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W elcome Welcome ttoo M arch March As we move from winter to spring, for a lot of us, life will start to get that little bit easier. The evenings will be lighter, the weather will be warmer (hopefully!) and new life will be popping up in the form of spring flowers and baby animals. Life may still be tough, but these little things are sure to bring a smile to our faces. Many of you will be desperate to hug your friends and family, and while we can’t help on that front, perhaps our cute front cover stars will give you hope that a hug isn’t too far away. Our March editorial content is full of useful ideas from garden gadget recommendations, advice to help you start a vegetable patch, bathroom interior suggestions, and a simple but impressive recipe to treat your mum this Mother’s Day. There is also an important message from Roberta Smart to remind you that you are doing great and to celebrate the little wins. Whether you’re a parent or not, those little victories can help to keep your head up in these tough times.

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for about 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Remove to a cooling rack and leave until cold. 6 Put the cream, vanilla extract and icing sugar into a bowl and whip until softly peaked. 7 When ready to serve, place one square of the pastry on a serving plate, add a good

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A brave brave new new w world orld I ended last month’s article encouraging you to look into a sauna as a health and wellness treat in 2021 and perhaps more than ever, regular use or investing in a sauna might be the best thing you do all year. With the available technology, owning an infrared sauna is now more affordable and less hassle than a traditional steam sauna. Infrared saunas are becoming a common wellness tool around the world and have been used in different formats by cultures all over the world for generations. Having a sauna in the home is becoming the Northern Hemisphere equivalent of a pool in the garden in the Southern Hemisphere! The proven benefits range from reducing inflammation and pain, and strengthening the cardiovascular system, to revitalising dermal cells for healthy skin. If I win the Euromillions, that’ll definitely be going up in my attic!

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will enable you to follow along using bodyweight variations. • Online training is not a competition (unless it is one!) Work at your own pace and don’t try to keep up with the trainer/online fitness masochists; be conscious of the cues from your own body. • Be mindful of your breathing. Some trainers will make a recommendation, otherwise just focus on slow steady breaths – in through the nose, out through your mouth. Mask up if sharing a training space within a bubble! • Depending on the type of online platform you’re training on, you don’t have to have your camera on, but please remember to mute yourself during the training! • If you can’t keep up, focus on your form until you’ve built the confidence and fitness to get after it.

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D DIY IY S Spring pring C Clean lean Perhaps many of us have been a little lazy over the last few months being in lockdown away from our normal routine? Why bother making the effort when often no one is there to appreciate it? It is never too late to kick start a good beauty regime. Very often when we look good, we feel good; so let’s start with some basics, which are easily done at home and should become part of your beauty routine.

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C Celebrate elebrate the the little little wins wins Remember the story of the Tortoise and the Hare? Well, I am thinking that right now, we are pretty much all in ‘tortoise mode’ and I want to remind you that this is perfect. Gone is the striving to win the race. All bets are off. Right now we are pretty much focused on simply getting through each day with our sanity intact, and that is a full time job! I wanted to reassure you that it is perfectly acceptable to feel like you have achieved literally nothing in your day; it is ok that your kids are not progressing in leaps and bounds in their maths assessments; and it is most definitely totally appropriate that you are seriously questioning all of your intimate relationships right now. Everyone feels flat and unmotivated and is it any wonder? People, these are not normal times, so let’s release our attachment to normal yardsticks, shall we? This March, let us instead focus on welcoming spring, finding small moments of bliss

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amid the chaos, and measuring our lives in ‘glasses of water consumed’, ‘cups of tea drunk hot’ and spring flowers spotted on our daily walks rather than money earned or grades achieved.

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time for the refuse collection? You win! Had a domestic day and cleaned the bathroom? You win! Enjoyed a calm family dinner? Managed to navigate homeschooling, online learning and play referee to three under tens and survived? You win big time! Different times call for different approaches and you are doing an amazing job. And if you are flying solo, you too are commended for your resilience, courage and commitment to staying safe under very trying circumstances. So many of you cannot see your beloved family and friends right now and I want to acknowledge you. Living alone can be a wonderful, freeing experience but it can also be lonely and difficult, so please know that if this is you, I see you, you are noticed and not forgotten. To all the warriors staying the course this spring, you are honoured and recognised, and I am so very proud of you all. Until next month, stay safe! Page 1

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T The he Budget Budget Dear Mr Chancellor, I appreciate it can’t have been an easy year for you, but it hasn’t been much fun for any of us. When you announce your Budget plans at the start of March, please don’t make it any more difficult than it has to be. I’m sure that you will headline your announcements with further support for businesses in the current pandemic and rightly so. I’m equally sure that you must be tempted to start making us all pay for that support through increased taxes. But please resist the temptation to do too much too soon. Rumour has it that you are planning some changes to tax on people who sell their businesses. You restricted that year, much to the disappointment of many, and there is no need to make it worse this time around. Most of us who end up selling our businesses do so as part of our retirement plans and have made contributions to your piggy bank over many years in the business taxes we have paid. Please don’t be tempted to do anything aggressive. There are also suggestions that you are going to be rotten to those who save for later years via a pension scheme. We are already encouraged to take the pressure off your state pension commitments by saving for ourselves in later years. Please don’t make it unattractive by withdrawing tax relief on contributions. You seem to think that small businesses run as limited companies are drawing an unfair tax advantage. Most of them do it because it affords them protection from personal liability, not because of the tax savings. You have upset this group by excluding them from your pandemic support packages. Please don’t hit them again with unnecessary tax increases. You can put the price of beer and petrol up if you must, but just a word of warning – you’ve closed the pubs and told us to stay off the road! Whatever you do, Mr Chancellor, all our businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them need support at this time, not more taxation. Kind regards, Roger

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Leader Leader s L Life ife with with Councillor Councillor Richard Richard Cook Cook

The The Cathedral Cathedral Quarter Quarter Across the city centre from the major works going on in Kings Square and soon in Kings Quarter, is an area commonly known as the Cathedral Quarter. The Cathedral Quarter project is funded by Historic England as part of its High Street Heritage Action Zone scheme. Gloucester City Council successfully bid for £1.8million towards the project, matched by the City Council, property owners and partners, and which will be delivered over the next three and a half years. The funding will be used to improve the appearance of our historic Westgate buildings, encourage wider use of them and reduce vacant floor space, improve the street scene and offer a programme of activities and events to encourage a wider appreciation for the wealth of history and heritage we have in the Street.

Many Many properties properties w with ith m medieval edieval o origins rigins This area comprises some of the oldest properties in the city centre, many with medieval origins, but with their frontages covered by Victorian and more recent facades, hiding the original medieval buildings. Those who have taken the opportunity to explore the city with a Civic Trust tour guide, will have been told to look up, because on storeys above the facades, the original medieval frontages can be seen. The first properties to receive a grant, hopefully, if all goes to plan, will be the two on the corner of Bull Lane; the barbers and the vacant unit next to it. These are deceptive properties, which on closer investigation have revealed themselves to be two of the earliest buildings in the street with significant timber framing. We can’t wait to see them transformed through this scheme and brought back to their former glory. Other buildings which we hope will take advantage of the funding could be the façade of the Fleece Inn, the Dick Whittington pub, and the vape shop, which again hides a superb timber frame beneath a later façade. We will need to work with owners to develop schemes as the project progresses, as owners will have to find some match funding. This is a unique opportunity for them to take advantage of some financial assistance to maximise the potential of their buildings and we hope that many will be able to work with us to bring about some significant transformations. Back across the city centre will be the regeneration of Kings Quarter, with its new modern buildings, but at the same time the heritage of the Cathedral Quarter will be restored to its former medieval glory. e email: mail: rrichard.cook@gloucester.gov.uk ichard.cook@gloucester.gov.uk

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