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Garden centre could disappear for housing PLANS to build houses at the popular Sycamore Park Garden Centre are being considered by councillors. Liverpool-based Riverside Housing Association is looking to build 52 affordable homes at the site on Chester Road, Great Sutton. It’s not the first time that the garden centre has been threatened with demolition. Back in 2006 there was a concerted campaign by local residents to stop 60 houses being built there. This time, a ‘Save Sycamore Park Garden Centre’ group has been started on Facebook. People have also been advised to contact local MP Justin Madders to register their objections. The plans are for 38 two, three and four-bed houses and 14 two-bed flats, which the developers believe will offer the ‘obvious benefits of new affordable housing for the community’. Meanwhile, plans have also been submitted for the demolition of the Sutton pub, formerly known as the Marquis, on Gleneagles Road in Great Sutton. Developers want to build five bungalows and 14 apartments at the site.

More Vauxhall job losses ‘devastating’ - MP The loss of another 250 jobs at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant has been met with dismay by local MP Justin Madders. The Labour MP said: “This is more devastating news for workers in this area and my thoughts are first and foremost with the families of those who will be losing their jobs.” The news comes just three months after the French owners, PSA, announced 400 redundancies. Mr Madders has called upon the government to intervene by creating incentives to encourage suppliers to relocate locally which would have the effect of reducing costs at Ellesmere Port. Vauxhall reaffirmed its commitment to the factory, saying: “The company remains confident in the ability of the Ellesmere Port workforce to deliver the necessary improvements in financial performance.”

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Little Sutton Farmers’ Market Little Sutton Community Farmers Market is held at Little Sutton Community Centre and is aimed at getting people together through food. The market is held every Saturday from 9am - 12pm, where you can meet with friends, meet new people, and have some breakfast while buying some of the best locally produced food around. There is also a ‘spare chair Sunday lunch’ held on the third Sunday of every month for those in the community who are on their own and would like a bit of company as well as a home cooked meal. Booking for the meal is essential, to book, please contact Collette on 07847 824910 to book

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Will you be a hospice hero? The Hospice of the Good Shepherd are looking for special individuals and groups of supporters to become Heroes for the Hospice and help them raise the vital funds required to meet the cost of providing free care and support to local people affected by a life limiting illness. The Backford hospice relies mainly upon the generosity and goodwill of the local community to raise the £4 million needed each year to provide their services for free. Have you already decided to take up a challenge, whether it’s a lifestyle changes or a once-in-a-lifetime experiences but haven’t chosen a charity to raise money for please consider supporting your local Hospice. If you are still deciding what to do, take a look at some of the suggested challenges below and if nothing takes your fancy, you can always take part in an event of your choice or set up your own fundraiser fundraising idea

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Christmas tree-cycle a huge success Hospice volunteers collected 947 real Christmas trees from people’s doorsteps to support families with a life-limiting illness. Residents across the CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH65 & CH66 post code areas made a donation for the service which saves them a trip to the skip, raising £10,100 for the Hospice of the Good Shepherd. The Christmas tree-cycle was run with the support of local volunteers and businesses to raise funds much needed funds for the hospice. Members of the local community signed up online to arrange for their tree to be collected and recycled in return for a donation to our charity. The extremely successful event raised over £10,100 for the Hospice, and the team collected nearly double the amount of trees than last year! Justin Caroe, Community Fundraiser at the Hospice, said “It was amazing and overwhelming how much support we received this year. This idea allowed people to get all the pleasure from having a real tree without the annoying bit of taking it to the recycling centre after Christmas and stuffing it in the back of the car when all the needles are dropping off. The average donation ended up being around £10 per tree! People were also so generous with their time volunteering for the service and loaning vans. Without people fundraising donating money through schemes such as our tree collection we wouldn’t be able to carry on providing our services to local people in the community affected by a life limiting illness.”

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LETTER FROM WESTMINSTER by Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Justin Madders

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he NHS is one of the greatest achievements of this country with this year being its 70th birthday, but the last few weeks have seen questions raised again about its future with terrible stories emerging of people being treated at a & e in trolleys, in the car park, on the floor and even in a broom cupboard!

There is no doubt that the winter has always been historically the busiest time of year for the NHS but this year feels particularly serious. Indeed, Chris Hopson, Chief Executive of NHS Providers, the body representing frontline trusts said that the NHS is at a â&#x20AC;&#x153;watershed momentâ&#x20AC;? and cannot deliver care to the standards required by its constitution with the funding it receives. This follows over 60 A & E Consultants writing to the Prime Minister expressing their concerns, and the Care Quality Commission, the body responsible for ensuring safety standards are met, announcing it was going to suspend its inspections in A & E departments due to the winter crisis. Whilst there is general agreement that the current situation is untenable (unless you are the Prime Minister of Health Secretary who have understandably tried to downplay the issue) there is not so much consensus amongst the politicians about what to do about it. A lack of available beds is one of the key causes

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GARDENING BY JANET HEATH

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CRIMES IN THIS AREA Rossmore Road East – A BMW 318 was stolen and found later in the Asda car park, Ellesmere Port. Naylor Crescent – The windscreen of a Ford Fusion, parked in car park of ‘Mayfield’s’ Care Home was smashed. Festival Park – A fight broke out between four youths after an allegation of robbery. Station Road – A male entered McColls and threatened staff with a knife before making off with the contents of the till. Hillside Drive – Burglars broke into the unoccupied bungalow and stole personal items. Trumans Lane – A metal spade was taken from garden and used to break in to the house where a watch and keys to a black Audi S3 were taken along with the car. Broadland Road – Two males ran off when confronted by the owner as they tried to break into his house through the downstairs window. Chester Road, Little Sutton – Cigarettes, alcohol, cash and stamps were taken during a raid at Little Sutton Post Office during night time hours. Two people have subsequently been arrested. Mill Lane – Damage was reported to cars and property, with a front bedroom window of bungalow smashed by piece of concrete thrown from road and the glass in a porch door smashed by an empty wine bottle thrown from road. Northern Rise – A bottle was thrown through a window. Rivacre Road – A 5ft metal ostrich garden ornament was stolen after the legs were cut off to remove it. Berry Drive – The rear windscreen was smashed on a Renault Clio. Naylor Close – Children threw pot plants and garden ornaments at the bonnet of a Nissan Juke. Glenwood Gardens – Damage was caused to a Vauxhall Combo van. Oliver Lane – A baseball bat was used to smash the all the windows, bodywork and lights on a BMW, parked in the road. Cholmondeley Road – A Fiat Punto, parked in the road had its front windscreen smashed. Knowle Close – A Renault was damaged by a man who threw a bike at it having been asked to leave address. Overpool Road – A window was smashed on a moving Vauxhall Meriva when someone threw an object at it.

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Will a personal trainer really help me get to where I want to be? The answer is yes if you get the right one! Think of a trainer as your best friend, your worst enemy, your councillor, your motivational speaker, the person you go to when you are about to give in and someone you will be spending a lot of time with!

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Useful numbers and info Clubs and Societies Action Transport Theatre, Whitby Hall, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 357 2120 Cats Protection: South Wirral Branch. Tel 355 9813. www.southwirralcats.org Cheshire Regiment Association. Ellesmere Port Branch. Tel 339 8734 Chester Accordion Club. Meets at Groves Club, Whitby. 2nd Tuesday 1.30pm, last Tuesday 7.30pm. Ellesmere Port 41 Club We meet 3rd Tuesday of each month at Brookmeadow hotel. Any ex Tablers or old friends are welcome. Contact: Chairman on 0151 339 1851 or 07887 593963. Ellesmere Port Flower Club. Meeting at Our Lady’s RC Church, Enfield Road, third Wed of the month, 7.30pm. Call 355 6454. Ellesmere Port Running Club. Meets at Whitby Sports & Social Club every Tuesday and Thursday night at 7pm. www.ellesmereportrunningclub.org Fibromyalgia Support Group. Tel Ruth Spicer on 348 1098 Ellesmere Port Musical Theatre Company Tel 0151 339 4390 Footloose Musicals (Junior section of EP Musical Theatre). Tel 356 2079 Great Sutton Male Voice Choir. Tel 355 5363 Guide Association (Ellesmere Port division) Email tinaives@hotmail.com Little Sutton Community Centre. Tel 356 6761 Mersey Morris Men Monday practice, in Thornton Hough Village Hall, 8pm. Tel 347 1685. Multiple Sclerosis Society Branch meets every third Wednesday in the month Contact Pauline on 07804506848 Royal British Legion Women’s Section: Little Sutton and District Branch. Tel 200 2939 Ellesmere Port Sea Cadets We are open to young people aged 10 to 18 and are based at TS Forward, Appleton Drive, Whitby, CH65 7EP. The unit is open every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1900 to 2130 and Tuesdays 1830 to 2030. Please drop by or ring 0151 355 1779 for further information. Soroptimist International. Tel 339 3352 South Wirral Rambling Club Tel 07722 752494 South Wirral Stroke Club: Contact Secretary: Honor Ledder 348 0052

Sutton Wood Singers 0151 334 7013 Trefoil Guild. Tel 355 7669 University of the Third Age (u3a) Meets on the first Thursday of the month at 2pm at Groves Social Club. Tel. Teddy on 0151 339 5595. West Cheshire Athletic Club Meets at Stanney Oaks Athletics Track, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, every Tuesday and Thursday (6.30-8pm), and on Saturday (10am-12 noon). www. westcheshireac.co.uk The club caters for anyone aged 8 years old through to pensioners and provides training and competition for track & field, indoor athletics, road and cross country running, as well as opportunities to become a qualified coach or official.

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Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 355 2373 University CE Academy, 164 Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port. Tel 0151 350 6000 The Whitby High School, Sycamore Drive, Whitby. Tel 355 8445/6 Little Sutton Childer Thornton Primary School, New School Lane, Childer Thornton. Tel 338 2170 Little Sutton CE Primary School, Berwick Road, Little Sutton. Tel 0151 338 2244 Parklands Community Primary School Parklands, Little Sutton Tel 338 2220 Rossmore School, Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2425 St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary Rossall Grove, Little Sutton Tel: 338 2430 Sutton Green Primary, Armthorpe Drive, Little Sutton. Tel 338 2121 Great Sutton Capenhurst CE Primary School, Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst. Tel 339 2685 Meadow Primary School, Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2450 St Saviour’s RC Primary School, Seacombe Drive, Great Sutton. Tel 338 2440 Hinderton School, For children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Speech, Language & Communication Difficulties. Capenhurst Lane, Whitby. Tel 338 2200

Useful numbers and info ALCOHOL PROBLEMS Local Helpline; 01244 364095 Alcoholics Anonymous: 709 2900 AL - Anon Family Group, Helping families of alcoholics. Tel: 0207 403 0888 ANCHOR STAYING PUT 0151 355 1313 AGE CONCERN 336 8388 ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY 01244 851351 BUS SERVICES Bus & Rail Services Travel Line 0871 200 2233 open 8am - 8pm 7 days a week CITIZENS’ ADVICE Cheshire West Citizens Advice, Ellesmere Port Office, 1, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, CH65 8AA Opening times Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Tel no: 0344 5766111 DOCTORS Great Sutton Medical Centre, Old Chester Road, Phone:- 0151 339 3126 Hope Farm Medical Centre, Hope Farm Road, Great Sutton. Tel 357 3777 Whitby Group Practice, The Surgery, 114 Chester Road, Whitby. Tel 355 6144 Old Hall Surgery 26 Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port. Tel 355 1191 DRUG ABUSE Parents against Drug Abuse. Helpline 356 1996. All calls in confidence FIRE Emergencies, call 999. Non- essential calls, Ellesmere Port Fire Station, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 3333 GP OUT OF HOURS CENTRE, Western Cheshire Out of Hours Service...Clinics held at Ellesmere Port Hospital 01244 343300 HOMEWATCH Borough Homewatch Manager Ellesmere Port Police Station tel 355 4066 (Ext: 3063). 0r 01244 613063 HOSPITAL Emergencies call 999 Countess of Chester Hospital. Tel 01244 365000 POLICE Emergencies call 999 Ellesmere Port Police Station, Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port Tel 355 4066 or 101

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