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In August 2008, Colin and Louise Bentley, together with John and Carol Smith were presented with the opportunity of purchasing a property known as “The Mount”, adjacent to their existing premises, Coniston Residential Home, Garfield Road, Felixstowe, since renamed Cotman Lodge.The location of the site meant that any new

development would be fraught with challenges. With the help of Wincer Kievennar, the architects,planning permission was sought and granted to demolish the existing building and construct a brand new, purpose built residential home for the elderly.

Work began in October 2009, but before any building work could commence, the land had to be stabilised. To achieve this, it was necessary to sink 52 piles alongside the site boundary; each pile to a depth of at least 15 metres. A total of 17,500 tonnes of soil was removed from the front of the piles. This amounted to 875 lorry loads! The result of this was a level site and the total removal of the cliff side that the original building stood upon. Overall, a total of 170 piles, each to a depth of 8 - 15 metres were driven into the site. Construction of the building then commenced, using a tower crane with a 35 metre reach, which dominated the Felixstowe skyline for many months.

The result is a stunning, beautifully designed and constructed building, nestling into the cliff overlooking Felixstowe seafront. The owners have put their 27 years experience in caring for the elderly to good use. The interior

combines supremecomfort with state of the art technology and every detail has been most carefully considered. Local contractors and suppliers have been used to ensure high standards throughout. Every resident will have a most tastefully furnished room, en-suite wet room facilities, the latest adjustable pro-file beds complete with custom made mattresses, satellite television, telephone and internet connection. The majority of the rooms have panoramic sea views; some with balconies and some direct access to the large attractive garden area. Other facilities in the building include a library, cinema, hairdressing salon, and the latest barrier laundry systems.Cotman House benefits from the personal involvement of the directors who are supported by the manager and a highly experienced team who already have an excellent reputation in Cotman Lodge. Both the directors and staff are very excited to be part of this unique project.The owners wish to pay tribute to Carters of Ipswich, who have been outstanding in their efforts throughout the project. The finished building is a testament to their craftsmanship and attention to detail. A special thank you is due to the residents of Garfield Road and the surrounding area for their patience and understanding as the construction work progressed.

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My, haven’t they grown?You hear it all the time – Aunty Doreen hasn’t seen the kids since last Christmas, and the first thing she says is “my, haven’t they grown?” And yes, they have grown – but it isn’t always easy for Mum or Dad to see that, until it is pointed out. Sometimes we are too close to things to be able to see them clearly. And this can cause us problems when we have difficult decisions to make – or when something isn’t working the way it should do, and we can’t see why. Every so often it can be very helpful to talk through a situation with an impartial and independent person, who can help us to see things with more clarity. These issues may be work related (Should I apply for that post? Is it time I moved my business out of my kitchen?) but not necessarily (Where should we go on our holiday? Does Hubert need professional help with his maths?)If you want to talk things over with someone, let me give you some tips for success.1. What do you want to talk over? For example: for your holiday are you trying to decide between Cromer and Southwold? Or between a holiday cottage and camping? Or is the real issue whether you can afford a holiday this year at all?The clearer you are about the issue you want to discuss, the more likely it is your talk-through will help.2. Who do you know who’ll keep their mouth shut? Yes, obviously, you want to choose someone you can trust not to broadcast your private business to everyone else, afterwards. But you also need someone to largely keep their mouth shut while you are talking! You want someone who will allow you to talk through your problem, rather than joining in and recounting one of theirs that was just like it. Of course, you do need to explain this to the person involved, which means that you need to have decided beforehand . . .3. What would you like them to do? When you talk things over with someone, they may feel that you are asking for their opinion / advice – which means they will do their best to provide it. If you don’t want it, you need to say so beforehand, tactfully.However, they need to have the opportunity to help! Otherwise you could just be talking to yourself. So create space for your listener to ask questions if they aren’t clear about anything, because they may have spotted something you’ve missed, which might be vital for your solution.On the other hand, you may very much want their advice – in which case tell them that, too.With a bit of preparation, talking things through with someone can be really helpful, giving you insight into the issue, and a range of options for action. Happy talking!Kate Kelly is the Business Plumber – helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to stop profit leaks, remove blockages and backlogs, and sometimes do a major re-plumbing of the workflow.


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A New Moon in Taurus midmonth is a great time to buy that big ticket item, rearrange your finances or change banks, if you want to. Uranus, in your sign towards the end of the month, will be a blast of fresh air. You may be in a rebellious mood and ready to overthrow the status quo. You will also be keener to take risks. The unknown will be fun and profitable.

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TAURUS Apr 21st - May 21st - Call: 09111 807 134Mercury turns direct so you can now go ahead with all those projects that have been on the back burner. If you wait until after the New Moon in your sign which is midmonth, you will have an even better opportunity to start out on the right foot. At this time you can begin new projects, sign deals and make changes in any area you choose. The sooner the better!

GEMINI May 22nd - Jun 21st - Call: 09111 807 135Venus in your sign makes you a very attractive option. Mercury turns direct midmonth, meaning you will get a lot more done. If you combine logical thinking with intuition you will be even more successful. Uranus moves into your social zone at the end of the month, which means this area of your chart will be hot. Dating and networking will be an adventure!

CANCER Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd - Call: 09111 807 136Your social life looks healthier this month with new friends and business associates keen to connect with you. A New Moon midmonth makes this the best time to move in new circles. Meanwhile, your career could start to skyrocket as Uranus enters your career zone. You will begin to see all your hard work pay off as opportunities arrive out of the blue.

LEO Jul 24th - Aug 23rd - Call: 09111 807 137Your energy levels continue to be high – make the most of it. You have the chance for a fresh beginning career wise with a New Moon midmonth. If you are starting a job or going for an interview, you will have a greater chance of success. Uranus moves into your adventure zone which will really have you buzzing. The option to travel may quickly emerge.

VIRGO Aug 24th - Sep 23rd - Call: 09111 807 138You have a chance to catch up on any backlog and get your life in order. From midmonth the New Moon is excellent for going on a business trip or holiday, and for starting legal claims. Uranus moves into your joint financial zone at the end of the month which may inspire you to think up ways to become mega-rich. Your love life will become very dynamic.

LIBRA Sept 24th - Oct 23rd - Call: 09111 807 139 This month is all about relationships – something dear to your heart. You start out being chatty and flirtatious, and enjoying the effect you have on others. There will be plenty of social action which will escalate as the days go by. When Uranus moves into your relationship zone at the end of the month both you and your partner will seek greater independence.

SCORPIO Oct 24th - Nov 22nd - Call: 09111 807 140A New Moon midmonth brings an opportunity to take your relationship to a new level of commitment. This may be a good time to propose or get married. Changes are in the air later this month when Uranus moves into your health and lifestyle zone. An event may encourage you to do something radical that will overturn the current status quo. The sooner the better!

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23rd - Dec 21st - Call: 09111 807 141Midmonth is best for signing major contracts or purchasing big ticket items. Mercury turns direct creating a much smoother purchasing experience. The New Moon around the same time helps if you are starting a job or health routine. Your efforts will bear fruit more quickly. Finally, Uranus moves into your romance zone. Your love life can explode into action.

CAPRICORN Dec 22nd - Jan 20th - Call: 09111 807 142A New Moon midmonth is helpful for starting your own business, or a love affair. Your efforts will be aided by the moon tide and the fruits of your work will be experienced sooner rather than later. When Uranus moves into your home zone at the end of the month, you may begin to develop a feverish wanderlust - a desire to roam rather than stay in one place.

AQUARIUS Jan 21st - Feb 19th - Call: 09111 807 143Uranus moves into your communications zone. You may pick up on this earlier than most. It may manifest as a restlessness and an urge to explore new thoughts and concepts, and try them out for size. You may want to jettison some of your beliefs, even those you have a fondness for, for rather more liberating ones. Ideas will be your most lucrative resource.

PISCES Feb 20th - Mar 20th - Call: 09111 807 144A New Moon midmonth is perfect for buying a home or for beginning major projects. Don’t be tempted to do so earlier than this if you can help it, as the results may not be so positive. It is better to bide your time. Uranus moves out of your sign and into your financial zone, which is going to change the way you handle your financial affairs. No holds barred!

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David Ruffley MP to hold talks at West Suffolk College on apprenticeships

On the 20 May David Ruffley will be conducting a meeting with Mr Martyn Wagner, Vice Principal of Business and Student Services at West Suffolk College to discuss the large Government programme to expand apprenticeships.

Mr Ruffley said: “”I am looking forward to visiting West Suffolk College to discuss the future opportunities for more apprentices in Suffolk. Currently West Suffolk College offer both adult and age 16-19 apprenticeships in subjects ranging from Pharmacy to Landscaping and Horticulture and I am hoping that with the help of Government funding (2011/12 = £1,404 million from the Department for Education and The Department of Business Innovation and Skills) I want these courses which so often lead to great jobs to expand into new areas.

I think it is vital for everybody to be able to access a good quality education and through apprenticeships individuals are able to gain some hands on experience in various aspects of work. Apprenticeships can really help when seeking employment in today’s current job market.”

Not too much to report this month as everything seems to have been on hold during the election campaign.

I have always called on every household but this time I admit failure as I didn’t get to everyone, although I did manage a large majority. Several things conspired against getting round, including some unseasonably hot weather, bank holidays, more houses than last time and an ageing and aching body!

A few statistics about the estate help to explain why it’s so difficult; there are currently 3286 dwellings containing 5662 electors in 104 streets and whoever said that Suffolk is flat ought to try walking it.

The most asked questions centred on traffic congestion, parking, over-development, the rotten bus service, the new football site, Skyliner Way and a certain person’s salary.

I wasn’t expecting so much interest in the AV referendum but it soon became clear that people wanted to hear a sensible debate rather than the unedifying skirmishes between national politicians. Do our masters at Westminster really think we can’t see through their posturing and that we don’t know they are only concerned with their own futures?

Moreton Hall remains unchanged and there’s not too much difference in the make-up of the council which is hardly surprising when 25 percent are re-elected unopposed. Very nice for the individuals concerned but I’m not too sure that it makes for good accountability. We’ve seen a good few examples of the resulting complacency at our own public meetings over the last few years.

I was hoping to update you on what is happening at Suffolk County Council but if you read the local press or watch and listen to regional broadcasts you will know that the organisation is in a state of transition. Maybe, I’m being a little charitable as it’s actually in a complete shambles. The former leader has stood down and a new leader takes over later in May. He appears to be going back on some of the folly known as the New Strategic Direction. Reversing some of the proposals is to be welcomed but why has this one administration marched the council to the top of the hill and is now marching then down again? The level of anxiety created throughout the organisation and in the community is unacceptable. We must wait and see how the drastically reduced grant from central government is going to be addressed but it’s vital that the most vulnerable and those who care for them are not subjected to this uncertainty for any longer.

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May - June Film Review

Limitless: Neil Burger

Limitless is one of those films that lives up to the trailer and beyond. With this role Bradley Cooper is

proving his credentials as a leading actor and of course it helps that I don’t think he hit any branches on the ugly tree. Always a plus if you want to be a leading man in Hollywood. He is well supported by Abbie Cornish best know for Candy with the late Heath Ledger and new film Suckerpunch. Also you cannot say anything about this film without mentioning the wonder that is Robert De Niro. Is there any role this man cannot do? Cooper does well to hold his own

against such a Hollywood Legend.Cooper plays writer Eddie Morra who has chronic writers block but a chance meeting with an old friend introduces him to the world of the drug known as NZT. This drug allows him to access the full potential of his mind. Within days of taking NZT he has completed his book, Learns languages overnight and manages to predict the stock market which takes Wall Street by storm.

This rise of fame brings Morra to the attention of Carl Van Loon played by De Niro. Van loon puts Morra in charge of a massive multi billion dollar merger the largest in commercial history and

it unleashes all kinds of situations for Morra. One namely being the fight for his life! This film deals with drug addiction but deals with it in a way I have not seen before. I personally thought the way it shows that not all drug addicts are bad people is clever.

I must admit I got a little confused halfway through but managed to catch up and this is one of the downfalls of the film. It moves at a very fast pace and can be tricky to keep up with but at the same time I didn’t find it too hard to catch back on to what was happening.

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Red Riding Hood: Catherine Hardwicke

Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight Fame presents us with a modern version of the classic fairytale

Red Riding Hood. Amanda Seyfried plays the leading role of Red Riding Hood (I shall from here on in refer to this role as Red) with a supporting cast of near unknowns. The 3 most notable cast members are Gary Oldman playing Father Solomon, the one who claims he can rid the town of the wolf, Billy Burke playing Red’s Father and Julie Christie as her Grandmother. I was really looking forward to this film as I loved Catherine Hardwicke’s work in Twilight and the trailer looked really good and that for me apart from the

twist is when my enjoyment of this film finishes. Don’t get me wrong there is nothing majorly wrong with this film but for me it was a regurgitation of Twilight with a few tweaks. This being there are no vampires and the story is set in a medieval looking town rather than an all American sleepy town and again there for me the tweaks end. The script is awful. I sat there at one point thinking to myself this is just word for word Twilight but set so it fits the storyline. The wolves we see are carbon copies of the werewolves we see in twilight and this annoyed me intensely especially after rumours that she didn’t direct the 2nd Twilight movie to avoid being pigeon holed.

The thing I will praise the film for is the

twists!!! You do not expect the twists that come through out this film one of them is totally unexpected and for this I gave the film an extra flyer.

If you want to see a good adaptation of the Red Riding Hood story may I be so bold as to recommend a film called Hard Candy by David Slade (another of the Twilight directors). This is an 18 rated film as the main theme of this film is paedophilia. Patrick Wilson plays Jeff an assumed sexual predator (the Wolf) and Ellen Page plays Hayley a 14 year old (Red Riding Hood) who meet online and the story unfolds from there. This film is an excellent adaption of the classic Red Riding Hood Story which is one of my personal favourite films as well as having one of my favourite modern actresses in.

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A stroll through the Abbey Gardens

Strolling through the Abbey Gardens in the sunshine, we stopped to watch the children playing on the swings and slides, and it set me to wondering…..has this space always been a garden?

No, it has not! For this; we have to thank, Nathanial Shirley Harness Hodson who came to Bury in 1818 and in 1820 opened his first botanical garden on the east side of the Great Churchyard.

The Marquis of Bristol was so impressed by this space, that he proposed a transfer of the gardens to the former Great Courtyard of the Abbey, the area that we know today, as the Abbey

Gardens.

Nathaniel leased the land for £ 60 per annum. They are based on a design from Brussels. All the plants and tree’s where catalogued and numbered, some of which, you can still see today, with the original oval plaques.

We found the elegant fan like, fern leaved beech and sat in the dappled sunlight to eat our picnic, which we shared with a robin and a blackbird, whilst two

squirrels ran up and down the trunk of the neighbouring Turkish hazel. We caught snatches of conversation in the lovely, soft, Suffolk accent.

Two collared doves, were building a nest….. above our heads!

But it was not until 1912, that the gardens where made available for all to access.

The freehold was finally purchased in 1953.

When the area, then known as the wilderness and what are the tennis courts today, was cleared, the full size, of abbey church was revealed.

If you stand in this area, looking towards the Abbey Gate, to your right is Alwyne House. This is where Nathaniel lived and in 1869, aged 79, he died.

Alwyne, Ailwin, Aegelwin (there are many different spellings) is the name of the monk, who, came from Saint Benet’s Hulme in Norfolk in around 990 and was put in charge of Saint Edmunds body, which, in 1010 he removed for safe keeping from the warring Danes.

According to the weaving and meandering myths and legend, that surround Saint Edmund, Alwyne brought the body back three years later, issuing a stern warning to King Sweyn not to interfere with the Saint!

And yes, you’ve guessed it, Sweyn ignored him, and, overnight, he died a mysterious and tormented death…………

Sweyn’s son, Canute, was a different kettle of fish and had Alywne build a stone church to house Saint Edmund.

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VISION 2031MHRA was founded to look after the interests of the Residents of Moreton Hall. This includes concerns over further development under the Local Development Framework adopted by the Borough Council in December of last year.The Council has promised that infrastructure issues will be dealt with but the only specific actions proposed are a road linking the Rookery Crossroads with Skyliner Way and the possibility of a Secondary School.The Council has Launched Vision 2031 to obtain views from members of the public. The MHRA Committee has been extensively involved in the process concerning three areas to the East of Bury. The level of attendance at the drop ins and particularly the workshops has in my view been disappointing and the understanding of how these developments will affect Residents appears limited.The overall effect of the developments is the addition of 3,000 new houses to the East of Bury with very little consideration of traffic flow and public transport provision. At a recent Council meeting I asked if a new detailed traffic survey would be undertaken and implemented before any development plans were taken any further and I was told that this would not be done.Residents should now take time to review the current proposals and make their feelings known. MHRA would be pleased to act as a focus to consolidate views and impart them to the Council and other relevant bodies. It is also

our intention to get together with other local Residents’ Associations, Parish Councils and Community Bodies to ensure the maximum local pressure. The Coalition Government has made an issue of local community involvement but we have yet to see much in the way of positive results.Web site https://sites.google.com/site/moretonhallraE mail MoretonHall [email protected]

May brings the Resolution meeting and this time there was a good deal of discussion on all sides of both resolutions. The economic impact of large farms on local communities and small farmers, cheap meat? the pollution from all that expelled gas! Then on to the libraries, although a local issue that is dear to many hearts and a lifeline to the elderly and young mums, could this be influenced nationally? What other services would be cut instead?While we discussed, we enjoyed a “pudding night” – tasting various desserts and cheese and biscuits provided by members. Lots of competitions to enter and some lovely social events to plan for the next few months. A good evening with a lucky table winning 4 of the raffle prizes! Can’t be bad!Come and join us on the first Wednesday of the month at the Community Centre, 7.30pm.Elizabeth MorganPress Secretary

Andy Guy, a Music Technology lecturer at West Suffolk College, has won a Gary Numan Remix Competition and the chance to meet the star.

Andy said: “I am a big fan of Gary Numan. He offered a remix competition in conjunction with a series of special concerts called ‘Back to the Phuture’, which celebrated the pioneers and current players in electronic based music.

Andy beat off competition from many other talented producers all over the world.

Andy created a mix of Numan’s multi-track audio files, giving it a Middle Eastern flavour. Numan and his producer chose it as the winner from among 170 entries. The track was played over the PA at Numan’s Manchester show.

Andy said: “My prize was a signed CD, VIP tickets to the London show on April 2 and the chance to meet Gary. He is a really cool and nice guy and we talked about my mix. I gave him a CD of my own music and expressed my interest in doing some more mixes for him, which he seemed positive about. He and his manager made sure that they had my contact details.”

The VIP ticket allowed Andy and West Suffolk College colleague Karly Stebbings to attend an after show party with all of the bands performing that night and the other VIP guests.

Andy said: “All in all, it was a great night and well worth the hard work I did to make the mix.”

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Local Traders & What’s On May - JuneStowmarket Bridge ClubStowmarket has a thriving Bridge Club which meets twice a week at St Mary’s Church Hall, Windermere Road.In January several experienced bridge players from the club attended a Bridge Teacher Training course run by the national body for bridge.The club is now very keen to open up the exciting game of bridge to new members.If you are interested in learning this wonderful game please call the secretary, Maurice Last on 01449 616625, for further information. Social Dance nightEvery MondayBallroom, Latin and popular sequence, Stowupland Village Hall, 7:30 To 10:00pm, Tea & Coffee provided, £2:50 per personFor more information, Contact 01449 672601www.fourfeet1beat.comEvery Wednesday Open Drum GroupDjembes, samba drums, bells and shakers, Henley Community Centre, Ipswich 7.30pm - 9.30pm. £5 or £3 concs. Drums available to borrow, beginners welcome, Eddie 07948 359405Tudor Times in HaughleyBacton & Cotton Local History SocietyTuesday, 17th May, 7.30 Bacton Village Hall. Members £ 2 Non-members £ 3The Tudor life and times of the Sulyard family, Lords of the Manor of Haughley, a major town of the timesRuby & Her HorsesComing to St Mary’s Church, Bacton on Friday 20th May 2011, 7.00pm for 7.30pm start –Tickets £6 from Rose Graham Tel 01449 780201Comedy stage hypnotist show Monday May 30th, A top comedy stage hypnotist show with Adam Knight. Call 01449 612954At The Cedars Hotel, Needham Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2AJStart time 7.30pm

AN EVENING OF CLAIRVOYANCE WITH STEPHANIE CARR.ON THURSDAY 2ND JUNE.7.30PM.AT STOWMARKET RUGBY CLUB.TICKETS ARE £8 AVAILABLE BY CALLING 07936553280, OR EMAILING [email protected]. IN AID OF KIRTON WARD AT IPSWICH HOSPITAL.IN MEMORY OF MY DAD WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.Ballroom & Sequence danceSudbury Delphi Social CentreJune 4 8pm to 11.15pmAdmission £7 ppDancing to Howard & Chris SpurrTel 01787 227 876.Stowmarket Carnival procession16th July - Vehicles needed, groups needed, join the procession. email [email protected] Carnival Soul Night 15th, 16th &17th July.

Other NewsPress release - The Brewers Arms in Rattles-den Re-opensThe refurbished Brewers Arms in Rattlesden re-opened at Easter to a warm welcome from local residents. The Scalco family – Rino, an experienced, high quality chef, who creates mouth-watering dishes, cooked on the premises, using fresh, seasonal produce, and Rebekkah, a publican who has managed a range of popular venues, with an increasing emphasis on the provision of excellent food and who, incidentally grew up locally and

went to school in Stowmarket – have created a delightful new restaurant and bar, where everybody is welcome.The Brewers Arms is open from 11am to 11pm six days a week (closed on Mondays). As well as good food, wines and ales, Bek and Rino serve wonderful Italian coffee, so do pop in for a drink or a meal (food served 12-3 and 6-9) - and say “hello” to Bek, Rino and their new young team.The Brewers Arms, Lower Road, Rattlesden, Suffolk, IP30 0RJ – telephone 01449 736377 for bookings. Art in the Heart of SuffolkStowmarket Art Club are holding their Annual Exhibition a week earlier this year. Normally running for the Bank Holiday week at the end of May, this year it will run from Tuesday 24th May until Saturday 28th May, 10am until 4pm An exhibition of over 200 paintings by local artists and free admission, this years show looks to be maintaining the very high standards we have come to expect from members. We have also a mock-up of an artist’s studio to give an idea of how the Masters like Constable and Gainsborough might have worked.On Friday the 27th May we will stay open until 7pm for the launch of the Stowmarket Festival. Please come and give us a look, we are sure you will not be disappointed.

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Organisers of the Bury St Edmunds Cancer Research UK Relay For Life have launched the second poetry competition, after the success of the inaugural event. We are looking for words of inspiration for the

start of this year’s occasion, penned by East Anglian poets.In 2010 the 21 hour relay raised £100,000 for the charity. This year we have a new venue in the picturesque setting of Ickworth Park, generously supported by the National Trust. The poetry competition is supported by the EADT, The Bury Free Press and Waterstone’s and was set up to embrace local talent, rather than using poems written by strangers. The theme of the competition is “Hope”. At midday on Saturday 30th July the winning entry will be read out to the assembled crowd, celebrating Survivors of cancer, in the magnificent grounds of Ickworth Park. The entry deadline is midday (12pm) on Friday 17th June. Entries cost £2.50. The competition is open to residents of East Anglia. Further details on how to enter can be found at www.poemforlife.com . We look forward to reading your words of encouragement and hope. Places are still available for any teams who would like to participate in the 21 hour Relay For life. Details can be found at www.cancerresearchuk.org/relay/venues/burystedmunds/Julie GrimseyOn behalf of the Relay For Life committee, Bury St Edmunds.

On 7th April 2011 19 childminders and parents and 37 children from Absolutely Brilliant Childcare (ABC) Childminding Group (Childminders based on Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds) met at Moreton Hall Community Centre for an Easter Egg hunt.The hen-thusiastic children egg-citedly gathered to eggs-plore for hidden eggs (kindly donated by one of the parents), having great fun and lots of egg-ercise. They then had a well deserved snack and drink before joining in with Easter colouring activitiesLiz Ayling (Chair of ABC) said ‘It was lovely to see

children (and adults) so excited searching for eggs and having fun in the sunshine’.Absolutely Brilliant Childcare can be contacted on telephone number : 01284 765238 or email;

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Explore illuminated medieval manuscripts with historical interpreter Phil Coates and try your hand at producing your own manuscript at an activity day on Saturday 21 May from 11am to 4pm at Moyse’s Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds. Illuminated manuscripts are hand written books fabulously decorated with gold, silver and bright paint. During the medieval period they were produced on parchment made from animal skin. A scribe would write on the parchment with a reed or feather quill pen, leaving spaces for the illustrations. Moyse’s Hall Museum has a wealth of material from the period, which saw Bury St Edmunds at the height of its power. The huge Bury Bible, dating from 1190, used 350 animal skins. The precious original is held by Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, but you can see a ground breaking digital copy at the museum, along with the original Monks’ Chronicle from the Abbey.This activity is included in normal admission. Moyse’s Hall opens from 10am to 5pm (last entry 4pm) every day except Bank Holidays. Normal admission via Heritage Ticket is £5 adults, £3 child and concessions and £15 for a family (maximum six people including one adult and one child) which provides admission to Moyse’s Hall and West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village for a year. Further details can be obtained from 01284 757160 or visit www.moyseshall.org.


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Welcome good news such as the increase in personal allowance and a reduction in fuel duty.

Personal allowancesPersonal allowance will increase to £7,475 from April 2011 and from 6 April 2012 the personal allowance will rise to £8105 (Although inflation will eroded any real benefit of the rise).

Small business summaryThe Chancellor put forward various measures for business across a wide number of issues.

• Entrepreneurs’’ Relief l lifetime limit doubles from 6 April 2011 to £10 million.

• Corporation tax on small businesses, those with profits of less than £300,000 will pay corporation tax at 20%

• Capital allowances – the changes to the rates proposed in June 2010 remain unaltered and from April 2012 the Annual Investment Allowance will be reduced to £25,000 and that the rates of writing down allowance on man pool assets will reduce from 20% to 10%.

• Business Rates – small business rate relief scheme has been extended for an additional year to 30 September 2011. The scheme provides eligible small business ratepayers with small business rate relief at 100 per cent on properties up to £6,000 rateable value in 2010, (rather than the previous rate of 50 per cent), and a tapering relief from 100 per cent to 0 per cent for properties up to £12,000 in rateable value.

• Business motoring in privately owned car – the amount an employee can be reimbursed tax free for business journeys has increased from 40p to 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles, the rate of 25p per mile for mileage in excess of 10,000 remains the same.

VATThe VAT thresholds for both registering and deregistering have increased from 1 April 2011 to £73,000 and £71,000 respectively.

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West Suffolk College won the Challacombe Cup for Best Non-Agricultural Trade Stand at the South Suffolk Show at Ampton Racecourse in May. This is the fifth time in six years that the College has won this award. [Sunday 8 May 2011]The College stand, decorated with banners and bright red balloons, offered hands-on experience for young and old. The sun was shining and there was a real buzz on the College stand, with lots of activities going on, including face-painting for children.Carpentry students helped members of the public construct 300 bird boxes with timber donated by Ridgeons. They were able to decorate their box by

painting it with a stencil design.Four Brickwork students helped members of the public have a go at bricklaying, by creating a segmental arch or building to a line. Tutor Martin Cribb said that the four students who helped out on the day - Sean Merton, Kurtis Hayes, Niall Butcher and Ben Fanning - were fantastic and worked hard in all day.Staff dealt with around 100 enquiries, mainly about Apprenticeships and Adult Education.Sales and Marketing manager Emmanuelle Durand said: “It was a great event with a nice atmosphere. Some of our visitors were regulars, who come to the College stand every year. They told me how many birds they already had in bird boxes they had made in previous years. Face painting was also extremely popular.”E0.45 dancers from the College put on a show in the ring nearest to the College marquee. They presented seven dances in all, which had been especially choreographed for this venue and designed to be watched from all four sides.Lecturer Helena Rudd said: “Although the pieces were made for up to 20 dancers, on the day we had 13 performers who coped extremely well with learning multiple new formations for each dance and went on to give an energetic performance which was very well received.”After the show there were a number of enquiries about Performing Arts courses.The South Suffolk Show is a one day agricultural show which caters for all age groups, with livestock prizes and an array of attractions, including a craft marquee, food hall, trade stands and children’s entertainments.

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