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On Saturday 30th November, East Leake lit up for a successful festive day of activities and fun for the community. A fantastic effort was put in by all, supporting the notion that the village is a great place to live. Read more on p4.

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So, we’ve reached year 2020. It doesn’t quite sound right yet does it? It almost feels like I’m talking about a futuristic movie featuring hover cars, holograms and silver clothing…

Anyway, a new year can be a breath of fresh air for some, to make a change, a New Year’s resolution and improve yourself in some way. But for others, it’s just another month – and that’s totally OK too.

For those thinking of New Year’s resolutions however big or small, here’s a few ideas: • Save money: Christmas can be pretty severe on the old purse/wallet, so why not skip dining out for the month, make meals at home, watch movies, play boardgames, take walks in the park and spend time in with the family.

• Healthy eating: Some of us overeat over Christmas, (I mean isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?), if you feel like you’ve had one too many mince

pies, stock up on soups, salads and smoothies for that lighter feeling. (Once you’ve finished off all your Christmas leftovers of course)

• Self-improvements: Exercise, learn a new skill or hobby, dye your hair that colour, practice self-love and focus on what makes you happy.

• Travel: Make travel plans however big or small, create something to look forward to.

• Give: Do something nice for someone else, give to charity, help someone in need, litter pick in your area, do that thing that you’ve always wanted/intended to do.

A very Happy New Year to all our readers!

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Saturday 30th November saw East Leake Light up with the Christmas Light Switch on along with an array of other fantastic festivities organised and supplied by local businesses in the community.

The village event began at 11am with a Christmas craft fair, a 2k Santa Fun Run, award ceremonies, a visit from Santa, choirs, a nativity and a selection of great food and drink, then later the big countdown that lead to the East Leake Lights

Switch On. What a brilliant day of entertainment and fun for all ages, ending 2019 on a high.

Congratulations to the winner of the Local Community Award winner, Conrad Oatey.

Members of the East Leake Traders Association came together to put on this great community event, with local businesses supplying many of the food, drink, events and activities that were on offer throughout the day.

There were different stalls from hook a duck, Santa’s grotto and mulled wine being served at different shops around the village.

The Young Enterprise students from East Leake Academy were also there selling Christmas gifts made out of recycled bottles. Santa’s team came from Elaps (East Leake Amateur Players) drama group.

Previous weather forced Physioneeds to sadly cancel part of the Santa fun run, but the 2k

run still pulled in an impressive 93 participants raising an incredible £420 for Prostate Cancer UK.

The East Leake Traders posted a lovely thank you message on their Facebook page shortly after the event which said, “A big thank you to everyone who turned out in the cold and foggy weather yesterday.

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“This wouldn’t be possible without all the help of our volunteers so to all the traders, non-traders council volunteers, Elaps (the drama group), craft fayre organisers, runners, Sleigh drivers, Leakie and our MC Tracey Waterfield a big big thank you.

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With the weather being what it has been for the past couple of weeks (months...years), it’s no wonder climate change and the state of our environment has been on everyone’s minds.

After the forest fires in the Amazon, there’s been a sudden surge in awareness of the importance of trees, as a method of carbon reduction, source of biodiversity, and means of flood prevention. People are asking politicians to step things up, and Youtubers are raising millions of pounds to plant new trees.

So, we at the guides were wondering how we could help, in our own small way.

“When a fellow guide leader mentioned that we could apply to the Woodland Trust for community trees for our group,” said Wendy Thompson, Leader at the Second

East Leake Guides Unit and Tree Warden, “I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to bring guiding and the community together and to teach the younger generation about the difference trees can make to both the environment and the community.”

Environmentalism is a core tenet of the modern Girl Guides. From reusing materials, learning about how to be a conscientious global citizen and getting involved in the local community, it was a natural fit.

“Trees are important because they photosynthesise which produces oxygen which we breathe,” wrote East Leake Guide Freya, when creating a poster on the importance of woodland (pictured right), “If we didn’t have leaves, we would be dead! Leaves also make our trees look even prettier and provide our community with colour.”

With trees supplied by the Woodland Trust, support from the parish council and the East Leake Tree Wardens, and a good surge of manual labour from the girl guides and the wider village community, we’ve planted 200 new trees in East Leake, that we hope will grow into a wonderful part of the village that will be with us for many generations!

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During the end of 2019, Nottingham and the East Midlands was victim to a great deal of rain causing road floods, overflowing rivers and muddy banks.

On 13th November East Leake Animal Rescue Unit was called to a large 17 hand horse that had gotten trapped in a flooded ditch. Exhausted and cold, the horse struggled to free itself and was in need of help.

A member of the rescue team said, “After initially clearing an exit by cutting back trees and giving a better footing we tried numerous times to coax Chloe out.

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set up horse strops and lines and managed to haul her up the steep, muddy bank with the assistance of a tractor.”

“About fifteen minutes later Chloe was back up on her hooves and enjoying a snack with friends!”

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The popular May Day festival is returning to East Leake after a break of 4 years and this one promises to be bigger and better than ever before.

As many of you may already know, this year’s May Day festival has been altered slightly from its traditional 1st Monday in May to Friday 8th May. This is to coincide with the 75th ‘Victory of Europe’ (VE) day celebrations. So if there ever was an excuse to re-start the popular May day event, a national party seemed like as good a reason as any.

The UK government hopes that the VE day celebrations will actually be a weekend long celebration starting on the Friday and they have employed a Pageant Master to coordinate Parish Councils and organisations nationally in some coordinated events, including national church bells being rung at 3pm and toasts to the nation.

The East Leake Scouts will put on a traditional May Day event with games, local events, Maypole dancing, May Queen, food, local produce and more on Gotham Road Recreational Ground. They’re working on a few ideas at present to add to his popular format. The May Day festival will then morph into a VE day celebration with the help of the Parish Council delivering music, food, drink and fun in coordination with the national celebration plans.

The Scouts will be contacting local organisations and businesses who may wish to be involved in the celebrations and with the Parish Council, put on a day to remember.

The East Leake May Day Festival is to return in 2020!

Governors at East Leake Academy, part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership, have announced the new principal for the secondary school.

Blake Francis, who has been acting principal since September 2019, has been successful in securing the role on a permanent basis and will continue to lead the academy to create a positive learning climate for its 1,040 students.

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Nottingham already boasted the ugliest thoroughfare in Europe with the completion of Maid Marian Way and then an outright winner for the ugliest building in the city emerged in the slab of concrete that became Broad Marsh shopping centre. As its equally unloved bus station and car park finally bit the dust recently, JAMES BINNEY notes its passing, without regret.

THE familiar cacophony of synchronised bulldozers, a cavernous site cordoned off by corrugated iron, hastily erected

metal fencing and cardboard panels proudly portraying a vision of a brand-new tomorrow or else promoting the wrecking crews dismantling the vestiges of yesterday that were once those very same promises of a brighter future.

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Good Riddance, Broadly Speaking Times They Were a'Changin'His entrances on the big stage were heralded by a fanfare of publicity and a media frenzy which, while the daily and mostly unwarranted fawning fodder of the modern game, was far from commonplace in 1970s football. But then Brian Clough was always ahead of his time and big news, even when he walked into a pedestrian, parochial and decaying club 45 years ago this month. Things were about change, however. And how. DANNY KIRKWHITE recalls events before and after Old Big ‘Ead’s arrival at the City Ground.

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Brookside Primary School teachers were once again out braving the elements in the Big Sleep Out.

The event, which was held on Saturday 23rd November 2019 at the City Ground, saw 12 members of the Brookside teaching team sleep rough in what was cold and wet conditions.

In the week leading up to the event, children from Brookside designed and helped create cardboard shelters for the teachers. The

added dimension of rain this year, meant that the cardboard had to have a waterproof coating (mainly tarpaulin) put over the top of it.

The event itself was challenging yet ultimately rewarding. The conditions brought home to the teachers what life would be like living on the streets, and all have stated how hard it must be for those who sleep rough night after night.

The evening was buoyed by the arrival of three Nottingham Forest

players: Brice Samba, Tobias Figueiredo and Tiago Silva, who had returned to the City Ground following Forests game at Ashton Gate in Bristol, earlier in the afternoon. These players spent time talking to the teachers and commenting on individual shelters.

The purpose of the event was to raise vital funds for Framework, a local charity based in Nottingham. A staggering £1700 was raised by the Brookside staff, an achievement they are really proud of.

Brookside Primary teachers take part in Big Sleep Out Recycle for charityRecycle your small electrical items at your local Recycling Centre during January, and for every tonne, Veolia (Nottingham County Council’s waste contractors) will donate £5 to Motor Neurone Disease Association, the chosen charity of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Chairman. Veolia have even promised to donate an additional £500 bonus to the Motor Neurone Disease Association if the total reaches 500 tonnes by the end of January 2020!Putting small electrical items in your bin at home means the valuable components will be wasted. Feel good this new year by recycling them instead and at the same time raise money for a great cause! Every year an estimated 2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste items are discarded by householders and companies in the UK. Recycling helps everyone, it is easy to do and protects the planet for future generations. For further info visit www.veolia.co.uk/nottinghamshire/RecycleForCharity.

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Nine members of John German Sales and Lettings recently took part in a charity sleep out to raise £5,000 to support homeless young people in the UK.

On the 21st November, a team from John German, organised by Propertymark, slept out at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in London, as part of Centrepoint’s Sleep Out. The dedicated team began fundraising before the event, and thanks to the generosity of colleagues, friends, family, suppliers and customers raised £5,000 for the charity which supports 15,000 homeless young people a year. Forming part of a collective of fellow agents and suppliers with Propertymark, over £62,000 was raised from the Sleep Out in London.

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James Morgan, Owner Director, John German, who took part in the event commented, “When Martyn Baum, Director of John German in Loughborough and East Leake approached me to ask for us to take part in the Sleep Out for Centrepoint with Propertymark, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Being property agents, I feel a real affinity towards this cause. Homelessness is a big issue in the UK, the more we can do to make a change the better.”

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Katy Storer, Marketing Manager, John German, who also took part in the event commented “We made fundraising a company wide effort by getting 60 plus staff members involved from all 10 branches, hosting two mini-fundraising events (best dressed branch for Halloween and a cake sale) and a charity auction at our Lettings Landlord seminar. Thanks to the generosity of friends, family, clients and suppliers, we raised an astonishing £5000 plus gift aid. The Sleep Out itself, albeit very cold and wet, was fantastic, extremely well-organised and put together. A highlight for me, was hearing from those who have experienced homelessness and

how Centrepoint helped turn their lives around. The work Centrepoint do is vital in making a change to homelessness in the UK.”

James concludes “The support we received has been fantastic. Not only did everyone from John German get behind us, so did all our friends and family, customers and suppliers. Thank you, the generosity is going to make a huge difference to the work Centrepoint carries out.”

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Friends of Meadow Park are a forward looking and enthusiastic bunch of people. Currently our membership stands at nearly 200 and we hope that more will join this year. Volunteers have given their services in a number of areas. Here are a few examples:

• Working with the Forest School children • Keeping Hall Field under control • Maintaining bird and bat boxes • Planting bulbs, wildflowers and trees • Working on the log circle and tarpaulin supports for Forest School • Hedge laying and maintenance • New fencing along Bateman Road boundary • Conservation work

In January last year willow trees along Kingston Brook were found to be diseased and were cut down, others were pruned and this has helped keep the Brook clear of debris (fallen branches etc). An outdoor gym was put in Play Field in the summer and has proved to be very popular.

The Meadow Park Stollers Thursday afternoon walks in the park have proved very popular again this year. The walk is now a recognised Health Walk as part of the Rushcliffe move and Mingle programme. They have four leaders and meet at the Millstone on Thursdays at 1.30 pm for their thirty minute stroll.

The Santa Fun Run on November 30th was successful. There were 93 runners who raised £384 for Prostate Cancer UK. More photos available on Facebook.

A volunteer (Gwen) does a survey of the wild flowers every month. A total of 82 different flowers were recorded over 2019. The highlight

of the year was the profusion of cowslips which have spread to most areas of Meadow Park.

Butterfly monitoring (Kevin) in the park was limited in 2019, largely as a result of the early mowing (which should not happen again). There was a total of 21 species of butterfly recorded in the park, albeit in low numbers, with the highlight being the sighting of two Painted Lady butterflies on 28th June. We are making great efforts to increase the habitat for these lovely creatures and continue to plant wildflowers and shrubs.

Our finances are very healthy as we have members’ subscriptions and donations (£743) donations from our boxes in village shops and gifts from East Leake Dog show organisers (£913). We also had very generous donations, totalling £280, to the Arboretum sponsorship fund. There was a very generous grant from British Gypsum of £400 which was used to refurbish the notice boards and buy plug plants. However the major news for 2019

was due to the hard work put in by Alan Barlow who obtained a grant from the Notts County Council local Improvement Scheme. This funding is split between NCC and ELPC and is for a total of £28,608 (£14,308 each). This has been used to improve the accessibility within the park. We spent £305 on nest boxes, wild flower seeds and plants; £311 on plug plants and wild flower bulbs; £301 for news trees and associated equipment. Though our resources are small we manage to do a lot to improve the Park. In 2020 any funds we raise will go towards new fencing, weed control mats (around trees and shrubs) and a bench. No doubt other things will crop up that need spending on and we will take them in our stride.

For more information on the Friends of Meadow Park, visit the village website (www.east-leake.co.uk) and look under ‘organisations’ or visit Facebook. Membership per year costs £3 for an individual or £5 for a household.

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A woman is celebrating after losing half her body weight and winning a Golden Slimming Award.

Debbie Millband from Clifton has lost a life-changing 9 stone to win Slimming World’s ‘Club 50’ Award – which has been specially-created this year to celebrate the company’s 50th birthday – and is awarded to those members who have lost an incredible 50% of their starting weight.

Debbie, who’s gone from 17st 1.5lb to 8st 1.5, says: “I’ve been overweight for over 35 years, since having my children. I’m so proud and happy to win this award, especially in such a monumental year for Slimming World.

“I feel like a new woman since losing weight – in fact, I look so different that people who I haven’t seen for a while often can’t believe I’m the same person. For me though it’s the change on the inside that’s been the greatest – I’m happier, healthier and much more confident now, My arthritic pain

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The 60-year-old joined the Clifton British legion group, which is run by Sacha Patchett, in February 2013. Debbie says: “My weight impacted on so many aspects of my life, from struggling to find clothes that I like to fit, to not being able to do simple everyday tasks without feeling tired

and out of breath. Before I lost weight, I hated having my photo taken and whenever I saw pictures of myself, I didn’t feel like my smile was real.

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Today Debbie’s lost a total of 9st and went from dress size 24 to a size 8. She’s also more active nowadays and regularly walks to the shops and enjoys walking in the countryside with her husband.

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A new year is upon us. This usually brings with it changes in the landscaping industry. So what are those likely changes that you can expect in 2020?

Garden design is becoming more complex as customers strive to maximise their gardens potential. This requires larger budgets, so we have noticed a big uptake on our virtual 3D garden design service since we launched it last year.

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The show captures the strength of women through five decades of classic hits from Get This Party Started, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I’m Every Woman, Lady Marmalade, I Am What I Am, Run The World and Crazy In Love.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY Fri 22nd Nov – Sat 11th January Nottingham Playhouse

Experience the magic of Sleeping Beauty with spectacular costumes, stunning sets, plenty of belly-laughs and magical musical numbers, the legendary panto is the perfect festive treat.

Featuring all of your festive favourites – slapstick comedy from your pantomime dame, “it’s behind you” banter, and a colourful pantomime villain in the shape of evil fairy Maleficent. Guaranteed great fun for all the family, there are surprises in store for you at every performance.

ICE HOCKEY WINTER OLYMPIC QUALIFYING GAMES Thurs 6th – Sun 9th FebruaryMotorpoint Arena Nottingham

The Winter Olympic qualifiers will see top seeds Great Britain joined by Hungary and Estonia, as well as a qualifier from the previous round. The tournament gets under way on Thursday where Hungary faces Estonia, before GB take on the qualifier from the previous round in the evening.

Hungary will face the qualifying team on Saturday afternoon, with Estonia against Great Britain in the evening. On Sunday Estonia round-off their matches by facing the qualifying team, while Great Britain play Hungary.

The winner will advance to the final qualifying for the Winter Olympics.

NOTTINGHAM LIGHT NIGHT 2020 Fri 7th & Sat 8th February Nottingham City Centre

Nottingham’s famous night of eclectic light installations is back. This year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before, with the events spanning the length of two days instead of one!

Nottingham City Centre comes alive with the work of various artists and an incredibly innovative Augmented Reality trail. A trail that you can see throughout the city with your mobile phone to bring the art pieces to life with a brand-new app.

The city will be showered with parades, magnificent light sculptures, breath-taking performances, a large-scale projected installation on the Council House and much more! Following the theme Life on Earth, this year’s event is not to be missed.

THE MUSIC OF PRINCE:NEW PURPLE CELEBRATION Wednesday 29th January 7:30pm Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Celebrate the life, legacy and the music of Prince, this brilliant show featuring the world class New Purple Celebration delivering a non-stop hit packed extravaganza.

Expect to see, hear and feel all of the hits from one of the most loved artists of all time including 1999, Little Red Corvette, Purple Rain, Kiss, Diamonds And Pearls, Raspberry Beret, U Got The Look, When Doves Cry, Cream, I Wanna Be Your Lover and so many more.

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BEAT THE STREETS Sunday 26th January - Doors at 1pm Various venues Beat The Streets is a charity music festival that takes place across Nottingham City Centre.

Over 30+ local and national music artists will perform, hosted across five stages at venues that include; Rock City, Rescue Rooms, The Bodega and Rough Trade. All proceeds raised from ticket sales, merchandise and bar sales in DHP venues will once again be donated to Framework; The Nottinghamshire charity dedicated to bettering the lives of homeless people.

Tickets priced £7 are on sale now from www.alttickets.com/beat-the-streets-tickets and will allow access for 14+ to all participating venues.

WATERLOO - THE BEST OF ABBA Friday 24th January 7:30pm Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Capturing the unique ABBA sound and feel with incredible attention to detail, Waterloo – The Best Of ABBA will bring a full live cast and band, stunning costumes and breath-taking choreography to the stage.

Waterloo – The Best of ABBA looks back at the sensational rise to stardom of the Swedish pop group ABBA and recreates it so impeccably that fans, old and new can still experience the thrill of a live ABBA show.

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