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CONTENTS 18

06 Angela Watkinson Political Update

10 Around Town Sports

Focuses on the Olympics 2016

15 Recipe

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20 Martin Lewis

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Angela Watkinsons

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Havering and Redbridge Hospitals Trust has been conducting a trial in its A&E Department to find ways to improve patient care and reduce

waiting times. During the trial, 33% of people attending A&E did not need any treatment and 21% were neither an emergency nor an accident and could be treated elsewhere. This meant that people who really needed emergency treatment had to wait longer than necessary to be seen and A&E staff were busier than necessary.

The results of the trial are being studied and a way forward will be found to improve the service for emergency and non emergency patients and our dedicated A&E professionals.

More money is spent on treating obesity and diabetes than on the police, fire and rescue and judicial services combined. It is important that food products are labelled accurately with information on

ingredients, including the sugar content, so that parents may make wise family food choices easily.

The traffic light system works well but could be expanded. Reducing obesity will not only improve public health but will leave more NHS funding for other health problems.

The amazing haul of medals brought home by our UK Olympic competitors has been a real boost to national morale. Given the comparative sizes of our population and that of the US, China and others, the achievement is even more impressive. It vindicates the funding that has been dedicated to sports training, facilities and equipment which has encouraged our promising youngsters to flourish.

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I have learned that while it does not have the all action appeal of a fast paced Football, Rugby or Basketball, it has a steady build to a, more often than not, final day climax that you cannot take your eyes off. I liken it to watching a Shawshank Redemption compared to a Die Hard. You can appreciate and love both, but one you can watch and be thoroughly entertained as the action never stops from start to finish. Where as the other is a slow burner, you will need to concentrate, but you can appreciate the skill and plot lines/ twists and then you are left with a fantastic ending.

Also it is quite refreshing to see a sport which throws up many different winners. The dominance of Tiger Woods is well and truly over and while you still have favourites, picking a winner is not as easy as it is other individual sports like Tennis for example. After making a campaign for Golf as a spectator sport, I wanted to see how us locals start picking up clubs and swinging ourselves. Where can we do it and are we all a bit worried about how much it is going to cost for us to hit the turf more than we hit a ball?!?

I have been speaking to Chris Nunn who is the Director of Golf at the Burstead Gold Club. I asked him a few questions about Golf generally and asked him about his club and what they have happening on our doorstep.

How much will it cost me for a round or some swinging at the range? Do I need to be a member?

We are open to visitors 7 days a week. At weekends visitors are able to play at 11am onwards, booking a tee time is necessary during the weekend but during weekdays there are no restrictions for tee time bookings and most evening the course is pretty quiet so you are more than welcome to pop over on your way home from work to enjoy a

twilight round. During the week the cost for 18 holes is £26.00 and twilight (unlimited golf) from 3pm is £18.00. Weekend rounds are £32.00 and twilight from 3pm is £22.00. If you wish to come practice or take your first leap into the game you are more than welcome to use our practice facilities. We have a beautiful grass range (a rarity these days) and a small green with two bunkers which are perfect if you are struggling to escape the beach!! The range is free to use but you do need to supply your own practice balls.

Being a member of a golf club is one thing, however how does Burstead unlock the competitor in me?

Do you have competitions etc?

Yes it certainly does, we host a variety of competitions ranging from your standard monthly medal to the prestigious Burstead Club Championship! We also put on a little midweek fun competition called moonshiners which is fantastic for new members looking to get in the mixer and meet The Burstead faithful. Moonshiners starts from 14:00 on a Thursday it costs a measly £3 and if you play well you can win a £30 voucher to spend in the shop.

How do I sign up?

It’s as easy a 18 inch putt (obviously in a practice round and not for a major tournament)…. All you need to do is come see us, pick up a form, fill in a few details and you are in. We do not require you to attend any interviews or provide any golfing experience! We at the Burstead golf club are a firm believer in everyone starts from somewhere, we do not expect you to get on the first tee and hit a driver 300 yards and run after it. www.thebursteadgolfclub.com www.facebook.com/thebursteadgolfclub

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RECIPE PULLED PORK SANDWICHES

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OVERDRAFTS Debit cards can be debt cards too. The competition watchdog’s set out plans to cap fees for busting your overdraft limit. This should help, but don’t wait.

Overdrafts are a debt like any other, and the key is to cut the rate, repay faster and avoid any penalties.

Most people’s overdrafts aren’t huge. My snap Twitter poll found 46% are under £250. Yet even then fees can be horrid. With some accounts, a constant £200 overdraft would cost you £365/yr. So even if you only dip in, you need to sort them. Here are my top ten things you need to know.

1. Get PAID £100 to get a 0% overdraft. Best for overdrafts under c. £500 www.Firstdirect.com has won every customer service poll I’ve ever done, and 89% of its overdrawn customers rate it ‘great’. It offers accepted new switchers £100 (paid within around 28 days) – that’ll clear some of your overdraft to start with.

Then for the remainder it gives a standard £250 interest-free overdraft (above £250, but within your limit, it’s 15.9% EAR, still relatively cheap). It’s a clear winner for those with overdrafts that never go over £350, and still likely best even if you owe a little more but intend to clear it.

Do you qualify? You need to pay in at least £1,000/ mth (equivalent to £13,100 salary) to get the bonus and ensure there’s no fee. Like all banks, First Direct does a credit check when you apply.

2. Free £150 bank switch bonus. Best for those who justdip into their overdraft If at the end of the month you occasionally slip into overdraft,www.co-operativebank.co.uk (70% rate it ‘great’) is a decent alternative. It currently gives an £150 switching bonus.

If that’s enough to clear your overdraft so you needn’t touch it again, it’s an easy win especially as you can also get up to £5.50/mth on its Everyday Rewards scheme (you need to fulfil some criteria). If not, its authorised overdraft is 18.9% EAR, not bad for small amounts, but the bigger it gets, the costlier.

Do you qualify? You’ll need to pay in at least £800/ mth (equivalent to £9,850 salary) and switch at least four direct debits to get the £150 bonus.

3. Switch to 12 month 0% bank. Good for those

with Bigger overdrafts.

New customers withwww.nationwide.co.uk’s FlexDirect (77% rate it ‘great’) get a year’s feefree overdraft. There’s no set limit – it depends on credit score – but anecdotally its limits are decent (if you pass the credit score), as mattboliver tweeted me: “@martinslewis Matched my old one - £1,200.

Implied I could have asked for more, but the point was I wanted to pay off.”

After a year, it’s 50p/day, less than other accounts charging daily fees, but even so, use that time to budget to clear the overdraft debt. Nationwide doesn’t require a min pay-in for its 0% overdraft, but you need pay in £1,000/mth if you want its 5% in-credit interest (equivalent to £13,100 salary).

4. You can SHIFT overdrafts to special 32mth 0% credit cards too A few specialist money-transfer cards let you pay cash into your bank to pay off your overdraft, then you owe them instead. This is useful for big overdrafts.

My top pick iswww.virginmoney.com, which gives accepted customers 32mths 0% for a one-off 1.69% fee (min £3) of the amount shifted. Need longer?www.tescobank.comis 40mths 0%, but with a higher 3.94% fee.

“I’LL GET 6 YRS OF CHARGES BACK AND A GOODWILL £70” Always follow the Money Transfer Golden Rules: a) These are special cards. Most don’t allow this, so be careful. There’s step-by-step help in my full money transfers guide atwww.moneysavingexpert. com /moneytransfers. b) Always repay the monthly minimum or you’ll lose the 0% deal. c) Plan to clear by the end of the 0% period or they jump to the full rate, 20.9% and 20.6% rep APR. 5. Bank-charge reclaiming isn’t dead - ‘I got £865 in unfair bank charges back’ Overdraft charges for busting your credit limit are the only thing that give payday loans competition for

cost. With fees of up to £6/day or £15/transaction, they can mount up to £100s or £1,000s a year.

debt is cleared, you’re ready to tackle the next, and so on.

Reports of the death of bank-charge reclaiming have been exaggerated. It can still be done, though now you need to be in financial hardship to claim.

Full step-by-step help and template letters atwww. moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim

9. Savings usually pay you less than an overdraft costs.

Claire emailed: “I’ll get 6 years of charges back and a goodwill £70 on top... total £865. Thanks Martin.”

6. Shift your direct debits to minimise fees.

A £1,000 overdraft costing £20/mth equals £240/yr, but the same in easy-access savings earns a paltry £15 at best. So repay debt with savings and you’re £225 per £1,000 up each year. You may think: “But I’ll have no savings if the boiler packs up or the roof falls in.” True, but if an emergency strikes, you can go back into overdraft and you’ll be no worse off.

Ask companies you pay to shift your direct debits to just before you’re paid. So if you’re paid on the 25th, aim for the 20th. This artificially boosts your balance, so you’re in the red for less time, meaning fewer charges – but budget carefully and don’t forget those bills are coming.

10. Struggle to control spending? Shift to a nooverdraft account.

7. Manage your way back into credit.

They used to charge fees if you spent more than you had, eg, for unpaid direct debits, but since January those have stopped. If you spend when you’ve not got money, it’ll still be rejected, but now there’s no charge.

Do a money makeover, checking everything you spend money on to see if you’re overspending such as energy, insurance, phone, broadband and more. Many can save £1,000s. Then do a detailed budget and stick to it. Full help to do this atwww. moneysavingexpert.com/moneymakeover 8. Compare overdraft debt rate to the other debt, repay highest interest first.

If you’ve multiple debts, write a list of what you owe, then see which costs most, adding up interest and fees for true costs.

If your overdraft’s the most expensive, make minimum payments on all other debts, and focus on using incoming cash to clear that. If it’s not the costliest, stay in your overdraft (but never bust your limit) and use spare cash to pay as much off the costliest as you can. Once the most expensive

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Basic bank accounts provide a no-frills, nooverdraft current account service. So clear your current overdraft and you could move to one.

Options includewww.barclays.co.uk Cash Card andwww.co-opbank.co.uk Cashminder account.

Martin Lewis is the Founder of Money Saving Expert. To join the 11.5 million people who read his Martin’s Money Tips weekly email, go to www. moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip

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Christmas 2016 Party Nights Begin Friday 25 November 2016 From £35.50 per person All Inclusive Wednesday 7, 14 and 21 December 2016 £65.00 per person Merry Swingmas Christmas Evenings Tuesday 6, 13 and 20 December 2016 £35.50 per person Festive Sunday Session Sunday 4 December 2016 £15.00 per person Traditional Christmas Day Luncheon (Father Christmas to attend) £99.50 per person £49.25 per child under 11 years Under 2’s FREE Christmas Day Family Luncheon (1 FREE Family photo in the Photo Booth and Father Christmas to attend) £82.50 per person £41.25 per child under 11 years Under 2’s FREE Boxing Day Luncheon £45.00 per person £22.50 per child under 11 years Under 2’s FREE New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner £99.50 per person £49.25 per child under 11 years Postmas Party Night Saturday 7 January 2017 £35.50 per person

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Buying & Selling Children’s Clothes & Toys Children outgrow clothes and toys quickly, and replacing them with new items can be costly. Swapseez UK is a venture that will pay you for toys and clothes and provide bargains on nearly-new items as your children move into the next size or developmental stage.

Sales events are run at Cranham Community Centre on Mondays during term time, from 9:00-12:00.

For more information, visit the website: www.swapseezuk.com or email us at: swapseezuk@hotmail.com Chelmsford & District Welsh Society Membership is open to anyone with Welsh origins or connections, or to anyone with an appreciation of Welsh heritage and traditions.

Visitors and guests are warmly welcomed to attend our meetings.

The Society’s monthly meeting is held in St Cedd’s Hall, Cathedral Chapter House, Chelmsford, CM1 1NX, and is usually on the fourth Thursday of every month.

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For more details please contact Gwenno on 07724144432 www.chelmsfordwelsh.org.uk www.facebook.com/ chelmsfordwelsh Euromedical Ambulance Service A volunteer led charity serving Upminster and Havering providing first aid cover at sporting,social and school events with weekly training sessions leading to recognised first aid qualifications for members.Meetings are held at the Rush Green Community Assn Social Club.

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Equipment is supplied and the course suits all abilities from novices to experienced golfers looking to improve their short game.

25th October Julian Marc Stringle, clarinet/sax. & Paul Wood, vocals 8.00pm 10.30pm The Bardwell Social Club Junction at Weald Rd. & Bardwell Close Brentwood, Essex. CM14 4TJ Tel. 07935 441616 www.jazzatthebardswell.co.uk MOTR® Core, Cardio & Strength Training Neil Carpenter brings the MOTR® fitness machine from the US for pre-booked ‘drop-in’ classes on Monday evenings in Cranham (maximum 8 to a class for close supervision). The MOTR® and its resistance bands will challenge your strength, core stability, stamina, control and agility in a full body athletic workout that will burn fat, tone and condition your body like no other workout.

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Jazz at the Bardswell Last Tuesday each month following guests with resident trio.

MummyNatal with Your Natal Way MummyNatal antenatal classes supporting mums-to-be to tune into what their birth experience is, focusing simply on the present moment and finding confidence and acceptance.

27th September Dominic Ashworth, guitar, & Kevin Mcmahon, tenor sax.

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are accessible, informal and fun where Jesus is worshipped through Bible teaching, singing, prayer and fellowship with others.

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Pilates for a Healthier Spine Experienced Sports & Remedial Massage Therapists Charlene & Neil Carpenter teach traditional Pilates in private sessions and also to small groups in Upminster & Cranham.

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Departures from Cranham, flyers on holidays and day trip leaflets available. Please call Shirley Ward 01708 227884 for more details or e mail shirley@shirleytours.co.uk for full list of trips.

Tennis 4 All Hylands is delighted to engage with the JW Tennis Academy (JWTA) offering tennis lessons from mini tennis tots to squad level.

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