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The Mountsorrel War Memorials Trust andMountsorrel Parish Council are acting in partner-ship to bring forward the proposals which willsee the old Memorial Hall demolished and re-placed with a new building linked to the SoarValley Leisure Centre.
The new Memorial Centre would include:Ground Floor:• a multi purpose hall• a demountable stage facility and retractable
seating• a crèche and green room with storage• two compact retail units• a cafeteria spaceFirst Floor:• flexible meeting room spaces• a community arts/music and performance
room• a meeting room• a kitchen• storage for local
organisationsThe plans also
include a two storeyextension to the SoarValley Leisure Centre,a separate buildingfor young people,and a communitygarden.
Access will befrom the mini-round-about on LeicesterRoad and car park-ing will be increased
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AMBITIOUS PLANS for a new £3.85million Memorial Centrehave been submitted to Charnwood Borough Council.
New Memorial Centre plannedby 21 to provide 67 spaces intotal at the Memorial Centre,and an extra 42 spaces at theLeisure Centre.
There is a current project fund of£3.4million, leaving a shortfall of£450,000. There are plans by developerCharles Church to build up to 130dwellings off West Cross Lane andMountsorrel Parish Council have re-
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A MOUNTSORREL man hasbeen jailed for six years forhis part in an attack on a 24year old man that left thevictim with serious headinjuries.
Damon Waldrum (23) of LaurelClose, Mountsorrel and Jamie Jackson(23), of Humberstone Lane, Leicesterwere sentenced to six years in prison atLeicester Crown Court after being foundguilty of inflicting grievous bodily harmwith intent.
The court heard Jackson andWaldrum were among a group of fourmen who kicked and stamped on PaulSmith, after encountering him at anaddress in Mountsorrel on July 28,2013.
The victim required a five hour oper-
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there is abig drive onliteracy inschools so it makes this proposal reallyshort-sighted.
“There are also plenty of old peoplethat use the library and it may be theironly contact with others in the day.”
Mountsorrel Parish Council is seekingto negotiate a contribution of £200,000for the library from a property developerwith plans to build 130 homes on WestCross Lane. This Section 106 developercontribution may be enough to keep thelibrary open under County Council man-agement.
A County Council spokesman said:“The County Council wants to encouragecommunities to come forward and runtheir libraries, with council support. It isfar too early to speculate on libraryclosures.”
The County Council cabinet will meet
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Borough Councillor, have organisedpetitions objecting to the plans, collect-ing around 1700 signatures. They areconcerned that volunteers will not befound and thelibrary could close.
Sarah Maynard-Smith said: “Thereare a lot of chil-dren in our com-munity that use thelibrary. Books areexpensive and manyof our libraries arein real pockets ofsocial deprivation,closing the library denies children easyaccess to books.
“Reading for pleasure is closelylinked to high attainment at school,
quested Section 106 developer contribu-tions for the Memorial Centre, as well as£200,000 for Mountsorrel library and£400,000 for sporting facilities at Hal-stead Road/Cufflins Pit Lane
ation to have three metal plates insertedinto his damaged eye socket.
The court heard the cause of theincident was over a debt of £62.50.Both men claimed they acted in selfdefence after Mr Smith initially attackedthem, and denied kicking or stamping.
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A PUBLIC meeting called to discuss the future of Mountsor-rel library was filled with local residents worried about itspotential closure.
36 local libraries could be closeddue to County Council cutbacks and themeeting was organised by the Council aspart of the consultation exercise.
The County says it wants volunteers tocome forward to run the library with itssupport.
Parish Councillor Stan Coats andlibrary user Sarah Maynard-Smith, a
A MEMORIAL bench for a fouryear old Mountsorrel girl whowas killed by a pet dog hasbeen vandalised.
The bench was provided by thegrandparents of Lexi Branson andlocated next to a children’s play areaon School Street, Syston, where Lexiused to play.
The bench featured a plaque in hermemory. It was damaged between9am on Wednesday July 9 and 10amon Thursday July 10, with slats beingkicked out of the back.
The Police are urging anyone withinformation to call them on 101.
TWO MEN from Mountsorrel cycled 250 miles to raise fundsfor a charity that provides public access defibrillators.
Andrew Allen (29) and Steve Robinson(31) aimed to cycle to all of the ex football-er Fabrice Muamba’s clubs over four days,starting from Bolton’s Reebox arena, toBirmingham City, then to Arsenal’s Emiratesstadium and Wembley, where Muamba cap-tained the England U21s.
Steve had to pull out due to a knee inju-ry on the second day but Andy completedthe ride, which raised funds for the Hearts& Goals campaign.
www.justgiving.com/muambabikeridePic: Andrew Allen & Steve Robinson
on September 19 toconsider the consulta-tion results – around8000 people have giventheir views via librarysurveys, attending meet-ings and petitions.
In respect of funding from Mountsor-rel Parish Council, the County Councilspokesman said: “The County Council iskeen to consider sustainable proposalsto support community libraries andwould encourage the parish council todiscuss its ideas.”Pics: (top) protestors outside the library;(left) Cllr Stan Coats (right) hands over apetition to Nigel Thomas from the CountyCouncil
Concerned residents object to library plans
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THE MOUNTSORREL AnnualParish Council meeting washeld on May 12.
Cllr Brian Allard was elected aschairman for 2014/15 and Cllr PaulHarris was elected vice chairman.
A full meeting of Mountsorrel Par-ish Council was held on May 12.
It was agreed to contribute £155 toMountsorrel Heritage Group towardsthe exhibition at Mountsorrel library tocommemorate the outbreak of WWI.
It was agreed that Will Antill assistthe Parish Council in progressing, im-plementing and managing two majorcommunity schemes at the agreedamount of £850 per month, reviewedafter 12 months, for a two year period.The schemes relate to the MemorialCentre and Jelson’s development offHalstead Road.
Councillors discussed the future ofMountsorrel library. It was reportedthat if the Parish Council could findfunding of around £15,000 to £20,000per year for the next five years this maykeep the library open. It was suggestedthat the Mountsorrel Educational Fundcould be asked for some financial con-tribution.
A full meeting of Mountsorrel ParishCouncil was held on June 9.
Ms Lian Mundy was co-opted to filla vacancy on the Council.
It was reported that a local businesswas sponsoring the roundabout at theentrance to the village by Hill Top ga-rage. Litter had been cleared and plant-ing undertaken to enhance theappearance of the roundabout. Leices-tershire County Council have written tothe business owner saying that the workshould not have been done and that nofurther work should be carried out.
MOUNTSORREL SCOUTSspent an exciting weekendgliding at a Leicestershireairfield.
The Scouts of 1st Mountsorrel weretaking part in a weekend camp at thegliding centre at Husbands Bosworthairfield.
Before taking to the air, the Scoutsspent some time on a flight simulator.Rachael Chinnery (13) said: “We basi-cally had a remote control and on thecomputer screen there was a helicopter– it was helping us to learn how to con-trol something and how to use the gearsand gliders. It wasgood fun, it wasn’teasy to use but itwas a good chal-lenge.”
The scoutswere nervousbefore taking tothe air but werethrilled by theexperience. “Youjust feel com-plete weightless-ness, it wasamazing” saidThomas Woods(11).
Gary Tagg,Scout Leader of
1st MountsorrelScout Grouptold us why he would definitely considerdoing another gliding camp in the fu-ture: “With all the facilities we’ve got itworks really well, it’s something we’venot organised before. It’s been fantastic,really, really good!”
Visit www.charnwoodscouts.org.ukfor more information on how to getinvolved with Scouting and
www.theglidingcentre.co.uk for more informa-tion about gliding.Pic: (top) Thomas Woods, 11, getting in-to his parachute looking excited;(below) Rachael Chinnery, 13, just landedafter her first ever glide
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A planning application from devel-opers Sowden group and WilliamDavis for a £25million, 15 storeytower on a derelict plot on the cornerof Highcross Street has been submit-ted.
The site is next to the John Lewiscar park. The building would have150 flats, a food outlet and a Decath-lon sports store.
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AN EXPERIENCED traveller has launched a new venture thataims to help those less able to fulfil their travel dreams.
Mountsorrel’s John Perkins (picturedbelow) started ‘I Can You Can’ in June2014. He said: “Whatever the barriers tofulfilling yourtravel dreams Ican help. Fromaccompanyingaged, nervous orinexperiencedtravellers, toproviding travel-ling companionswho are qualifiednurses.
“I have many years’ experience as avolunteer on pilgrimages to Lourdes andmy career in business involved travellingthe world. So meeting the challenges oftravelling, and of supporting those withspecial needs while travelling, is secondnature to me.”
John, a father of three grown chil-dren, worked as a finance director for
international companies with offices inJapan, Hong Kong, the USA and Europe.He has visited over 45 countries and
360 cities.He said: “I like
people, I love travel-ling. Helping thosefor whom finallyseeing the Mona Lisaor visiting a long lostrelative has alwaysseemed an impossi-ble dream, is veryrewarding for me
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PERSISTENT RAIN fell during most ofAugust’s Mountsorrel Revival butdidn’t spoil the event with many ac-tivities carrying on as planned.
Event organiser; Ian Shonk said: “The MountsorrelREVIVAL was seven months in the planning, with theidea to bring a ‘carnival’ back to the village after manyyears, based on an old style village fete but with amodern twist.
“I decided, if I was going to organise the event, I’dhave all the things I like – hot-rods and custom cars,longbow archery, river trips, swing jive, live music,vintage stalls, and the centre-piece of the day – soapbox racing!”
With relentless rain all morning, and the river start-ing to flood, the decision was made to close down theoutside parts of the Revival. The river field and soapbox race track had to be closed for safety, but, saidIan, “people just wouldn’t give up!” Visitors still cameand the sun finally came out. There was even an im-promptu soap box race and hot-rod show outside theYouth Cafe.
Local band ‘Lockdown’ played in the Buttermarket,belting out rock numbers and creating a real ‘vibe’ inthe street as visitors took in the stalls and attractions.
‘Chicas Locas’ Burlesque performed on the Memori-al Hall stage, and gave burlesque workshops demon-strating how to ‘walk with style’
The American Civil War Society commandeeredCastle Park, setting up camp with their
Cannon, the firingof which openedand closed theRevival.
Radio Leicester’s‘Clueless’ reporter;Julie Mayer came toRevival to find thefinal clue of theprogramme - in thebarrel of the can-non, which she hadto fire live on air towin her challenge.
One visitor said:“I really enjoyedmyself and you couldsee the scale of Ian’svision for this event,it was obviously wellorganised and wouldhave been a big hitwith the public if onlythe weather had beenbetter. I congratulateIan and I think Ispeak for many peoplewhen I say I hope wecan have the event nextyear.”
Ian said: “The whole communitycame together in support of the Revival.Marshall Honda cleared their entire
Pic: Chicas Locas Burlesque performed in the Memorial Hall
Pic: Lockdown played in the Buttermarket
Pic: the American Civil War Society fire a cannon
Pic: event organiser Ian Shonk
Pic: a pedal powered soap box car
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Autumn Fairon Sat October 25 at The RothleyCentre.Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley.10am till 12 noon.Admission 50 p.Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP will beattending.Raffle, Tombola, Books, ProduceStalls, Cakes, Games, Vegetables& Games.
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RemembranceSundayParade and Serviceorganised by the MountsorrelBranch, Royal British Legion willtake place on Sunday November 9,2014. The Parade will form onthe Green at 2.30pm. to march toSt Peter’s Church for the Remem-brance Service at 3pm
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MOUNTSORREL BOYS’ Brigade finished second in an expedi-tion challenge across the Essex countryside.
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above) of the 21st Leicester Boys’ BrigadeCompany Section came second in theWaltham Walk, which was started overforty years ago and is a weekend longchallenge expedition for youth organisa-tions and schools.
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“The boys did particularly well consid-ering the soaring temperatures at theweekend and being in the unfamiliarEssex countryside. This was also the firsttime they had competed in the challenge”said Kane Sole from the MountsorrelBoys’ Brigade.
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Held at Mountsorrel libraryfrom August 4-9, the exhibition wasjointly organised by the Mountsor-rel Heritage Group (MHG) and theMountsorrel Royal British Legion.
It featured portraits of the menwho left the village to fight andwhich battles they were part of andsadly in some cases where theygave their lives and are now at rest.
At the outbreak of war the pop-ulation of Mountsorrel was 2,417(according to the nearest census,in 1901) and 83 village men werekilled in the conflict, 3.4% of thetotal population. “You can imaginethe impact on the families left be-hind, some of them containing asmany as seven fatherless children”said John Hingley of the MHG.
There were also many photo-graphs of the village as it was inthe early 1900's to underline themany businesses both large andsmall which would have been af-fected either directly or indirectlyby the reduction in the numbers ofworking men either for the dura-tion of the conflict or permanentlybecause they didn't return from thebattlefields.
The Mountsorrel Heritage Groupand the Mountsorrel Branch of TheRoyal British Legion would like toexpress their thanks for the supportof all who attended the exhibitionand their contributions for the saleof books and fridge magnets etc.
This photo was taken in France probably mid 1917 – there’s no date or any annotationsbut it is known that one of the men was killed that autumn. Thanks to visitors to theexhibition we can now name three of the men and believe that we know the family of afourth but are not certain which particular man from the family it it is as several servedin Quarry units. Obviously we’d dearly like to be able to put names to them all. Theyare all serving in a mix of Royal Engineer Quarry units in and around the Marquise areaof north-western France. The board in front of them says “Mountsorrel QuarrymenRE.... doing our bit”. From service records we can say with certainty that there’s a mixhere of men who went in August 1914 with 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment andwere later transferred as their skills were needed in the quarries behind the front, andmen who were enlisted directly from home to work in the quarries. From MountsorrelHeritage Group.
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AN EXHIBITION commemorating the start of theGreat War attracted 370 visitors.
This photo is of an event that is mentioned in “The Fifth Leicestershire. A record of the1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., during the War, 1914-1919”. By Cap-tain J.D. Hills, (the book is freely available on the internet as part of Project Gutenberg)and comes from a Heritage Group member whose grandfather is in the photo. The an-
notation with the original gives names ofplayers left to right as (allowing for somehaziness in the writing!):Private Toone, Private Taylor, Private Al-len, Sergeant Nadin, Lieutenant Sharpe,Sergeant Smith, Private Sullivan, PrivateNeal, Private Hutchinson, Lance CorporalParndall, Private Skelly
A GROUP of local artists arestaging an exhibition oftheir work.
The Soar Valley Artists’ 12th Annualexhibition will be held in the RothleyCentre on Mountsorrel Lane on Saturday& Sunday October 11/12 from 10am to5pm
Spokesman John Beckett said: “Thesociety was formed in October 2002.Our main objective is to further our loveof art and to continuously improve ourstandard of work in enjoyable company.We meet to paint on Monday evenings atSileby and Wednesday mornings at Roth-ley. The year’s programme includesworkshops, demonstrations, critique
evenings with well known artists, out-door sketching and an annual dinner.We are permanently on display at Glen-field Hospital raising money for theGlenfield Trust.
“Why not visit our 12th Annual Exhi-bition and enjoy our display of paintingsas well as coffee, tea and home madecakes”
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Exhibition looks backat Mountsorrel as itwas in 1914
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Remembrance SundayAlthough we have just marked the
outbreak of World War I` with the eventsdescribed above we will in a few weekstime be launching the 2014 Poppy Ap-peal. The Appeal benefits service peopleand their families from all the cam-paigns from the 1st World War to today– remember there has only been oneyear (1968) since the end of 2nd WorldWar when a British Service person hasnot been killed on active duty some-where across the world. The long termlegacy of support that is needed for ourservice personnel and their families as aresult of operations in Afghanistan aloneis stark. There, since the start of opera-tions, we have suffered 353 killed inaction and a further 51 have died subse-
quently from wounds. In additionwe have several thousand woundedin action many of whom will carrywound and disabilities for the restof their lives. The Royal BritishLegion, with your support, and inco-operation with partner charitiesincluding, Help for Heroes andindividual Service and Regimentalcharities is leading the way in de-livering that support.
Nationally the Poppy Appealraised over £34 million last yearbut we spend at least £1.7 millionevery week of the year on ourlongstanding welfare support initia-tives which include:
• Running our Care Homes andBreak Centres
• Providing a Benefits and Mon-ey Advice service which has helpedover 11,000 individuals to date;
• Making direct Grants totalling£24 million awarded to 42 organi-sations;
• Making individual grants total-ling £18 million to over 22,000beneficiaries.
TO MARK the centenary ofthe start of the Great Warthe Royal British Legion inMountsorrel organised ashort series of commemora-tive services.
The first, a village interdenomination-al church service, was held at St Peter’schurch on Sunday 3rd August and wasled by Reverend Canon Derek Goodman.A congregation of some 80 people at-tended the service which had a theme ofCommemoration and Thanksgiving forthe sacrifices made by villagers duringand in the aftermath of the Great War.
This was followed on Monday by
services, led by Mr E Stacey of Christch-urch and St Peter’s, of commemorationand re-dedication at Castle Hill WarMemorial and later at the Peace Garden.At both memorials wreaths were laid byMiss Ellie Neal, the great great grand-daughter of a local soldier who foughtwith the village territorial company ofthe 5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regi-ment.
The Exhortation at both was read byCol R Martin OBE, County President andBranch President of the MountsorrelBranch of the Royal British Legion,whose grandfather, Major WF Martin ofthe Leicestershire Yeomanry, is one ofthose remembered at the Castle HillMemorial. These services were eachattended by some 70 villagers togetherwith Councillors from Parish, Boroughand County.
Throughout the week the ParishCouncil marked the occasion by flyingthe Union flag at the Parish Rooms andarranging for the Castle Hill Memorial tobe floodlit.
The Mountsorrel Branch, Royal Brit-ish Legion also supported the week longexhibition, “Mountsorrel 1914 – Thevillage and the Men Who Went to War”,organised by the Mountsorrel HeritageGroup and held in Mountsorrel Library.
The Branch would like to thank allthose who supported these events.
More de-tailed informa-tion about thework of theLegion can befound athttp://www.britishlegion.org.uk/about-us/who-we-help
Mountsorrelhas a proudtradition ofgenerouslysupporting thePoppy Appealand the 2013Appeal has todate raised£4238 please continue that support,give generously and wear your poppywith pride.
If you would like to help with thisyear’s appeal please [email protected]
The annual Remembrance SundayParade and Service organised by theMountsorrel Branch, Royal British Le-
gion will take place on Sunday Novem-ber 9, 2014. The Parade will form onthe Green at 2.30pm. to march to StPeter’s Church for the RemembranceService at 3pm
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Mountsorrel commemorates the Great War
MOUNTSORREL TOWNSWOMEN’S Guild membersenjoyed a day out to Springfield’s in Lincoln-shire for their summer outing.
“After such a good summer weare looking forward to an excitingAutumn programme”, said aspokeswoman.
On Saturday September 6 thegroup held a Coffee Morning atMountsorrel library from 10.30 to12.30 selling cakes, books, bric abrac and there was a raffle.
The October meeting will bea presentation by Julie Edge on‘Queen Eleanor of Castille’ witha Spanish night later in themonth.
If any of the above itemsappeal to you, the group isinviting you to join them. Theymeet on the first and third
Thursdaysin themonth atthe ParishRooms,LeicesterRoad,Mountsor-rel at7.30pm.
Pics: (top) the service at Castle Hill WarMemorial; (below) Miss Ellie Neal lays awreath in the Peace Garden
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THE 1st Mountsor-rel Scout grouporganised the an-nual Mountsorrelcharities fete onthe Green in June.Events included a he-lium balloon race,sponsored by Lafarge,tea and cakes, a cakestall, bottle stall,bouncy castle, vintagefire engine and tom-bola.
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Fete on village green for charities
Free moneyadviceA MONEY advice centre has been opened in Rothley.
Free, face to face counselling is avail-able from Soar Valley Community MoneyAdvice, based at Rothley Baptist church,Woodgate, Rothley
Centre Manager Tim Jackson said: “Ifyou are struggling with your debts orjust need some help with your financesSoar Valley Community Money AdviceCentre is here to help you. The centrehas trained advisors who offer free faceto face debt counselling in a confidentialand supportive way. They will gothrough your finances, prepare a budgetand negotiate with anyone you owe mon-ey to. This will remove the pressure thatyour creditors are putting on you andensure an affordable payment plan isagreed. The aim is to support you to afuture free of debt.”
In addition the Centre can advise onbenefit entitlement, other free servicesavailable, cost saving ideas and budget-ing.
Tim added: “It has been great to beable to help many individuals and fami-lies get their finances on to a firmer
footing. The positive impact on theirlives as the stress of debt is lifted isamazing to see.”
The Centre is open Monday morningsand Wednesday afternoons. It is open toanyone who needs help so please popin, call/text 07743 765958 or [email protected].
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The Mountsorrel Educational Fund isadministered by a Body of Trustees who,at their absolute discretion, can awardgrants from the funds available to theCharity to assist young people in pursu-ing their education.
The Chairman of the Trustees, MrBrian Allard, said: “Grants amounting to£95,287 were awarded by the Trusteesin 2013 to local school pupils, studentsand those in Higher Education andTraining. The Trustees will be consider-ing at their meeting in October applica-tions from persons who are planning toextend their education at college anduniversity.”
Applications can be made from per-sons under the age of 25, who are pu-pils or former pupils of Christ Churchand Saint Peters Church of EnglandSchool, or who have been or whoseparents have been resident in the elec-toral parish of Mountsorrel for at least12 calendar months.
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ALL MEN who can sing, and even those who think they can’tare being invited to take part in a Learn to Sing course withthe Heart of England Chorus.
The course is being held at BirstallSocial Club on Monday Sep 29, Oct 6and Oct 13 at 7.30pm, culminatingwith a performance on Friday October
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THE FUTURE of Leicester’s park and ride network, which includesthe site in Birstall, is under discussion after the costs of subsi-dising the service rose.
The Birstall, Enderby and Meynell’s Gorsenetwork is jointly run by the City and CountyCouncils and last year they subsidised theservice with £664,000 – up from £526,000the year before.
The scheme cost £l.737 million to runlast year and generated £1.073 million in
income. In 2011 there were 700,000 pas-senger journeys rising to 830,000 last yearbut the rise in usage has not been sufficientto eliminate the subsidy, say the City Council.
The City and County Councils have jointlydrawn up a number of options for the serv-ice:
• mothballing one of the sites• improved marketing and promotion• increasing ticket prices and charging
for concessionary travelPeter Osborne, County Council cabinet
member for transport, said: “We are work-ing with our colleagues at Leicester CityCouncil to determine the best way to fundthe Park and Ride services to the city. Wehave jointly drawn up a number of optionswith the City Council for the service and weare carrying out an assessment to determinewhich approach will give Leicester’s Parkand Rides a sustainable future. The CountyCouncil has not yet met to publicly discussthe future options for the Park and Ridefacilities.”
• In August, Leicestershire was one ofseven areas in England to benefit from addi-tional government funding for sustainabletransport schemes, receiving £160,000.
The money will not contribute towardsthe park and ride scheme. Peter Osbornesaid: “The funding will be used to continuea range of successful initiatives includingimproved information at bus stops, encour-aging parents and commuters to choosemore sustainable ways to travel and loaningmopeds to young jobseekers to help themfind and access work.”
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PEOPLE IN and aroundLeicester are being urged tohelp the Alzheimer’s Socie-ty support people livingwith dementia.
The charity is looking for volunteers forits Side by Side Befriending Service. Volun-teers would need to give up to four hoursa week to support people in the early stag-es of dementia.
There are already thought to be 12,000people with the condition in Leicester andRutland. By 2021 that number is like toreach 16,000.
Suna Tilley from Alzheimer’s Society inLeicestershire and Rutland said: “The Sideby Side service provides stimulation forpeople with dementia, which could bemental or physical. It may be companion-ship, such as sitting and having a cup oftea or it could be helping and joining themin an activity or hobby. The service is im-portant because it reduces people’s feel-ings of isolation.”
Volunteers will be matched with peoplewith dementia who share similar interests.They will gain valuable experience anddevelop a sense of value by providing amuch needed and worthwhile voluntaryservice.”
The Leicestershire and Rutland Localityof Alzheimer’s Society provides ongoingtraining and support to all volunteers whowill be CRB checked and who should beover the age of 18.
Potential recruits are asked to contactSuna Tilley on 0116 231 1113 or email:[email protected]
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YOUNG PEOPLE seeking financial assistance to help contin-ue their education can apply to a village charity.
A SAFE was stolen fromBudgens supermarket dur-ing a raid by burglars.
The incident took place sometimebetween 3.54am and 4.06am on Tues-day July 29. Intruders entered thestore after smashing a ground floorwindow cutting through the metalshutters. Two ATMs were attacked butnothing was stolen from them but asafe was stolen from the premisescontaining cash.
Detective Constable 837 David Ballis investigating the incident. He said:“From enquiries conducted so far webelieve a black car similar to an es-tate type vehicle may have been usedby the suspects, if you heard or sawanyone acting suspiciously in the areaduring the early hours of this morningwe need to speak to you.
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A NEW Priest in Charge for theUnited Benefice of MountsorrelChrist Church and Mountsorrel StPeter has been appointed.
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Tutor: Jo Sheppard. Fee £84.70,discounted: £76.25 (not available to theretired) or Free
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Date: Monday 1–3pm, 11 meetingsfrom 15th September 2014In Tune With the Times
Satire and social history in musicalsand operettas. We will examine the his-tory of 19th century France through LesMiserables, Orpheus in the Underworld,Phantom of the Opera and The MerryWidow; racial tensions in America asdepicted in Showboat, West Side Storyand South Pacific; Hollywood film musi-cals of the 1930’s and how they adaptedto the notorious Production Code; thedecadence of Weimar Germany in TheThreepenny Opera and Cabaret; the realstory of The Sound of Music’s von Trappfamily; changing views of the First WorldWar as reflected in Oh! What a LovelyWar.
Tutor: David Price Fee £52.00, dis-counted: £46.80 (not available to theretired) or Free
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A FOOD bank started inRothley this month.
The Soar Valley Community FoodProject is based in Rothley Baptistchurch on Woodgate and providesfree food parcels to those in need aswell as support directing people toother assistance that might be availa-ble.
Tim Jackson, project co-ordinator,said: “The aim is to support people toa better future by helping them in theshort term to put food on the tableand to assist them find a way forwardout of the crisis.”
He added: “Over the last year wehave been developing the vision forthe project, so it is fantastic to openour doors to support those who needhelp. The team have a real heart tohelp those who are having difficultiesfeeding themselves. We cannot operatewithout food donations, so we aretremendously grateful to the localsupermarkets who have agreed to putdonation bins in their stores, so whenyou shop please look out for theseand donate non perishable food.”
The Food Project is based at Roth-ley Baptist Church, Woodgate, Rothleyand is open Monday mornings from11am to 1pm. It is open to anyonewho needs help so drop in, call/text07743 765958 or email:[email protected].
The Soar Valley Community FoodProject is jointly run by Rothley ParishChurch and Rothley Baptist Church. Ifyou would like to donate food, moneyor time please call in or call 07743765958.
There were over 1 million peoplewho used a free food bank in the lastyear. These people were unable tofeed themselves for a variety of rea-sons which could have includedchanges to their benefits, losing theirjob, debt repayments and a range ofother issues.
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MOUNTSORREL BROWNIES served tea on the floor of thevillage Post Office as part of a challenge.
To help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Guiding, the group were taking part inthe Big Brownie birthday challenge to have ‘a cup of tea in an unusual place’.
Carole Hargraves, Brown Owl, said: “We opted for Mountsorrel Post Office’s flooras to our knowledge this had not been done before and was very unusual.”Pic: 1st Mountsorrel Brownies with Atul Barot from the Post office
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P/14/1666/2: 7 Montsoreau Way, Mountsorrel– extension of a two storey extension to sideand porch to front of dwellingP/14/1537/2: Soar Valley Leisure Centre,Kingfisher Road, Mountsorrel – erection of me-morial centre and associated worksP/14/1571/2: 24 Rockingham Road, Mountsor-rel – erection of single storey extension torear of dwelling and conversion of garage tohabitable spaceP/14/1569/2: Land at Betty Hensers Lane,Mountsorrel – request for screening opinion inrelation to proposed 2MW solar farmP/14/1350/2: Land to rear of 129 MountsorrelLane, Rothley – erection of two storey dwell-ingP/14/1309/2: 79 Rothley Road, Mountsorrel –erection of a two storey extension to rear anddormer window to rear of dwelling and provi-sion of decking area and ramp to rearP/14/1346/2: 33 Rockingham Road, Mountsor-rel – erection of single storey extension torear of dwellingP/14/1194/2: 251 Leicester Road, Mountsorrel– erection of conservatory to rear of dwellingP/14/1249/2: Rose Cottage Nursing Home,134-136 Rothley Road, Mountsorrel – erectionof two storey extensions to side and rear, sin-gle storey extension to rear and formation ofcar parking area to nursing homeP/14/1205/2: 20 Grange Lane, Mountsorrel –erection of single storey extension to rear ofdwellingP/14/1271/2: 28 Rosslyn Avenue, Mountsorrel– single storey rear extensionP/14/1192/2: 5 Cloud Lea, Mountsorrel –erection of single storey extension to rear ofdwellingP/14/1188/2: 27 Halstead Road, Mountsorrel– alterations to roof including dormer exten-sions to front and to rear, erection of singlestorey extension to front and pitched roof toside of dwelling
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