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This month’s issue is packed full of great articles including Julia’s autumn gardening tips, sustainable interior suggestions from Gill, and Holly Prince looks at the transition from Primary to Secondary school in her Education & Employment article. We’ve also got our usual puzzles and the Word Search theme is ‘Pets’. We’re very happy to be attending Gloucester Day again this year with our charity tombola. All stalls will observe social distancing guidelines so if you decide to attend we would love for you to pop by our stand and say hello! In this month’s snippet of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Annual Report, Martin Surl tells us about an animal safeguarding scheme that has recently been established. Find out more inside and you can read the full report online. We have two new competitions for you to enter on our website this month – see inside for more details.
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Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl’s
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Animals’ rights enshrined in Police welfare scheme Meet PD Arnie – and yes, his bite probably is worse than his bark if you’re on the wrong side of the law. PD Arnie is a German Shepherd who can trace his blood line from North Wales where the Constabulary spotted him as a puppy with potential, back through Eastern Europe. According to Gloucestershire’s Chief Constable Rod Hansen, who is also the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for police dogs and mounted policing, Arnie is a dog with a big future as well. “We took him as a puppy in August 2017 and drip fed some of his training prior to starting his initial dog course”, said Mr. Hansen. “It normally takes 13 weeks to train a dog, but because of the outstanding team work between Arnie and his handler PC Ben Smith, he completed his licencing within six weeks. So, he’s a bit of a high flyer in that regard. “Arnie is trained in tracking human scent, bite work, p r o pe r ty s ea r ch e s , b u i l d i n g a n d o p e n a re a s e a rch e s ; his ability has marked him as a potential firearms support dog and he has proved his worth in a number of violent situations”.
‘A compassionate approach’ Arnie is one of the reasons why the Constabulary has been instrumental in establishing an animal safeguarding scheme. The Animal Welfare Independent Visitors Scheme has been driven through Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Martin Surl’s Police and Crime Plan commitment to ‘A compassionate approach’. It ensures that police dogs are trained and cared for in a humane, ethical and transparent way and recognises that Arnie’s welfare, and those of all the animals in the Constabulary’s dog and mounted sections are cared for in the same way as their two legged colleagues. In further recognition of that, the county’s police horses and dogs now have their own ID cards and collar numbers in line with the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 – also known as Finn’s Law
after Hertfordshire PD Arnie above and, below, Martin police dog, PD Finn, Surl meets PD Finn and his handler who was seriously injured in the line of duty. It defines service animals as ‘sentient beings’ rather than ‘assets’, making it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to a service animal.
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The background to the above story is contained in the PCC’s annual report, available in full online file:///C:/Users/243071/Downloads/OPCC-Annual-Report_2020__WEB-FINAL.pdf You can read more about the challenges facing the police in PCC Martin Surl’s annual report online: https://www.gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk/reports/ For a printed copy, email the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner at PCC@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk or call 01452 754348
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Everything Ever ything is is going going to to be be OK! OK! Do you believe me? Well you should, because it is true! This does not mean nothing uncomfortable will happen, of course, or that events beyond our control will cause us pain of some kind, surely this is the stuff of life? But ultimately, everything is always OK. But (of course there is a but) you have to choose it, decide it and be assured of it, in order to experience it. Our children know this intuitively, which is why they generally do not ‘worry’ as such, and those that do will have learned to do so from observing the world around them and the behaviours of the adults they know best.
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But how can you believe everything is OK when you feel the opposite? When you are concerned about money, paying bills, staying healthy and protecting your family? The answer is simple, but not easy. You filter out the negative stuff which creates fear within you, and you fill your mind and heart with good stuff: consider this a diet for your soul – soul food. To help your children navigate returning to school and living their lives in uncertain times, you can make a few commitments to yourself.
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Acupuncture also causes the release of neurochemical messenger molecules, and the resulting biochemical changes promote physical and emotional well-being, providing relaxation and reducing anxiety. Other complementary therapies that have been proven to reduce pain or improve living with pain include: • Reflexology • Bowen Technique • Osteopathy • Pilates and Yoga • Shiatsu • Reiki • Homeopathy As a Clinical Hypnotherapist myself and someone who has a chronic illness that causes pain, I am very aware of wanting to find natural ways to manage pain without side effects. I often use self-hypnosis when having a flare up and have helped many clients learn this technique. Way back in the 1840s, Scottish surgeon, Dr James Esdaile researched the ability of hypnosis to eliminate pain, To advertise call 01242 510500
using hypnosis to induce mental anaesthesia for surgery. Patients did not experience any pain, and postoperative mortality was reduced to two per cent. Through self-hypnosis clients can be trained how to induce anaesthesia in any part of the body. This stands them in good stead for relieving both acute and chronic pain.
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between the summer and winter high seasons. Until our hotel’s announcement, talk of second spikes and lightning 14-day quarantines, we’d been getting increasingly excited about the amazing flight and hotel package, complete with free local travel passes. With Geneva transfers and a foray over the nearby border, I might even have got my annual Swiss fix as well! Alas, the travel gods had different ideas.
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Instead, as with so many 2020 travel plans, we’re reflecting on what might have been before our hotel didn’t reopen after its Covid-19 closure. Instead, with plans for Haute-Savoie dashed, we are looking forward to visiting the Chamonix Valley another time. A shame! It was a great package too, one of those ‘how do they do it?’ specials designed to fill Chamonix hotels
If you’ve visited Chamonix, nestling beneath Europe’s highest peak, you’ll understand our disappointment. Of course, there’s that gravity-defying ride up to L’Aiguille du Midi (the ‘Needle of the South’), the Montenvers rack railway to the Mer de Glace, and the quaint Tramway du Mont-Blanc to the Bionnassay Glacier. Wherever you travel near
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Chamonix, stunning mountain panoramas are inescapable. On foot, instead of by train or cableway, the valley also offers hundreds of kilometres of wellmaintained high- and low-level hiking trails for all experience levels. Nature lovers will be in their element everywhere, including Parc Merlet’s mountain nature and wildlife reserve. Back in town, look forward to a good selection of interesting museums and galleries too. And of course, whether for hearty mountain breakfasts, restorative lunches amid the peaks, or cosy suppers back in the Arve Valley, there’s delicious Savoyard and international cuisine to suit all budgets and tastes. Okay, so Chamonix was knocked off our 2020 travel plans. But as one of France’s oldest mountain resorts, this Alpine gem near France, Italy and Switzerland’s tri-point (Mount Dolent) remains on the cards for the future. Maybe we’ll see you there! Page 1
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G Gloucester loucester D Day ay 2 2020 020 The Gloucester Day event this year is taking place on Saturday 5th September – the 377th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of 1643. We shall forever remember the 5th September and the gallant and heroic sacrifices that the men, women and children made on behalf of this City. Defending Gloucester during the English civil war, despite overwhelming odds, preserving our cherished parliamentary freedom and the liberties we enjoy to this very day.
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