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ISSUE 31: October 2013

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Shepshed Women’s Community Choir The ladies of ‘Serenade’, Shepshed Women’s Community Choir, are back in full swing rehearsing for their forthcoming appearances at local venues. Their first Concert will be with the Loughborough Town Band at St Botolphs Church, Shepshed on Saturday 26th October at 7.30pm. There is also a Christmas Concert planned for early December so please look out for more details, the Ladies look forward to seeing you there. As mentioned in last month’s article, the main objective for the group is to have fun, make friends and raise some money for charity along the way.

This year, the ladies are hoping to pull out all the stops and double last year’s fund raising efforts. The Charities that the ladies have chosen to raise money for are Derbys., Leics. & Rutland Air Ambulance and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Their first fundraising event will be a charity Market stall on Shepshed Market on Friday 11th October, selling home-baked goods and preserves, so please go along and support them.

The Choir, of around 70 Ladies, meet during school term time on Monday evenings at Shepshed High School at 7.30pm. For any Ladies with connections to Shepshed, who are interested in joining the choir, please ring Keleigh Atkin on 07775 558219 or email Serenade at serenadeshepshed@rocketmail.com.

Shepshed's Remembrance Service

Sunday 10th November 2013 - Shepshed's Remembrance Service will be held in Glenmore Park at 3.15pm. Anyone wishing to join in the parade from outside of the Council Offices (opposite Tesco Express); please arrive no later that 2.45pm as the parade will leave at 3pm prompt. Lead by the Leicestershire & Rutland County Royal British Legion Pipe Band.

For further details please contact Mrs Brenda Snape Clerk to the Council telephone 01509 508872 or email contact@shepshedtowncouncil.org.uk

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‘Art For Africa’ Art Exhibition At Shepshed Library Ray Mitchell is having an art exhibition at Shepshed library on October 14th for two weeks, about 3 years ago Ray went to Africa (Malawi) to be precise, on a project to build a maternity clinic. Ray travelled with a group of people who worked for the RBS in Shepshed at the time.

They were there for about 3 weeks and when he returned some of the sites and people he had seen spurred him on to paint pictures, they are all oil painted canvasses of African pictures.

With any money raised from any sales of the paintings Ray will make a generous donation to Joshua Orphan and Community Care, who he met in Africa, they have fundraisers and people who help out in both Africa and this country too, a percentage of any money made will go to this charity.

The art exhibition is called Art For Africa, where Ray hopes to sell some paintings and be able to donate a substantial amount as Ray would like some of the money to go to paying for the children to attend school as currently after the age of 10 it costs ÂŁ38, per year, per child.

These children have always got big smiles on their faces and Ray said it certainly opened his eyes.

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Rotarians Support Teenage Cancer Trust Charity Members of the Rotary Club of Shepshed Charnwood welcomed Heather Bowen to their weekly meeting recently to tell them about the Teenage Cancer Trust.

She explained that Teenage Cancer trust is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and chances of survival for the six young people, aged between 13 and 24, diagnosed with cancer every day.

What is known is that they need to be treated together, by teenage cancer specialists, in an environment tailored to them and the charity is developing specialist units within NHS hospitals to do just that. Without these units, young people with cancer are treated along side children or elderly patients at the end of their lives, and being away from family and friends and a familiar environment is the last thing they need at this vulnerable time.

Heather is Area Manager for Yorkshire and East Midlands and spends a lot of time fundraising for the Trust since it costs between £0.5M and £3M to establish a unit and the Trust is hoping to increase the number of units from the current 24 to 35.

The Rotary Club has recently held a Paté & Pudding evening and raised £570 to be donated to the Trust. After the talk, Rotarian Richard Hornsby gave a vote of thanks.

The Rotary Club meets most Tuesdays at the Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel in Kegworth at 7.30pm and anyone is welcome to come to find out more about Rotary activities.

Pictured on the right are, from the left, Rotary President David Fountain, Heather Bowen and Rotarian Richard Hornsby.

The other picture shows guests at the Paté & Pudding Evening.

More BRAS needed in Shepshed!

The Charnwood BRAS (Breastfeeding Reassurance And Support) group is recruiting more volunteer peer supporters to ensure every area of Charnwood is covered by their services.

A training programme will be taking place and applications are particularly invited from women living in Shepshed where breastfeeding rates are low. The Charnwood BRAS group hopes to see an increase in the number of babies who are breastfed which will help to improve the general health and wellbeing of children, their mothers and future generations.

The volunteers provide information, reassurance and support to parents and parents-to-be at every stage from pregnancy to weaning, through one-to-one support, a telephone helpline, breastfeeding cafes, antenatal workshops and returning to work sessions.

There are about 20 peer supporters in the group who have all taken part in the La Leche League Peer Counsellor training programme. One of them is Caroline Rands from Shepshed. She says “The BRAS are a great team with people working together utilising their different skills to provide a varied service to other mums.

It’s lovely to be able to support other mums even if it's just to extend their feeding experience by a day, a week or a month!”

Shepshed Business Forum members seeking views on establishing a local Chamber of Trade Members of the Shepshed Business Forum, set up by Nicky Morgan MP and Christine Radford, are seeking expressions of interest from local businesses on the setting up of a formalised Chamber of Trade. A Chamber of Trade, which is similar to a Chamber of Commerce, will hopefully provide a unified voice for businesses in and around the town.

In other towns, Chambers of Trade play a key part within the local community. Members share business expertise and are actively involved in the development of their areas. Chambers of Trade are statutory consultees on items such as planning matters. They also often hold local events and get involved with charitable causes.

Joanne Talbot, part of the Health Visiting team in Charnwood, helps to coordinate the peer supporters and says “The current volunteers do an amazing job in supporting parents and parents-to-be but they do the work in their spare time which of course is limited when you have small children so we need more volunteers to ensure that as many babies as possible are being breastfed.”

Members of the Shepshed Business Forum are now seeking the views of all businesses in Shepshed on the idea.

Businesses are invited to get in contact with local business owner, Andy Coughlan should they be interested. Anybody who wants to find out any more information, please email Andy at cot@trojansolutions.co.uk.

Find out more about Charnwood BRAS and becoming a peer supporter at www.charnwoodbras.co.uk or on Facebook or by telephoning 07583 041054.

Should there be enough interest; the aim is to have an exploratory meeting in the town at the end of November.

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Lions World Sight Day and Eye Health Programme Lions Clubs International is recognised worldwide for its service to the blind and visually impaired. This service began through a challenge issued in 1925 by Helen Keller, the great advocate for the blind, for Lions to become "Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness". In 1930 Lions introduced the White Cane, still universally used by the visually impaired.

The Lions Eye Health Programme (LEHP) is a community based educational outreach programme that enables Lions Clubs to raise awareness of the leading causes of preventable and reversable blindness in the British Isles and Ireland - diabetic eye disease; glaucoma; macular degenerative disease; and all low vision diseases.

"CELEBRATE WHAT YOU CAN SEE" Hallcroft Opticians are pleased to announce they have just launched a photography competition to 'Celebrate what you See' to raise awareness of Lions World Sight Day , 10th October, Lions Eye Health Programme and the importance of looking after our eyes.

Budding photographers are asked to submit their photos which they feel best portrays the splendour of the historic town of Shepshed or the stunning surrounding countryside. Photos can be submitted via email to hallcroftopticians@hotmail.co.uk with 'Celebrate what you See' in the subject line, or by post to 'Celebrate what you See', Hallcroft Opticians 30 Hallcroft Shepshed Leics LE12 9AN Don't forget to include name, contact details and age if under 16 and where the picture was taken. Winners will have their photograph printed, framed and displayed in the practice, as well as receiving a bottle of wine and a £50 eyewear voucher to spend at Hallcroft Opticians. There will also be an Under 16 category with Argos vouchers to be won.

Photos will also be displayed on Hallcroft Opticians facebook page for people to comment on and like ahead of the judging. Closing date November 30th 2013.

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Budding photographers are asked to submit their photos which they feel best portrays the splendour of the historic town of Shepshed or the stunning surrounding countryside.

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Shepshed Community Speedwatch There was a planning meeting for volunteers to arrange their sessions for October on Wednesday18th September.

There was also a training/ refresher session at Shepshed High School on Monday 23rd September.

The Speedwatch sessions will start on Monday 30th October. All new volunteers are welcome to join us. The locations have all been risk assessed by the County Council so that the volunteers carry out their measurement in a place where motorists will not be distracted from their driving. Please ring Anne Glasper on 01509 505842 for more details.

Shepshed Town Team This group is made up of Town and Borough Councillors, business owners, landlords and residents. Borough and County Council officers also attend.

We have Terms of Reference to which we work and at the moment we are trying to identify priorities from the Shepshed Town Centre Master Plan and Delivery Framework which can be accessed via the Charnwood website.

Our next meeting will be at 6.30 pm at the Town Council offices on 9th October. We shall be hearing from a planning officer at Charnwood about S106 Funding which is associated with benefit to the community from any large approved planning developments.

Our aim is to improve the centre of Shepshed for shops and businesses and help attract residents and visitors to do some of their shopping and other activities in the Town. We are keen to help encourage events to draw families in to Shepshed and stimulate trade for the many busineses in the town.

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I would also love to hear from more community groups so I can ensure your events/clubs are featured in our magazine, if we get enough content we can start a What’s On guide. If you have a special event planned and would like me to pop along and cover the event for our next issue please call the office. Make sure you have a look at our Halloween and Bonfire special pages for information on events this month!

We meet at approximately monthly intervals and at our last meeting we discussed the planning application for a care home in Britannia Street. The Town Team have sent a letter commenting on the application to the planning authority and requesting that a representative be allowed to speak at the hearing.

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Greasepaint Productions Present The Hired Man 'Loughborough theatre company Greasepaint Productions will be performing Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall’s masterpiece The Hired Man in October.

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Set in Cumbria at the turn of the last century, The Hired Man is a beatufiul, poignant, harrowing and compelling slice of life in 1900s England, set against the backdrop of farming, the growth of unionised mining and the looming threat of war. A tale of love, loyalty, tragedy and human conflict in an emotional and physical manner, The Hired Man remains one of the best pieces of theatre written in the last 30 years.

A recent success at The Curve in Leicester, the show is also timely as it comes on the eve of events to mark the start of World War One, an event which plays such a big part in this show. It is also especially poignant for Greasepaint this year is the 20th anniversary of their formation and their first show back in 1993 was The Hired Man, making this return to the piece all the more appropriate.

Gareth Wynne leads Greasepaint’s cast as John Tallentire with Jodie Brackett as his wife Emily, Lottie Heimes as their daughter May and Daniel Kauss as their son Harry. John’s brothers Isaac and Seth are played by Rob Harrison and Gary Peake respectively while Alex Yorke takes the role of Jackson Pennington. Other support roles are taken by Charlotte Dolling as Sally, Neil Ledward as Pennington snr and James Daw as Ted Blacklock.

Shane Perry directs while James Stevens and Hazel Needham are in charge of Goodall’s stunning score which includes numbers like No Choir of Angels, I Wouldn’t Be The First, Song of the Hired Man, Work, What A Fool I’ve Been, If I Could, Get Up and Go Lad, The Union Song and the awesome War. The Hired Man is on at Loughborough Town Hall from October 15-19th at 7.30pm each night, plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets priced £10-£14 are available from cast members, the town hall box office on 01509 231914 or online at www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk

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Shepshed Ramblers

The Shepshed Ramblers walk on the second Sunday of every month, departing Shepshed Market Place at 09.30am. The programme is decided at its AGM and the walks vary in length between 5 and 7 miles.

The Group as well as walking monthly, has a weekend away in May and this year, had three days in Weymouth.

The photo below was taken before starting a walk along the cliff tops at Portland Bill. The second photo on the right was taken during the July day trip to Great Windsor Park and shows the group enjoying an ice cream stop of which there were several on that very warm day. The Ramblers AGM is planned for 1 November at the Glenmore Centre.

If anyone would like any further information about the AGM/walks, etc, please contact Bernie on 01509 828328 or Margaret on 01509 600510.

An Update from your MP, Nicky Morgan Earlier this month I had the pleasure of meeting the new Headteacher of Hind Leys College and Shepshed High, Matthew Parrott.

As a former pupil in Shepshed Matthew already has a great understanding of the schools and I wish him all the very best.

We had a good meeting discussing local and national education policies and their impact on schools in my constituency, including Hind Leys and Shepshed High. I had an opportunity to put some of these points directly to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, when I met him a few days later.

It was good to meet students from Hind Leys College last month who were taking part in the National Citizens Service residential week at Leicester University. They were all enthusiastic about their experiences so far and full of ideas for their forthcoming social action project to support Ashmount School.

Supported by team leaders and organised in our area by the Leicestershire Education Business Company National Citizens Service is about getting 16 and 17 year olds to do something different with their summer holidays including meeting new people and gaining new skills.

The programme was described to me as “the best thing the Government has ever done” and a model of how cohesive we are as, a society, in Leicester and Leicestershire. It was a pleasure to see the genuine enthusiasm of all the attendees for the programme and how they wanted to encourage future students to take part.

I recently visited Shepshed Water Mill to meet the owners and to hear their views on proposed developments around Shepshed and particularly their impact on flooding and nearby brooks and waterways. It was a very valuable discussion for me and I have raised the issues with Charnwood Council. I had already written to the Environment Agency asking them just how involved they have been with the preparation of Charnwood’s draft Core Strategy.

Finally, I recently chaired a meeting with Christine Radford and Joan Tassell to explore whether a Chamber of Trade could be set up in Shepshed. There was enthusiasm for exploring whether there is enough interest to go further and formally set up a Chamber, so please look out for details of an event in the town to consider the next steps.

I continue to work on a wide variety of casework referred to me and my team from Shepshed residents. It is a pleasure to be able to help and to progress things where we can.

If you think we can help please 01509 262723 or e-mail nicky.morgan.mp@parliament.uk.

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2 Sweet Gunning for Title Shot Louis ‘2 sweet’ Norman is one fight away from his first professional title . The young Shepshed boxer is unbeaten in his 5 fight professional career and is looking forward to the chance to become mandatory challenger for the English Flyweight title.

Sunday 13th October 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service 11.00am Holy Communion NO EVENING SERVICE

Louis almost didn’t become a boxer though. His true passion as a youth was football. He played for Shepshed Dynamo and had trials for Nottingham Forest before deciding to follow in his father’s footsteps and box profesionally.

Sunday 20th October 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service 11.00am Holy Communion Sunday 27th October 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service 11.00am Holy Communion 6.00 pm Funeral Directors Songs of Praise at St Winifrides

Boxing is definitely in Louis’ veins. His Dad Shaun runs Shepshed ABC with the help of Louis’ mum Jo. They helped guide him to a sucessful amateur career in which Louis claimed 2 Midland titles and a CYP (Clubs for Young People) National title.

Sunday 3rd November 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service 11.00am Holy Communion 6.00pm All Souls Service

Louis now trained by Jason Shinfield in Somercotes Derby, now faces his stiffest task in the professional ranks. He fights Terry Broadbent in a final eliminator at Whitwick Leisure Centre on Sunday October 13th .

Every Wednesday Morning HOLY COMMUNION 10am

Tickets are £30 and some are still available, if interested contact Shaun on 07738231323 or Jo on 07725996740 or call into Shepshed ABC between 18.15 and 20.45 Monday to Friday.

Services at St James’ Church, Oaks in Charnwood

Refurbishment adds to services at Shepshed Library A new ICT suite and meeting room are some of the new features added to Shepshed library in it’s recent refurbishment. This means that the library will now offer adult learning classes in many subjects including Maths and English functional skills, IT Skills for employment, Volunteering and Family History using a computer.

The following courses commence in October and November ; Creative Writing – Introduction for Beginners - Tuesday 29/10/13 12.45 – 14.45 Drawing and Painting – Get Started - Friday 01/11/13 10.00 – 12.00 Get into IT @ Your Library - Wednesday 06/11/13

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Sunday 13th October 8.30am Holy Communion 11.15am Holy Communion NO EVENING SERVICE Sunday 20th October – Harvest Festival 8.30am BCP Holy Communion 11.15am Family Service 6.00pm Harvest Praise Sunday 27th October 8.30am Holy Communion 11.15am CW Holy Communion 4.00pm BCP Holy Communion Sunday 3rd November 8.30 am BCP Holy Communion 11.15 am CW Holy Communion 4.30pm BCP Holy Communion

Chernobyl Charity in National Fundraiser Local charity Friends of Chernobyl’s Children (West Leics) are taking part in a national fundraiser to generate vital funds to bring a group of Belarusian children to Leicestershire for a 4-week recuperative holiday next summer.

The charity is taking part in the “Great Big Small Charity Draw” that is being run by the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI). Since 2009, the FSI have helped small charities throughout the UK to raise over £270,000 for good causes through this annual event.

There is a treasure trove of great prizes to be won including a top prize of a luxury holiday abroad as well as a weekend break in Windermere, iPad Minis, a family London Eye Experience and many more prizes. For a full list of prizes visit www.smallcharitydraw.org.

The draw will take place on 19th February 2014 and for every ticket sold, 92p will go directly to the charity that has been bringing Chernobyl affected children to Leicestershire for respite for the past five years.

To purchase tickets online, go to the charity’s own dedicated ticket sales page at www.smallcharitydraw.co.uk/tickets.php?id=focc .

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BOROUGH COUNCILLOR’S COLUMN by Christine Radford My role as a Borough Councillor can be very varied and interesting, dealing with housing problems, neighbour problems or planning issues.

Councillors attendance figures have just been released by Charnwood Borough Council, and I pleased to say that I had full attendance at all the meetings I am required to sit on.

As vice-chairman of the Licencing Committee I joined the Police in Loughborough on Saturday evening, 22nd September, as part of their policing the night time economy. Alcohol plays a major part in a night out for many people. ‘Please drink sensibly and keep safe’ is the motto for the Safer Neighbourhood Team.

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I found it very interesting to see the challenges of policing a busy town on a Saturday night. The police said similar activities go on in Shepshed, but of course it is not as busy nor with as many public houses to visit.

Planning has taken up most of my time, with new applications on land off Hathern Road and even more off Tickow Lane and problems with approved applications where trees have been cut down following my asking that Tree Preservation Orders were placed on them. After my raising concerns at Charnwood, the Enforcement Officer visited the site run by Wm Davis, which is under construction at the junction of Anson Road with Tickow Lane and had the site Foreman cease work. As I have a print dead line to meet I will keep you informed of any future developments.

I will work with residents and Charnwood to ensure that the developer complies with the conditions set out in the written planning approval when it is available.

I was pleased to see the announcement in the last issue of the Shepshed Eye that the Labour Group would start to hold monthly Local Councillor Surgeries at the Town Council Offices. The Conservative Group Surgeries have been running for some 6 years now and are well attended. The additional Surgeries the Labour group are to provide should reduce our workload.

I was less pleased however to read that Labour’s Cllr Claire Poole did not claim any travel expenses in (Quote) ‘her commitment to help the struggling taxpayers of Shepshed’. As one of the people who provide regular lifts to Cllr Poole I find it rather off-putting that she then seeks to make political capital out of the generosity of others.

My husband and I provide the car I use for my Borough and County duties and I claim for the appropriate mileage. I am allowed to claim for the provision of lifts to fellow Borough and County Councillors but have never done so.

Apologies for finishing on such a note but I do feel the better for it.

I hold a monthly surgery in the Town Council offices with other Conservative Councillors from 10-11am on the last Saturday of every month except December. Or I can be contacted at any time on 01509 502974 or 07796 544817 or e-mail christine_radford@hotmail.com

Christine Radford

Shepshed RFC News

Barn Owls With Alan Williams Alan will speak about his private reserve and show a unique film of a pair of barn owls raising their family At Ashby Methodist Church Burton Road, Ashby Friday 18th October 2013 7:30pm Admission £2 inc. Refreshments All welcome

Diary of Events for Charnwood Road Baptist Church Normal Sundays 10.45am Morning Worship & Sunday Club 6.00pm Evening Worship and Praise Thursday 21st November Luncheon Club

Shepshed open their League campaign on Saturday October 5th away to Ashby 3rds and are looking to build on an impressive start to the season. Wins over Coalville 3rd’s, Long Eaton vets and Belgrave 3rd’s have given Shepshed good reason to be optimistic. A loss to Loughborough vets has been their only setback , but even the performance in this match showed a battling spirit. The new recruits over the summer have added to the strength of the club and the team has jelled well.

Regular events: Monday 2pm - 5pm - FreeDA

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Wednesday, 11th September, 2013 ‘Delve in your drawers. for furtherENOUGH information pleaseIS contact Don Dolby on 07803 ENOUGH FOR413343 Clean out the cupboards.

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Look the larder’. the number of houses grown, Residents of in Shepshed will know how same muchtime theastown has grown overhas recent services and shops in the town have declined years. Sadly at the in same as the number of houses has grown, services Search thetime shed.’ with more people travelling outside to work in and shopswhat in the have declined with more people travelling outside You may well wonder thistown is all about!

Well St neighbouring Loughborough and elsewhere. Now to work neighbouring Loughborough and elsewhere.

Charnwood Botolph’s Church at in Shepshed is holding a JUMBO Charnwood Borough Now Council wants to pack even JUMBLE SALE in the Church Hall on Saturday 2nd more houses into the area, both in the Garendon Borough Council wants to pack even more houses into the area, both in the November from 10.00am until 3.00pm. Refreshments will ‘Green Wedge’ and a further 500 to the west of Garendon ‘Green Wedge’ and a further 500 to the west of Shepshed with be on sale.

Shepshed with claims that the extra houses will claims that the extra houses will regenerate Shepshed. theyhaven’t haven’t regenerate Shepshed.Well Well they done so in The organisers are so sure that many people have clothes do so now.

We’ve done so in the past and there’s no reason to think they’ll the past and there’s no reason to think they’ll do so hanging in their wardrobes that have had little wear, or now.

We’ve already seen a record number of already seen a are record number planning applications for 363 houses recently even no wear at all, that they having a Nearlyof New planning applications for 363 houses recently ‘Department’!

Privacypermission and a full-length will be Borough Council, and Loughborough’s granted and mirror Charnwood granted permission and Charnwood Borough Council, and Loughborough’s MP, provided in a changing room. They request that a hanger MP, have been powerless to stop them.have In fact Government’s new planning laws are favouring beenthe powerless to stop them.

In fact the Government’s new planning laws should brought with the clothing if at all possible. developments andof theapplications Secretary of State is waving sorts these developments and the Secretaryare of favouring State is these waving these sorts through likethese he did Saleable items should be taken to the Church Hall the of applications through like he did with the Incinerator, again with the County with the Incinerator, again with the County Council and MP powerless to stop their own Government previous day (Friday 1st November) between 2.00pm and Council and MP powerless to stop their own Government dumping further unwanted dumping further development on Shepshed.

4.30pm, and 6.30pm and 7.30pm.unwanted Should anyone have development on Shepshed.

large items of furniture they wish to donate, perhaps There are public consultations on manyThere more in the pipeline. will it inallthe stop?

Shepshed arehouses public consultations on manyWhen more houses pipeline.

When will it all photographs could be brought for display purposes stop?

Shepshed has taken enough houses.

The Core Strategy which has taken enough houses. The Core Strategy which proposes the creation of a Garendon Newproposes Town the together with contact details and price. creation of a Garendon New Town and the loss of the green wedge between the loss of the green between Shepshed and Loughborough will remove Shepshed’s Any queries and regarding this fund-raising eventwedge should be Shepshed and Loughborough will remove Shepshed’s identity and make it part of and make it part of the Loughborough Urban Sprawl.

And with it weit we willwill lose settingof identity made by phoning the Parish Office between 9.00am and the Loughborough Urban Sprawl.

And with losethe theunique unique setting noon, Mondays to Fridays, the number is 01509 502255. one of the jewels in the the local landscape, besides the amenity it of Garendon Park, one of the jewels in Garendon the local Park, landscape, besides amenity it brings for walkers, for walkers, horse-riders and area others.with It will little increase traffic congestion cyclists, horse-riders and others. It willbrings increase trafficcyclists, congestion in the prospect of real in the area with little prospect of real money to sort out the traffic issues. It will money to sort out the traffic issues. It will increase the risk of flooding and the problems of sewage in increase the risk of flooding and the problems of sewage in the area and put further the area and put further pressure on our schools, local health andand other infrastructure. pressure on our schools, local services health services other infrastructure.

AUTUMN ART EXHIBITION 2013 25-27 October - 11am to 5pm

The new housing proposed in the Core Strategy will bring no real benefit to Shepshed The new housing proposed NEWTOWN LINFORD SUNDAY SCHOOL in the Core Strategy will bring no real benefit to Shepshed and a lot and a lot of additional problems to the town. Charnwood Borough Council appears (nextoftoadditional main entrance to Bradgate problems to Park) the town. Charnwood Borough Council appears to have a blind spot for to have a blind spot for Shepshed except when it needs to dump a large number Shepshed except when it needs a large number houses away fromareas the more politically of houses away from theof more politically sensitive in the Borough.

It’s time to Around 100 original paintings will be on display – mostto of dump areas the Borough. to stand up for Shepshed it’s time to say No! sensitive up for Shepshed and it’s timeand to say No! them will be for sale at veryinreasonable prices. It’s timestand Admission is FREE Dr Matthew O’Callaghan Dr Matthew O’Callaghan Raffle for an Original Painting with the proceeds going to Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Loughborough LabourHOSPICE Parliamentary Candidate for Loughborough RAINBOWS LOUGHBOROUGH www.charnwooddrawingpaintingclub.com

Diary for St. Botolph’s Church, Shepshed And St. James’ Church, Oaks In Charnwood Cheeky Chops - 10-11.30am Every Friday (Term time only) SBCH Healing Group - 7.30pm Every Friday Evening 36 Bridge Street, Shepshed.

Tel. 01509 506828.

All Welcome St Botolph’s Mothers Union Wednesday 9th October 11.15am A Halloween Alternative Contact: RoseMarie Manning Tel: 01509 – 563001 SBCH Tuesday Group - 8pm

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15th October Speaker: Ruth Cox – Leics Guild of Weavers & Dyers Contact: Margaret Dumbleton 01509 827022 SCBH Fold – Group for people with learning difficulties Fri 19th October - 7-9pm Contact: Kathy Cole 01509 506119 SBCH St James’ Mothers Union Monday 21st October - 2.30pm Speaker: Rev’d Chris Taylor – Slides of Iona Contact: Janet Quenby –

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Tuesday Group 5th November - 8-10pm Bonfire Supper Contact: Margaret Dumbleton 01509 827022 SBCH

Other groups meeting within the 2 Parishes are as follows:-

Oaks Gardening Club Thurs 5th November - 7.30pm Contact: Wilf Shelton – 01509 769802 OSH Shepshed Men’s’ Fellowship All welcome. Further enquiries to the Parish Office – Tel. 01509

Don Dolby, Press Officer Oaks Seniors – Every other Shepshed Branch Labour Party Tuesday in Oaks Storer Hall.

For further details07803 contact413343 Sheila Bass 01509 502813 Meeting Point – Every other Tuesday in Oaks Meeting Room.

For further details contact Lesley Bates 01509 502853. Both these events are attached to St James’ Church.

SBCH = St. Botolph’s Church Hall, OSH = Oaks Storer Hall.

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COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S COLUMN by Christine Radford As your County Councillor, I am always on hand to try and deal, with any concerns you may have about services provided by Leicestershire County Council.

At a recent County Highways forum I brought up my concerns regarding the parking of motor vehicles outside of schools, when parents dropped off their children. I have parents raising issues with me that cars are parked on pavements, thus not allowing parents who walk their children to school being able to walk on these pavements. Cars are being parked in the zigzag areas which are not allowed legally. Please parents be aware that this is for both your child’s safety and the safety of other people’s children.

At the same Highways forum a discussion took place regarding gritting, unfortunately winter is on the horizon. I asked that more roads in Shepshed such as school routes and bus routes be given greater priority. Shepshed is quite hilly, which does cause a problem for residents during bad weather.

I am pleased to report that the Zebra crossing outside of Asda is now complete. It has taken over 2 years to get this to fruition.

There have been over 7,100 responses to the County budget consultation, in which members of the public were asked which services should be cut to save money.

When the results have been analysed I shall report back the outcomes.

I hold a monthly surgery at the Council Offices in Shepshed between 10-11am on the last Saturday of every month (except December). Or I can be contacted at any reasonable time on 01509 502974 or 07796 544817 or e mail christine_radford@hotmail.com

Christine Radford

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I am talking with officers at the County regarding the problems on Tickow Lane with the large Lorries delivering and returning from the Wm Davis development at the bottom of Anson Road near to Tickow Lane. This is the designated route which has been agreed by Leicestershire County Council, but I feel that Tickow Lane being narrow needs some sort of traffic management on it.

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A large tree at the top of Anson Road near to the junction with Charnwood Road came down on Sunday 8th September. The tree fell across the footpath, but was quickly cut back to allow pedestrian access.

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This allows those planning NHS services or carrying out medical research to use information from different parts of the NHS in a way which does not identify you.

The Leader of the County, Deputy Leader, Lead ember for Children and Young People and the Lead Member for Highways recently met with five of the seven Leicestershire MP’s. The main purpose was to make sure that they were aware of consequences of the short fall in Government funding is having on the County Council.

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Shepshed Taekwondo A Coloured Belt Grading was held at Shepshed Taekwondo on August 24th. The following students were successful and were promoted to the next grade: in photo from left: Emma Peace, Sally Sarson, Jacob Peace, Ben Rowell, Jamie Wilson, Danielle Lefort, Euan Small. not in photo: Craig Foulds, Michael Smith.

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Well done to all, especially Ben Rowell and Jacob Peace (6) who achieved A passes.

Tuesday, 24th September, 2013 For more information visit www.shepshedtaekwondo.com

further information please contact Don Dolby on 07803 413343

Town Councillor Spot:

Food Bank A meeting was organised by Cllrs. Horne, Radford and Tassell and invited representative of Churches together, and other interested parties to discuss the need for a permanent base in Shepshed for food parcels to be donated or distributed to those in need.

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CLLR ROBERT EWING discusses the proposed future housing plans for Shepshed.

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housing around edge Shepshed. I, o deal with development many issues thatthe arise inofShepshed.

along with other members of the Town Council, am opposed to these furtherdiscussion housing developments. opics that dominates in the town, is

ng development around the edge of my Shepshed.

I can assure residents of Shepshed that I and colleagues will be taking every opportunity that we can to argue of the Town Council, am opposed to these and campaign against these developments. Shepshed does not have the s. infrastructure and facilities to deal with hundreds, maybe thousands, of houses.

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pshed thatcouncillors I and my willwebe taking every All local takecolleagues a similar view but must remember that opportunity it is the Conservative controlled Charnwood Borough Council and the national Conservative-led Government mpaign against these developments. Shepshed does not have the that is making the decisions that may allow these developments to take place. lities to deal with hundreds, maybe thousands, of houses.

The fact that most of Charnwood Borough Council’s Planning Committee are not from

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