you have already seen her outand about. PCSO 6391 Fiona Lacey has beenin company with PCSO Mark Butler for a fewweeks, walking the beat and learning theropes. Please stop and speak to her when yousee her out and about if you have anythingyou wish to discuss.

Lastly, can I remind residents to ensurethat when dropping off and collecting theirchildren from the local schools they parksensibly and courteously, as we have a lot ofcomplaints about this and do not want any-one to be injured as a result of dangerousand inconsiderate parking.

PC 1759 Dave Jaeckels, PCSO’s 6611 Mark Butler, 6048Adam Loydall and 6391 Fiona Lacey. Leicestershire Policehttp://www.leics.police.uk • Tel: 101 or 0116 2677355

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From Birstall Methodist Church

Stanton Lees ReportThe Annual Bible School held over the

August Bank Holiday weekend in this littlevillage in Derbyshire (now in its fiftieth year)was well-attended in spite of the wet weather.Geoff Thomas (from Aberystwyth) led sixsessions on the theme of ‘How Great is God’,covering God’s grace (undeserved favour),holiness, sovereignty and peace, while RogerHitchings (from Swindon) gave a meditationon Matthew 15, verses 21-31. The historicallecture was changed owing to the illness ofthe original speaker, but Roger Fay (fromRipon) stepped in to give us an interestingaccount of ‘The Forgotten John Wesley(1703-1791)’. Recordings were made ofthese meetings and if you would like a CD,then please contact the chapel at:http://www.stantonleeschapel.org.uk/contactusdirections.htmlHarvest Thanksgiving Service

This will be held on October 12, startingat 10.45am, in the Community Room at High-cliffe School (LE4 3DL). Our visiting speaker

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