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Plans Submitted For Coalville Leisure Centre As Work To Renovate Hood Park Leisure Centre Gets Underway Aritcle by Caroline Ormond

The planning application for Coalville’s new £23 million leisure centre has been submitted in the same week as renovation work begins at Hood Park Leisure Centre in Ashby de la Zouch.

The steps come just two months after North West Leicestershire District Council’s leisure partner Everyone Active took over management of the two main leisure centres in the district.

The 25 year contract with Everyone Active includes a complete renovation of Hood Park Leisure Centre, as well as a brand new leisure centre being built in Coalville on land off the A511 near Stephenson College.

Coalville Leisure Centre The planning application for the new Coalville Leisure Centre is now available to view at www. nwleics.gov.uk/planningapplications (application reference: 19/01343).

Subject to receiving planning permission, North West Leicestershire District Council’s (NWLDC) new leisure partner Everyone Active will build and operate the new leisure centre, whilst the council will own the building. The new facility will replace Hermitage Leisure Centre, which will stay open until the new one is ready.

The planning application explains how the building will achieve the environmental accreditation BREEAM status, with LED lighting throughout, air source heat pumps, electric car charging points and photovoltaic panels on the roof that will harvest energy from daylight, helping to reduce the carbon footprint of the building.

Outside, the proposed building aims to reflect its woodland surroundings, with impressive wooden beams swooping down over the pool area and a large glass front playing host to the reception area and café. A trim trail, natural play spaces and a cycle track will be featured in the grounds around the centre.

Inside the building, the plans show the gym with views across the parkland surrounding the centre, with the range of other facilities including three squash courts, clip and climb, spin studio, an eight court sports hall, an eight lane swimming pool and a learner pool.

NWLDC’s planning committee is expected to consider the application in October, with work likely to start on site before Christmas.

Hood Park Leisure Centre The renovation work at Hood Park Leisure Centre began on Friday 12 July, with internal work expected to be completed by Christmas.

Tying in with the school holidays, the work includes a new 75- station gym created upstairs, a dedicated group cycling studio, a new reception foyer including grab and go food, as well as refurbished squash courts and changing rooms.

Fitness classes have been temporarily moved to the neighbouring Ivanhoe College while the renovation takes place. The gym will be in full use until the new gym opens and both the indoor and outdoor pools will stay open seven days a week over the summer.

Councillor Richard Blunt, Leader of North West Leicestershire District Council, said: “We’re pleased that the plans to improve leisure in the district are moving forward with such a pace. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing the renovation at Hood Park, which will create a modern, fit-forpurpose centre with some impressive new facilities. Having learnt to swim at the outdoor pool many years ago it is great to see the improvements coming forward for the next generation.”

Dan Hicks, Area Contract Manager at Everyone Active, said: “It’s been an exciting week for both leisure centres and we’re delighted to be a step closer to bringing state-of-the-art leisure facilities to the local community.”

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Whitwick & District U3A Article by Sue Calcutt

Whitwick and District U3A will hold its monthly General Meeting on Friday 19th August. The U3A offers companionship through learning and social activities to retired people. Members are involved in a wide range of Interest Groups, all based on the self-help ethos. Most hobbies and interests are catered for and new Groups set up as demand arises. At the General Meeting, Group Leaders and others will be on hand to answer questions and pass on information about our thriving U3A. Everyone is assured of a warm welcome. The U3A is a nonpolitical and non-religious organisation.

The talk at the August meeting will be a lighthearted interactive presentation by Co-op Estate Planning entitled “Tax, Care and Toy Boys”. This will focus on issues facing us in later life, including how to protect your family’s “nest egg”; inheritance tax and Lasting Power of Attorney. We will hear about various steps that can be taken to plan for the future.

To listen to these tips and guidelines and find out more about Whitwick and District U3A, come along to St David’s Church Hall, Broom Leys, Coalville LE67 4RL. Please arrive at 1.45 for a 2.00pm start. Alternatively, search online for www.whitwicku3a. org.uk where full details of Whitwick and District U3A are available.

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Saturday the 17th August will prove a red letter day for the people of North West Leicestershire when Poppy Fields Music Festival takes place at the Pretoria Road showground, Ibstock.

A feast of entertainment is on offer, with tribute artists from The Jam, George Michael and Frankie Valli, to name a few. But headlining this year's event is non other than T-Rextasy live outdoors this year.

This is really building into one of the 'must see' events in the area with a range of wonderful music that will appeal to everyone no matter what age. All proceeds will go to the Ibstock Ex-Forces fund and Royal British Legion. With the tickets on sale at very attractive prices, it makes sense to book your place as soon as possible.

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Janet’s Charity Challenge Helps More Cancer Survivors Live Life To The Full Article by Sarah Staples

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IVs make a real difference by spending quality time with a child or young person to share a hobby, sport, or interest. It is the little things that the IV does with their young person that makes the biggest impact by building confidence and resilience; it can be as simple as a kick about or a picnic in the park.

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A breast cancer survivor has raised nearly £700 for the charity which helped her regain physical fitness and confidence after treatment.

Janet Harding set herself the personal challenge of walking part of an ancient Spanish pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, in May. But when generous friends and family heard about her plan, they asked if they could sponsor her and she decided to set up a JustGiving page for Supporting Confidence Through Exercise (SCTE).

The Measham-based charity runs In the Pink, a Pilates-based gentle exercise programme which helps with physical and emotional rehabilitation after breast cancer treatment.

The pioneering course is one of the only ones of its kind in the UK. Janet, 64, was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ – or precancerous cells - in November 2017 following a routine mammogram.

She was told by consultants that she needed a full mastectomy.

The news came as a bombshell as she had taken retirement from her job as a part-time accountant only weeks earlier and was looking forward to spending time with her new baby granddaughter.

“It was a tough few months and everything happened quickly. I tried to stay positive and just be grateful that I didn’t have to have chemotherapy or radiotherapy. I had a surgical reconstruction using muscles from my back. What I wasn’t prepared for was that after that, I found some day-to-day things, like mopping the floor and hoovering difficult, because I was very stiff. Before treatment, I went a Pilates class, but afterwards I felt I couldn’t go back. I was very self-conscious because my body and my abilities had changed. By chance I heard about In the Pink and it was a gift from heaven. I went along every week for eight weeks. It’s even given me the confidence to go back to my old Pilates class.”

The Camino de Santiago, or Way of Saint James, is an ancient pilgrim route across northern Spain to the Cathedral where the remains of Saint James are enshrined.

Janet, who lives near Market Bosworth, walked 115k from Sarria to Santiago in eight days.

“For me, the walk started off as a personal challenge. After all the surgery over the last 18 months, I had no idea if I had the stamina or the will to keep going day after day. Now I know I can achieve more than I expect to, I know that I am stronger than I believe, and I know that exercise really has given me the confidence to fight back and to look forward to the future.”

The next In the Pink programme starts on Tuesday, September 24 at Ashby Road Sports Club in Hinckley. Each course is free, runs for eight weeks and takes a maximum of ten participants.

Michelle Scott-Worthington, SCTE’s programme coordinator, said: “We can’t thank Janet enough for fundraising for us. Stories like hers make everything we do worthwhile. We are passionate about making sure that every In the Pink programme is free, so that we are accessible and open to all breast cancer survivors – and donations like this make that possible.”

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Coalville Park Lands Green Flag Award For Excellence Article by NW Leicestershire District Council

Coalville Park has become the first open space in North West Leicestershire to achieve the coveted Green Flag award.

The news comes as the park throws open its gates for Love Parks Week - with a whole host of free activities planned.

Green Flag status is reserved for parks and green spaces that set a high standard and are appropriately managed to meet the needs of the communities they serve.

North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) manages Coalville Park and submitted a Green Flag application after a long period of work to improve the park.

This included creating the Friends of Coalville Park community group, which now works with the council to develop future plans and ideas for the space.

As well as its play equipment, skate park, outdoor gym, 400 metre running track and tennis courts, the park has two dedicated gardens.

A huge amount of work has also gone into developing the Peace Garden which pays tribute to the sacrifice of our Armed Forces both past and present, and helped the park to achieve its ‘Centenary Fields’ status last year.

Sitting alongside the Peace Garden is the community and sensory garden, which is designed to be an accessible space for local residents of all ages and abilities to get involved with gardening activities.

To achieve Green Flag status NWLDC had to prove that the park: • Is a welcoming space • Is healthy, safe and secure • Is well-maintained and clean • Is environmentally friendly • Pays attention to biodiversity, landscape and heritage • Has community involvement • Has a suitable a management plan In awarding the Green Flag, the assessment team commented: “The team has a range of complementary skills and seems to work well together. It is a forward-thinking, positive team who are open to new ideas and ways of working. There is still a lot of work to do, but a good start has been made.

Thenew ‘friends’ group sounds like it has some keen and positive members.”

Councillor Andrew Woodman, Portfolio Holder for Community Services at NWLDC, said: “Our parks team has worked tirelessly to make Coalville Park into a fantastic community space and they deserve a lot of credit for that. This is a huge feather in the cap for Coalville, no other park in the district has achieved Green Flag status and I hope this new award encourages more people to come and enjoy the park than ever before. We’re really pleased to be working with the new Friends of Coalville Park group on future plans and improvements. Bringing more people into Coalville is a big part of regenerating the town and this Green Flag award will only help us to achieve this aim.”

Andy Sipika Chair of the Friends of Coalville Park added: “We are absolutely delighted to hear the good news about the Green Flag after everyone has worked so hard to achieve it. We’re looking forward to building on this and improving the park with better facilities and more events, so that more people come and enjoy our lovely park.”

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I am delighted that my first-choice candidate Boris Johnson, has become Prime Minister after beating Jeremy Hunt in a ballot by party members gaining an impressive 66.4 per cent share of the vote. His first speech outside 10 Downing Street and the following day in Parliament set out his extremely positive vision for the future of the United Kingdom and had a clear sense of purpose.

Boris won the Conservative leadership election resoundingly thanks to his promises to deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn. On the first pledge, he recognised in his speech that the referendum result in June 2016, when 61% of voters in North West Leicestershire voted for Brexit, was a 'fundamental decision' by the British people so that our laws would be made 'by people who accountable to them and who they can elect and who they can remove from office'.

But beyond his enormously important clarity on Brexit and the opportunities to innovate which we can grasp as a result, there was a great deal else in Boris’s speech that will be good news for people in North West Leicestershire. Boris has promised to address the current appalling imbalance in school funding to ensure that every child – regardless of where he or she lives – can receive the best start in life. The is particularly important to our County where despite the fair funding changes of recent years, we still lag well behind the City of Leicester and are among the lowest funded county’s for Education per pupil in the country.

There is also the pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers starting immediately. This sends a clear message that we are committed to giving the police the resources they need to control crime and drive it down.

The Prime Minister has also given commitments on mobile and broadband services guaranteeing ultra-fast broadband to every household or business premises by 2025.

The issue that is dominating the media however is the Prime Minister’s pledge to leave the EU by 31st October “come what may”. I have always been clear that I would prefer to leave the EU with a deal, but I also believe that leaving without a deal would be far preferable to not leaving at all. The British people must be able to trust their politicians to deliver on their promises and I am confident that the UK will be able to thrive in the long-term with a no deal exit. The problem for the EU is that if they offer us a reasonable deal when we leave they are worried that every other member will also seek to leave on the same terms, I think this demonstrates clearly what a bad club we are currently a member of!

Forbes has again ranked the UK has as the number one place to do business in the world for the second consecutive year and a survey published by KPMG has found that CEOs in the United States, India, China and Japan are even more likely to invest in the UK after we leave the EU. It is clear that without the “walk away position of No Deal”. then the EU will never entertain the idea of further negotiations or even getting rid of the Backstop to the Withdrawal Treaty which would leave us effectively under the control of the EU in perpetuity, without any representation and with no exit mechanism. The EU must believe that we can and will leave without a deal to get them to move away from their stubborn position of ‘the deal is the deal.’ If they stick to that line and are not willing to move at all, we must be prepared to give the country the finality it needs and just leave and to prepare businesses and people more broadly now for that eventuality.

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Time For The Leicester To Burton Line When George and Robert Stephenson set up business in the coalfields of north west Leicestershire, they built railway lines to carry their black gold far and wide. The Leicester to Burton line still carries freight and there are plans to upgrade the line and build a ‘temporary’ railhead at Sinope. The line will bring materials in to build the new fast HS2 rail line that passes through our district without stopping. I was with District Cllr John Legrys the Campaign to Reopen the Ivanhoe Line (CRIL) at the Century Theatre last month and am pleased to say that both City and County have spotted the obvious money-saving opportunity and are now backing a new feasibility study.

Making Plans For Snibston I don’t suppose George and Robert Stephenson imagined Snibston mine as a scheduled ancient monument. Protected by Historic England the headstocks and associated listed buildings can never be demolished.

Times have changed and, since the closure of the Discovery Museum, Leicestershire County Council has been preparing part of the site for sale to a housing developer. The pit top area is to be refurbished for leisure and educational activities. A new café will wrap around the Century Theatre creating space for rehearsals and education. A purpose made mountain bike trail and improved footpaths will draw people to the Country Park’s fishing lakes and nature trails and, on the site of the historic pit top, there will be a children’s playground, seating and external interpretation of the historic buildings. The whole project will be linked to the town centre via a foot path and cycle way along the colliery mineral line.

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“It’s Time For A Town Council For Coalville” Says Wyatt Cllr Michael Wyatt has launched his campaign to have a town council for Coalville.

Currently all the decisions about the town are taken by members of the District Council cabinet which currently as NO elected members from Coalville on the cabinet. In fact the so-called ‘Coalville Champion’ is the Leader who does not live in the area or in the constituency.

Cllr Michael Wyatt who is a passionate supporter and campaigner for our town said, “It’s time we took our Town back from the grips of those who have shown time and time again that they don’t understand the needs of the local residents.

Many administrations past and present have failed, and continue to fail to deliver what the people and local businesses need to make our town a great place to visit and enjoy.

I want to see our Town run by local people for local people and businesses who want to see our Town thrive again.

We need to put Coalville back on the map, and I especially want to feel proud again of my town. This can only be achieved with the right democratic process in place, and elected councillors who actually care about our local area. Please help me to deliver a town council for Coalville so we can take back control of our future. It can only be done with your support. If Ashby and other places can have a town council then I’m sure Coalville can.”

If you can help then please contact Michael who is currently collecting signatures for a Town Council for Coalville.

All signatures in the petition must be hand written, which will be verified by the council’s legal team.

Petition forms can be obtain on request by contacting Michael Wyatt direct on 07773341531 or alternatively send him an email milewyatt1@ hotmail.co.uk To sign you must be able to vote and you must live in the following areas which the town council will cover Bardon, Broom Leys (unparished area) Coalville East, Coalville West, Castle Rock, Greenhill, Snibston South, Snibston North.

The petition can be signed at the following local businesses One Stop Shoe Repair Shop High St Lady J High St Alison’s Cafe High St Snibstone Inn public house Belvoir Rd Bitter & Twisted Micro Pub High St La Torre restaurant High St Thousands of leaflets are also currently being distributed in the areas affected so please if you get one return it with your signature as soon as possible, so it can be included in the submission to the council for consideration.

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