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The Queen’s Birthday Celebration

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On 12 June 2016 St James Church organised a Civic Service to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday.

From Monday, July 18 until Friday, August 26 Charnwood Borough Council will hold a series of activities that aim to help keep children active during the holidays.

This year there are more on offer than ever with new sessions including street cricket and horse trekking.

A number of the events are free.

Councillor Jonathan Morgan, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, said: “It’s great to see even more activities on offer for the summer.

“We're committed to helping our residents' live healthy lifestyles and these events mean kids can stay active during school holidays."

Guests at the service were the Chair of Birstall Parish Council, Ann Marshall and Mrs Eileen Holmes, a local resident who shares her birthday with the Queen.

Most of the activities are suitable for children of all ages and families are welcome to come and watch and take part in a number of events.

After the service, which was well attended, Happy Birthday was sung and a splendid cake, donated by the Parish Council, was cut by Eileen and shared with the congregation.

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Monday 29 August from 12 noon to 4pm at St James' the Great Church, on the lawn and in the church, Church Hill, Birstall Stalls, Games, Tea and Cakes, Hot dogs, Competitions, Entertainment, Craft Activities, Raffle and Bouncy Castle.

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Birstall's most famous culinary event of the year returns on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September and is looking for people to take up the baking bug and help raise a record amount for Macmillan Cancer support.

It's The Summer Reading Challenge Get down to the library to borrow brilliant books and get lots of goodies! No need to feel bored in the holidays...

This year’s theme ‘Big Friendly Read’ coincides with Roald Dahl’s birth 100 years ago and with the release of BFG (Big Friendly Giant) film on 22nd July. The children who attend the local primary schools will be hearing all about it!

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Just bring your entries down before 12 noon on Saturday 24th September with an application form.

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Monthly Report from Councillor Renata Jones

organised by residents of Wanlip to mark the Queen’s birthday too. It was great to see the community come together and work together to put on such a patriotic spread and event, and spend time together at such a happy occasion.

It’s been a busy month! I attended Birstall gala, and saw our mayor, mayoress, chair of the parish council, local police, and twinning representatives. I heard bands play, and saw a great turnout from local residents. Glad to see that pouring rain didn’t dampen spirits and most festivities continued.

Birstall Gala June 2016 I substituted for Cllr. Bentley at a plans meeting, and whilst I often see ward referrals and support residents over planning concerns on an individual basis, it was good to see how committee operates from the inside.

I went to see a bench our mayor unveiled to mark the queen’s birthday in Loughborough park. It seems due to traffic, I sadly missed the speeches, however did see the bench and raise a cup of tea with mayor, mayoress, and fellow councillors and officers to her majesty.

I was very grateful to be invited to a tea party

I reported into Birstall Parish council’s full council, as I often do, but on relaying information regarding a large scaled planning application on my ward, it became apparent it was worth speaking with parish councillors on their plans committee too.

Which I did. And I’ve pushed back concerns heard, and called a meeting of various stakeholders at Charnwood borough council (CBC), including those from CBCs planning department and open spaces team who manage parks and recreation. We met, and discussed how to work towards a suitable reassessment of provision suitability, delivery, and sustainability, against current resident wants and needs. Parish council has made facility type recommendations, clubs have been consulted and interest in use and ongoing management collected, school trusts have made bids to run school and recreational facilities, related to their needs and ability to provide ongoing management.

Bid outcome from regional schools commissioner is expected July, and the school’s application is expected before CBCs plans committee for discussion in August.

I attended two consultations ran by a team looking to form a bid to run a new school in Broadnook, and a stakeholder meeting at Cedars, to provide and hear further information.

I watched a scrutiny management committee discuss progress towards a combined authority, and what it might mean for our future democracy. I attended two planning training sessions at CBC, where we found out more about the latest legislation in relation to homes of multiple occupation, and housing mix provision.

I saw our Mayor and local veterans honour armed forces day, by raising a flag at the town hall, despite awful weather, which thankfully did not stop a crowd turning out to honour our service men and women.

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I saw first hand a giant wooden bee, created to be a giant bee hive, delivered to council as a gift from a twinned town. It was around six foot high, about a meter wide, and quite a sight to behold. I was told council were considering donating this to the university, however I’ve heard Birstall has a local bee keepers association, so I’ve asked our mayor if this can be considered and donated to Birstall bee keepers if possible. University are being consulted currently, and have first refusal.

I went to see a count of votes in the EU referendum. However you voted, however you feel about it, it was amazing for me to see how many turned out to vote, and to be present as such a historic decision was voted on, counted and announced. We’ve probably all seen the national news on this, but you might not know, that around 90k people voted in Charnwood borough, and 54 per cent voted to leave the EU. I followed up a request to look into bin provision in relation of a number of public footpaths in the ward. I’m pleased to say a new bin has been secured, and will be installed in addition to existing, to make a bin either end of the path that runs from Wanlip and to the park and ride and Hallam Fields.

Unfortunately the concerned resident wanted more, but there weren’t enough incidents of rubbish reported to support this.

If you see a problem along these lines, email cleaner.greener@charnwood.gov.uk, and cc me in. I’ve also made further requests in relation to overflowing bins at Watermead park too, in conjunction with Cllr. Bentley, as this in part sits on his ward. The outcome of this request is yet to be seen, but again, any further reports to the above departmental address could help support a case for more bins.

At a local fundraising event I met a resident who raised to me parking issues at school times on Greengate Lane. I’ve since driven around at school times, and seen it can get busy. I’ve asked CBC and LCC what might be done, suggesting creation of additional bay parking. I could only think this might be possible at Woodgate Drive, but also presumably only if well established trees can

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be preserved. I had a deja vu feeling on this one, that I may have been asked, and asked before, and been told nothing can really be done. I unfortunately had a similar response this time, there aren’t currently funds to create bay parking. I did however receive further suggestions to ask the school to raise awareness in newsletters to parents to park with courtesy, I have made a request to the school on this basis. I was also asked to ask police to monitor the situation, and advise those blocking driveways not to do so, and so I’ve made this request to our local beat team.

There were around six visitors to our latest surgery. One came to say thank you to me for progress in relation to her concern regarding footpath clearing of weeds, raised at a previous surgery. It’s always rewarding to know we’ve helped make a difference where we can in doing this role. A few were understandably concerned about flooding, highlighted by unprecedented rainfall this year testing our drains. I’ve raised concerns with Seven Trent Water and Leicestershire County Council’s (LCCs) highways team, and handed over to Cllr. Bentley, as these fall on his ward and in his remit as a county councillor too. Similarly an overgrown bush blocking the pavement, I reported to LCC and Cllr. Bentley, who promptly went and trimmed it personally and with his own equipment. I was told of an empty home, and reported this to CBCs empty homes team to see what can be done. This fell on Cllr. Bentley’s ward, so I’ve passed on details to him to take forward.

I was very pleased two residents stopped by at surgery with support and new suggestions further to my last report, in respect of lengthening short slip roads from Wanlip onto the A46. Highways England have now replied to me to confirm the slip roads are unfortunately too short, and they’ve opened a consultation. Please see this article where I’ve made representation to Highways England in full: http://renatajones.yourcllr.com/2016/06/28/ highways-england-consultation-regardinga46-slip-roads-in-wanlip/ Please email your consultation feedback to their updated email address for this: routestrategies@highwaysengland.co.uk,

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Bradgate Rotary Calendar for Bradgate Park Walking, ruins, ducks and deer are what immediately spring to mind when locals think of Bradgate Park. As well as over 800 acres of wild and craggy parkland, with numerous gnarled old trees and including the tranquil River Lin, the Park also has a rich history and archaeology. Home to the young Lady Jane Grey, the nine day Queen of England, the recent archaeology shows evidence of human activity stretching back 14,000 years. An outdoor playground for the people of Leicester and Leicestershire as well as visitors from further afield the Park is a popular place for people of all ages.

Bradgate Rotary wanted to capture the essence of what makes Bradgate special by organising a photography competition for amateur photographers. The winning entries would be used to produce a calendar to raise money for the Bradgate Park Trust. Almost 100 entries were received. The difficult task of judging was given to Tom Clark and John Hitchings, both keen photographers. Assisting them were Jim Davies and Jo Hayward from BBC Radio Leicester.

After much deliberation the final 12 were decided upon and the winning entry became the front of the calendar. The calendar is available to buy in the Bradgate Park shop and in the new visitor centre.

Bradgate Rotary are keen to encourage more people to join them. We are looking for anyone who has a bit of time to spare and lots of energy, whatever your age, background or circumstances.

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Safety check on taxis Council and police officers have carried out a series of roadside safety checks on taxis in Charnwood.

The officers stopped eight vehicles during the operation and found half were compliant, but the other four had issues including defective tyres, a cracked windscreen and drivers who were not wearing their ID badges while working.

The operation was carried out on June 14, 2016 and led by Charnwood Borough Council’s licensing team.

Cllr David Hayes, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Regulatory Services, said: “People want to feel safe and secure when they use a taxi licenced by Charnwood Borough Council and that’s why we carry out these checks to ensure the rules are being followed and standards are being met.

“We will be making further checks later in the year so I would encourage taxi drivers and operators to make sure their vehicles are in good working order and they are meeting the terms and conditions of their licence.”

An officer from the borough council’s licensing team and a police officer carried out the mobile checks around Loughborough.

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It’s time to join The Big Knit for Age UK Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland is calling on nimble-fingered knitters in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to get creative and knit little hats for Age UK and innocent’s Big Knit to help older people keep warm and well in winter.

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will donate 25p to help Age UK fund their winter projects. Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland is calling on local knitters to get as many hats as possible to them by the end of November latest to meet their challenging target of 42,000 and needs knitters and those wanting to give it a go to make this a reality.

Each winter, one older person dies needlessly every eight minutes because of the cold. With over a decade of support from knitters up and down the country, The Big Knit has raised vital funds to help older people keep warm and well in winter.

Last year alone, more than 800,000 hats were lovingly created, with designs including a bird cage, fruit, soldiers, peas in a pod, a bee’s nest, a crown and fishermen with their catch.

Peter Ralphs, Business Development Manager at Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland said: “The colder months of the year can be really tough for many older people who can face difficulties protecting themselves from the harsh winter weather, getting out and about and staying connected. That’s why it’s so important that local knitters get behind The Big Knit to help raise funds for vital local winter services. We need our knitters to create lots of miniature hats so we can keep helping older people in the local area.”

One private hire vehicle received an immediate suspension because it had two defective tyres. It meant the vehicle could not be used to trade until the tyres were replaced and the vehicle checked by council officers.

For more information on The Big Knit contact Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland on 0116 2992233 or log on to Age UK Big Knit

Three drivers were given penalty points under the council’s internal taxi penalty points system. If a driver is issued 12 points in a year then they face a hearing and could have their licence suspended or revoked.

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The points were issued for defective tyres, failing to wear their badge while working and one driver also received them for failing to have a roof sign on a Hackney taxi. Another received a verbal warning for not wearing his badge.

Anyone with any concerns about a taxi or its driver should get in touch with us on 01509 634562 or by emailing licensing@charnwood.gov.uk.

Completed hats need to reach Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland at Lansdowne House, 113 Princess Road East, Leicester LE1 7LA by 30th November with drop off points available.

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