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2016 Lady Captain, Dee Laurie, says: ‘As captains we held both joint and individual events to raise funds. Our captains’ days were the main fundraising events and I was very lucky to have my day sponsored by Di Lowe of Maxlowe Ltd . Our club bridge events once again supported the captains’ charity and have been significant fundraisers. I would also like to thank our head professional Katie Tebbet who gave up her own time to participate in the Pro and Captain’s Challenge to raise funds for this worthy course.’

Men’s Captain for 2016, Stuart Birtwistle, would like to thank everyone who supported the Captains’ Charity. “In choosing a charity Dee and I wanted to support a local charity where our support could make a difference. Doug is a fellow member, a colleague and friend and his work with Heartwize has a big impact locally in raising awareness and training in CPR. My thanks go to everyone who helped to make my captain’s year the great success it was and I know that many people in Leicestershire will benefits from the generosity of the Rothley Park members through the Heartwize Charity.’

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ANSTEY. CROPSTON, THURCASTON AND ROTHLEY What an interesting and inspiring talk we had on Monday 13th March about Medical Detection Dogs! Wendy Coley immediately caught our attention with a lifesized soft toy collie showing the red waistcoat these dogs wear in public. This small but growing charity has been saving lives since 2008, and trained 20 dogs last year. The founder Dr Claire Guest had heard about dogs alerting owners to cancerous moles, and began doing tests at home with her own two dogs to find out if they could tell the difference between healthy urine samples and those from newly diagnosed cancer patients. She discovered that after training the dogs had around 90% accuracy! However, her initial approaches to the medical profession to pursue this research further were unsuccessful. Doctors were not interested in considering using dogs for this purpose, although checking urine is a noninvasive method, and some blood tests offer only around 16% accuracy. There was no funding available.

One lady’s husband with Type One diabetes kept collapsing, which caused them immense problems and threatened his job. Their pet dog was trained to recognise his symptoms in just two weeks, and now warns him before further attacks. To date 67 dogs have been trained to help with this condition. It is not just for adults; even children as young as two years old can benefit, because the dog can sleep near the child at night and only needs to alert the parents if there is a problem, instead of them having to keep getting up and testing the child. Also the child can attend school more regularly, accompanied by the dog, and take part in sports or social activities, instead of being left out. One lady decided to put ten pence into a jar every time her dog alerted her ‌ and after a year she gave the charity the £1,000 she had saved up! Another patient calculated that their dog had saved

her about 1855 times. The cost of calling out an ambulance, or going into hospital, is astronomical compared with the modest cost of funding a sniffer dog. One day Dr Claire realised that her dog kept signalling her, and she went straight to her doctor, to find that she had the early stages of cancer ‌ which was treated successfully.

With some illnesses like Addison’s disease, you have to take medications at different times, which is very difficult to manage. A dog can help patients cope. Tests have also been done to find out whether dogs can help with conditions such as nut allergies, which can swiftly become fatal, and again great progress has been made with this. They can even detect problems in people who have no obvious symptoms, and for whose condition there simply is no suitable medication, and enable them to live a more normal life.

Many different kinds and sizes of dog can be used. The charity mostly uses dogs from rescue centres, and sometimes trainee guide dogs who ultimately proved unsuitable for blind people. Pups live with a foster family during training, then stay with the chosen person with health problems for the rest of the dog’s life. The recipient is expected to pay for its food, veterinary bills and so on, but no charge is made for the dog itself.

supporters include the cast of Downton Abbey, Deborah Meaden from Dragons’ Den, television presenter Kate Humble, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. There is also a Facebook page, where you can see the charity featured in the Victoria Derbyshire television programme.

Dr Guest is in touch with people all around the world. In 2015 there was a conference in Cambridge to discuss detecting thyroid, ovarian and colo-rectal cancers. It costs around £11,500 to train a dog to recognise cancer symptoms in a patient. One promising line of research is trying to replicate the sensitive dog nose with an electronic machine, which is currently quite large and only comparatively accurate (60%), but this should improve in the future. In time, it may be possible to detect problems from other sources such as a breath sample or sweat, and to extend the work to other illnesses such as Parkinson’s or malaria.

In Norway, three dogs are being used in a hospital to help detect prostate cancer.

Previously, suspects had to endure a painful biopsy and the laboratory was trying to check 25,000 samples a year, but this has been reduced to only 5,000 likely cases. The NHS is currently helping to fund an ongoing study relating to 3,000 urine samples, and results should be published within the next few years.

The talk received enthusiastic applause, and members were able to buy some very attractive gift cards and other items, and to make a donation if they wished.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curious: we would never see our children less, just because they had great need of us. So why do we do it to the other side of our family, the older generation? It is because we always assumed that growing up was all about US preparing for OUR lives, instead of preparing to take our place of responsibility and care for ALL the lives in our immediate family?

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On Saturday the 25th March 2017, the annual Pantomime Alliance Leicestershire (PAL) awards took place. This is an exciting time for Amateur Theatrical Societies in Leicestershire. Members of PAL attend Pantomimes, judge the performances and score different categories. Their decisions are then announced at a spectacular awards night which is thoroughly enjoyed by all who attend.

Just like the OSCARS (LOL) no-one is made aware before the evening who might have received any nominations or awards. That makes it all the more exciting. All of the groups who take part support each other, with lots of clapping and whooping, delighting in each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successes.

HATS this year have been tremendously successful at the awards night. We had nominations in 5 different categories as follows: Director: Kirsty Ludlam and Jo Murray.

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Another LOROS Hospice has been targeted by thieves, making this the sixth incident of its kind in just two months.

The charity’s Furniture Shop, in Uppingham Road, Leicester, was broken into last night, with thieves ransacking the entire place before taking a safe containing £1,000 and causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

The incident comes just weeks after five of the Hospice’s other shops were targeted in just a matter of days.

LOROS Trading Manager, Jonathan Capewell said: “It’s absolutely devastating, especially for the volunteers who discovered the mess when they arrived for work this morning.

“The whole place was ransacked; the back-office computer had even been thrown across the room.

“Not only did they take the safe, they took all of the LOROS scratch cards that were in the shop too.”

Jonathan said that the thieves had left one of their drills they used to remove the safe still plugged in to the shop’s mains. “The thing is, this particular shop has metal shutters covering every window when it’s closed but still, those responsible, managed to climb onto the roof and get into the first floor by smashing their way through the fire escape door,” he added.

Police came out immediately this morning and the shop was eventually able to open again, once the mess had been cleared up.

Meanwhile, the front window of the LOROS Shop, in Biggin Street, Loughborough, was also smashed last night, which will cost the Hospice around £3,000 to repair.

“We’re not sure whether the Biggin Street shop was an attempted break-in, or was the result of people having a bit too much to drink; what we do know is, all of this is going to cost LOROS thousands of pounds which could have been spent caring for terminally ill people,” said Jonathan.

If you have any information on the break-in, or saw anything suspicious in the Uppingham Road area of Leicester area last night, please contact Leicestershire Police on 101.

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The new ‘Improvers Crochet Workshop’ builds on basic crochet skills showing people how to understand patterns. The popular ‘Learn to crochet’ workshop shows beginners the basic crochet stitches, how to hold hook and yarn, and make simple constructions.

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“We are incredibly well supported locally and it’s always nice to see our supporters out and about on their bikes, having fun and raising much needed funds for Alex’s Wish, along with Flower’s Associates we are also sponsored by Bradleys, The Woodies pub in Rothley and Parkhill Building and Joinery” adds Emma.

The start and finish line is at The Rothley Centre in Rothley, Leicestershire with the route taking place on open roads. “The route is well sign-posted,” explains Emma, “and because the event takes place on a Sunday morning the roads tend to be quiet with traffic. The circular route starts and finishes in Rothley village and has been carefully chosen to ensure maximum safety and enjoyment. It is fairly challenging in parts and the 20 and 50 mile includes a steep climb up Beacon Hill road. There are plenty of marshals along the way to give you lots of moral support and encouragement.

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The Charnwood Forest Cycle Ride is returning for it’s sixth year Emma Hallam and her colleague Zoe Edwards would love it to be the best yet. “This year we have a wonderful local business Flowers Associates as our Headline Sponsor, and with their support we hope to make this a bigger event this year.

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This year’s event takes place on Sunday, 14th May and there is an early-bird entry fee of just £10.00 (10-mile route) or £20.00 (20 and 50 mile route) for those entering before the 30th April, or £15.00 (10-mile route) or £25.00 (20 and 50 mile route) if registering on or after 30th April.

Says Emma, “The event is open to everyone aged 14+ whether you are an amateur cyclist or a professional, refreshment stalls along the route and there is no minimum sponsorship required, although the more money you raise the more money we have to invest in leading edge research and clinical trials. We are also looking for volunteers to marshal too.

Please come and join in… you’ll get your healthy dose of fresh air, enjoy spectacular views around the stunning Charnwood Forest whilst cycling for an incredibly worthwhile cause. It’s a fabulous opportunity to get back into cycling again after the winter months, so whether or not you are a keen cyclist, there’s never been a better time to dust of your bike in time for the summer months.”

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Contractors are now preparing the ground for the construction work. Work will then move off site as metal is cut and prefabricated sections of concrete are prepared . The bridge itself will be dramatically craned into place over the Midland Main Line in late Summer 2017.

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After the closure of the original Great Central line by British Rail in 1969, a section of the route survived in the East Midlands.

However, when 2 bridges and an embankment were removed it was physically divided into two. Both separate lines have been preserved by enthusiasts for heritage trains. They have committed to link up but five hundred metres of track between them needs to be rebuilt. The new bridge is the first key piece of infrastructure to be reinstated.

Andy Munro, the Chief Executive of the Great Central Railway said, “Our supporters have waited a long time to see the Victorian link between the two lines restored. Rebuilding this bridge is a bold statement of intent which secures a vision for the future, where heritage trains can run between Leicester and the south of Nottingham. To see our supportive contractors MPB in action on site is very exciting and we look forward to ‘bridging the gap!’”

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