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A Pink Theme at Spring Plant Fair at Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Sunday 29th May 2011 10.30am - 4pm.

An original watercolour of Dianthus ‘Alan Titchmarsh’, by artist Brenda Green will be raffled at the Fair.

This is the twelfth year that Suffolk Plant Heritage (formerly NCCPG) has held its sale at Helmingham Hall in partnership with Helmingham Hall Gardens.

Specialist nurseries including Fernatix, Harvey’s Garden Plants and Woottens of Wenhaston will be selling a wide range of unusual and popular plants.

Several nurseries will be coming direct from exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show. The Plant Doctors will be holding a clinic during the day. Ivan Dickings of the

RHS, Sarah Cook, former head gardener at Sissinghurst, Jim Marshall, retired gardens advisor to the National Trust and Matthew Tanton-Brown of The Place for Plants will be on duty to offer advice regarding plant problems and gardening queries.

National Plant Collections based in Suffolk including Dianthus (Malmaisons), Campanula, Hosta and Astrantia will be on display, as well as stands selling garden furniture and accessories, including Campaign and Wood Alfresco.

Visitors to the plant sale can also enjoy Helmingham`s Grade 1 listed gardens including the dramatic spring borders, knot and herb garden, nineteenth century parterre, ancient deer park and Victorian kitchen garden.

Entry to plant sale £6 including admission to Helmingham Hall Gardens.

(9m NE of Ipswich on B1077.) Free parking. Home made lunches and teas.

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Welcome to YOUR new Dispatch Magazine for Bury St Edmunds.

In a fast moving world, where the media seem to be ever more distant from people’s real concerns, it is vital that community magazines like Dispatch, find and print the information and news that is important to local people, and which often gets overlooked in the rush for sensationalist and celebrity overload.

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Jonathan Horswell (a.k.a. Spider), is the owner of Spider Solutions, a dynamic, local web design and communications company who are responsible for the towns website, burystedmundsonline.com, and is the driving force behind Dispatch. Jonathan is a local businessman who has built a dynamic digital communications company, Spider Solutions. Building websites for the likes of Nissan, Breckland Council and Thetford Healthy Town, to name just a few, as well as the community websites for Attleborough, Bury St Edmunds, Dereham, Diss, Thetford, Watton and Wymondham. Dispatch is a well respected company who publish Dispatch Magazine and the official Town Guides on behalf of local Town Councils where Dispatch is distributed.

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A New Era For Bury St Edmunds Festival 19th-29th May, 2011. its superb acoustics, airy open spaces and relaxing coffee/drinks bar will host at least one Festival event every day and will provide a lively, central meeting place for Festival followers and shoppers.

Bury St Edmunds Festival is one of the best-loved cultural events in East Anglia renowned for bringing the brightest and the boldest mix of performers to the heart of Suffolk each spring.

The 2011 Bury St Edmunds Festival runs from Thursday 19th May to Sunday 29th May and begins an exciting new era with the opening of ‘The Apex’ music venue in the historic market town centre.

The acclaimed 500-seat concert hall with

The Apex adds a new dimension to the Festival programme alongside other atmospheric venues such as the majestic St Edmundsbury Cathedral, the Georgian Theatre Royal, 300-year-old Unitarian Meeting House, jazz at the new Hunter Club and the glorious Abbey Gardens.

Festival Manager, Nick Wells has condensed this year’s programme to 11 days; packing in the usual buzzing mix of contemporary and classical music, outdoor concerts, jazz, folk, film, comedy, walks, street theatre and much more.

The opening weekend of the Festival

will have a party atmosphere with ‘Blues Brothers’ and ‘Take That’ themed tribute nights in the Abbey Gardens, and the festivities will again be brought to a close with the traditional Beat Retreat ceremony performed on Angel Hill by the Band of the RAF Regiment.

St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival hosted by brewers Greene King is back after its successful launch last year, as are surprising Sonnet Walks bringing Shakespeare’s romantic poetry to life around the hidden corners of the town and Bury Busk featuring local musicians busking around the town.

Families are not forgotten with free street theatre in the Abbey Gardens and a Family Concert from Prime Brass, while local artist in residence Cate Hadley will capture what she hears in shapes and colours.

The Festival brochure is widely available and can be viewed as an e-magazine on the Festival website at www.buryfestival.co.uk. Keep up to speed with all the latest news by following the Festival on Twitter.

Tickets for all Festival events are on sale now at the Festival Box Office, the apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds. They can be booked online at www.buryfestival.co.uk by calling 01284 758000 or email box office@theapex.co.uk Look out for Festival discounts and special offers. The Bury St Edmunds Festival is managed by St Edmundsbury Borough Council.

Councillor Lynsey Alexander, Portfolio holder for Culture and Sport, said: “The Festival is a bit shorter this year but we can look forward to a packed programme with plenty to enjoy. We are really excited about being able to take advantage of Bury’s new music venue, The Apex, and it will be a real focus of activity throughout the Festival.”

Nick Wells, Festival Manager, said: “For the first time, Festival followers will be able to get gather in the Festival Bar each evening to listen to music and chat about the day’s events over a nightcap.

It will be great to hear the feedback but I don’t think I’m going to get much sleep this year!”

To view a full list of the events being held and much more visit www.buryfestival.co.uk

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Hospice Thinks Big For Madcap Sumo Run A call has been issued for madcap fundraisers to take part in St Nicholas Hospice Care’s next fundraising event.

“This is the Hospice’s first ever sumo run, so we are hoping for people with a sense of adventure and fun to take part and make it an event to remember.”

Above: St Nicholas Hospice Care staff try on their sumo suits for size and have fun in the Hospice gardens to launch Sumo Run – Give it Large!

Sumo Run – Give it Large! will see Haverhill Recreation Ground transformed into a sea of sumo wrestlers, as fundraisers prepare to walk, jog, run, waddle, shuffle and wobble their way around a one-mile course, while wearing eye-catching inflatable sumo suits.

Jenny Baskett, the Hospice’s Events and Challenges Fundraiser, hopes individuals & teams will sign up for the event, which takes place on May 2nd, a Bank Holiday Monday.

Entry costs £20 and each participant must raise a minimum of £80 sponsorship.

Each runner will get to keep their own sumo suit, which they are also welcome to accessorise – perhaps with a tutu or a cape or two!

To sign up, call Jenny on 01284 715583, email fundraising@stnh.org. uk or register online at www.stnicholashospice.org.uk Runners must be aged 10 or over.

Children aged 10-14 must be accompanied by an adult and those aged 14-16 will need parental consent. There is no upper age limit.

The Rotary Club The Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds welcomes the Dispatch Magazine to this area.

We have for a long time been raising funds both for the local community and overseas. This is in line with Rotary International and the Rotary principle of ‘Service above Self’.

Rotary International is a worldwide organisation founded over 100 years ago. It now has branches in towns and cities all over the world. Membership is available to members of the professions and business community, also retired persons wishing to become involved in Rotary activities in the area.

The Club is organising a public speaking competition for schools. The first was at the end of February for senior schools and the second for middle schools was in the first week of March.

A dinner was held on 1st March for the Annual School Prizes awards.

Six schools are taking part this year.

Students are selected by the school as being outstanding in their support for the community or their fellow students, showing themselves to be worthy of

an award as ‘Service above Self’. Their Parents and School Heads are invited to the annual dinner as guests of the Rotary Club.

The club is also involved with a local charity A2HW (aid to hospitals worldwide) which is a charity set up to recycle hospital equipment and computer equipment from businesses, schools, and individuals.

If anyone is interested in finding out more about the work of Rotary and/or how to join the Club, please contact: David Mansfield on 01284 702412.

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“The suits may not be the most flattering attire, but they cover a multitude of sins,” she said. “This is not a time to be self-conscious - instead throw vanity to the wind, sign up and join the ranks of sponsored sumos preparing for what will be a very whacky race.

Moyse’s Hall Forthcoming Events: April 2011.

Current Exhibition - Keeping Time A look at one of the finest public collections of time measurement instruments in the world. This exhibition shows many of these devices and why some were collected by Gershom Parkington. (UNTIL SUMMER 2011)

Wednesday 20th April 11am - 4pm Medieval Knight Come along and drop in to meet a 12th century Knight Coroner during the day. Demonstrations and activities.

Wednesday 13th April 11am - 4pm Tea and Threads Easter Crafts Drop in and have a go at stitching and sewing. Suitable for children, parents and grandparents.

Easter Saturday 23rd April 11am-4pm Medieval Craftswoman Come along and drop in to meet Editha, a medieval craftswoman for Easter activities during the day.

Sunday 17th April 2pm Horology Lecture: Sundials without the Mathematics Join Frank King, member of the British Horology Institute and discover how sundials work. Adults and over 16.

Booking essential

For all events visit www.moyseshall.org or contact 01284 757160, email moyseshall@stedsbc.gov.uk for more details.

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Plugging More Leaks Are you a plumber or in the building trade? Have you disclosed all your income? HMRC may believe that you have not and are offering you a chance to come clean! So says Mark Wallace of Stacey & Partners.

The initiative is aimed at those within the plumbing industry. Given the catchy title of the Plumbers’ Tax Safe Plan (or ‘PTSP’ for short) the aim is to encourage those in the plumbing industry who have not declared their income to HMRC to come forward by 31 May 2011. Those who do come forward will be rewarded with a lower penalty rate than that levied on those found out by HMRC. The scheme is billed as a fresh start. It provides an opportunity for those who may have fallen by the wayside to get their tax affairs up to date. HMRC must be notified of the intention to make a disclosure by 31 May 2011 any tax due must be paid by 31 August 2011. There are effectively two stages to the plan – a notification stage and a disclosure stage.

The notification stage, this requires the taxpayer to tell HMRC that he or she wishes to be involved in the plan. At the notification stage it is not necessary to provide details of undeclared income.

This is disclosed later HMRC will confirm that they have received the notification to disclose and provide a disclosure

reference number (DRN), which must be quoted on the disclosure.

The second stage is the disclosure stage.

This must be done by 31 August 2011.

As part of the disclosure it is necessary to work out the tax and Class 4 National Insurance due for each year and the associated interest and penalties.

Although normally penalty rates can be as much as 100 per cent of tax undeclared, under the PTSP the penalty rates are 0 per cent, 10 per cent or 20 per cent depending on the reasons why the tax was not paid. In the event that the plumber is unable to pay the full amount by that date, it may be possible to agree an instalment payment option with HMRC. As is often the case, for every ‘carrot’ there is also a stick. In this case, HMRC will find those who do not come forward.

In preparation for the plan, they have been using their investigation powers to collate information on plumbers’ tax affairs and this may be used to open an

investigation into the affairs of those who do not come forward. You have been warned!!

Mark Wallace can be contacted at Stacey & Partners Thetford office, telephone number 01842 826100

New Tours Of Suffolk Fun, relaxed and informative days out are promised in this year’s programme of Suffolk County Tours.

Organised with expert local knowledge and an eye for detail, this is the fourth year the tours have been run and their reputation is growing. Tour guide Arthur Debenham has lived in Suffolk and worked in agriculture all of his life - so far!

The tours start of Saturday 16th April with a spring tour taking in the largest herd of deer in Europe on the Denham Estate, the Red Rat Brewery and West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village.

This is followed by Constable Country on 14th May, Lovejoy Country on 4th June, Best of the West on 2nd July, USAAF

WWII Airfields in 30th July, Pottering around mid Suffolk on 10th September and Airfields of the 8th on 1st October.

The season concludes on 20th October with a tour of the Elveden Estate.

With 22,500 acres it is the largest lowland farm in the UK and the tour explores farming, forestry and wildlife conservation.

The tours cost £19.50 per person (£18 if two or more are booked at the same time), and can be booked through the Bury St Edmunds Tourist Information Centre 01284 764667 tic@stedsbc.gov.uk

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Go Rwanda Project Will King Size People Leave Lasting Legacy From Olympics Quality Product for the Bigger Person.

We are now offering our services to the people of Bury St. Edmunds and surrounding villages. At present we open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays allowing us to give personal service and visits on Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Two cyclists will travel 6,000 miles by bike from the UK to Rwanda in 70 days to raise thousands of pounds for a fundraising appeal to leave a lasting legacy from London 2012 for youngsters in the country. materials to help teachers. Sport is not taught in Rwandan schools so the appeal will give more than 100,000 schoolchildren the ability to take part in sport. More fundraising activities will take place in 2011 and 2012 and the equipment will be distributed by charity Rwanda Aid. Above: Peter White and Peter Goodwin.

The West Suffolk Athletics Arena at Abbeycroft Leisure’s Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre has been chosen to host the Rwandan Olympic and Paralympic teams as they prepare for London 2012.

Friends Peter White, 31, from Bury St Edmunds, and Peter Goodwin, 28, from Colchester, will start the ‘Cycle to Rwanda’ trek in May 2012, starting from Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre and aiming to arrive in Kigali, Rwanda, in time to see the Rwandan Olympic team off for their journey to Bury.

The trek will take them through Holland, Belgium, France, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. They will face their toughest days in the deserts of the Sudan and the mountains of Ethiopia.

The trek is part of ‘Sport For Rwanda’, a fundraising appeal which aims to raise £80,000 by 2012 to leave a lasting legacy in 140 schools in the country by giving them sports equipment, a place to store it and educational

The St Edmundsbury Olympic Steering Group has set up ‘Sport For Rwanda’ as part of the ‘Go Rwanda’ project to support Rwanda’s athletes and ensure that the legacy of the Pre-Games Training Camp stretches across the borough beyond 2012.

Peter White, who works at St Edmundsbury Borough Council, said: “I want to try and make a difference, albeit in a small way to the people of Rwanda who have experienced such terrible hardship in the very recent past.”

KSP Mobility is a local family business which opened in Brandon High Street last June and has grown week on week ever since. We see new faces every day and have very satisfied customers returning on a regular basis.

We offer a free local delivery service and home demonstrations for the house bound. We recently visited a local nursing home with an exhibition of Cosyfeet shoes and will be returning in June for their fete where we will be demonstrating mobility products and supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

Our website www.kingsizepeople.co.uk has been giving great service for the larger person for the last 3 years offering products up to 80 stone capacities.

Give it a look. We can also offer these products in house.

We look forward to seeing you in the near future.

Colin Parrott, KSP Mobility.

We see people from as far away as Swaffham, Downham Market and Watton.

More information on Go Rwanda can be found at www.gorwanda.co.uk and details of Sport For Rwanda at www.sportforrwanda.org If you would like to join the first leg of the journey from Bury St Edmunds to Harwich contact David Bayliss at David.Bayliss@stedsbc.gov.uk For details of sponsorship opportunities contact Pete White at peter.white@stedsbc.gov.uk

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News And Views From Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Introduction We are very pleased that this edition of the newsletter is appearing in Dispatch, the new free magazine delivered to each house in Bury St Edmunds. This will enable us to communicate better with more people in the town.

The past few months have seen a focus on the new allotment site at Cotton Lane and it has been exciting to see this gradually taking shape, after such a long wait.

We seem to have been bombarded by consultations from Suffolk County Council as they seek to gain ‘information to stimulate a ‘creative conversation’ ‘ regarding the services they are planning to ‘divest’.

It has made for quite an unsettling period as key services in our community are faced with being cut.

Staff Changes We are very sad that Paula Gladwell, our administrative assistant, will be leaving at the end of March. Paula has made a huge contribution to the smooth running of the office, and has undertaken the bulk of the work connected with the allotments. Her hard work, practical talents and cheerful manner will be sorely missed, and we wish her well in the future.

New Cotton Lane Allotments Site Work is progressing well on the new Cotton Lane allotments site. The site has been cleared and deer fencing has now been erected to keep the muntjac deer out. Work has now been completed on marking out the new plots and those on the top of the waiting list have been contacted and offered plots.

The rent for these will be significantly higher than for existing plots, as the Town Council is having to pay rent on the land to the Borough Council. However, this rent will be fixed for 5 years, by which time it is hoped it will be equal with other sites.

Budgeting And The Precept

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Census 2011

Each year Council has to agree its budget for the following financial year, in much the same way as any other business does.

It decides what it intends to spend money on and what it expects to receive as income and the difference between the two, called the precept, is the amount of money that it needs to raise through Council Tax from the residents of Bury St Edmunds.

For the financial year 2011/12 this figure is £188,585, which represents £13.50 per Band D equivalent property.

Elections Elections will be held on 5 May and all 17 Town Council seats will be up for re-election for the fours years 2011-15. We would encourage you to consider standing and making a difference to your community.

Councillors are representatives of the people living in the Wards they represent – they help shape their community and improve life for local residents. They seek to ensure that the Council is aware of and takes into consideration the needs and views of all sections of the community within their ward. They contribute actively to the formation, development and review of the Council’s policies, plans and budgets.

They also meet local stakeholders on a regular basis, and are accessible to residents of the ward to listen to, and help deal with, issues affecting local people. They are often involved with local schools, groups, charities and committees. A Councillor can also assist in ensuring that local residents are well informed about the Council and the services it offers.

The 2011 Census takes place across England and Wales on 27 March 2011. A census is a count of a population and one has been held in England and Wales every ten years since 1801 (except during the Second World War in 1941). The information that the census provides helps to identify the characteristics of the population and helps central and local government, to understand the needs of local communities, and plan and prioritise resources and public spending on housing, education, health and transport services for years to come. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for running the census in England and Wales, and for producing the statistics which are vital to shaping our communities for the future.

Completing the census is a legal requirement and non-compliance could lead to prosecution and a fine. It can be completed online, and is available in different languages, though has to be completed in English (or Welsh).

Suffolk County Council’s New Strategic Direction

Nomination packs are available from the Town Council offices, and the deadline for returning these is noon on 4 April. If you are interested in standing for the Town Council, please contact us, or the Borough Council to find out what is involved.

Town Council staff have attended several meetings regarding Suffolk County Council’s plans to transfer services to other organisations.

Only those people who are on the Register of Electors as at 14 April will be able to vote at the election on 5 May 2011. If you are not sure if you are registered then contact the Electoral Services section of St Edmundsbury Borough Council to check (phone: 01284 757131 or email: elections@stedsbc. gov.uk giving your full name and address.

Several of these services are currently under consultation, notably the library service in Suffolk, where 29 local libraries are threatened with closure unless alternative ways of running them are found.

‘Core’ libraries, such as Bury St Edmunds, will be maintained, though ideas for cuts of up to 30% are being sought. This consultation ends on 30 April, and can be viewed online at www.suffolk.gov.uk/ librariesconsultation2011.

Grit Bins Above: Some of the plot layout volunteers!

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Another batch of bins has now been put out at requested locations throughout the town, making a total of 59.

Other services that are being considered for ‘divestment’ are: youth clubs, school crossing patrols and country parks. A consultation is currently being undertaken on the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service Integrated Risk Management Plan 2011-14. The

News from across your region deadline for this is 5 May, and it can be accessed on www.suffolk.gov.uk/IRMP. Hard copies of all these consultation documents are available in the office.

The Town Council has been involved in discussions with Suffolk County Council regarding the future of school crossing patrols in the town, and how these can be saved.

Bury Society The Bury Society is holding a photographic competition to celebrate its 40th anniversary on the theme of ‘My Bury St Edmunds’. There are money and voucher prizes in 3 categories: 7-13, 14-18 years, and adults. The photo size can be up to A4, and in colour or black and white. Details on www.burysociety.com. The closing date is 22 April.

How To Make Contact All Town Councillors can be contacted via the telephone numbers below (all numbers have 01284 as their dialling code unless specified otherwise), or by e-mail. Some have mobile or business telephone numbers as shown on www.burystedmunds.suffolk.gov.uk 1 Roy Bebbington 2 Keith Bird

706981 763689

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Patrick Chung 761120 Bob Cockle

756249 vacancy Paul Farmer

768777 Allan Jones 756415 Christopher Turner 07816 843778 Edward Lockwood 711698# Michele Lockwood 711698# Stefan Oliver 706172 David Nettleton 702212 Richard Rout

767494 Paul Simner

768202 Clive Springett 753120 Patricia Warby 704138 Kevin Waterson 764804

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Moreton Hall ward Westgate ward Minden ward St Olaves ward Abbeygate ward Southgate ward Northgate ward Eastgate ward Risbygate ward

#dial 01638 before this number

Assistant Town Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer: Sue Hindry Tel: 01284 757157 Email: susan.hindry@burystedmunds.suffolk.gov.uk

Schedule of Meetings All meetings are open to the public and are held at the Town Council offices on Angel Hill. Notices and agendas are displayed on the notice boards at Cornhill, in the office, the library and at St Edmundsbury Borough Council offices a few days before the meeting.

The next meetings are: 13 April Planning and Licensing 6.30.

Finance, Policy & Resources 7.00.

27 April Planning and Licensing 6.30.

18 May Annual Meeting of the Town Council 7.00.

The members of staff are: Town Clerk: Jen Larner Tel: 01284 757139 Email: jen.larner@burystedmunds.suffolk.gov.uk

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The Stuff Champions Are Made Of

West Stow Country Park & Anglo-Saxon Village

A local health club owner has beaten off stiff competition to win the National Squash Championships for the fourth time running and credits a new health supplement for aiding his success.

Forthcoming Events.

Peter Alexander, owner of the Moreton Hall Health Club in Bury.

St Edmunds took the National Mens Over 55 title at the competition held recently in Manchester. It’s the fourth time he has held the national title, having previously won the over 40, 45 and over 50’s categories.

Peter, 56, puts the secret of his phenomenal fitness down to a vigorous daily training session, eating well and the recent addition to his diet of a natural health supplement, ARGI+. The super supplement has just been launched by Forever, the Aloe Vera Company and is rich in L-Arginine an essential amino acid that can be found naturally in nuts, poultry and soya beans. It helps transport oxygen through the body in the most efficient way possible, making it particularly useful for active people and sportsmen and women

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with high muscle mass. ARGI+ also contains secondary plant compounds and specially selected vitamins and is an ideal supplement for muscles, strength and performance “I have always been fit and trained hard, but it can expose my body to a lot of stress and strain. Since taking ARGI+ as a supplement I have found I have had more energy, performed better for longer and am able to recover quicker after exertion. Additionally, I have felt really well and alert since taking it,” says Peter.

So convinced is Peter of the benefits of ARGI+ that he has become a distributor for the product in order to make it readily available for his contacts and club members. A special launch day was held on Thursday 17th March at the Moreton Hall Club to introduce and taste test the new product with advice on hand as to how and when to take it.

Saturday 16th April 10am - 4pm Forest Fun Family Bushcraft Join expert Rob Bevington for an exciting day of bush craft. Fire making, shelter building, tracking, wild foods and much more. Keep warm and have fun! For adults and accompanied children (no under 5’s) Booking essential.

Saturday 23rd April A Crafty Visit to the Village Workshop Have a go at fascinating Anglo-Saxon crafts with Phil Coates and Helena Bryant, quills and writing. For all the family.

Easter Sunday 24th - Monday 25th April – Easter Celebrations Easter celebrations with an Anglo-Saxon costume event and Anglo Saxon market stalls

For all events visit: www.weststow.org

or contact 01284 728718 , email weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk for more details.

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State-Of-The-Art Fun We added all our most advanced features to iPod touch. Just for the fun of it. Share good times with friends over FaceTime. Shoot scenes in HD. Or play games on the highest-resolution iPod screen ever. In fact, iPod touch has so much technology, you’ll forget it’s an iPod. FaceTime FaceTime on iPod touch lets you hang out and catch up with friends in an entirely new way. With just a tap, you can see what your friends are up to - literally. Watch your friend on the other side of town crack up at your stories from last night - new iPod touch to new iPod touch or iPhone 4 over Wi-Fi. Two cameras, two views - you can never have, or see, too much fun. That’s why iPod touch has two cameras: one on the front, which focuses on you. And one on the back, which focuses on what’s in front of you.

FaceTime lets you switch between them at any time during a video call.

Retina Display The Retina display on iPod touch brings out the best in anything on it. That’s because it’s the highest-resolution iPod screen ever, with four times the pixel count of previous iPod models. In fact, there are so many pixels, the human eye can’t distinguish individual ones. Which makes graphics and images stunningly sharp, and text amazingly crisp. Just like the printed page. iPod Touch Is The Always-With-You HD Video Camera.

“You should have seen it!” is a thing of the past. Because with iPod touch, you’ll always have a great HD video camera with you. Say you’re at a party and you see someone street-dancing. You’re ready to capture the moment in all its glory. In high-definition 720p video. You can record video in low-light settings, thanks to the advanced backside illumination sensor. You can even edit and create your own mini-blockbuster on iPod touch using the new iMovie app.

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Game Center The new Game Center app lets you add more players to your gaming network. Invite The closing date is April 30th 2011. friends to join. Then totally dominate them. Take a look at how your score ranks against your friends and other players of each game. Compare game achievements Messages charged at your normal operator rate for sending plus £1.00 per entry Text competition is monitored on behalf of Dispatch Magazine by: BCH, PO Box 807, Manchester, M60 2XT. with your friends. Put together a select group of friends to play with or choose to Helpline 08444123021. iPhone 4 graphic used for illustrative purposes only, and not a part of the competition. automatically go up against people you don’t know in a multiplayer game Music With iPod touch, you don’t just play your music. You hear it, and see it, in entirely different ways. Let Genius search your library and automatically create a mix just for you. Or give Genius playlist a go, and Genius will use a song you really love to find other tracks from your library that go great with it. You can also view album art in Cover Flow. Or shake to shuffle for a fresh take on your music library.

Movies + TV Shows Your favourite films and TV programmes are now playing on a train or plane near you. Because you can buy or rent films and buy TV programmes right on iPod touch.

Shop at the iTunes Store and choose from thousands of must-see titles then watch them on the amazing 3.5-inch colour widescreen Retina display.

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Homes & Gardens Solargy Ltd Solargy Ltd, is a small solar electricity (PV) installation company, based in Botesdale on the Norfolk/Suffolk Border.

We Install Solar PV Systems Nationwide and employ no swish salesmen, this enables us to keep our prices very competitive.

What is Solar PV? Solar electricity systems harvest the sun’s light energy using photovoltaic (PV) cells.

The cells convert the sunlight into DC (Direct Current) electricity, which is then converted via an inverter, to AC (Alternating Current) electricity. This is then utilised to run household appliances in our homes and when unused, sold back to the grid. The good thing about PV cells is that they don’t need direct sunlight to work – you can still generate some electricity on a cloudy day!

By installing a solar PV system you could; • Help protect your self from future energy price rises.

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• Have an independent energy supply.

• Get paid for the electricity you generate • Use your own free daytime electricity.

• Be part of the solution to the problem of fossil fuel dependency and pollution.

Solargy Ltd, has close working partnerships with other renewable energy specialists and would be happy to discuss any other requirements you may have.

We are committed to quality and excellent customer service, from first contact to final commissioning.

If you are interested in having a free site survey/quote, then feel free to contact us on 01379 890451 or 07941 075649 or for further information visit our website www.solargyltd.co.uk

Big Interior Design Shows With Big Ideas Are looking for inspirational ideas for your next home makeover?

Look no further, over the next six months there will be a design show to suit everyone.

In March (11th -27th) we started we the perennial Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, London. Next up is the new kid on the interiors circuit Grand Design (April 30th – May 8th) if you miss it in the spring it is repeated in Autumn at the Birmingham NEC.

residential, commercial and property development projects. The Dulux Design Service can help create a fresh new interior at any time of year. With the colour expertise you’d expect, the Dulux Designers aren’t tied to any brand so they can source a fantastic range of fabrics, furniture, flooring, lighting and accessories.

If you are looking for something more local try The Home & Garden Show, Newmarket (7th/8th May). I’ll be at all of these events so why not pop along to the Dulux Design Readers interested in finding out Service stand, it would be great to meet you. more about the Dulux Design Service should visit www.duluxdesignservice.

Stephen Lait based in Norfolk is an co.uk or call 0845 880 6888 to experienced interior designer with over 10 arrange a free initial meeting with year’s practical experience; he undertakes their local designer.

News from across your region

Garden Shows

April Showers!

Bigger and better than ever before.

With spring in mind, Supreme Bathrooms have seen the trend continue this month with more people wanting us to remove the old and redundant bath to install a new and modern shower enclosure.

With new show features and a greater range of products, the Norfolk Garden Show is a celebration of the great outdoors.

Stroll through the stunning and artistic show gardens designed by local nurseries and landscapers for inspiration and ideas.

Whether you have an established garden, small balcony or shady courtyard, there are thousands of products available to help create your own perfect oasis.

Can’t tell your Petunia from your Primrose or your Freesia from your Fuchsia, don’t worry as there are plenty of experts on hand to guide you in the right direction.

New for 2011 is the Garden & Home marquee with everything you could think of to turn your house into a home. Always popular with visitors, the Festival of Food is jam-packed with mouth-watering local and national produce from sausages and cakes to cheese and wine. Floral experts display their competition entries in the wonderfully fragrant floral marquee in the new flower show organised by local horticultural clubs.

Visit the Gift & Craft village bursting with affordable gifts and unique items from

skilled local craftspeople; you can even watch a demonstration of their work.

Everything you need for a fantastic day out whether you are a horticultural connoisseur or gardening novice can be at an Aztec Garden Show.

Further information and advanced tickets can be found at www.aztecevents.co.uk.

People lives have changed and we are looking to reduce the time we spend in bathrooms by installing showers which can save time and money, especially with water consumption the focus in our ever more energy saving world and our ever demanding complex lifestyles.

bathroom or shower then call 01953 600660 for your free onsite bathroom survey.

May I also say a “Happy 16th birthday to my daughter April” and all other Dispatch readers with a birthday in April, from everyone at Supreme Bathrooms.

Supreme Bathrooms offers a full range of showers in all shapes and sizes to suit your very own bathroom requirements all fitted with solid shower trays and not the leaking plastic type you find in DIY stores.

We can then install a new shower valve if required within your existing tiles or we can re-tile where required, or we can install the excellent wetwall shower panels which are easy to keep clean but really look the part in your new shower.

We take care of everything from plumbing and tiling to electrics and removal of all site rubbish. If you are thinking of a new

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Health, beauty & wellbeing Homeopathic College

Jazzercise

This is your opportunity to become a Professional Homeopath– to make a real difference to people’s health and wellbeing!

Exercise should be fun as well as challenging we hope that at Jazzercise you will achieve that balance.

The Homeopathic College of East Anglia will give you the benefit of gaining professional status whilst helping yourself, your family and future patients to enjoy better health.

every walk of life. This will provide you with a unique and very special opportunity to make new friends whilst enjoying the common aim of creating a caring professional health care service. Come and join us to gain professional status and a rewarding career whilst being able to enjoy flexible working hours.

Jazzercise, created by Judi Sheppard Missett, is the worlds leading dance fitness program, it combines elements of jazz dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, kick-boxing and more. Increase your muscle tone, flexibility, balance, strength and endurance using easy-to-follow movements.

Our intention is to provide you with a welcoming, friendly, supportive learning environment where you will be able to develop the qualities necessary for a successful Homeopathic patient practice.

Our College is fully recognised by the Society of Homeopaths.

We offer two formats at the Bury St Edmunds classes these are:

Discover the vast benefit to you of flexible part time study for your new career in Homeopathy. We are a vibrant professional College established since 2002 within beautifully restored building conveniently situated in the centre of the historical Norman City of Norwich.

Join us for ten weekends per year, which will more easily fit around your family and present life style commitments, whilst bringing you a new career with flexible working hours.

Our college welcomes applications from

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Take a look at our website www.homeopathic-college.com or ring for a chat today 01603 665173.

Jazzercise The original dance exercise phenomenon – each 60 minute work out blends dance and muscle toning movements choreographers to today’s hottest music, including top 40, jazz, country, funk and classics. Our routines are fun and easy to follow. Every class includes a gentle warm

up, 30-minute aerobic workout, muscle toning and strengthening segment with weights and a stretch finale.

Jazzercise Body Sculpting Sculpted arms, a strong core, tight glutes and firm legs are the focus of this challenging 40-50 minute workout that features a creative combination of strength training movements and stretching.

Jazzercise recommends that you consult your physician before beginning any new exercise program.

For more information on Jazzercise in Bury St Edmunds go to www.jazzercise4u.com, call 07963 161246 or email jazzercise_bury@yahoo.co.uk