Mountsorrel Post (44) Sep 2013

SEPTEMBER 2013 No. 44www.birstallpost.co.uk

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200 newhomesA DEVELOPER has submittedrevised plans to build 200new homes in Mountsorrel.

Jelson have twice been refused plan-ning permission to build on land offHalstead Road : their first applciationwas for 350 dwellings and their secondwas for 315.

Their newplans for the 15.78 hectaresite are for 200 dwellings, built on 6.7hctares – the remaining half of the sitewill be landscaped areas.

These will include:• a new sports pitch and play area• drainage ponds• a woodland planted on the northern

boundary of the site to act as a screenfrom quarry activities.

Vehicle access to the site will be fromthe existing roundabout on HalsteadRoad/Walton Way with a second access180 metres to the west. There will be apedestrian link from the site to BondLane.

The proposed dwellings will be amixture of 1 bed to 4 bed homes and “aproportion” will be affordable housing.

Jelson's previous applications wererefused by Charnwood on the groundsthat the development would harm thecharacter of the landscape, is not sus-tainable in terms of transport, is tooclose to Mountsorrel quarry, would havea harmful impact on wildlife and bedetrimental to highway safety.

Dozens of residents have written toCharnwood objecting to the plans.

Concerns expressed are:• increase in traffic is unsustainable

on existing roads• schools, doctors and other local

facilities couldn’t cope• loss of agricultural land, green

POLICE HAVE received fourreports from the Quorn,Rothley and Mountsorrelareas about a vehiclewhose occupants havethrown objects at pedestri-ans and cyclists.

Charnwood local policing unit areappealing for public help in identifyingthe occupants of the car involved.

The most recent incident took placeat about 10pm on Wednesday August14 in Leicester Road, Mountsorrelwhen the victim was riding home fromwork. A small dark vehicle drove past

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space and wildlife habitat• too close to the quarryLafarge are objecting to the plans,

concerned that the development may“sterilise mineral resources and con-strain nationally important mineral pro-duction and distribution facilities”.

Leicestershire County Council High-ways are recommending the applicationbe refused. They say the site is not in alocation readily accessible by publictransport, and that the application wouldbe considered favourably if Jelson pro-vided a bespoke bus service or contrib-uted to the diversion of an existingroute.

In their initial response to the plans,Mountsorrel Parish Council say that ifdevelopment occurs, “top priority isgiven to ensuring Mountsorrel’s commu-nity facilities are significantly enhanced.”

It considers essential priorities are:• a new community centre on the site

of the Memorial Hall• investment in new building at

Mountsorrel school• improved health care facilitiesJelson’s plans can be viewed on the

planning section of Charnwood BoroughCouncil’s website. The planning refer-ence is P/13/1008/2

and the occupants threw eggs at himwhich have hit on the back of his head.

At 9.25pm on Tuesday August 6 awoman was riding her bike alongLeicester Road, Quorn when a darkvehicle drove past her and threw anobject out of the window which hit heron the shoulder, causing bruising.

Two other similar incidents havebeen also been reported to the policeone of which involved a pedestrian.

Due to the similarities between theincidents the police are linking theoffences and are urging anyone whohas information which may assist withthe investigations to come forward.

PC Louise Thomas is investigatingthe incidents. She said: “Luckily no onehas been seriously injured during theincidents, this behaviour is extremelyirresponsible and dangerous and theoffenders need to be caught.

“If you witnessed the incidents, haveany information about them or haveany suspicions about who may be re-sponsible we would urge you to con-tact us.”

Anyone with any information isasked to contact Leicestershire Policeon 101 or Crimestoppers, on 0800 555111.

BARBARA AND NEV Northfrom Loughborough Road,Mountsorrel celebrated be-ing married for 60 years onJuly 25 and were delightedto receive a diamond wed-ding anniversary card fromthe Queen.

The couple met in 1950 when Bar-bara moved to Leicester from Plymouthafter the war. They celebrated their spe-cial day with their three children, eightgrandchildren and 15 great grand chil-dren as well as dozens of other familyand friends.

Having lived in Mountsorrel for thepast 26 years they have now decided tospend the rest of their retirement on theIsle of Wight.

THE MOUNTSORREL Railway Project has received somefunding from the County Council’s Area Forum.

The Area Forum had £15,000 todonate to community projects and at ameeting in June, those attending wereable to vote for those projects on ashortlist they felt should receive support.

The MRP was awarded £3316 to gotowards the cost of the proposed BondLane halt.

The Project was also a winner atCharnwood Borough Council’s ‘Don’tMuck Around’ environmental awards, inthe ‘Inspiring Others’ category.

A project spokesman said: “The mostencouraging thing about both of thesesuccesses is that in both cases they re-sult not from the opinion of an expertpanel but from the votes of the generalpublic and our dedicated supporters.”

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The Mountsorrel Heritage Group hasreceived £22,300 from the HeritageLottery Fund (HLF) for its project: ‘TheMountsorrel Archive’

The project aims to create a digitalarchive and online website which willcontain artefacts, images, articles, oralrecordings and records relating to theheritage of Mountsorrel.

It is expected that the project willtake 18 months to complete, starting thissummer. It has also received sponsor-ship from Mountsorrel Parish Counciland Lafarge.

The project will be carried out byvolunteers who will be trained in re-cording oral histories, archiving materi-als, the use of photographic, computerand recording equipment and the man-agement and maintenance of the web-site. It will bring together material fromindustrial sources, private collectionsand public records.

A professional designer will be em-ployed to cre-ate the websitewhich willallow thepublic oftoday andfuture genera-tions to ac-cess theinformationin the ar-chive.

Com-menting onthe awardGeoff Wain-wright,chairmanof theMountsor-rel Heritage Group, said: “We arethrilled to have received this support.

During the project, volunteers will beable to learn new skills and enjoy newexperiences, and I am confident theproject will result in an accessible re-source for local people to learn about

their heritage.”Mountsorrel

was a significantsettlement as far

back as the 12th

century when acastle was built onthe granite outcropnow knows asCastle Hill and for600 years the vil-lage had a weeklymarket and annualfair. It has alwaysthrived due to itsindustries – fromglove making andhosiery to aeronauti-cal engineering andgranite quarrying.

The Mountsorrel Heritage Group aimsto promote an appreciation of the histo-ry, heritage, flora and fauna within thelocal area and to research, record, keepand preserve all items which relate tothe village – whether they be documents,photographs or artefacts. Regular exhibi-tions are held to display the work of thegroup. It also maintains a wildlife mead-ow in the village.

The group meets monthly – for moredetails contact Keith Foster 01162106041 or email

[email protected]

A LOCAL group of dedicated enthusiasts have received agrant to help them create an archive of village life.

Lottery funding for archive

Pics: (top) members of the Heritage Group(l-r) Janet Foster, Peter Hodson, Linda Ty-man, Keith Foster, Noel Wakeling, Pat Neal,Robin Davie & Chris Berry. (Inset) Chris Berry(left) & Peter Hodson with some of theequipment bought with the funding

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HUNDREDS OF visitors enjoyed the hot sunnyweather at Mountsorrel Primary School’s summer

fete on July 6.

A FULL meeting of Mount-sorrel Parish Council washeld on May 13.

It was reported that a new PoliceCommunity Support Officer had joinedthe Mountsorrel beat team: PCSO StevenQuinn.

It was reported that an agreementbetween Tesco and the Mountsorrel WarMemorial Trust had almost been com-pleted. Tesco have been seeking anarrangement that would allow accessfrom their planned Tesco Express storeto the Memorial Hall car park.

The Parish Council’s Youth Develop-ment Group has received two grantstotalling £900.

It was agreed to ask the BoundaryCommission when the next review ofvillage boundaries would take place asthe Parish Council is not happy with thepresent boundaries.

A full meeting of Mountsorrel ParishCouncil was held on June 10.

Cllr Asher expressed this concernover the increase in crime over the last12 months.

It was agreed that the Council meetwith developers David Wilson Homesregarding the adoption of land on theKingfisher Estate.

It was agreed that the Council obtainfurther information about the provisionof a defibrillator.

At a meeting of the Council’s Ceme-tery, Conservation and EnvironmentCommittee on June 17, it was agreedthat no dogs be allowed in the cemeteryand that notices be placed at the en-trances and on notice boards in thecemetery. It was agreed that a site meet-ing be held to consider locations withinthe cemetery were additional seating

Our picture shows children dancing around the Maypole; Jodie Skelton and herdaughter Demie (6) enjoying a burger; Evelyn Fisher (4) has her face painted.

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could be provided. It was agreed tocontact the contractor responsible forthe grass mowing about the standard oftheir work. It was reported that somefamilies were putting LED lights ongraves.

The village’s Christmas lights will beswitched on on Friday December 6.

At a meeting of the Council’s Plan-ning and Highways Committee on July 1it was agreed that the council reluctantlyaccept the planning application fromJelson to build 200 homes off HalsteadRoad. The Council will be making com-ments about the allocation of Section106 developer contributions to the vil-lage, and the proportion of affordablehomes within the development.

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The over 50s can have a willdrawn up for £42 at one of 24 partic-ipating local solicitors. Call AGE UKLeicestershire & Rutland on 0116 29922 33.

WATERMEAD COUNTRY Park is oneof three county beauty spots to beawarded a Green Flag award.

Keep Britain Tidy have also award-ed Green Flags to the parks at Bos-worth and Beacon Hill.

Leicester City Council have achievedeleven Green Flag Awards for theirparks and green spaces, up from itsprevious record of nine.

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MOUNTSORREL WORKINGMen’s Club hosted its annu-al fun day for LOROS on Au-gust 3.

A variety of stalls, children’s enter-tainment and a vintage fire engine wereamong the attractions.

The event raised £1250 for LOROS.Pics (clockwise): Mountsorrel WMC Presi-dent Brian Ayres; visitors browse thestalls; the children’s fancy dress competi-tion: Hilary and David Munns ran the BBQ


THE SORREL Youth Café has receivedfunding to develop and deliver special-ist youth work at the Café.

With funding through the Positive Activities for YoungPeople programme, the Sorrel Youth Café is set to openits doors on Friday evenings for the first time in over twoyears – but these Fridays won’t be like any other night,says Youth Officer Graham Lloyd.

“Catch up Fridays will not be like any of the Café’sevening sessions we have run in the past. We are lookingto invite young people who are interested in working withus to develop an exciting programme of music, film andmedia projects and sessions focusing on food and fitness.The new sessions will provide space for those who have areal interest in these topics to help create something newfor the village.”

He added: “To move things forward we would like tohear from young people who want to develop their inter-est and help run the sessions. The Café is also looking torecruit new workers who have experience across the

project areas. Wewould like to seesuch things asopen mic sessions,film productionand the youngpeople of the vil-lage making use ofthe Café to show-case their talent.”

In addition tothis new project,

the Café is also working with a number of new partnersto provide other specialist sessions. Building on the suc-cess of its Brunch ‘N’ Babies open café on a Mondaymorning, two new sessions are planned. Graham said:“We are pleased to be working with a local Social Enter-prise, Smarti Paints who are now using the Café twice aweek to deliver craft activities aimed at people with disa-bilities. We will also be opening the Café another morningper week aimed at the village’s older residents. They havetold us that they would like somewhere to meet for a cupof tea and a chat.”

These sessions will be used to offer training to youngpeople in such things as Health and Social Care, cateringand hospitality. The Café is keen to hear from peoplewho would like to support these new initiatives as volun-teers.

If you are interested in finding out more about theCafé, Catch Up Friday, applying for the worker posts orthe other specialist work please contact Graham a call on0116 2375289 or email [email protected]

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Charity BridgeDriveorganised by Loughborough LionsClubThe Rothley Centre, MountsorrelLane, RothleyWednesday October 16 at 1.30pmAfternoon tea provided£6 per personTo book a table please contact Jack-ie 0116 2303317 oremail:[email protected]

Changes to localhealth care – whatworks?The press has been full of storiesabout problems in the NHS – every-thing from delays at Accident andEmergency departments (A&E) tothe problem of waiting times forappointments to see your GP.On Tuesday Sep 14 at 6.15pm, DrClay from the Woodhouse Eaves GPpractice will explain how his systemallows patients to have a doctor’sappointment on the same day; howthis keeps A&E admissions down;and how easy it is to make this sys-tem work. Dr clay advises GPs acrossthe country and will also respond toyour questions about NHS changesin general. If you would like to at-tend, please let the surgery knowon 890747. It will be followed bythe Cottage Surgery Patient GroupAGM.

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Coffee MorningThe Rothley Centrein aid of Cancer Research UKSat Nov 9, 10am-12noonCake stall, plants, bric-a-brac,books, toys, Phoenix cards, gifts,tombola & raffleAlso this year we will have As NewClothesEntrance £1 to include unlimitedcoffee/tea & biscuitsEveryone welcome – please supportCancer Research UK

Birstall BirdwatchingClubPresents‘The Long Journey North’by Danny GreenThis is the title of Danny’s bookwhich took him eight years to com-pleteA visual exploration of the Arcticand Subarctic regions of NorthernEurope with stunning images show-ing some of the most beautiful andiconic species that can be found inthis varied and pristine landscapeTuesday October 8 at 7.30pmWhat’s Up! By Carl BaggottCarl has been taking part in a surveyof Scotland’s upland birds and hewill be telling us about his work andspecies of this wonderful area. Heloves wild places, especially Scot-land, and visually recording theirbeauty and wildlifeTuesday November 12 at 7.30pmBoth meetings at The Rothley Cen-tre, Mountsorrel Lane, RothleyVisitors welcome £2Free on-site parking and easy ac-cessFurther info from Ken Goodrich 01162674813

From Classics toJazzConcert by Rachel Lawson, clarinet /saxophoneand Stephen Waterhouse, pianoSaturday, Sep 28 starting at 7.30pmat Syston Methodist Churchin aid of LOROS and church fundsTickets £6 inc light refreshmentsTel: 0116 2609804

Film PresentationsFrom Thurcaston & Cropston ParishCouncil

‘Lincoln’Friday September 13 (150mins)Daniel Day-Lewis won a BAFTA for‘Best Actor’ in this magnificent filmwhich follows our summer break. In1865 President Lincoln struggled tobring to an end the American CivilWar. At the same time he was en-deavouring to achieve the constitu-tional amendment which would banslavery in the United States for ever.How did he achieve these nearlyimpossible tasks?

Les MiserablesFriday October 11 (158 mins)This epic musical drama film hasgreat power. Anne Hathaway de-served her Oscar as Best SupportingActress. Hugh Jackman won an Oscarnomination for his fearless portrayalof the convict Jean Valjean who onlyjust survives starvation. We have to

laugh at Helena Bonham Carter andBaron Cohen as Innkeeper and wife.Even if you have already seen thisfilm, you’ll still be entranced.‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ will beshown on Friday November 8.Thurcaston and Cropston ParishCouncil will be showing these filmsat Thurcaston Memorial Hall. Start-ing at 7.30pm, tickets cost £4.50and concessions are £4. The priceincludes refreshments and a luckyprize draw.Advance tickets can be purchasedvia the parish office, 0116 2367626or at the door.Book your tickets early to avoid dis-appointment.

Autumn ArtExhibition 2013October 25-27, 11am to 5pmNewtown Linford Sunday School(next to main entrance to BradgatePark)Around 100 original paintings willbe on display – most of them forsale at very reasonable pricesAdmission freeRaffle for an original painting withthe proceeds going to RainbowsHospice, LoughboroughWebsite:www.charnwooddrawingpaintingclub.com

Birstall Methodist ChurchWanlip Lane, BirstallSaturday November 30From 10am to 1pm

Table Top SaleTables @ £10 eachContact Margaret 0116 2671181(this is part of the Methodist ChurchChristmas Festival Nov 29/30)

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Heritage Open DaySat & Sun Sep 14 & 15Take a one hour tour of the hallwith a costumed guide and find outabout the families that lived thereTours start at 11.30am, 1pm and2.30pmBooking essential, free eventTel: 2666590

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Good Food FairSat & Sun Sep 21 & 2211am-4pmEat, drink and take home tastytreats with the opportunity to meetlocal food producersAdults £1.50, under 16s free

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Annual Exhibitionat the Village HallNov 2-4Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicester LE44DHOpen 9.30am-5pm, Sat & Sun;9.30am-3pm MonFree admission, wheelchair access,refreshmentsFree parking to the rear of the Vil-lage Hall

CLASH 2012Drop-in Sessions for people withArthritis and other Musculoskeletal

conditions, to gather informationand to have a general chat aboutthese conditions.Sessions held every Monday, 10amto 12noon, Room 7, Peepul Centre,Orchardson Ave, Leicester LE4 6DP -sessions are free.Are you retired and have computerskills that you can use in the com-munity to support local people to‘get online’?CLASH (www.clashgroup.org.uk)would like to hear from youPlease contact Chris on07751072612 to discuss this fur-therGeneral Fitness Sessions Tuesdays1-2pm and Chair Based ExerciseSessions Wednesdays 1-2pm forpeople with arthritis and other mus-culoskeletal conditions at thePeepul Centre, Orchardson Ave,Leicester. Sessions are free and be-gin on Tuesday Sep 10 and Wed Sep11‘It’s not just aches and pains’ Threenew six week self managementcourses are taking place at threedifferent venues and are free to in-dividuals with arthritis and otherMusculoskeletal conditions. Thecourses start in the last week ofSeptember and will run through tothe end of October. the courses willbe delivered by CLASH members andconcentrate on setting personalgoals, pain management, exercise,the role of technology as a tool tosupport self management, workingwith professionals in the community(shared decision making) and medi-cation use.The courses will run as follows:Mondays: 9.45-1pm, Coalville, Mar-lene Reid CentreTuesdays: 9.45-1pm, Market Har-borough Methodist ChurchWednesdays 9.45-1pm, Loughbor-ough, John Storer HouseFor further info or to book a placeplease contact Doug or Lynda on07954614466

Birstall Methodist Church, WanlipLane, BirstallFriday Nov 29, from 10am to 7pmSaturday Nov 30, from 10am to 1pm

Christmas Festival(theme – stable story)Church decorated with themedChristmas trees, models, displaysetcAdmission £1 (accompanied chil-dren free)Home made cakes, pies, pastries,Christmas gifts & decorations, jams,chutneys & pickles, crafts & novel-ties, raffle & tombola, pick-a-bag,lucky dipHot dogs & burgers, pancakes &punchRefreshments served throughout(Light lunches Friday & Saturday)Proceeds for Asthma UK & BirstallMethodist Church

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and lots more individually made anddesigned itemsCakes, refreshments and raffleWhy not spread the cost of Christ-mas and start your shopping early?All proceeds to the LeicestershireMS Therapy CentreContact Susan on 0116 2388035 formore information

St Peter’s Church, Mountsorrel

HarvestCelebration OpenDayIn conjunction with ‘Ride & Stride’eventSeptember 14 from 10am to 4pmBric-a-brac, BBQ, stalls, children’sactivities, bell ringing etc50% of proceeds to support thework of ‘Save the Children’ charityAll welcome, an opportunity to seethe recently revamped kitchen areaand disabled access ramp!

Christ Church, Top of the Green,Mountsorrel

Macmillan CoffeeDayFriday September 27 from 10am to2pmIn memory ofRachel Harman-ThomasStalls, refreshments/lunchesAll welcomeSaturday Nov 2 from 10am to 2pmChurch Open – Craft FayreRefreshments/lunchesCraft stallsAll welcome

RemembranceSundayNov 10Parade from The Green at 2.40pmService at St Peter’s 3pmArmistice Day, Nov 11, 11amA scene of Remembrance at thePeace Garden, corner of MarketPlace & Sileby Lane

MOUNTSORREL SCHOOLchoir, led by headteacherDavid Williams, performedat June’s United Charitiesfete on The Green.

Our pictures show: theschool choir; the MountsorrelYouth café; Vanessa Gregoryfrom Budgens; MountsorrelWomen’s Institute stall

The evening started with a promiseceremony in the picnic barn,followed by a tour of thefarm on a tractor andtrailer. The girlsthen held a shornfleece, collectedeggs and visitedall the animals.While holdingrabbits andguinea pigs inthe small animalbarn theywatched youngswallows makingtheir first flights fromthe nest onto the beams.

Their guide than took the girls to theactivity barn where they could

swing on ropes and crawlthrough the straw-bale

tunnels.When the girls

were asked “Whatwas the bestpart?” most ofthem said: “all ofit!”Pic: Amber,Grace and Katie

emerging fromone of the straw

bale tunnels atStonehurst Farm


AN EVENING at Stonehurst Farm in Mountsorrel was thehighlight of the summer term for 1st Birstall Brownies.

THIS YEAR the Poppy Appeal in Mountsorrel will belaunched on October 26 with a coffee and cake morning atthe Sorrel Youth Café on The Green.

Poppy Appeal organiser John Doylesaid: “The village hasalways been tremen-dously supportive ofthe work of the Legionand last year weraised over £3780that has gone towardsour continuing andever developing wel-fare work.”

If you can help this year’s ap-peal as a door to door street col-lector, contact John on 01162375623 or [email protected]

The Royal British Legion Poppy Ap-peal supports service people andtheir families from all the cam-paigns from World War I to today.Last year £34million was raisednationally which helps the Legionto fun its care homes and break

centres, provide a moneyadvice service, award£24million to 42 organi-

sations and£18million to 22,000beneficiaries.

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OPPORTUNITIES WITH theBirstall & Rothley WEA thisautumn.Drawing With Mixed Media

An opportunity to explore a range ofcreative techniques whilst developing thebasic principles of drawing. This coursewill be excellent for returning learnerswishing to hone their drawing skills butwill also be appropriate for beginnerslooking to be inspired. Mediums cov-ered will include graphite, charcoal,pastels, water soluble crayons, inks andmixed media. Learning is supported bydemonstrations, one to one discussionand examples of artists’ work.

Tutor: Jo Sheppard. Fee £70, dis-counted: £63 (not available to the re-tired) or Free

Venue: The Rothley Centre, 12Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR

Date: Monday 1–3pm, 10 meetingsfrom September 16, 2013The Habsburgs

In an age when family history hasbecome popular, we look at one of themost influential families in Europeanhistory. It began as minor nobility in theearly Holy Roman Empire, became hold-ers in the title of Emperor, and is stillrecognisable. At one time it controlledvast territories in Europe, America andthe Far East and even in its last stages itwas removed from power only as a re-sult of external rather than internal forc-es.

Tutor: Aubrey Newman Fee £52.50,discounted: £47.25 (not available to theretired) or Free


Date: Tuesday 10–11.30am, 10 meet-ings from September 17, 2013Art & Perception

Who or what inspired artists such asGeorge Bellows, Stanley Spencer, PierreBonnard and John Piper, to developtheir unique, often provocative, ap-proaches to painting? This course ex-plains some of the very different waysartists have expressed their view of theworld in their art. No previous experi-ence necessary-just a lively open-mindedinterest in art!

Tutor Janis Baker Fee £56, discount-ed: £50.40 (not available to the retired)or Free


Date: Wednesday 7.15–9.15pm, 8meetings from October 2, 2013

Contact: Marion Vincent, Telephone:0116 2375156 or send your enrolmentsto John Laurance WEA Treasurer, 33Loughborough Road, Hoton LeicesterLE12 5SF

Please make cheques payable to WEABirstall & Rothley Branch

Visit our website!www.birstallandrothleywea.org.uk

The Workers’ Educational Association(WEA) is a charity registered in Englandand Wales (number 1112775) and inScotland (number SC039239) and acompany limited by guarantee registeredin England and Wales (number2806910). The registered address is 3rdFloor, 70 Clifton Street, London EC2A4HB

A FUN day was held at the Halstead Road playing fieldin July.

Organised by the Parish Council's Youth DevelopmentGroup, the day aimed to provide activities for young peo-ple in the village. A programme of events at the Soar Val-ley Leisure Centre was also provided.


YOUNG PEOPLE seekingfinancial assistance tohelp continue their educa-tion can apply to a villagecharity.

In 2012, grants amounting to£89,291 were awarded to localschool pupils, students and those inhigher education and training.

The Mountsorrel Educational Fundis administered by a Body of Trusteeswho, at their absolute discretion, canaward grants from the funds availableto the Charity to assist young peoplein pursuing their education.

At their next meeting in October,the Trustees will be considering appli-cations from persons who are plan-ning to extend their education atCollege and University.

Applications can be made frompersons under the age of 25, who arepupils or former pupils of ChristChurch and Saint Peters Church ofEngland School, or who have been orwhose parents have been resident inthe Electoral Parish of Mountsorrelfor at least 12 calendar months.

The forms of application are asfollows:Application Form 1 – University/Higher Edu-cationApplication Form 2 – A Level/CollegeEquivalent/ApprenticeshipsApplication Form 3 – Educational Visits (Pri-mary to A Level)Application form 4 – Music Tuition (Primaryonwards)Application form 5 – Other Applications

All of the above forms can be ob-tained by sending a stamped ad-dressed envelope detailing whichApplication Form is required, to theClerk to the Trustees, Mr P R Blake-more, KDB Accountants and Consult-ants Ltd, 21 Hollytree Close, Hoton,Loughborough LE12 5SE

The deadline for submission ofcompleted application forms is Octo-ber 11, 2013.

WEAcourses

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Summer fun day

Pics: a dancer from the JessicaMichelle School of Dance; MylesMcLean (7) has his face painted byAngie Bell

Osteoporosisfracture risk scans

Osteoporotic fractures are common in post-menopausal women and victimsmay suffer from pain, deformity and loss of independence. Hip fractures canprove fatal. Osteoporosis can be prevented if weak bones are detected earlyenough but scans for assessing risk of future fracture are not always readily

available. However, you can now have a non-invasive scan for £22.

Friday 20th September Birstall Village HallFor information and appointments please call:

0845 224 6784 Healthcare Screening

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A GOLD medal winning Par-alympic athlete has praisedthe work of a Council-runsummer sporting pro-gramme.

Richard Whitehead MBE commendedCharnwood Borough Council for organ-ising free sports taster sessions for localchildren while attending an event inMountsorrel on July 30.

Speaking at the Halstead Road playingfield, he said: “Hopefully more andmore events like this are being organ-ised by Councils as it’s a really impor-tant part of sport. I am just an athletewho enjoys sport and so am passing onmy knowledge to these children to takepart or volunteer.”

Richard’s visit was organised by thenational charity Join In, as part of Joinin Summer. The session was held atHalstead Park Road playing fields,Mountsorrel and saw 23 children enjoy

athletics and basket-ball as part of theCouncil’s free sum-mer holiday activi-ties.

Chris Traill, theCharnwood BoroughCouncil’s strategicDirector for Neigh-bourhoods andCommunity Wellbe-ing, said: “We arevery proud that aworld class athletelike Richard has

come to one of our sessions and clearlyvalues their place within sport. The ses-sion is part of the council’s commitmentto give people of all ages the chance totake part in physical activity and to har-ness the enthusiasm and legacy of theLondon 2012 Games”.


AN ELDERLY woman wholived at a Mountsorrel carehome was swindled out of£10,000 by one of theworkers.

Terrie Galvin (33) of SnibstonCourt, Ashby Road, Coalville pleadedguilty to fraud at Leicester CrownCourt. She was given an eight monthjail sentence, suspended for 12months, and ordered to do 100 hoursof unpaid work.

Galvin was employed as a careassistant at the Rose Cottage carehome, where staff are not permitted todeal with residents’ finances.

Galvin had obtained the 89 yearold victim’s bank card details andthere were nine unauthorised transac-tions on the card between October2011 and March 2012, resulting in aloss of £9784.

The court was told the defendanthad taken out the money to pay offpayday loans and had then continuedusing the card.

Galvin, who did not have any previ-ous convictions, pleaded guilty to thecharge.

COURAGEOUS LEANNE Coleman from Mountsorrel completeda charity skydive to raise money for Rainbows.

Leanne (24), from Castle Road, said:“It was surreal, I didn’t start to take itall in until the chute opened. But before

that, when my legs were dangling off theedge of the plane, I was worried think-ing – the only way out is through thisdoor.”

Leanne took off from Langar Airfieldwith Skydive Langar and her jump raised£627.

Leanne, who works for NicholasHumphrey’s Estate Agents in Loughbor-ough, says her next fundraising chal-lenge is the Loughborough halfmarathon.Pic: Leanne Coleman with co-jumper Dan Wil-liams. Photo courtesy Tony Danbury

LOCAL GOOD causes have received aportion of £15,000 from Leicester-shire County Council’s Area Forum.

The Bradgate, Rothley, Mountsorreland Birstall Area Forum met in June andthose attending voted for their favouriteprojects from a shortlist. The fundingwas allocated as follows:

• Minibus Disabled Adventure Club£700

• The Bungalow, Longslade LearningHub £3884

• Renovation of Rothley Scout HQ£4320

• Birstall Methodist Lunch Club£1280

• Reach for the Sky – Gunns Commu-nity Gym £1500

• Station platform at MountsorrelRailway Project £3316

The next Area Forum meeting is onSep 23, 6.30pm at the Palmer Tomkin-son Centre, Longslade College. All wel-come www.leicestershireforums.org

Gold medallistin Mountsorrel

Pic: (l-r) Phoebe Hugh-es (15), Amy Walker(15) & Olivia Romano(16) with RichardWhitehead

Leanne’s thrilling leapfor Rainbows hospice

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PLANS TO build 250 homesand a relief road offMountsorrel Lane in Roth-ley will be decided thisDecember.

A planning inspector will consideran appeal by the developers WilliamDavis Limited on December 10. Theinquiry is expected to last four days.

In June, Charnwood Borough Coun-cil recommended that the plans berefused on the grounds that it reducesthe area of separation between Rothleyand Mountsorrel.

Rothley Parish Council are pressingfor the maximum amount of developercontributions for the village, and it willseek to have green spaces within thesite protected from future development.

William Davis’s plans include thecreation of a new area of public openspace next to Rothley cemetery andprovision of 30 per cent affordablehousing. The new link road is expectedto reduce congestion on Linkfield Roadin Mountsorrel.

THE SPEAKER at the Junemeeting of Mountsorrel WIwas Wendy Coley who repre-sented Medical DetectionDogs.

She was accompanied by her verywell behaved, and gorgeous, pet labra-dor. Medical Detection Dogs is a charitythat works in partnership with research-ers, NHS Trusts and Universities. Theiraim is to train specialist dogs to detectthe odour of human disease.

Dogs are renowned for their sense ofsmell. The Medical Alert Dogs aretrained to assist individuals who managecomplex medical conditions on a day today basis. Their dogs are taught to iden-tify the odour changes that are associat-ed with certain medical events. Forexample for someone living with diabe-tes, hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) orthe avoidance of it can be a daily prob-lem.

Symptoms can vary from confusion toseizures or comas and be life threaten-ing. Once trained, the Medical AlertDogs recognise blood sugar levels out-side the normal range and warn theirowners or get help, before the symptomsare felt. They will bring their owner anynecessary medical supplies such as glu-cose and blood testing kits. They canalso be trained to push alarm buttons.How clever is that! Wendy was extremelyentertaining and raised awareness of thischarity and also explained how peoplecould help in various ways from donat-ing money to puppy walking

All visitors to our meetings at theParish Rooms are very welcome so whynot come along and try it! We certainlyare not just Jam and Jerusalem. Pleasejust turn up or for further details contactAlison Aldwinckle on 07517232029

From Mountsorrel WI


Documentsrelating to the ap-peal can be foundin the PlanningExplorer section ofCharnwood’s web-site. The planningreference isP/12/2005/2

A MOUNTSORREL teenager is hosting an American guest aspart of Youth Exchange scheme organised by the RotaryClub of the Soar Valley.

Zoey Gray (17) from Carson City,Nevada is staying with Maia Harrison-Bond. At a Rotary meeting Zoey showeda short film of her home, her family andinterests.

She will be visiting London, Cam-bridge, York and Stratford upon Avonduring her stay. Later in the year Zoeywill be hosting Maia in her Nevadahome.Pic: (l-r) Zoey Gray from Nevada USA,Rotary President Peter Jones, MaiaHarrison-Bond from Mountsorrel

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A CHARITABLE trust set upafter the death of a Mount-sorrel teacher has awardedits first choral scholarship.

P/13/1699/2: 6 Rochester Close –two storey extension to side ofdwellingP/13/1462/2: 149 LoughboroughRoad – erection of single storey ex-tension to side and rear and changeof use from dwelling (Class C3) toChildren’s Day Nursery (Class D1)P/13/1421/2: Land adj 98 Cross Lane– LCC CM Application. Installation ofnew kiosk to support existing sewagepumping stationP/13/1107/2: 6 Kestrel Lane – erec-tion of single storey extension toside of dwellingP/13/1008/2: Land off Halstead Road– site for residential development ofup to 200 houses with associatedroads, landscaping, sports pitch andlandscaped bund

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CHILDREN MADE butter-fly feeders at theMountsorrel RailwayProject’s latest Wildlife Warriorsevent.

Trust’saward

The Jayne Morley Memorial Fund wasset up last year to help young musicians,following the death of Jayne Morley,aged 55.

Seventeen year old Pippa Judge fromBarrow-on-soar is the first recipient ofan award from the fund, which takes theform of a scholarship to the LeicesterChurch Music Consort, a local choir.

Pippa will have the opportunity tosing in cathedrals throughout Englandand the financial assistance will helpwith her musical tuition.

Pippa holds the Royal School of Mu-sic Bishop’s Award and was a foundermember of the St James the GreaterGirls’ choir, where she is deputy headchorister. She is a student at Loughbor-ough High School.

Jayne Morley was a talented musicianand teacher who had been a member ofthe Leicester Church Music Consort for aperiod of 30 years prior to her death.Her husband Paul remains the directorof the group.

Pic: Pippa Judge

Some had travelled from as far asNottinghamshire to take part in theevent, organised by Caroline Bowler.

Pic: children with their butterfly feeders

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Enjoy a complimentary therapy treatment in a calm relaxing atmosphere. Meet &chat to other patients & carers over a cup of tea. Therapies available includearomatherapy massage, reflexology, Indian head massage & reiki

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