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VOTE FOR OUR GIRL Our own Rushden Miss England - Vote now A RECEPTIONIST from Rushden is currently one of 30 contestants competing in the first heat to take part in the Miss England contest, 2015. Twenty-two-year-old Cheralyn Hitchman needs to win public votes to secure a place in the semi-final being held next June. In the last three years, more than £550,000 has been raised by Miss England contestants to help disadvantaged children around the UK. The competition is a springboard to the famous Miss World pageant.

Voting lines opened earlier this month, until Sunday November 30, and Cheralyn is hoping to be among the top three in this first heat. If she does reach that goal, her fate will then be in the hands of a panel of judges to decide who is the most photogenic to take a place in the Miss England semi-final. The current Miss England is Carina Tyrrell (24) from Cambridge, a student doctor who will be representing England at Miss World in London in December. Miss England is the only competition in the country to send its

winner in to Miss World, which has a top prize of $100k. The ultimate winner of Miss England 2015 will spend her year raising awareness for various charities and will receive prizes worth £30,000, including a luxury holiday to Mauritius, as well as a place in Miss World 2015. Vote for Cheralyn by texting MISS ENGH25 to 63333 or vote from a landline, call: 0901 3078571 and press 25 when prompted. Text votes costs 50p – landline votes are 52p, plus standard network charge.

YOU’VE BEEN GUNKED CHIEF: Ross Hendry

OH YEA! Irthlingborough Children’s Centre and the town crier.

THE chief executive of a local charity got more than he bargained for at a fundraising event when he received a gunking as part of a messy play session. Rushden Children’s Centre and Newton Road Children’s Centre held the messy play event, which saw the Spurgeons chief executive, Ross Hendry, covered in baked beans and gunk to raise money for the charity. The event was part of Spurgeons annual Big Orange Stomp fundraising event and also saw families and staff from Irthlingborough Children’s Centre stomp into town with the town crier to hold a cake sale. Higham Ferrers Children’s Centre put on their dancing shoes to host a danceathon at the Wesleyan

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Church in Rushden and also held a bulb planting session which saw wellies turn into plant pots for the day. Following his gunking, Ross Hendry said: “I had great fun at the children’s centre and getting gunked was a small price to pay for the money we raised. All the children, parents and Spurgeons staff around our local services did a great job and I’m really grateful for all the hard work they put in to a fun and rewarding day.” Rushden-based Spurgeons is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities with almost 100 services across the UK. Services include children’s centres and projects to support young carers, teenage parents and families affected by the criminal justice system.

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LOCAL NEXT weekend, the clocks go back, schools start a half-term break and we head towards winter. We were blessed with the best summer in some years plus an extra month of warmth – September being unusually mild – enabling us to leave the household heating off a little longer. It always seemed to me that the minute the autumn school term began, the temperature dropped, so the late sunshine has been a bonus. But now we are withdrawing from our ‘outside rooms’, putting garden chairs under wraps and boxing up our geraniums, preparing for shorter days and longer nights. Unfortunately, so are the burglars! Tis the season for a rise in the number of burglaries committed under cover of darkness. Northamptonshire police say property owners should foil intruders by upping their home security and by being more vigilant – simple things such as leaving a light on upstairs and down and even outside, cutting back hedges so they won’t shield from general view anyone lurking about, and putting away ladders and tools, can all help thwart villains. I also leave the radio on when I am out – the dog likes it and it makes his guard duty easier, since people imagine I am in, boogying about. Of course, just having a noisy dog can be a deterrent and I have friends who leave on a timer a recording of a growling hound – thus enjoying the bark-off benefits with none of the Bonio bills! Local police say that in the 12 months to September 30, there were 485 fewer burglaries reported, compared with the same period last year – a fall of 15.9 per cent (2,555 crimes compared with 3,040). So, we are winning the battle, if not yet the war. Crime prevention manager Paul Golley says now is a good time check around the house and garden to make sure everything is in order. He adds: “We know the majority of thieves do not want to be challenged and want to be in and out of a property as quickly as possible with the biggest pay-off. Your security arrangements should be designed to slow them down and maximise the chances of them being caught.” If you are concerned about suspicious activity, ring police on: 101 or if it’s an emergency ring: 999.

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CCTV footage (pictured) has been released in a bid to identify the suspects involved in a robbery at Domino’s Pizza, Princewood Road, Corby, on Thursday October 9. At about 10.55pm, three offenders entered the shop in Rockingham Park and threatened staff with a knife and what appeared to be handguns, forcing them to hand over cash. Another person remained outside in a vehicle – a red Saab, possibly a 9-3 model. The offenders then left the shop and drove off in the Saab, which had been parked directly outside the premises. It is believed the Saab may have been stolen from a property in Barton Seagrave overnight on Monday September 22 and Tuesday 23rd. Detectives hope someone will recognise the offenders or may have seen a red Saab in the area around the time of the incident, and are urging

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anyone with information to contact Corby CID. Witnesses, or anyone with information, are asked to call Northamptonshire Police on: 101. Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers on: 0800 555111.

Initiative helped summer safety THE SUMMER has gone, but much was achieved in keeping local youngsters safe – so say Corby Borough Council, Northamptonshire Police and the Arson Task Force. The partnership’s Operation Stay Safe saw a total of 32 items of alcohol confiscated throughout the school summer holidays, seven young people taken home to their parents and 65 young people spoken to about their behaviour, with follow-up letters sent and visits made to their parents. Operation Stay Safe is a joint agency activity that takes place during school holidays to prevent young people coming to significant harm, to reduce anti-social behaviour/crime and disorder and to enforce the law regarding underage drinking. The latest operation was held from July 25 to August 31, throughout which the team patrolled hotspot areas in order to identify any young people who were out alone at night, in a situation where they were exposed to the use of alcohol, drugs or open to physical or sexual abuse and any

TWO bicycles have been stolen from a block of flats in Wellingborough. The flats in Masefield Close were broken into just before 7pm on Tuesday September 30. It is believed somebody may have got into the building by following a resident through a communal door. The bikes taken were a purple and pink Raleigh with a large black seat and a black Townsend with a metal rack over the back wheel. Anyone with information can call police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555 111.

of those who were found among groups involved in crime or anti-social behaviour. Any underage person found to be consuming alcohol or suspected of having done so, were dealt with and any alcohol seized – those deemed vulnerable were returned home. Names and addresses of young people were collated and letters and visits actioned as a follow-up. With the October half term just around the corner Corby Community Safety Partnership is reminding parents and guardians to ensure they know where their young people are and what they are doing. Residents are advised to report alcohol related anti-social behaviour and street drinking to the Police by calling: 101. Corby Sector Commander, Inspector Vaughan Clarke, said: “We have seen some very good results here and I am particularly pleased that we have been able to dispose of a considerable quantity of alcohol, taken from young people, and in doing so prevented them from becoming drunk. “There can be very damaging consequences, both in terms of health and behaviour, from this activity and we will continue with policing activity focuses on this and other anti-social behaviours.” Leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, said: “We are very pleased with the results of yet another successful Operation Stay Safe. “Young people are open to becoming even more vulnerable when drinking outside and could get into situations that cause harm to themselves or others. “By working in partnership on this operation we can liaise with young people and their families on these issues and will continue to do so in order to help keep them safe.”

KETTERING Huxloe Rotary Club has shown its support for hospital staff by purchasing a water-boiling machine for the hospital’s staff recreation hall. The club – which has more than 50 members – is one of more than 1,800 clubs in Britain and Ireland that draws its membership from individuals with a wide variety of business and professional backgrounds. Club president, Totan Nguyen, said: “Each year, our club aims to support worthy causes within the local community. “This year we decided to support the staff at Kettering General Hospital because we know just how much they contribute to the community by looking after the health and wellbeing of its residents. “We asked one of our members, Robin Lee, who is an ENT consultant at the hospital, for his advice and he suggested supporting the hospital’s Revive the Rec Hall Appeal. This appeal is for improvements to the hospital’s staff recreation hall – now more than 50 years old and greatly in need of repair. “We have paid for a new water heater, at a cost of about £700, which enables hot drinks on demand.” Revive the Rec Hall Appeal member Fiona Barber, who is also a staff governor at the hospital,

REVIVING THE REC HALL: Rotary president Totan Nguyen with KGH appeal member Charles Marson (left) and hospital consultant Robin Lee (right). said: “The new device gives us safe and instant access to boiling water in the recreation hall’s kitchen. “It is fantastic and really proved its worth at our recent staff pantomime where we had to provide drinks for very large numbers of staff and their families. We are enormously grateful to Kettering Huxloe Rotary Club for this very generous donation.” The League of Friends of Kettering and District Hospitals helped with the launch of the appeal by donating £28,610 towards the target of £110,000.

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Occupants threatened New Tresham facility at Wellingborough a step closer as knife gang raided THREE men left empty-handed after breaking into a Corby house and threatening the occupants with knives. The house in Wilby Close was broken into at about 1pm on Wednesday October 1 by the gang. Once inside the property, they punched one man and threatened a woman with a knife. The gang demanded valuables, but eventually left empty-handed. Two of the men were white. The first was in his late 20s to early 30s, had short, light brown hair and stubble and was about 5ft 11in and stocky. He was wearing a black jacket and grey tracksuit bottoms. The second white man was in his 20s and was tall and skinny. He was wearing a white Adidas jacket with the hood up. The third man was black, about 5ft 6in and muscular. He was in his mid-20s, had short curly black hair and was wearing black clothing. Anyone with information about the incident can call Northamptonshire police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555 111.

Robbers took mobile

A BLUE iPhone 5 was stolen during an assault on a 19-year-old man who was walking in the wooded area close to Beeston Road, Corby, on Wednesday October 1. The man was approached by two men who assaulted him before talking his phone, between 4.30pm and 4.50pm. Both offenders are described as being of Portuguese/Turkish origin, with the first being around 6ft tall and of stocky build. He had long, dark hair and wore a green jumper and black tracksuit bottoms. The second offender was 5ft 10in, of slim build and wore a black baseball cap and black shell suit. Police would like to speak to anyone who may have information about the incident or to anyone offered a blue iPhone 5 for sale. Contact police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555 111.

PLANS to provide learning opportunities for around 1,000 young people and adults in Wellingborough within a state-of-the-art facility have come a step nearer to fruition this month. Tresham College of Further and Higher Education has been granted £11.4m towards the development of the Wellingborough campus, which will particularly focus on subjects such as construction, engineering, art & design, science, technology, engineering and maths. Tresham’s principal, Stuart Wesselby – together with the college’s leadership team – has been persistently lobbying for the funding. He said: “We will now use the experience and knowledge gained from developing our previous schemes to move the plans from the drawing board on to site and we are hoping to be able to begin work as soon as possible.” He added: “This will be the final piece in the Tresham jigsaw following our new

Can you ID this man?

AN image has been released by police of a man who may be able to help with a Corby investigation. It is believed the man may have been in the Butland Road area last month when an incident took place. The man, or anyone who recognises him, can call Northamptonshire Police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555111.

engineering and maths subjects, which are key requirements in the 21st century workplace.” Cllr Paul Bell, leader of the Borough Council of Wellingborough said: “We’re really pleased that funding has been secured for the new Tresham campus in Wellingborough. There are several major residential and commercial developments due to start in the borough over the coming years and, as the number of people living and working here increases, it’s incredibly important that there are facilities available to train people for local jobs. “An increased number of students choosing Wellingborough will also benefit our local economy and play an integral part in our redevelopment plans to create a vibrant and thriving town centre. “We’re delighted Tresham has committed to Wellingborough and we look forward to seeing work start on this exciting project as soon as possible.”

Author Alan is a best-seller WHEN retired businessman Alan Davey and his wife celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary, they didn’t realise that even more good news was just hours away. They discovered Alan’s novel, Autumn on Angel Street, had climbed to the Number One slot of the Amazon Kindle Best Sellers list – in just seven weeks! What’s more, its sequel, Winter in Paradise Square, is catching it up – both books competing with hundreds of thousands of others to become successful. Delighted, 69-year-old Alan, from Wellingborough, told Extra Local: “This is proof that age is no barrier if you have a dream, determination and are willing to take action!”

Heritage centre events

ROTHWELL Heritage Centre is inviting visitors to a variety of events this autumn. Today, Friday October 17, at 2.30pm there is a talk on genealogy and family trees by local expert Julie Hill. Entrance is £3 and including refreshments. Next Friday, October 24, at 7.30pm the centre hosts a talk by well known Rothwell resident, Ann Jones,about being a district nurse. Entrance is £3, including refreshments. On Saturday November 1, 10am-2pm, there will be a table top sale at the centre. Tables will be £5 and this will include refreshments. And on Saturday November 15, 10am-4pm, an Arts and Craft Fair is being held at the heritage centre – entrance will be free.

campus developments in Corby and Kettering. “Not only is this great news for the college but it is also great news for the young people of Wellingborough.” The news came following the decision from the Department for Education that the college’s consortia approach to developing a Free School in Wellingborough had been turned down. Jo Lappin, chief executive of Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership, said: “I am delighted that NEP’s Growth Deal has now been confirmed, providing the green light for major projects like Tresham College’s new Wellingborough campus to go ahead. “The college’s new campus will play an important role in providing Wellingborough’s young people with the skills needed by our local employers. I am particularly pleased that there will be a focus on science, technology,

Alan, who writes under the name A R Davey, has self-published both books and also designed the book covers. The two novels begin a four-book saga about the Forrester family, starting from 1885. Research took more than a year and included going underground in a Victorian coal mine and visiting a Victorian prison. Alan said: “The original concept came from my mother who was born two months after her father was killed in a tunnelling accident. “My mother told me her father was a mine owner’s son who fell in love with her mother, a family maid, and they ran away from their village to anonymity in London, where they had eight children. I thought this was a great story, a part of our family history, but after my mother died in 1988 I found it was made up. “Her father was actually a labourer who was killed tunnelling when working on the London Underground system – although my mother was the last of eight children. “However, it was still a great story and although I changed it quite a lot, my novel TWO OF FOUR-BOOK SAGA: The speed of the novels’ success has taken the Davey family by surprise.

Fire service goes high-tech THE fire station at Corby is being equipped with the latest technology with the introduction of a high-tech Cobra Intervention Vehicle, to enhance the way it responds to emergency calls. In addition to current methods of firefighting, it boasts the latest technology to enable firefighters to tackle a blaze without having to enter the building or the area where the fire is by using water to cut through brick walls, concrete or steel. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service reports that the introduction of the Cobra response vehicle as an alternative to one of the two traditional fire appliances currently in operation, is part of a review of the way the county’s fire and rescue service is equipped to deal with the current volume and type of emergency calls, while delivering value for money. Cllr André González de Savage, county council cabinet member for strategic infrastructure, economic growth and public protection, said: “It is vital to ensure that the service is able to maximise the use of the resources available to deliver an effective and efficient response, tailored to meet the needs of the community and maintain safe systems of work for our staff. “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to take advantage of the latest technology in firefighting techniques to create a fire and

rescue service that is well prepared to deal with the challenge facing us today.” Chief fire officer Martyn Emberson said: “Corby is the only fire station in the county that has two traditional whole-time crews and, as the demand is changing, we need to modernise and adapt our working practices to meet that demand. “The introduction of the Cobra Intervention Vehicle offers a new way for us to respond to emergency calls and enhance the flexibility of the response within Corby and the north of the county, while facilitating a small reduction in whole-time staffing levels to assist in meeting our financial challenges.” A traditional fire appliance requires a crew of at least four firefighters, while the Cobra vehicle can be despatched with two crew members. The brigade’s first Cobra Intervention Vehicle was introduced at Daventry fire station in 2010. This is one of several key actions outlined in the annual review of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Community Action Plan, which was discussed at the latest county council cabinet meeting. Other action points include a new duty system for senior fire officers, a future review of fire station locations and greater collaboration with other emergency services.

TV AMBITIONS: Alan Davey hopes the story will lead to a television series. still has that story as its base.” The books’ success has taken Alan by surprise. He said: “My wife is very proud and quite emotional about the level and the speed of the success which has arrived. She has been urging me to put the novels on Amazon Kindle for a couple of years, but until I retired there was always other things which had to be done first. Now we are both excited about where this might lead . . . perhaps a television series like Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs – why not be ambitious?” Alan is best known locally as the former managing director of a management training company, Aims, which operated from Satra House in Kettering. As a counsellor and personal development coach, he worked with around 150 local companies. Both books are available to purchase from Amazon UK online Kindle store and both are free to borrow via the Kindle lending library.

Full marks for Full Monty

LAST month’s production of The Full Monty – the Musical, by members of the KOS Musical Theatre Company (Kettering) was enjoyed by audiences and players alike. Member Barbara Murkitt reports: “The show went extremely well with good houses and a good response from the audiences. There were no problems backstage – just jolly good fun!” The company is now deciding on its next production. Meanwhile, fundraising continues and on Sunday November 23 there will be a Christmas Fayre at the Ise Lodge Community Centre, St Vincents Avenue, Kettering, 10am-4pm. Admission 50p. Local craft workers will attend. Light refreshments will be available, including mulled wine, toasted tea cakes, bacon rolls, tea and coffee etc. All will be made most welcome. Funds raised will go towards the theatre company’s next production.

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Conkers and cordite heroes IN 1917 nationwide, schoolchildren and scouts were asked to ‘help the war effort’ by collecting conkers, (horse chestnuts) and acorns. They were paid seven shillings and sixpence for every 50kg handed in, though it was not explained what they were wanted for. Hundreds of tons were collected from schools, parks and gardens. To make cordite, used in the manufacture of explosives, distilled fermented conkers were required, resulting in acetone through biotechnology discovered by scientist Chaim Weizmann. The fermentation tank used still exists today and is owned by the MOD, but is closed. Munitions workers were well paid and, at Barnbow munitions factory near Leeds, there was a 16,000-strong workforce, 93 per cent of them women: the ‘Barnbow Lasses’. On Tuesday December 5, 1916, hundreds of women had begun their nightshift when a violent explosion killed 42 women and maimed many others – identification was only possible from ID disks around their necks. Machines had been completely destroyed and burst pipes covered the floor with a river of blood and water. Due to censorship at the time, no account of the accident was made public. It was not until six years after the war the public was informed. On June 23, 1931, an explosion occurred in a nitroglycerin preparation chamber, killing ten and injuring 19. Three buildings were destroyed and a storage tank was ruptured, spilling sulphuric acid into the area. The explosion, which occurred at 10.45am, was heard 20 miles away and people working outdoors two miles away were knocked over by the blast wave. The annual World Conker Championships were held in Southwick, near Oundle, last Sunday. Thousands of spectators attend every year, enjoying this unique, rather eccentric event, which draws competitors from all over the world to Northamptonshire. The conker was first introduced to Britain in the 16th century, but it wasn’t until a couple of hundred years later they were used for the game of conkers. The conkers were originally fed to horses to make their coats shine, first soaking them in limewater to reduce bitterness. They are not suitable for human consumption as they contain a soapy flavoured chemical called saponins.

CONKERING HERO: The banner promoting the championship event this month. Below, renowned around the world as the King of Conkers, previous champion, the late Vic Owen.

HISTORIC VIEW: Corby-based Tom Bingham – well known for his connection to the arts and his hand-made guitars – is also a history lover. Here, as autumn truly sets in, he explores the natural history of the horse chestnut. Send in your local history stories or memories of special, past events to Extra Local, email: newsdesk@extranewspapers.co.uk

WARTIME USES: Top, the acetone fermentation tank at the Royal Naval cordite factory, Dorset. Above right, the Barnbow Memorial Stone. Above left, scientist/inventor Chaim Weizmann. Conkers have been used to help with rheumatism and piles. They are also used to keep moths and spiders away. Conkers evolved from the game of Conquerors, originally played with hazelnuts on strings. The conkers are supplied ready drilled and laced to eliminate the many dodges youngsters (and adults) get up to, to harden the conkers. Recently, a plague of moths has been responsible for a ‘conker canker’ in Kent – they chomp on the leaves, which shrivel up and die, depriving the tree of vital nutrients. Conkers are an amazing source of nectar for our bees and we all know about the threat facing bees and the impact this will have on our ecology. The horse chestnut’s pollen is quite significant. However, conkers are plentiful again this year and, if you know of a good tree locally, please let Extra Local know.

BIOTECHNOLOGY: Top, fresh conkers are abundant at this time of year. Above, the munitions factory in Dorset during WW1, where conkers were used in making explosives.

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FAMILIES across the county are being reminded they can now claim free school meals for children in reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Universal Infant Free School Meals were introduced in September and latest figures show 52.3% of pupils in the county are taking advantage of the free lunch, with this number set to increase when reception class children start attending for the full school day. Northamptonshire County Council’s school meal service Nourish is now urging parents who have not yet ordered a free meal for their child to sign up. And to make it even easier for families to benefit from the scheme, parents who don’t have access to a computer can now order their child’s meals at any Northamptonshire library. All they need to do is take their activation letter from Nourish along to a library and staff will help them. Cllr Robin Brown, county council cabinet member for RAISING THE ROOF: Vintage cars and bikes were on display at the car boot sale at Newlands public health and wellbeing, said: “We have been pleased Shopping Centre, making the most of roof space – and a unique idea from centre manager Neil with the number of children who have opted to benefit from Griffin. free hot dinners since the start of the new school year. We think there are many more pupils who could be benefiting.” Schools receive additional funding depending on the number of children who register for free meals. Order school THE Newlands Shopping response, with many saying it was meals online: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/schoolmeals Centre played host to a car the roof top location that sealed boot sale earlier this month, the deal,” he added. To complement the car boot but it wasn’t an ordinary car TWO tickets to see stand-up comedian Chris Ramsey’s boot sale . . . this one had some sale, the centre organised for a ‘Bomberdrome’ cycling wall to be latest show at the Core Theatre in Corby have been won real va-va-vroom! The sale welcomed a number set up on site, alongside catering in a prize draw organised by Corby Borough Council. The draw was to celebrate the first anniversary of the of vintage cars, that pitched by Cool Scoops of Gold Street, up on the roof of the Newlands music with a DJ and Zumba council’s twitter account – @CorbyBC classes to be held on the rooftop, Corby resident Georgia McEachran won the draw, which Shopping Centre car park. The event was the brainchild while vintage bikes were set up in called for Twitter users to follow @CorbyBC and retweet any of the council’s competition tweets over the previous month. of centre manager Neil Griffin. the mall. Jaya Sabnani, marketing Leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, said: He said: “I wanted to find an “We opened up our Twitter account a year ago in order to innovative way to get people manager at Ellandi, the centre utilise new ways of communicating with our residents, into the town. When I realised landlords, added: “When Neil businesses and visitors. It is a great way for people to find we could take advantage of the first mentioned this idea we out information about the council and also for our residents under-used top floor of our car wondered how he’d manage it. But he’s done an amazing job park, the idea was born. to let us know about things, good or bad, in their area. “To create a point of difference, I of putting together a unique “The prize draw has been a great way to let people know our Twitter page exists and to encourage them to follow us decided it would be great to invite event which has been extremely and we hope by doing so they find our page a useful source owners of vintage cars along. popular and well supported by We’ve had such an encouraging both tenants and shoppers alike.” of information.”

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ELECTIONS to appoint seven new governors are being held by Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to help shape its future. The trust wants to hear from people who are interested in having a say on how healthcare should be provided locally. As a foundation trust, Kettering General Hospital (KGH) has a trust board made up of executive and nonexecutive directors accountable to a 25-strong council of governors. Postal vote elections are being held this month and in November. People can put themselves forward to represent Kettering – one seat is vacant; Corby – there are two vacancies; Wellingborough – one seat; East Northamptonshire – two seats. KGHs chairman, Graham Foster, said: “We are looking for committed and enthusiastic local people who want to help the hospital to improve its services. “We have a highly regarded council of governors who do an excellent job in championing the patient experience of our care and also in holding the organisation to account. “A number of our governors have come to the end of their terms of services and hence this is an important opportunity for local people to replace them. Governors bring important perspectives and a wealth of experience and expertise to our trust board and represent the views of their local community. “They are strong advocates for the trust and share with the board a common aim of making Kettering General Hospital the best it can be.” Governors must be members of the trust – KGH has some 5,142 public members in the community. Becoming a KGH member is simple, free and quick. Apply either online: www.kgh.nhs.uk or phone the membership manager on: 01536 492169. To stand for election, complete a nomination form available from the Returning Officer, Electoral Reform Services, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW or text: 2FT KE with your name and address to 88802 or telephone: 0208 889 9203. Nominations should be submitted by Wednesday October 22. Results are announced in December. Governors have a three-year term.

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Burglary attempt

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an attempted burglary in Ostlers Way, Kettering, on Thursday October 2. At about 9.15pm, a burglar tried to force open a window at the back of the house and then smashed it with a garden ornament. The householder heard the breaking glass and challenged the offender who ran off into the street. The offender is described as about 5ft 3in, of very slight build, and wearing dark clothing. Call Northamptonshire Police on: 101 Alternatively, call Crimestoppers on: 0800 555111.

Man beaten up

A STRANGER attacked a man who was walking home along a Corby street in the early hours of the morning. The 43-year-old was walking along Forest Gate Road at about 12.30am on Saturday October 4, when a car pulled up alongside him and the passenger got out and attacked him. The man was punched to the head and face until he fell onto the floor. He was then kicked as he lay on the ground. The attacker then got back into the car and it was driven away towards Occupation Road. It is believed the car was a red Vauxhall Astra. Witnesses, or anyone with any information, can call the police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555111.

Classes at gallery

VARIOUS arts and crafts classes are being held at Corby’s Rooftop Gallery (9 The Links, Queens Square NN17 1PZ). Wool crafts are being held with tutor Trish Beebe on Friday October 24 (2-3.30pm) and Sunday 26th (1011.30am). Email: trishbb@gmail.com for details. A poetry and writer’s night is held, free, on the first Wednesday of every month (6.30-8.30pm) and yoga classes (£3) are held on Tuesdays with Ashok Nathwani, 9.30-10.30am. Call Ashok for details on: 07845 689108. Art classes (£8 and £5) are on Mondays (6-8pm) and Fridays (2-4pm) with Lynne Taylor and Wednesdays with Fanoulla Georgiou, 12,30-2.30pm.

Assaulted in park

POLICE are calling for witnesses to an alleged assault to come forward. A man was left with broken ribs and a broken nose following the incident in Corby in the summer. He was walking through Corporation Park sometime between 5.40pm and 6pm on Monday August 11, when he was allegedly approached by a gang of four men and punched and kicked to the floor. He was left with significant bruising to his face and body, fractured ribs and a broken nose. Officers investigating would like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time or who knows anything about the incident. One man has been arrested in connection with the incident and is currently on police bail. Anyone with any information can call Northamptonshire police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555111.

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Drivers fined over pictures FIVE drivers who took photographs as they drove past an accident on a local road have been punished by the courts. The motorists all passed a van that had left the road on the eastbound carriageway of the A45 near Great Doddington on Monday May 12. As they travelled along the westbound carriageway, the five male drivers all took pictures of the scene on the opposite side. At Northampton Magistrates Court last month, all five pleaded guilty to not being in control of their vehicles.

Inspector Jen Helm from Northamptonshire Police said: “I don’t want drivers just to think about the consequences of being fined for their actions, I also want them to understand the majority of people see their behaviour as dangerous, illegal and disrespectful to victims and their families. “We have prosecuted people for this kind of behaviour before and we are more than willing to do it again until this risky, voyeuristic fad passes.” The drivers were aged between 30 and 57 and included one from Wellingborough, two from

Northampton, one from Rugby and one from West Yorkshire. All were caught in a five-minute period by officers who noticed motorists taking pictures as they drove past. Officers from the Collision Investigation Team took pictures of those drivers while other members of the emergency services dealt with the collision. Taking into account court costs and fines, the five men were all ordered to pay between £205 and £285 by magistrates. All of the drivers also had three points added to their licences.

Cooking up some family rivalry! WHEN it comes to baking some truly sweet treats, the Foster family of Stanwick take some beating. In fact, three of them are going head-to-head in a bid to create the ultimate showstopper at this weekend’s Wellingborough bake off. Mum Sue Foster and her children Christopher (11) and nine-yearold Charlotte will all be battling to win the annual baking contest, which takes place on Saturday, October 18, in the town’s Cambridge Street. The youngsters have already scooped some culinary acclaim, including being crowned champions at the Dalemain Marmalade Awards in March and winning the World Jampionships in September. Christopher is also a finalist in the World Bread Awards. Sue (42) said her children became inspired to bake after Christopher spotted a Real Jam Festival flyer in 2011. He entered his first pot of jam and won the class. Sue said: “I like baking, but this interest has really come from them. I’m very proud of them all. They love baking but it’s Christopher who’s taken it to the next level, he’s so keen and very good.”

Christopher tried to enter the event last year but was a week late having got the dates wrong, instead they entered the St Ives’ version and Christopher came second. Christopher, who writes the Jammy Bakers Blog, said: “I bake because I like cheering people up. My favourite thing about baking is improvising – I never just simply follow a recipe. “I’m really looking forward to the Wellingborough bake off, I have got something special planned.” The event is being organised by the town’s Business Improvement District through its Discover Wellingborough campaign to attract more people to the town centre. The cakes will be on display throughout the day, then auctioned off, with the proceeds going to county breast cancer charity, Crazy Hats. The competition has a special novelty category with a hat theme to mark the Wellingborough-based charity’s involvement. Crazy Hats founder, Glennis Hooper, said: “We thank the Discover Wellingborough campaign for involving us in such a thrilling, community event. We hope people will rally around for Wellingborough. To take part, bakers will need to register and

Lights out for rail

THE latest in a series of Railways Remembered Grand Film Shows will be back at Kettering’s Corn Market Hall, London Road (NN15 7QA), on Monday October 20, with lights out from 7.30pm. This screening looks at Railways In War 1939-1945, with your host for the evening, Rob Foxon – who spends many hours getting films restored to be shown on the silver screen for future generations to enjoy. No DVDs or videos are used! Rare archive films will show the essential role of Britain’s railways during the Second World War in transporting workers, troops and the machinery of war, including footage of the rapid construction of heavy freight locomotives for use overseas. A film of local interest will show American soldiers marching through Sheep Street in Kettering during WW2. Tickets will be on the door on the night, £6.50. For all inquiries, telephone: 0116 289 0531. Proceeds of the evening will be used to restore more archive footage for future screenings. There will be a licensed bar and a supporting sales stand on the night.

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RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: Above, Christopher and Charlotte Foster are rivals for bake off glory. Right, the founder of Crazy Hats, Glennis Hooper, is hoping for a good turnout at the bake off event. then take their masterpiece to the marquee by 10am tomorrow. To enter, email: swarupa@discoverwellingborough.co.uk

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THE WINNER IS . . . Revealing the prizewinner’s name are leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, and creative director at the Core Theatre, Chris Sudworth.

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LUCK and the Christmas spirit have smiled on Corby resident, Brenda Easton, who has won two free tickets to the Core Theatre’s Christmas show, Dear Santa, after submitting a nomination for the Spirit of Corby Awards. All residents had to do to enter the prize draw was to submit their award suggestions. Leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, said: “With so many nominations coming in this year, it wouldn’t have been possible to recog-

nise all the kind people who submitted them, so we thought the prize draw was a great way to say thank you. “Without the nominations, the awards wouldn’t go ahead so we are always extremely grateful to those who take the time to fill out the form. “Well done to Brenda – we hope you enjoy the show!” The winners of the Spirit of Corby Awards 2014 were announced in our last issue. View it online, here: http://issuu. com/extranewspapers/docs/ corby_3.10

MEMBERS and friends of Rushden’s Swivel Club raised a whopping £3,000 earlier this month to support the good work of Macmillan nurses locally. A rock ‘n’ roll event was a sell-out and saw everyone at the Rushden Bowling Club rocking along with Johnny Red and the Jets, performing their Legends act. Filling the dance floor for the evening, the popular acts went down a storm. Swivel Club chairman, Colin Wright, said: ”We are thrilled with how well this event went and very pleased to be able to present the money raised to such a worthy cause - the Macmillan nurses.” To support the Swivel Club, the next event is on Saturday October 25, 8pm, at Rushden Bowling Club, where The Rollin Clones will be performing. They are known as ‘the best tribute to the Rolling Stones ever’! To book tickets go to www. swivelclub.com or call Walt on: 07984266649 or the club on: 01933 312680. Tickets are £15 for this unique, local, fundraising event.

House was raided

A LAPTOP and a mobile phone were stolen from a house in Corby after burglars got in through an unlocked front door. The property in Bulwell Green was broken into sometime between 11.40pm and 11.55pm on Friday October 3. Call police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously: 0800 555111.

Woman punched

A WOMAN was punched in the back of the head in the early hours of the morning in Kettering. The incident happened at about 2.20am on Sunday September 21 in the Horsemarket area of the town, close to the bus shelters and taxi rank. It is believed a large group of people saw the assault and officers investigating the incident would like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time. Witnesses can call Northamptonshire Police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555111.

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examination and possibly take blood and urine samples to rule out any medical causes for the behaviour you describe. They will then be able to advise you on management options based on their findings. If no physical cause is found they can then concentrate on helping your pet cope with their circumstances through behavioural advice, aids, feed supplements and/or medication. Referral to a behaviourist may also be recommended.

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Pick up or pay up, Youngsters’ gardening project blossoms! dog owners warned A DOG owner from Rushden has paid a hefty price for not picking up after his pet and giving false information when questioned about it. Michael Davey was spotted not clearing up his dog’s mess in Hall Park, Rushden, by the East Northamptonshire Council dog warden. He was issued with a £75 fine, but gave a false name and address. This setback was overcome a few days later, when the dog warden spotted Mr Davey getting in his car near the park and noted his registration number and his name and address were traced. Mr Davey was then sent details of his fine, but despite repeated requests, did not pay and a court summons was issued. Last month, Northampton Magistrates issued a fine of £1,200 for dog fouling and giving false information. In his absence, he was also ordered to pay £460 costs. Steven North, East Northamptonshire Council Leader, said: “We know that keeping our streets and green spaces free of litter and dog mess is extremely important to our residents and visitors. This is another case that should remind all dog walkers that failing to clean up after your dog is an offence, and one that we take very seriously.” Sarah Peacock, leader of Rushden Town Council which employs the dog warden for two days a week to patrol parts of the town, added: “Most dog owners are responsible and clear up after their dog, but there is a small minority who leave this offensive type of litter on our streets and in parks. “It is to these we will issue fines, on the spot or, if necessary, as was the case here, via the courts. “The message is simple – pick up or pay up.”

ELDERLY Wellingborough residents have received garden makeovers, thanks to a group of young people. The youngsters are part of the VYBZ youth group which is run by community charity Service Six and funded by local housing provider Places for People. As part of the group, the young people have joined in the Seedlings Project, which aims to build relationships between the generations by encouraging young people to take part in activities to spruce up the gardens of older residents living in the Queensway estate. Since the project launched in July, three properties have had both their front and rear gardens tidied by a group of five young people. The project, which was funded by a £1,700 donation from Places for People and delivered by Service Six, teaches young people a number of gardening skills. They’re taught everything from how to identify plants, flowers and weeds, to using basic gardening equipment.

Toni Gerrard, Places for People’s neighbourhood officer in Wellingborough, said: “We’re always looking to strengthen our communities and build sustainable neighbourhoods in everything we do, so we’re really pleased to support Service Six and these young people. “The Seedlings Project has given these young people a positive activity to take part in that really benefits the wider community.” Katie Marsh, Service Six’s youth antisocial behaviour supervisor, added: “The project has been a fantastic way for us to build inter-generational relationships. The older residents have all been appreciative of the help we’ve been able to give them and the young people’s selfesteem has really benefited from their positive responses. “For many of the older people we’re working with, the gardening has been equally rewarding, especially for those whose relatives don’t live locally. “It’s given them regular company and new faces to talk to.”

Name game wins for Jessica YEARS of theme park fun are lined up for a Corby girl after she chose the winning name for a new ride at Milton Keynes theme park Gulliver’s Land. Eleven-year-old Jessica Balcomb was declared the winner of Gulliver’s competition to name a brand new ride at its theme park site. She beat off stiff competition for the top prize – a lifetime’s free entry to the theme park – with her winning suggestion, ‘Twist and Joust’. The medieval castle-themed twisting coaster opened at the park earlier this year, but park staff struggled to think of

a suitable name for it, so decided to seek inspiration from visitors. Jessica and her family visited the park to be presented with her annual passport to visit as many times as she likes – it will be renewed every year to guarantee a lifetime of thrills and spills. Park manager Sue Conway said: “We had some fantastic suggestions but Jessica’s really fit the bill for our spinning coaster. “It was lovely to meet our official ridenamer and we hope she enjoys lots of visits to her very own coaster for years to come.”

Caught on camera

A MAN who tried to break into a house in Rothwell was caught on camera as he tried to force his way into the property. The man, who is believed to be aged between 20 and 26, was filmed by CCTV cameras (and pictured here) repeatedly trying to break into the house in Gordon Street. Officers investigating have now released the footage, which shows the man walking into the garden of the house at about 5.50am on Wednesday August 20 and attempting to break into both a car, a garage and the main house before trying to force open the kitchen window with a screwdriver. Despite his repeated attempts to get into the property, the man left empty-handed. He was wearing a blue checked jacket with a hood, blue jeans and white trainers. He was also carrying a black JD sports bag. He had short, sandy-coloured hair and was slim. Anyone who recognises him can call Northamptonshire Police on: 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on: 0800 555111.

HELPING HANDS: The youth group volunteers have been looking after the gardens of elderly people in Wellingborough. In the picture are Sienna Foster (age 7) and nine-year-old Taylor Kew – two of the VYBZ members who have been taking part in the Seedlings Project.

Electoral changes: have your say THE final round of public consultation into parish electoral changes around Kettering is now under way. The Community Governance Review that has been ongoing since June affects the following parishes in the Kettering Borough Council area: Barton Seagrave Burton Latimer Broughton Cranford Cransley & Mawsley parishes Geddington, Newton and Little Oakley Rushton and Wilbarston parishes. The purpose of the re-

view is for the council to consider what changes, if any, are required to the existing electoral arrangements in the affected parish council areas. An initial public consultation was held prior to final proposals being recommended by the full council last month. Details of the proposals are on the council’s website: www.kettering.gov.uk Now, residents, parish councils and any interested organisations, are invited to submit their views on these final proposals. The deadline for submissions is Sunday November 30.

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TWIST AND JOUST: Jessica gives the newly-named ride her seal of approval.

Health event to help curb strokes STROKE survivors will mark World Stroke Day locally on Wednesday October 29 when The Stroke Association teams up with Kettering Borough Council and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to host a health event for residents. The National Stroke Day Wellbeing event will be held at Corn Market Hall, Kettering, 11am-3pm and will be officially opened by the town’s mayor. The health and wellbeing event will have around 55 stands that will have healthcare

information and advice for all conditions and ages. There will be blood pressure checks and live-saver demonstrations. The event is open to all age groups. Maria DeGiorgio, regional information officer from the Stroke Association in the East Midlands, said: “When we held the event last year we had extremely positive feedback, especially on the information we provided to the community. The day will raise awareness of stroke and the risk factors associated.” There are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK every year.

THE annual world conker championships, the bronze head of a Roman emperor, the home of British motorsport and a stately home known as the Versailles of England – these are just some of the entries in a newly-published book celebrating the unique treasures of Northamptonshire. In the book, 70 contributors pay homage to their favourite iconic places, buildings and events in the county. The book, Icons of Northamptonshire, is published jointly by Northamptonshire County Council and the Northamptonshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Northamptonshire) and is on sale (price £17.50) in the county’s libraries now. County council leader Jim Harker said: “This book was born out of our organisations’ shared

love of the county and its unique sense of place. “The contributions capture the grand and the humble, the contemporary and the historic, the natural landscape and the urban environment. They showcase some of our best-known gems and shine a light on some of our more obscure treasures.” Sir Paul Hayter, chairman of CPRE Northamptonshire said: “It has been a great pleasure to select 70 icons, some predictable, some not, which illustrate why Northamptonshire deserves to be treasured. “CPRE Northamptonshire campaigns to protect the special character of the county for the benefit of all; this book shows what that character is.” In the book’s foreword, CPRE president Sir Andrew Motion declares the book “a longoverdue celebration of one of England’s least celebrated counties”.

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Harry Potter fans went mad last week after JK Rowling posted a series of cryptic tweets which seemed to suggest a Harry Potter comeback! JK Rowling asked her Twitter followers to try to solve the anagram: "Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won’t tolerate this nonsense." Sky News reported that the post was subsequently retweeted over 19,000 times as Harry Potter fans tried to work it out. Unfortunately, all hopes were dashed when the mystery was finally solved… "Newt only meant to stay in New York for a few hours”, which refers to the character Newt Scamander who is a magizoologist who features in JK Rowling's book ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’. Last year Warner Brothers Pictures announced that it is teaming up with JK Rowling to produce a spin-off film based on the book, which will be the first of a trilogy. It will be set in New York 70 years before Harry, Hermione and Ron's story starts. Cult TV series Twin Peaks is set to return for a new series in 2016, 25 years after it first aired! Director David Lynch announced the news to fans with a message online, telling them: "Dear Twitter Friends ... it is happening again." "The groundbreaking television phenomenon, Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winner Twin Peaks will return as a new limited series on Showtime in 2016," the official statement said. He also said that he will direct every episode and the series "will continue the lore of the original series, providing long-awaited answers and a satisfying conclusion for the series’ passionate fan base". The TV show, centred in a small US town called Twin Peaks, gripped viewers from 1990 to 1991 and featured FBI agent Dale Cooper - played by Kyle MacLachlan - as he tried to unravel the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer.

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A MockyHorror Halloween at Aspers Casino Saturday 1st November 2014 Aspers Casino Northampton is recreating the sights and sounds of the cult classic cinema sensation ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ in a tribute cabaret show for a spooky Halloween event on Saturday 1 November. The Mocky Horror Tribute Show will be putting on a performance to remember at Aspers from 7.30pm as they take guests on a weird and wonderful journey of wanton abandon. In its fourteenth year of operation, the astounding musical cabaret show is a specially commissioned and professionally produced, fully choreographed production with five performers and more than nine spectacular costume changes. Adam Aggiss, better known as ‘Frank’, from the Rocky Horror Show says, “We’re really excited to be part of Aspers’ spectacular Halloween extravaganza. The Mocky Horror Show is the perfect performance for a Halloween night out that we’re sure guests won’t forget.” For just £25 per person, guests will also enjoy a delicious Halloween themed three course menu of ‘scary starters’, ‘monstrous mains’ and ‘just desserts’, followed by a disco. “Aspers is the perfect venue for the Mocky Horror Show to perform its unforgettable cabaret show” said David Stratford, general manager of Aspers Casino. “The atmosphere will be fantastic as our dedicated function room is transformed into a ghoulish grotto, and what’s more, there’ll be a prize for the best dressed guest on the night.” All bookings for the Mocky Horror Show must be made in advanced by calling 01604 623 580 or at www. aspersnorthampton.co.uk. The event is open to over 18’s only. For further information about Aspers Northampton like us on Facebook or follow @AspersNorthants on Twitter. To find out more about the Mocky Horror Show visit www.rockyhorrortribute.com. Sensory play for babes and tots. The summer may be over but the fun continues in the county! Award-winning children’s activity leaders Donna Smith and Amy George are reminding local families about weekly get-togethers with the Hartbeeps group, for young children. The groups are for babies and toddlers and involve making music, enjoying multisensory play and having fun! Suitable for youngsters from birth to five years old, Amy and Donna run classes around the area and another Hartbeeps group is being launched in Raunds at the end of October on Tuesdays – call Amy for more details on 07775 877093 or email amy@hartbeeps.com There are also sessions on Mondays in Kettering at Kids Play (10.30am), Wednesdays at the Masonic Hall in Rushden – 9.30am for walkers and 10.30am for sitting to toddling age groups. On Fridays the group meets at Telford Lodge I Kettering, 10am. Donna@hartbeeps.com or call: 07584 033108.

Continuous until 6 December 2014 The new Burton Latimer Heritage Museum exhibition “Kiss the Children for Me” is now well underway and is proving to be very popular. Its title is taken from an excerpt from a letter sent home by Private Leonard Drage Clipson to his family the day before he was killed in the trenches. There have been contributions of items for display from many people who are keen to commemorate their relative’s involvement in the war. For example, there are several beautiful embroidered cards sent home from France and Flanders and also some cards sent from a PoW camp. There are autograph book entries that reflect the wartime mood of the civilians and entries by Empire troops convalescing here, and of course, battlefield relics. There are dozens of photographs of servicemen, many of whom failed to return, and, as usual, the Book of Remembrance which lists all the Burton Latimer soldiers, sailors and airmen that died, with details of their resting place and their photograph if one exists. The exhibition is at the Heritage Museum, Civic Centre, 120 High Street Burton Latimer and is open from 10am to 1pm on Thursdays and Saturdays until December 6th. Phone 01536 722722 for further details. CLASSES Tuesdays (6.30pm) Zumba classes in The Bede House, Higham Ferrers, NN10 8BT. Led by Michelle J. Just turn up 10 minutes before each class – £4. Other class times, dates, locations, tel: 07974809003 for details or visit: www.zumbann10.com Mondays (11am) New Absolute Beginners line dance class, every Monday morning from 11.00 am until 12.00pm at Earls Barton Working Men’s Club,Queen street, Earls Barton. £4 pay as you go. Contact Karen for more details on 07941762416 or karendance@hotmail.co.uk EVENTS Every weekend between 1 March and 26 October, 2014 A tour of Lyveden’s Elizabethan garden. Discover the fascinating history and mysteries of Sir Thomas Tresham’s New Bield. The tour is over grass and rough ground with no path. The tour takes place ev-

ery weekend between 1 March and 26 October. Free event (normal admission charges apply) Please see the main property page for open and closed days. 2pm - 3:30 pm Normal Admission Charges Apply; there is no extra charge for the tour. Meet at Visitor reception Children will be very welcome More Information: 01832 205158, lyveden@ nationaltrust.org.uk Lyveden New Bield near Oundle Northamptonshire PE8 5AT Sundays: Rushden’s Whitefriars Church runs ‘Stepping Out’ events for the wider community on the second Sunday of the month, instead of a single church service. These include Kidz Klub (Whitefriars Junior School, 10.15am), the ‘Silver Service’ church service (with traditional hymns at the Bridge Community Office at Whitefriars, 10.30am); the Books ‘n’ More Reading Group (at the Arabica Coffee House from 10.30am); and Handy Helpers (practical help in the community). Further details from Philip and Denise Evans: 01933 316834. Find out more about church activities, here: www.whitefriar schurch.org.uk Gretton Monthly Lunches . Gretton Village Hall is the venue for the next monthly lunch only £4.00 per serving. All food is freshly prepared and with a nice choice. An optional raffle is also run. Proceeds of the event are in support of the village hall repair fund. The organisers welcome residents,ramblers,cyclists and anyone passing through the village to attend. Thank you for your continued support everyone. Further details from Liz Watt telephone 01536 772328. Do then join us on 1s July for a nice social get together over a great value lunch here in Gretton. Saturday 15 November Wondertours Community Transport serving North Northamptonshire are running two Christmas excursions this year. On Saturday 15th November Derby is the destination now a top regional centre boasting the superb Westfields Shopping complex with all the shops you need and a fabtastic food mall. The Eagle indoor market is the biggest in the Country with a big variety of stalls offering bargains galore. The Cathedral Quarter is a nice area to visit and there is a splendid choice of cafe bars and restaurants to choose from. Fare only £13.50. Then on Saturday 6th December The German Christmas Market at Birmingham is the second seasonal trip will stalls all around the City. Birmingham also offers the Bullring Shopping Centre,canalside walks and the heritage building trail. There is a great mix of venues for refreshments. Fare only £13.50. Information Folders and maps will be provided to ensure you make the most of your days out with Wondertours. Pick up points for these Christamas excursions are Weldon Gretton Corby-Old village and town centre-and Kettering Telford Lodge. To book please call pr text David Fursdon organiser on 07790 197220. Wondertours are arranged voluntary and not for profit

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EXTRA Time - What’s On in Northamptonshire - get out and enjoy yourselves there is something for everyone. since 1972. Regular and new passengers welcome onboard. Saturday 18 Oct 2014 The Virtuoisi GUS Brass Band ’Best of British’ Concert The Virtuosi GUS Band was formed in Kettering as The Munn & Felton Works Band in 1933 and for more than 80 years this brass band has been one of the best in the country, winning many competitions. The band continues to entertain concert audiences across the country and is delighted to be hosting a ‘Best of British’ concert on Saturday 18th October. Under the musical direction of Adam Cooke, the programme showcases music from British composers, featuring fantastic soloists and culminating in a ‘Last Night of the Proms’ finale. 7.30pm £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) The Castle, Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA Contact telephone: 01933 270007 Call to check latest times or cancellations. To Friday 31 Oct 2014 Penelope Milner Workshop and painting exhibition Jgallery present: A French Connection Exhibition 15th September~31st October 2014 Original oil and pastel painting by international artist:- Penelope Milner Born in England but now living in France you will be captivated by her subtle use of colour and shades. Penelope is a master of texture and the use of light and shade makes her one of Englands finest artist. 15th September~ October 31st Private View Saturday 20th September 5pm~9pm We are delighted to host an exhibition of works by this internationally recognised artist from Catus France. Penny has had several successful exhibitions in the UK and France. She teaches as well as paints in her studio and she is particularly recognised for her pastel works. Penny will be running an exclusive ‘Painting in Pastels masterclass’ on Sunday 21st September in the jgallery. ( 8 people only ) Materials and lunch provided. For further information constact the gallery on pastels@jgallery.org. uk We are open 6 days a week, Monday ~ Saturday 9am~4pm ( Sunday by appointment) Private View Saturday 20th September 5pm~9pm jgallery 25 West Street Moulton Northampton Northamptonshire NN3 7SB Saturday 18 Oct 2014 Operation Dance On the Saturday evening of Rushden Historic Transport Society’s (RHTS) 1940s’ Weekend. A night of 1940s’ entertainment and dance at the John White Golf Club, Rushden. The show is hosted and entertainment provided by that well-known and accomplished 1940s’ vocalist Peter Wayre supported by 1930s’/40s’ DJ D-Day Darren. Screened vintage film footage of the bands of the day, the dance halls, civilian life in wartime Britain and 1940s’ fashion, plus a 1940s’ raffle and on-site photography studio ~ so dress to impress! Dance class and dance performance (TBC). Excellent dance floor, loads of parking, licensed bar and an optional meal. Attend the RHTS’ 1940s’ event dur-

ing the day; call in at Station 109 Vintage Emporium across the road from the 40s’ event site and then join us in the evening for live entertainment and dancing. Tickets: £20 to include meal / £15 without meal. For further information and ticket sales, telephone: 01933 419516. The event takes place from 7.30pm until 11.30pm and tickets are available at £20 each with meal included or £15 without meal. John White Golf Club, Bedford Road, Rushden NN10 0SA (East Midlands), Northamptonshire NN10 0SA Contact telephone: 01933 419516  Saturday 18 October 2014 Cransley Hospice Pamper Day Lots of lovely therapies on offer - Massage - Manicures - Facials etc plus retail therapy and tea and cake Its a perfect day out! Bookings from September £12.00 per treatment 10.00 - 3.30 p.m. Forest House, 2 Riley Road, Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 8NN Contact telephone: 01536 527407 Saturday 18 Oct 2014 to Saturday 22 Nov 2014 People’s Choice Open 13 winner solo show Northampton artist Cordell Garfield’s solo exhibition. A selection of paintings and drawings from the Alfred East gallery’s Open 13 winner building on Cordell’s growing reputation as a portrait artist. Cordell’s works are sourced from life drawing sketches, reference photos and his own imagination. Whether it’s the inner psychology of a portrait or a situation offering hidden meanings, his paintings offer a range of interpretations for the viewer. As a Member of the Northampton Town and County Art Society, Cordell has exhibited extensively within the county. Further afield, his work has been exhibited and he has sold several works at other galleries in Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Leicestershire and exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists for their national and highly acclaimed “Imaginative Portraits” exhibition in 2008. Entry is free. Alfred East Art Gallery, Sheep Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 0AN Contact telephone: 01536 534274 Friday 24 Oct 2014 Sure Thing! - Jazz evening - back by popular demand. An evening of great songs and first class musicianship. No matter what you’re preferred style, you’re bound to enjoy this youthful approach to the standard jazz repertoire. Kettering born multi-instrumentalist and accomplished young musician Liam Halloran playing the vibraphone, leading his new quartet to bring you an evening of unique arrangements of both classic American songbook standards and other more recent, but just as beautiful songs. This will also feature Holly Thomas (vocalist), Sebastiano Dessanay on bass and Ric Yarborough on drums. 7.30pm start. £6 “ticket only” admission Available from Cathy on 01536 524125 or Angela on 01536 522158 Please book your tickets early (may only be a few left on the night at a cost of £7) Tea/coffee available but can bring your own drink Fundraising for Bell Tower appeal. All

Sunday 16 November Autumn Steam Gala At Rocks By Rail - The Living Ironstone Museum 10:30 am. Rocks By Rail announce details for the Autumn Steam Gala. This gala will feature three steam locomotives in action, with visiting loco ‘VULCAN’ running alongside our two resident Andrew Barclay steam locomotives. These three engines will take turns providing passenger brake van rides and working quarry demonstration trains throughout the day. The quarry will also provide another chance to see the two diesel quarry machines at work, clearing the overburden an loading the train with iron ore. This will be the first event to see the use of the new quarry spur, which will allow more complex shunting operations to be performed in the quarry section while visitors look on from the quarry viewing area. Visitors will be able to see the progress being made on two recently announced projects - The construction of a new Ironstone Railway Exhibition Centre on the site of the current loco yard, and the restoration of the Sundew cab - the one remaining piece of the massive machine that once dominated the local skyline. In addition, the workshop will be open for visitors to inspect current restoration projects, and the Sundew Café will be open for hot and cold food and drink throughout the day. The action runs from 10:30am until 4:00pm. Adults £5, Children £2.50, Under Fives go FREE! Up to date information can be found on the Facebook Page, website, or by calling 07873 721941

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Friday 24 October It could only happen at a wedding! An evening with Margaret Burgon - humorous talk. 7.30pm until approx. 9pm Raffle. Tickets £3 includes light refreshments. All Saints Community Hall, William St, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 9RR Friday 24 October LibraryPlus/ Usborne Books Reading Event Desborough and Rushden Libraries will be working in partnership with Usborne Books to offer a pilot scheme supporting children and reading. The scheme is designed to encourage a lifelong love of books. Usborne Reading Challenges are fun and easy to follow so that every child, whatever their ability can take part. This event is open to all children visiting the libraries and will be promoted through local schools and nurseries. If you would like more information about the Usborne reading challenges contact: Tracey Walton, Independent Usborne Organiser. Tel: 07950682701 or email tracey@bookskidslove.co.uk Event starts on Friday 24th October and will be running until Saturday 8th November and is free to enter. Desborough Library and Rushden Library Northamptonshire NN10 0PT Saturday 25 October Potbelly Blues Night After the success of the Blues Band this summer, we have had requests for more Blues music. So, in conjunction with Kontra Roots Promotions we will be drawing together an evening line-up of superb Blues acts from near and far. With great beers and good company this is a night not to be missed by any Blues lovers, or live music aficionados. From slide, fingerpicking or acoustic to ragtime, country or rock this will be a great evening of live music Headliner: Matt Woosey, plus Mark Harrison and Mellow Peaches. 7.30pm £7 £5 concessions Kettering Arts Centre at St Andrews Church, corner Rockingham Rd & Lindsay St, Kettering, NN16 8RG Saturday 25 October, Sat 29 Nov, Sat 20 Dec Higham Ferrers Farmers Market Higham Ferrers Farmer’s Market is held between 9am and 1pm on the last Saturday of each month except in December when it is moved to the last available day before Christmas. Our Farmers Market which is accredited to FARMA ASSOCATION is a very successful monthly market, we have over 24 stalls which each offering something different. The produce can vary from Aberdeen Angus beef, organic eggs and vegetables, Italian peppers, organic pork and lamb, free range poultry, beer, pork in all its forms in addition to pickles, pies, herbs, fresh fish, fruit and honey, preserves, traditional bread, plants & cheese. Dates for 2014:- January 25th, February 22nd, March 29th, April 26th, May 31st, June 28th, July 26th, August 30th, September 27th, October 25th, November 29th, December 20th. Free

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Saturday 25 October – Rushden Historic Transport Society HALLOWEEN GHOST TRAIN, Be prepared to be scared! Trains times 16.30, 17.15, 18.00, 18.45, 19.30, 20.00 Train fares – Adult £4.00, Child £2.00 Sunday 26 October Antique, Retro & Vintage Flea Market, Brixworth Village Hall A peaceful ,friendly atmosphere for all the family. Come look at our a Flea market,you never know what you will find from antiques to military ,coin’s,glass,weird stuff! Also silver,gold,book’s, collec table s,pic ture s,ceramic s, etc.........:) And we also have hot and cold food available 50p per adult oaps and children free Come visit our historic Saxon church, also visit our country park. That’s what i call a day out! :) We also buy and value 10 am till 3pm... Hot and cold fresh food and drinks and home made cakes. TELL YOUR FRIEND ALL MONEY RAISED FROM STALL HIRE GOES DIRECT TO BRIXWORTH VILLAGE HALL RESTORATION FUND. TO BOOK A STALL CALL : 07873285461 SEE YOU ALL SOON ! ONLY 50P ENTRY Brixworth Village Hall Northampton Northamptonshire NN6 9BN Sunday 26 October Lest We Forget First World War - Commemorative service 3pm for tea and coffee then service starts All Saints Church, William St, Kettering, NN16 9RR Contact telephone: 01536 392401 Monday 27 October Hayden FLAG Family Halloween Fun Quiz 7.00pm Come along to our family Halloween fun quiz and meet the grisly Quizmaster with his ghastly assistant. Teams of four at £1 per person (children under 12 free). Everyone is welcome. If you do not have a team, then come anyway, you can still join in. Halloween costume optional. There will be prizes and fun as well as a raffle, nibbles and a good deal of neighbourliness. To book, please ring 01933 357565. Hayden FLAG is a voluntary run community group based in the Hayden area of Rushden. Come and join us for some gruesome fun. 7.00pm £1 per person (children under 12 free) Hayden Road Football Club, Rushden, NN10 0HX Saturday 13 and Sun day 14 December –SANTA SPECIALS ,Visit Santa’s Grotto. Fun for all the family. PRE BOOKED TICKETS ONLY Train times Sat & Sun – 11.00, 11.45, 12.30, 13.15, 14.00, 14.45, 15.30 Sunday 28 December MINCE PIE SPECIAL, A family trip on the train after Christmas. First train – 11.00, last train 16.00 Train fares – Adult £4.00, Child £2.00 Saturday 1 November QUIZ EVENING in St. Mary’s Church Hall, Rushden at 7.30pm. Cost £3.50 in-

cluding light refreshments. Tickets from Peter Chamberlain 01933 386826. Wellness Monday: 11am Meet at East Carlton Park Walk, Corby Contact Kye Bishop 01536 464611 kye.bishop@corby.gov.uk Tuesday: 2.30 pm Adventure Walks Meet @ The Buttery, the Rural Shopping Yard, Castle Ashby, Northampton Cost: £4 Leader: Jason Williams (NWUK Instructor) 07957 353482 gvltdemail@gmail.com Wednesday: 10am. Meet at Leisure Centre, Desborough. This walk is on a circular, paved route around the Greenspace and is always under an hour long. Volunteers to help us lead more walks! If you are interested please contact Jenna Bartley on 01536 534284 or email jennabartley@ kettering.gov.uk for more information on courses. CHILDREN GROUPS Rhymetime (free): Thursdays 10.30am to 11.15am at Burton Latimer Library. Contact: 0300 126 1000. Tuesdays 10.30-11am at Corby Library. Contact: 01536 203304 Fridays 10-10.30am at Desborough Library. Contact: 01536 711880. Thursdays 10-10.30am at Higham Ferrers Library. Contact: 01933 314842. Monday fortnightly 2.30-3pm at Irthlingborough Library. Contact: 01933 650641. Tuesdays 9.30-10am & 10.30-11am at Kettering Library. Contact: 01536 512315. Thursdays 11-11.30am at Raunds Library. Contact: 01933 623671. Every Monday, 2.30pm to 3pm at Rothwell Library. Contact: 0300 126 1000. Alternates at Rushden Library – one week on Tuesday at 10.30-11am, the next week Thursday 2-2.30pm. Contact: 01933 312754. Wednesdays 1010.30am & 11-11.30am at Wellingborough Library. Contact: 01933 225365. Nature Tots – nature activities for children under five. £3.50 per child, includes refreshments. Booking essential, telephone: 01604 810970. Every third Tuesday of each month during term time – 10am to 11.30am – at Sywell Country Park, Washbrook Lane, Ecton NN6 0QX. Also, every first Wednesday of each month in term time at Irchester Country Park, Gipsy Lane, Little Irchester, Wellingborough NN97DL – call 01933 276866. Also, second Thursdays at Fermyn Wood Country Park, Lyveden Road, Brigstock, Kettering NN14 3HS Toddler Singing and Stories with Stevie Rigsby sessions through the summer holiday on a Tuesday morning at 10am at St. Columba’s Church Hall, Studfall Avenue and a Thursday morning at 10am at Beanfield Community Centre on Beanfield Avenue. Sessions cost £2 for the first child, £1 each other sibling. Elder siblings are welcome but must be paid for and ac-

companied by an adult. For more information please Call Stevie 0776 124 2851. In the past my sessions at Corby Library have been the best in the county with a record 50 children and 42 adults at one session. It is a rather loud, fast, fun, singy, shakery, action packed rhyming session and needs more people to join in to make it even more fun.... Aardvark Soft Play - Every Monday & Tuesday, sensory and soft play sessions for under-fives & their grownups. Book a 50-minute play session – running 9am-3pm. Limited spaces. £2.50 per playing child: Aardvark Soft Play at Corby Masonic Complex, 27 Rockingham Road, Corby, NN17 1AD. Contact: 01536 201535 or 07889390500 or lindsey@aardvarksoftplay.com Play Mates: Tuesdays 9.30-11am at Corby Old Village Community Centre. £1.50. Contact Kelly on: 01536 201852. Tiny Tots: Thursdays 2.15-3.15pm, term time only, at St Giles Church Community Centre, Desborough. Stay & Play (Higham Ferrers SureStart). Mondays 9.15-10.45am at Higham Ferrers Library. Fridays 1.302.30pm at Bede House. Contact: 01933 419759. Little Lambs: Fridays 1011.30am. Reachout Community Church, 4 High Street, Irchester. Contact: 01933 225525. Little Treasures: Mondays 9.45-11.15am at Crow Hill Community Centre, Irthlingborough. Contact: 01933 225525. Mawsley Baby & Toddler Group: Thursdays, 9.30-11am, The Centre at Mawsley, Kettering. £1.50 first child, 50p per child thereafter. Contact Sarah on: 01536 790517. Hawthorn Berries: Mondays & Thursdays 9.15-11am, term time only, at Hawthorn Primary School Community Room, Kettering. £1 per family. Contact: 01536 359574. St Edwards Mums & Tots: Wednesdays 9-11am at St Edwards RC Primary School, Eastleigh Road, Kettering. £1.20 for 1st child, 30p thereafter. Contact Kim on: 01536 391581. Little Fishes: Every other Wednesday 2-3pm. Little Harrowden Church, Main Street, Little Harrowden. Contact Heather on: 01933 678225. Hopscotch at Loddington School. Thursdays, 2.15-3.15pm Loddington School, Call: 07742 664604. Pytchley Mums & Tots Tuesdays, 10-11.30am, Pytchley School Hall. Call Dawn: 07964 225369. St Peters Parent & Toddler Group: Fridays 9.30-11.30am, term time only, at Saxon Hall, Raunds. £1.50 1st child, 25p thereafter. Contact Sarah on: 01933 622116.

Twinkle Tots: Wednesdays 9.30-11am at Reachout Community Church, School Lane, Rothwell. Call: 01933 225525. Mums & Tots: Tuesdays 10-11.30am at Rushden Full Gospel Church & Christian Centre, 60 High Street South. Call Marie: 01933 316084. Stay & Play (Rushden SureStart): Wednesdays 2.15-3.15pm. Newton Road Community Primary School. Call: 01933 410112. Mucky Pups (Messy Play): Tuesdays 9.45-11.15am at St Andrews Church Hall, Berrymoor Road, Wellingborough. £2.50 per child. Contact: 01933 272119. Jumping Beans: Wednesdays 9.1511am term time only, at Mill Road Baptist Church, Wellingborough. Contact: 01933 383159. Little COGS: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am-11.15am. Reachout Community Church, Havelock Street, Wellingborough. 50p per child. Contact: 01933 225525. Little Fishes: Fridays 1.30-3pm at Our Lady’s Catholic School Hall, Henshaw Road, Wellingborough. £1 per family. Contact Lee on: Hopscotch at Loddington School. Thursdays, 2.15-3.15pm Loddington School, Call: 07742 664604. Pytchley Mums & Tots Tuesdays, 10-11.30am, Pytchley School Hall. Call Dawn: 07964 225369. St Peters Parent & Toddler Group: Fridays 9.30-11.30am, term time only, at Saxon Hall, Raunds. £1.50 1st child, 25p thereafter. Contact Sarah on: 01933 622116. Twinkle Tots: Wednesdays 9.30-11am at Reachout Community Church, School Lane, Rothwell. Call: 01933 225525. Mums & Tots: Tuesdays 10-11.30am at Rushden Full Gospel Church & Christian Centre, 60 High Street South. Call Marie: 01933 316084. Stay & Play (Rushden SureStart): Wednesdays 2.15-3.15pm. Newton Road Community Primary School. Call: 01933 410112. Mucky Pups (Messy Play): Tuesdays 9.45-11.15am at St Andrews Church Hall, Berrymoor Road, Wellingborough. £2.50 per child. Contact: 01933 272119. Jumping Beans: Wednesdays 9.1511am term time only, at Mill Road Baptist Church, Wellingborough. Contact: 01933 383159. Little COGS: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am-11.15am. Reachout Community Church, Havelock Street, Wellingborough. 50p per child. Contact: 01933 225525. Little Fishes: Fridays 1.30-3pm at Our Lady’s Catholic School Hall, Henshaw Road, Wellingborough. £1 per family. Contact Lee on: 01933 460266.

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at Newlands Shopping Kettering Monday 27 October 11.30am to 3pm Join us at Newlands Shopping for a day of halloween entertainment with our ‘ghastly’ entertainer Anton Ghoul! Shows at: 11.30am • 12.30pm • 2pm • 3pm

Gurn & Earn! To enter, we will take your photo pulling your scariest face on Monday 27 October.

We will upload it to: facebook.com/ newlandsshoppingcentre The 5 pictures with the most likes and comments by midday on Monday 10 November will win the prizes!

Plus come dressed as your favourite scary character for our Fancy Dress Parade at 2.30pm!

Trick or Treat Fun Collect Pumpkin Stickers and receive a Halloween gift while stocks last. Pick up a special leaflet in the Centre to enter

Free Draw to win a Giant Inflatable Pumpkin!

Thursday 30 October 12noon to 5pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leo and Raph from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be making guest appearances between 12noon and 5pm. Plus, My Loyalty Card holders can pick up a Mutant Turtles free giveaway! The children’s entertainments are not supervised playschemes and parents are requested to stay with their children and join in the fun.

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EXTRA LIFESTYLE Lisa Phillips Executive Coach, Personal Development and Enjoying life! As a regularly featured personality on radio and TV, Lisa is an international expert on self development and coaching. She has owned her coaching business, Amazing Coaching for ten years and has worked in over 20 countries. Her passion and love of life is infectious.

So be honest...How are you going with your action steps? If you haven’t started yet, it is never too late! Dig out the previous copies of my column and get started today! Come on, if you don‚t do it now, when will you do it? (I know I am a bit of a nag). In today’s column, I am going to share with you my top tips for raising your self-esteem. I have been using these tips in my coaching business for years, and despite the fact that you may think a few of them are rather strange, they do work! The good news is that by practicing these simple steps you will start to feel more deserving and worthy on the inside - now what a great mirror that is to send out to the outside world. If you think you haven’t got the time or maybe you believe you are too busy, then think again. Many of these

Be nice to yourself - raise your self esteem

will only take a few minutes of your time or can be done when you are in the shower or perhaps brushing your teeth each morning. No excuses remember! Remember, surely you are worth a few minutes of your own time? 1 Smile at yourself each morning in the mirror. Make sure it’s a big cheesy grin! You are wonderful remember so give yourself some praise. 2 Write a list of things that you like about yourself and your positive qualities. These could be the fact that you are loving, helpful, creative, or simply you get things done on time. Make sure you write down at least twenty. Remember, if are kind and loving to yourself, people will be kind and loving to you. If you abuse yourself with harsh words, then watch out, you may just invite a bully into your life. 3 Each day affirm to yourself (at least ten times if you can) My self-esteem is growing every day‚ and I am a valuable, loveable person and I deserve the very best‚ 4 Quit comparing yourself to others. Remind yourself that there will always be some people who have more than you, and some people who have less. Comparing yourself to others will NOT make you feel good about yourself. 5 Accept compliments gratefully. The next time somebody says something nice about you, take time to write it down or spend a few moments thinking about how nice it felt. 6 Remind yourself that you are HUMAN. Quit beating yourself up for not being

perfect. Vow each day to praise yourself, not criticize yourself. This takes practice but even if you stop yourself from criticizing yourself just once then you are making great progress. 7 If you are surrounded by negative people or energy vampires, this will make you feel bad about yourself and will lower your selfesteem. However, if you surround yourself with positive and supportive people you will feel better about yourself and this will raise your self-esteem. 8 Each night before you go to bed, think about (or write down if youwish) five successful things you have done that day. This could be as simple as getting to work on time, helping a friend or cooking a healthy dinner. 9 Set yourself a mini goal to complete each week. This could be anything from speaking to a stranger to putting a new boundary in place. One of the best ways to increase yours self-esteem is to take action - you will feel great about yourself when you do! 10 Be true to yourself. Make sure you are living your own life and not the life someone else wishes you live. If you feel nervous about standing up for yourself make this one of your mini goals. You won‚t develop self-esteem if you sit on the sidelines and don‚t push yourself to take risks and new challenges. Remember, we are all capable of increasing our self-esteem with just a little bit of effort. Go for it - you deserve it! With love Lisa

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Garden Group and Remebrance Day Dear Extra, The next Garden Group Meeting will be held on Wednesday,22nd October 2013 at 8.00.pm in The Old Band Room of The Hatton Arms,Arnhill Road, Gretton. The Guest Speaker will be Plantsman & Broadcaster Mr Nicholas Warliker, who will talk about Sweet Peas and their Propagation & Cultivation, etc. Members will doubtless recall his previous talk entitled “How Plants Grow” from the May 2013 Meeting, which held everyone spellbound, so the October Meeting promises to be just as informative & enjoyable, and not to be missed ! Members of GGG and visitors werlcome. For all inquiries please call Julie and Alan Waterman on 01536 772575 Remembrance Day services on Sunday 9th November in the Gretton District are announced by the Royal British Legion. 11.00am at the the entrance to Spanhoe Airfield on the Harringworth to Laxton Road a short Service of Remembrance will be followed by wreaths laid at the Memorial. At 2.45pm a parade led by Gretton Silver Band, members of the Royal British Legion, Gretton village organisations and members of the public will leave Gretton Recreation Ground will march through the village to St James Church for The Remembrance Day Service starting at 3.00pm. Afterwards a a wreath laying ceremony follows

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By Canon George Burgon “I am a people watcher who finds that God and my faith has touched many, many lives.’ A Scot by birth and a retired Vicar of Rothwell and Rector of Rushton. Burgon is also a Governor of the Jesus Hospital, Alms houses in Rothwell and Chair of the Orton Trust and takes an active interest in local affairs and having served as chaplain to the Mayor of Kettering on 3 separate occasions. George now lives in Barton Seagrave with his wife they have three daughters and six grandchildren.

I came across the following observation recently. ”It is not good for someone to pray cream and live skimmed milk.” All of us have dreams about how things should be and we may even pray that they come to be. However our ideal world is only possible if we work for our dreams to come true. People often accuse politicians of not living in the real world and having their heads in the clouds but we can all be like that. Even in the Church and in other religious organisations people can be so heavenly minded that they are no earthy use to anybody. Moving in the corridors of power can make people forget that they are called to walk in the avenues of service so that real change for the good can take place. That is why some people are streets ahead of others in their drive to alter opinions about the state of affairs in today’s world. Well trodden paths do not always lead to enlightenment or fresh ideas. I was brought up to believe that we are here in the world not to make up the numbers but to make a difference. God has a plan for each one of us to make the creation a better place for all mankind. He gives us the cream of his heart that

we might give him the cream of ours in the way we live with one another. Wherever there is a lack of generosity in ourselves we are watering down the richness of the love he gives to us all to enjoy. We are not created to put up with short measures. Such attitudes deny to ourselves, as well as to others, the richness of our humanity. If we believe that all we need to do to combat poverty at home and abroad is to give to others hand outs, left overs and scraps then we have missed the point of caring for our neighbour. Even food banks are a poor response. Of course some poverty is selfimposed but not the bulk of it .When a government minister said recently that charities should stick to its knitting and not get political, I thought that was a bit rich! How are we to respond to that when some political decisions have caused the poverty in the first place? It is unwise for the powers that be to ignore the divine discontent that lies in every human heart. To resist this fact of human nature is to restrict God’s grace. It was Robert Browning, the poet, who reminds us that “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”

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The history and tradition of Halloween

‘Cinderella’ pumpkins fit for a Princess Fairytale-like pumpkins called Cinderellas are making their British supermarket debut in response to the Halloween festivities boom. Waitrose has 10,000 of these new pumpkins available to go into its stores exclusively. The Cinderellas are part of its biggest ever range of the Halloween vegetable, launching this month in anticipation of high demand. The Cinderella’s name is coined from its ribbed sides, deep orange colour and distinctive shape that look like the fairytale princess’s carriage. Its Waitrose debut comes as shoppers in Britain increasingly follow the American tradition of carving out pumpkins to create Halloween lanterns and cooking seasonal pumpkin dishes.

This year Waitrose is launching its biggest ever pumpkin range because shoppers are increasingly following the American The Cinderella pumpkins were grown in Romsey, Hampshire, from seeds planted in late June. They are between 24 and 40cm in diameter and have a sweet, flavoursome flesh that makes them an ideal ingredient for warming soups and delicious risottos. The variety is popular in France where it’s been available for around 100 years and is known as Rouge Vif d’Etampes. Rags to riches beauty Cinderella had her fortunes transformed by a fairy godmother who magically turned a pumpkin and mice into a carriage and coachmen to whisk Cinders to the ball.

On October 31st, we celebrate Halloween,thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active. Why do we celebrate halloween? The easy answer to this question is that no one really knows the origins of Halloween. What we do know for sure is that Halloween is on the eve of a major Catholic festival, All Saints (1st November) and the eve of the pagan Celtic festival known as Samhain. The three days between 31st October and 2nd November see pagan and Christian celebrations intertwined in a fascinating way and is a perfect example of superstition struggling with religious belief. Currently, it is widely thought that Halloween originated as a pagan Celtic festival of the dead related to the Irish and Scottish Samhain, but there is no evidence that it was connected with the dead in pre-Christian times. Neither the word Halloween or the date 31 October are mentioned in any Anglo-Saxon text indicating that it was just an ordinary day a thousand years ago. From the Medieval period (1066 - 1485) through to the 19th century, there is no evidence that 31 October was anything else other than the eve of All Saints Day. From the 19th Century to the present day, 31st October has increasingly acquired a reputation as a night on which ghost, witches, and fairies, are especially active. All Saints Day - 1 November In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church made 1st November a church holiday to honour all the saints. Although it was a joyous holiday it was also the eve of All Souls Day, so in Medieval times it became customary to pray for the dead on this date. Another name for All Saints Day is ‘All Hallows’ (hallow is an archaic Eng-

Baked Pumpkin Gratin with Rosemary & Goat’s Cheese Serves 4 Prepare 15 mins Cook 1 hour

Ingredients: 900g Waitrose Small Pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cubed (or 1 large butternut squash) 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds 300ml vegetable stock (or white wine) 150ml essential Waitrose Single Cream 25g pumpkin seeds 25g white breadcrumbs 50g mild goat’s cheese, grated 1 Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Place the pumpkin or squash in a shallow 2-litre ovenproof dish or roasting tin. Scatter over the garlic, rosemary, cumin and seasoning. Pour in the stock and bake for 40–45 minutes until the squash is almost tender. 2 Increase the oven temperature to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Pour the cream over the pumpkin and scatter with the pumpkin seeds, breadcrumbs and goat’s cheese. Return to the oven for a further 12–15 minutes until the top is bubbling and golden. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread.

lish word for ‘saint’). The festival began on All Hallows Eve, the last night of October. HALLOWEEN CUSTOMS In Lancashire, ‘Lating’ or ‘Lighting the witches’ was an important Halloween custom. People would carry candles from eleven to midnight. If the candles burned steadily the carriers were safe for the season, but if the witches blew them out, the omen was bad indeed. In parts of the north of England Halloween was known as Nut-crack Night. Nuts were put on the fire and, according to their behaviour in the flames, forecast faithfulness in sweethearts and the success or failure of marriages. Halloween was also sometimes called Snap Apple Night, in England. A game called snap apple was played where apples were suspended on a long piece of string. Contestants had to try an bite the apple without using their hands. A variation of the game was to fix an apple and a lighted candle at opposite ends of a stick suspended horizontally and to swing the stick round. The object was to catch the apple between the teeth whilst avoiding the candle. Many places in England combined Halloween with Mischief Night (celebrated on 4 November), when boys played all kinds of practical jokes on their neighbours. They changed shop signs, took gates off their hinges, whitewashed doors, and tied door latches. Another tradition from which Halloween customs might have come from is a ninth century European custom, souling. It was a Christian festival where people would make house calls begging for soul cakes. It was believed that even strangers could help a soul’s journey to heaven by saying prayers, so, in exchange for a cake they promised to pray for the donors’ deceased relatives. PUMPKIN TRIVIA • Pumpkins are usually orange but they can be white, tan, yellow, green red or blue! • The word ‘pumpkin’ comes from the Greek ‘pepon’ meaning ‘large melon’! Shakespeare calls them ‘pumpion’ in The Merry Wives of Windsor. • American settlers created pumpkin pie by removing the seeds, filling it with milk, spices and honey and then baking it in hot ashes. • An old wives’ tale suggests eating pumpkin for removing freckles. • Some expert pumpkin carvers do multi-level carvings. They use the skin as level one, the flesh as level two etc. • ‘Jack-o’-lantern’ refers to Stingy Jack from Irish mythology. He tricked the devil and was not allowed into either heaven or hell. Jack had to roam the earth with a glowing coal in a hollow turnip. British and Irish people carved faces into turnips or potatoes to scare Jack and other spirits away. Early American settlers quickly found pumpkins were ideal.

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TOOLS 1 short, sharp knife 1 dessert spoon 1 teaspoon 1 candle or tea-light Plenty of newspaper to protect work surface Large bowl for pumpkin seeds and flesh

Cut a circular hole around the stalk. Tilt the point of the knife into the centre of the pumpkin. This will stop the lid from falling in.

Scoop out the seeds and any loose flesh using the dessert spoon and the knife if needed.

Sketch the face onto your pumpkin. Use a biro so any mistakes can be scrubbed off with a scouring pad or fingernail.

Carefully cut out the features. Take small cuts and use a puncturing motion rather than a slicing one.

Gently scrape away the flesh on the inside of the face until it is only 1cm thick.

Using the knife, mark a circle the size of your candle or tea-light in the centre of the base.

Carefully hollow out the marked area with the teaspoon.

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The Vauxhall Meriva • Vauxhall created the small MPV sector in ‘03, with over 115,000 first-gen Merivas sold • Second generation launched in 2010 with clever FlexDoors and FlexSpace

The Meriva was launched in 2003 when Vauxhall effectively created the small MPV sector. With its unique FlexSpace rear seating system, it proved immensely popular, with over 115,000 sold in the UK and over one million in Europe. Launched in 2010, the second-generation Meriva turned the compact MPV class on its head, with its clever FlexDoors system – rear-hinged rear doors which allow a 20 per cent larger opening for passengers – and FlexSpace system, which allows rear passengers a variety of different seating combinations. This model built on the success of the first generation Meriva and like most Vauxhalls it’s now a common sight on British roads, with nearly 50,000 sold in the UK since launch. With a longer wheelbase offering practicality for buyers, especially those with young children, current Meriva shifted out of the small MPV and into the five-seat compact MPV-B sector. The new model also sits in this segment with rivals including the Ford B-Max, Nissan Note, Fiat 500 L and Citroen C3 Picasso. The Meriva is popular with families, thanks to its versatility, space, safety and ease of access offered by its unique FlexDoors. Vauxhall expects Meriva sales to be split evenly between retail and fleet. The new Meriva is on sale now with first customer deliveries arriving this month. And like all Vauxhalls, the Meriva comes

with Lifetime Warranty, which offers first owners peace of mind for as long as they own the car, up to 100,000 miles. The Meriva’s exterior is made even more refined thanks to a new grille and newlydesigned headlamps with an ‘eagle-eye’ graphic. On upper trim levels there’s higher chrome content, including chrome accents that frame the front fog lamps. An elegant, all-new chrome beltline swoops down the side of the vehicle, highlighting the wave design that accentuates the rear window and offers additional visibility to small children sitting in the rear seats. For the first time, LED daytime running lights and LED tail lights are available as an option. Complementing the design revisions are new optional 18-inch alloy wheels, which are rare in this segment. There’s also a new Emerald Green pearlescent paint colour which means customers now have a choice of eleven exterior colours and five different interior trims. Fresh from its launch in the Zafira Tourer, Vauxhall’s new ‘Whisper Diesel’ 1.6 CDTi engine is now available in the Meriva. The Euro-6 compliant engine, which is already setting a high benchmark in the industry for efficiency and refinement, produces 136PS and 320Nm of torque at 2,000rpm, yet achieves a remarkable 64.2mpg combined and 116g/km of C02 emissions. Vauxhall engineers developed a bespoke UK steering programme for the Meriva. As

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Do good and win the nicest job in Britain CHARITIES and Northamptonshire residents are being invited to enter a national initiative that will give one person a year-long paid job to provide free support to selected not-forprofit organisations. Called ‘The Nicest Job in Britain’, the campaign has been launched by national energy consultancy UA (Utility Aid) to encourage businesses and people to ‘do more good’. ‘The Nicest Job in Britain’ will recruit one person to become UA’s national philanthropy manager, a full-time role that will see them travel across the country to support a chosen charity or not-forprofit organisation each week throughout 2015. Anyone over 18 from Northamptonshire who has a passion for making a positive difference can apply, with no experience in utilities necessary. Applications for the position can be registered now at: www.nicestjobinbritain.co.uk The package includes a salary of £35,000 for the year, training, a company car, free return flights to a destination of their choice, a £2,500 donation to the charity of their choice at the end of the year. Northamptonshire-based charities are also being invited to apply for a chance to be one of

the 45 charities that will benefit from the free support of the national philanthropy manager and the publicity that will be generated through their association with the campaign. To nominate a charity, go to www.nicestjobinbritain.co.uk/ charities Each successful charity will have the resources of the national philanthropy manager for one week to support them in any tasks, from fundraising events to marketing ideas as well as helping them save money on their utilities. CEO of UA, Giles Hankinson, said: “As a company which allows organisations to make substantial savings and improve their energy efficiencies, we share our partners’ desire to make a sustained positive impact. “However, our brand wasn’t accurately reflecting this so we felt it important to clearly define what we stand for and how we allow our partners to do more good.” Major companies including British Gas are backing the campaign. Stephen Beynon, managing director of British Gas Business, said: “We encourage people to apply for this fantastic opportunity.”

Apprentice drive targets 150 local firms A MAJOR push to encourage local businesses to employ apprentices has been launched by Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership (NEP). The drive focuses in particular on companies that have not recruited an apprentice before. NEP is aiming to boost awareness of the positive benefits of the apprenticeship scheme and engage with 150 local businesses about getting involved – via a series of events across Northamptonshire this month and in November. Details of the events are on NEP’s website: www.northamptonshireep. co.uk (click on Latest News and the article: Are you new to apprenticeships?). The events will explain the benefits of offering an apprenticeship position and how it might work for a business. There will also be a chance to speak to employers, hear first-hand about their experiences of taking

on an apprentice and to find out how their businesses are benefitting as a result. NEP is working in collaboration with South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) to produce the events and help businesses recruit the skills they need. The apprenticeship drive is timed to coincide with Government and top employers calling on young people to ‘Get In. Go Far’ by choosing an apprenticeship. The Government campaign showcases the variety and quality of apprenticeships on offer to young people. Jo Stewart, Jobs Brokerage manager, NEP, said: “It is important for businesses to fully understand the benefits, adopt the right approach to find the best candidates and take advantage of all the financial support available. These events provide the ideal opportunity to find out what’s involved.”

Craft brewery opens at community pub A NEW craft brewery has opened at The Shoulder Of Mutton pub in Weldon (NN17 3HP). The two-barrel plant brews once a week – occasionally twice – in the pub’s cellar. Regular beers include Dragline 3.9% golden, Rosie’s Sweatbox 4.6% dark, and Weldon Windmill 4.2% best bitter – all are named after local historical landmarks, events and places. Some seasonal and special beers are also being prepared for the coming months. Pub regular and CAMRA member, David Fursdon, is full of praise. He said: “Following the brewery’s registration, beers are being well

received as the range on offer is established and the aim is to produce high quality artisan beers for the discerning real ale drinker.” Graham Moorhouse is head brewer, assisted by the pub’s landlord Bogdan Vunovic. David added: “Already, demand for the Weldon beers is very good with loyal customers being joined by visitors from further afield, calling in to try them as word spreads. Additionally, the recent extension of opening hours coupled with the freshly prepared revamped pub food menu is leading to increased patronage – returning the venue to a must-visit traditional village local, at the heart of the Weldon community.”

Business networking events: listings WHETHER you are looking for contracts or contacts, buyers or suppliers, it is a wellknown fact that people prefer to do business with people they know. So come networking! Monday October 20, 6pm8.30pm. The Business Club Northants: Presentation by Nick Petford, vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton. Venue: the Kettering Park Hotel, NN15 6XT. Free for members, £15 for guests at the door. Find out more here: www.thebusinessclubnorthants.co.uk Tuesday October 21 and November 4th and 18th, 8am9.30pm. NN connect – Corby – Breakfast Meeting. At the Corby Enterprise Centre, London Road, Priors Hall, NN17 5EU. £10 (no VAT). Call Paul Green: 01536 384 450, for more details. Wednesday October 22

and November 5th and 19th, 7.30am-9.30am. NN coNNect – Stanwick – Breakfast Meeting. At the Courtyard Luxury Lodge Hotel, West Street, Stanwick, Wellingborough, NN9 6QY: £15 (inc VAT). Call Paul Green: 01933 375 300 for more details. Tuesdays November 11 and December 2nd, 12noon-2pm. Women in Business Network – Kettering (www.wibn.co.uk). At The Bridge Hotel, Thrapston, NN14 4JP. £25, includes lunch. Call Barbara Hodgson: 0844 324 4034 for details. Wednesdays November 19 and December 10 12noon2pm. Women in Business Net-

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Youth friendly award ‘a first’ CHAMPIONING youth employment and tackling joblessness is a priority at Corby Borough Council – and it has a badge of honour to prove it! With youth unemployment levels remaining high since 2010 across the country, Youth Unemployment UK has declared the Corby council the first borough council in England to gain the Youth Friendly Badge. At one point in the last four years, more than one million young people were NEET (not in employment, education or training). Youth Unemployment UK says the numbers of NEET are slowly falling, but still the level is too high and young people are having a hard time accessing work. One of their greatest challenges is that they lack work experience; many employers choosing to recruit candidates with experience rather than education leavers. There are also few employers offering to mentor young people. According to statistics, only one in four employers support work experience or careers learning in schools. In 2012, Youth Employment UK CIC, a Cor-

WORKPLACE CHAMPIONS: Corby council leader Tom Beattie with, from left, Laura-Jane Rawlings (CX of Youth Employment UK); Emily Mathers, (young apprentice at Corby Borough Council); and Stella Jinks, head of human resources at Corby Borough Council. by-based not-for-profit organisation, created the national Youth Friendly Badge. This badge is awarded to employers of all sizes who commit to supporting young people in some way. The badge is free to apply for and requires a minimum commitment to two youth friendly activities per year – supporting mock interviews, career talks, work experience, etc. A spokesman for the organisation said: “The Youth Friendly badge aims to reward those organisations helping young people in their communities, encouraging those who don’t to get involved in some way. We know that for some companies it is not possible to commit lots of staff, resources or even recruit

young people, that’s why we recognise the small stuff like a careers talk in a school and helping with mock interviews. “Having some advice on an interview technique or hearing from an employer can make a huge difference to a young person’s chances of employment success and we need to create more of those opportunities.” Corby Borough Council has been awarded the highest standard – gold. Leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, said: “We hope that this encourages more businesses and organisations to look at what they could do to help our young people get into work and also become a Youth Friendly Badge holder themselves.”

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Divison Three Corby Strip Mills Inter Corby Irthlingborough Town Kettering Ise Lodge Northampton AFC Obelisk Wellingborough Aztecs Wellingborough Gleneagles

2 - 4 0 - 10 0 - 5 2 - 7 3 - 4 1 - 3 A - A

Corby United Northampton Mereway Irthlingborough Rangers Yardley United Desbro & Rothwell Utd Corby Kingswood Northampton Spartak

Reserve Premier Division Brixworth All Saints Reserves 1 - 6 Harpole Reserves 0 - 4 Kettering Nomads Reserves 3 - 1 Ringstead Rangers Reserves 0 - 3 Wollaston Victoria Reserves 0 - 7

Moulton Reserves Weldon United Reserves Bugbrooke St Michaels Corby Grampian Res James King Blisworth

ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League 2014-2015 Season Saturday, 11 October Premier Divison AFC Kempston Rovers AFC Rushden & Diamonds Holbeach United Huntingdon Town Newport Pagnell Town Northampton Sileby Rangers Peterborough Northern Star Thurnby Nirvana Wisbech Town KOC Cogenhoe United Divison One Blackstones Bugbrooke St Michaels Lutterworth Athletic Northampton ON Chenecks Peterborough Sports Rothwell Corinthians

2 - 2 3 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 2 - 1 2 - 0 5 - 4 2 - 0

Harrowby United Oadby Town Eynesbury Rovers Sleaford Town Desborough Town Long Buckby AFC Harborough Town Wellingborough Town Yaxley

4 - 2

Boston Town

5 - 0 2 - 5 3 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 0 0 - 0

Burton Park Wanderers Potton United Thrapston Town St Neots Town Y & Saints Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Raunds Town

Rushden and Higham United 2 - 3 Wellingborough Whitworth 4 - 0 Woodford United 5 - 2 BBIC Olney Town 4 - 2 Willen 0 - 1 Division Two Desborough Town Reserves Eynesbury Rovers Reserves Harborough Town Reserves Irchester United Reserves Northampton Spencer Raunds Town Reserves Thrapston Town Reserves RKOC Bourne Town Reserves

Northampton Spencer Bourne Town Irchester United Hale Leys United Buckingham Town

1 - 3 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 5 4 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 3

Bugbrooke St Michaels Northampton ON Chek Huntingdon Town Rothwell Corinthians Peterbro Northern Star Rushden & Higham U Potton United Reserves

3 - 4

Olney Town Reserves

Duston Garage Premier Division A very tight game with Welford Victoria scoring first 15 minutes with a hotly disputed penalty. Weldon came back strong and soon drew level to make it 1-1 Weldon pressed for a second and won a free kick just outside the box and the kick was put into the top corner giving the keeper no chance 2-1 at half time to Weldon. Second half was all Welford but could not pull level until 10 mins to go they scored from a great headed goal from Jack Oliver to make the final score 2-2. Corby Eagles beat Roade a comfortable 4-0, to keep in 2nd place hot on the heels of league leaders Gretton. Eagles goals from: Brian Farrell, David Martin and David Sheridan x2. Corby S&L Khalsa seem to be finding some form after a rough start to the season and rack up another 3 points after a 5-2 victory over Milton. Khalsa goals from: Dany Reid x4 and sub Lewis Good. Earls Barton made home advantage count and fired 6 goals past Corby Locomotives with no reply. Giving Earls Barton 3 points to pull themselves further away from the bottom of the league table. High flyers Gretton underestimated Kettering Nomads and expected the win to be easier than it was. Nomads put up a good fight but Gretton were too strong for them and won 2-0. James King Blisworth ran rings around Ringstead Rangers who just couldn’t seem to get a grip on the game, ending with Blisworth gaining 3 points and keeping a clean sheet after a 6-0 victory. Blisowrth goals from: Ross Arundell x2, Aaron Chilton x3 and Andy Seaton. Moulton went down to Brixworth All Saints to the tune of 2-0. Stanion Redstar are still struggling to gain any points and seem to have a long season ahead. Today didn’t brighten their spirits after Harpole dominated the whole game and won 8-0. Harpole goals from: Robbie Bushell, Shaun Markie, Dean Mills, Gary Purton and Daniel Surridge x4. Duston Garage Division 1 Corby Grampian overcame Clipston 3-0 but still leaves Grampian a place below Clipston in the table. Corby Pegasus left Medbourne travelling home empty handed after a comfortable 4-1 win. Corby Ravens lost out to Kettering Orchard Park by 1-0, keeping them at the wrong end of the table. Daventry Drayton Grange saw off Wellingborough Old Grammarians with a 6-0 goal flurry, to move themselves into 2nd place in the table. Heyford Athletic and Wollaston Victoria who lie close in the league were just too evenly matched and ended up in a 1-1 stalemate. Weedon just edged a 3-2 win over struggling Wilby who pushed hard throughout the game to try and get the points. Wootton St George were put in their place by Burton United who won 3-0, to hang on in there at the top of the table by 1 point. Burton goals from: Jamie Bastow-Fane, Carl Moran and Jamie Smith. Duston Garage Division 2 Kettering Park Rovers played host to Higham Ferrer’s and it was the latter that came away with all 3 points winning 4-1to keep the mid table. Ferrer’s goals coming from: Gary Broadway, Leigh Butler, Chris Graham and Ryan Knight Kislingbury gave Finedon Volta a very good game and it was the home side that came out on top with a 5-4 win. Northampton S.P.A. had a struggle against bottom markers Walgrave Amber and won by the odd goal 1-0 with a goal from Sam Mennell

Spratton lying second in the table had a struggle to overcome 2nd bottom Grange Park Rangers just winning by 3-1 to keep the in the hunt for honours. Wellingborough Rising Sun managed to get the better of F.C Titchmarsh by 5-1 to keep them in fourth spot in their first season in the Division. Titchmarsh goal from: Alan Harrison. West Haddon Albion played host to top of the table Corby Shamrock and gave them a good game although the Corby side managed to come away with a victory to make it 9 wins out of ten games with a 4-2 win. Duston Garage Division 3 Corby Strip Mills lost out in the local derby with Corby United by 4-2 giving Corby United their first win of the season goals coming from: Stefan Earle x2, Sam Murray and Ashley White. Northampton Mereway went on a goal spree against Inter Corby with a 10 -0 win to record their 3rd win of the season with goals from: James Brown x4, Rob Bartonx2, Charlie Whitingx2, Laurent Atta and Stuart Reid. Another local derby between Irthlingboro Town and Irthlingboro Rangers saw the Rangers do their chance no harm with a 5-0 win to lift them up the table. Kettering Ise Lodge are finding life hard this season and went down to Yardley United by 7-2 the win lifts Yardley up the table to 6th place. Northampton Obelisk played host to Desborough & Rothwell United and it was the visitors that came away with the points 3-2 to move them into 2nd place in the table goals from: Kieran Toseland x2, Geoff Butler and Michael Bass. Wellingborough Aztecs came up against the form team in the Division Corby Kingswood and it was the Corby side coming out on top 3-1 to leave them in the top three. Duston Garage Reserve Premier Division Brixworth All Saints played host to the league leaders Moulton Res and the leaders came away with 6th win out of seven games 6-1. Harpole Res are finding life tuff in the division this season and are still awaiting their first win and found Weldon Res just too good for them going down 4-0. Bugbrooke A also at the wrong end of the table found mid table Kettering Nomads Res just too strong and went down 3-1. It was 5th placed Ringstead Rangers Res took on newly promoted 4th placed Corby Grampian Res and it was the newly promoted side that came away with the points winning 3-0. Grampian goals from: Craig Ginns, John Kelly and Lee Sinclair. Wollaston Vivtoria Res another team promoted came up against 2nd placed James King Blisworth Res and it was the latter took the game 7-0. Blisworth goals from: Kyle Daniels, Jonny Dee, Craig Fowkes, Tom Heath, Craig Lewis, Louis Lynes and Gregory Stevens. Duston Garage Reserve Division 1 2nd placed Corby Eagles played host to Weedon Res and it was the hosts that held onto 2nd spot with a 2-1 victory. Weedons goal coming from: Stephen Farrell Top of the table Gretton Res made the short trip over to Medbourne Res and still came home with the points with 5 wins out of 5 games. Gretton Res goals from: Lee Greig x2, Tony Noakes, Rick Powell and Steve Ratledge. Milton Res v Earls Barton Res was the match of the day with 12 goals in total both teams scoring 6 each to make for an exciting game. Weldon United ‘A’ soon got the upper hand off Spratton Res by 8-1 score to keep Weldon ‘A’ in with a chance to retain the title again this season. 7th placed Wellingborough Old Grammarians Res saw off 5th placed Corby Pegasus Res by 2-1 to keep them in 7th spot.

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Diamonds celebrate a high five against Ar Tarn Diamonds 5. Desborough T 0 Two goals apiece from Jason Turner and Russell Dunkley and a late goal from substitute Tom Lorraine extended the Diamonds winning run in the league to five consecutive matches, as they beat local rivals Desborough Town by a comprehensive 5-0 at the Dog &Duck on Tuesday evening. Third placed Diamonds have scored a remarkable twenty goals in those five matches with only three conceded an

average of four goals a game! Manager Andy Peaks made three changes from the side which had beaten Oadby Town by 3-0 on Saturday replacing Tom Lorraine with Russell Dunkley, Richard Bunting on for Brad Harris and Sam Brown for Jack Ashton who joined Matt Gearing and keeper Quincy Shorunmu on a strong bench. The first goal resulted from a stray ball sliced towards his own goal which was seized upon by Fazel Koriya who had his heels clipped as he side stepped full

back Aidan Bradshaw in the penalty area. Jason Turner made no mistake with the penalty on 42 minutes sending keeper Richard Lavin the wrong way. HT: Diamonds 1 – Desborough 0 A superb right hand cross from Lamb-Johnson found Jason Turner whose flying leap sent the ball screaming past the Desborough keeper and settle Diamond nerves. Diamonds went three goals up on 59 minutes from another Lamb-Johnson assist as he hit a powerful free kick across to the far

Join sports centre’s 40th birthday celebration CORBY’S Lodge Park Sports Centre is celebrating its 40th birthday this month – and everyone is invited to help mark the occasion. The sports centre, on Shetland Way, has welcomed people of all ages over 40 years to get active, have fun and join in groups – and there will be more of all that on Monday, October 20! From 6-7pm, demonstrations from local sports clubs will take place in the Practice Hall, including kickboxing, trampolining, gymnastics and judo. Information stands from Castle Badminton Club, SHAPE Dance and Corby Borough Council’s Culture and Leisure team will also be available. The event is an opportunity to find out more about local clubs and groups and how to join them.

Corby Borough Council has just invested in a better gym facility on the ground floor and, as part of the birthday celebrations, will be officially opening it at 6.30pm – with a little help from special guest, Commonwealth Gold Medallist and local sports star, Daniel Keatings. The new gym has state-ofthe-art treadmills, bikes, rowers, elliptical trainers and climb mills with integrated TVs, as well as new resistance machines and an XCube that includes monkey bars and platforms alongside cable, plate loaded free weights. Guests throughout the birthday event will be able to tour the improved facility to see what it has to offer first hand. As part of the sport centre’s birthday celebration, those

attending will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a family ticket (two adults, two children) to the British Touring Car Championships at Rockingham Motor Speedway in 2015. Leader of Corby Borough Council, Cllr Tom Beattie, said: “It’s hard to believe that Lodge Park Sports Centre has already reached its 40th year. It is a fantastic facility that continues to serve the community well. “The investment in the new gym equipment is a very fitting birthday present and we hope all of our loyal customers, new starters and those who may not have been to the facility before will pop by to help us celebrate the centre’s past 40 years and have a look at what it has to offer today.”

Pass on your archery skills to others

BECOME an archery instructor with the help of Corby Borough Council’s brand new course, starting later this month. The Archery Instructor Course is open to anyone over the age of 17. It takes place at Lodge Park Sports Centre from Wednesday October 29 to Friday 31st from 9am-5pm. The course costs £165 per person and is open for booking now. CorbyBC’s lead member for community, Cllr John McGhee, said: “This is the perfect opportunity for those with a passion for archery – book your place now as spaces will fill up fast.”

BIRTHDAY GUEST: Daniel Keatings, in action. He will be attending the opening of the improved gym facility, as part of the sports centre’s 40th birthday celebration.

THANKS to funding received from the Sport England Sportivate programme, Kettering Hockey Club are offering people aged 16 and over who have disabilities and/or impairments, the opportunity to try the sport.

There will be six introductory sessions, held 10am–11am on a Friday, starting today, October 17, at Kettering Astro Turf (NN15 7JT). The fun-based sessions cost £3 per week and will introduce participants to the basic skills of the sport and will also involve

post where Russell Dunkley comfortably volleyed in. Diamonds increased their lead on 62 minutes this time Jason Turner providing the cross from the right for Russell Dunkley to head home at the far post. Diamonds sealed their victory on 89 minutes with another assist from the excellent Elliott LambJohnson whose right wing corner was met by Tom Lorraine whose header came down off the crossbar giving keeper Richard Lavin ON TARGET: Poppies Andrew Hall in action against no chance of saving. Beaconsfield. Picture Jim McAlwane

Steelmen sink young Poppies Kettering Town 0 Corby Town 1 Kettering fielded their Under 21 side apart from Josh Moreman, Lewis Wilson and Louis Hamilton. Nat Liburd was Captain for the game. Corby had eight of last Saturday’s squad on show. It was a lively start to the game with Wilson Carvalho firing narrowly over the bar and for Kettering, Branko Djujic headed wide from a free kick. The Poppies had a spell of pressure which saw Niall Duffy’s shot saved,and then Duffy got in front of his marker to poke wide a Louis Hamilton cross. The best chances of the first 30 minutes saw Sam Donkin save at point blank range from Josh Moreman, and Corby’s Elliott Chamberlain somehow hook the ball over the bar from a couple of yards out. Duffy then met another Hamilton cross but headed wide. Moreman chased down keeper Donkin and blocked the clearance only to see the ball loop out of play for a goal kick. Andy Watts then headed a Jonny Joyce cross over the bar.

The Steelmen’s best chance came five minutes before the break as a poor back pass let in Chamberlain and with only the keeper to beat Sachin Tayal pushed the shot away for a fruitless corner. HT: 0 -0 The second have saw some frantic end to end stuff with Corby taking more control as the game progressed. Jamie Anton’s early header was saved and Harry May miskicked the ball wide of goal. Then the otherwise quiet Lewis Wilson had a run and his shot was saved. The quality was in short supply now as the game was mainly in midfield and it was not until the last 15 minutes that the next worthy effort saw Jordan Crawford shoot wide. There had been plenty of endeavour though, with many crosses which failed to find a scorer. With penalties looming, Corby scored the winner three minutes from time when Harry May pounced on a rebound from a good save by Tayal- and guided the ball into the net from 12 yards. Greg Mills had a late effort go just wide as Corby progressed to the next round.

WELLINGBOROUGH & DISTRICT BAR BILLIARDS ASSOCIATION SUMMER LEAGUE 2014 FINAL TABLE P W L Pts F Pts A Bonus Penalty COOL TRAINERS 8 8 0 30 10 8 0 LOCOMOTIVE 8 5 3 22 17 4 0 RANELAGH A 8 3 5 20 20 6 0 RANELAGH B 8 4 4 20 20 2 0 LHWMC 8 0 8 7 33 0 0

Total 38 26 26 22 7

Annual Highest Break: David Harris (Cool Trainers) (1700) Annual Highest Score: Garry Francis (Bobs Vol) (4490) Results w/e 4/10/14: Cool Trainers 4(+1) Ranelagh A 1 : Ranelagh B 2 Locomotive 3(+1) Well done to Cool Trainers and also Locomotive to taking second place by the narrowest of margins!!

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some games that, throughout the course, will provide a general overview of the rules. For more information about the sessions and to book places, contact Liz Metcalfe from the hockey club by email: Lizmetcalfe25@yahoo.co.uk

PRESENTATION NIGHT 2014: To held at the Ranelagh on Tuesday 4th November 2014 starting 8.30pm. Don’t forget your Players Player of the Year votes by latest next meeting please. Pairs Knockout (Darren Shepherd + Nigel Lord) (Bobs Vol) Players Player of the Year : Ian Griffiths (LHWMC) 3 other trophies have been received thank you. ANNUAL LEAGUE 2014/2015: This is to begin on Tuesday 7 October and run until 31 March 2015 followed by the Finals Nights. Copies of the Fixture List have been sent to all teams/venues but further copies are also available if required. We welcome Finedon Old Band Club to the League and also Good Shot Rising back from their Summer ‘cricket’ tournament!

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