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Sutton Green children model their new uniform! Kind hearted children and parents from Sutton Green Primary School raised over ÂŁ160 to support to two worthy causes close to their hearts. The money was split between the Cheshire Downs Support Group with children and staff sporting odd socks to wear awareness for the work of the group. National Downs Syndrome Day was on the 21st March to link to the special 21st chromosome Downs children have. Comic Relief was celebrated on Friday 24th March and children came to school a variety of eye-catching red clothing and hair styles. l Pictured are children across the school and as well as older children enjoying the special assembly.
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Students get to work early on Santa’s float Ellesmere Port Round Table hope to have the best possible Santa Float when they tour the town in December. The Tablers recently dropped off their new Santa Float base at West Cheshire College so that the students could start building the new float. Ian Costall, of West Cheshire College, said: “This is a great project for us to be involved in to help the community of Ellesmere Port. Ellesmere Port Round Table have done great work for the people of Ellesmere Port in the past, and it will be great to see this fantastic float back on the streets of Ellesmere Port for Christmas 2017.” Ian added: “We are involving a number of different departments within the college to produce what we hope is a float that will last many, many years.” Ellesmere Port Round Table have been donated a Caravan base by a local firm and are looking for local building firms to make donations of timber and other materials needed to build the float. Mark Rowlands, chairman of Ellesmere Port Round Table said: “We had such an amazing response to the return of the float last year, that we had to look at away of building our own, as we borrowed Deeside Round Table’s float and we could only be used on the nights when it was not out in Deeside.” Mark added: “There is a real buzz about Round Table returning to Ellesmere Port and this float is going to make a real difference to the community both in terms of fund raising and community sprit this Christmas. We at Ellesmere Port Round Table warmly thank Ian and the guys at West Cheshire College for their help with this project - we might just have the best float in the country.” Ellesmere Port Round Table is your local branch of the National Round Table, which is the largest voluntary organisation for young men in Great Britain and Ireland. Its purpose is to bring together young men to make friends and contacts, get involved with the local community, support some great causes, learn new skills, try new experiences and enjoy some fantastic social events and is open to men aged 1845 who want to do more with their social lives whilst making a difference to the local community. To find out more about Ellesmere Port Round Table you can contact them via their Facebook page ‘Ellesmere Port Round Table’ or ring Chairman Mark Rowlands on 0151 339 7595 all visitors will be made very welcome. l Round Table’s Richie Minshull and Ian Costall of West Cheshire College
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Please ring 0151 355 9813 if youGiving are invaluable pea friendship interested in homing any of these cats and we will arrange a home check. Go to www.southwirral.cats.org.uk to see other cats in need of a home. BEX This young all white male cat came to us as a stray. Can you offer him his ideal home? He is very friendly and loves attention. An experienced cat owner is
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MARVELLOUS MONTH OF MAY In my garden in a north facing area and in full sun There are many shrubs and trees that give spring colour and this month I recommend some colourful additions to the garden. Starting with Crab Apple or Malus trees. These can be bought on dwarfing rootstocks and will be suitable for small gardens. The varieties Malus Royalty or Profusion have deep pink flowers and dark purple foliage as shown in the photo although the crab apples are tiny. Easy to grow in sun or part shade on loamy to heavy soils. For those with lighter soils and sheltered positions then maybe think about a Ceanothus with rich blue or sometimes white and pink flowers. They can be small or tree sized so check how large it will grow. They often have evergreen foliage but be warned, they have a limited lifespan so after 10 years yours may lose branches, die back and look scraggly. Acid soils will favour Azaleas and Rhododendrons which generally flower in May. So many types to choose from with small Azaleas suitable for pots to huge tree like Rhododendrons. Best in slightly shady spot and acidic, moisture retentive well drained soil. Love it in semi shade under mature trees.
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Hygiene inspectors take restaurant owner to court The owner of a Chinese restaurant in Little Sutton has been fined a total of £2,773 for food hygiene offences. Danny Ma (41), pleaded guilty to four offences, under food safety and hygiene legislation concerning the Little Tai Ping restaurant, on Ledsham Road, when he appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that during an inspection at the Little Sutton premises last year officers found poor standards of cleanliness and accumulations of food debris. There were also poor cleanliness standards on the floor, workbenches and underneath the surfaces of equipment in the kitchen. Refuse storage arrangements were also poor, along with the condition of food storage containers. The magistrate commented how the offences were extremely serious and the defendant had put a lot of people at serious risk. As a result of the food safety offences committed; Mr Ma was fined £1,440 and ordered to pay £1,189.50 prosecution costs, along with a court surcharge of £144. A total of £2,773.50. Pictures taken March 2016
Tributes to tragic Welsh Road biker Floral and on-line tributes have been left following the death of a motorbike rider on the A550 Welsh Road, near Childer Thornton. Kevin ‘Burnie’ Burnell, from Birkenead, died when his blue Suzuki was in collision with a white VW Golf on Sunday 2nd April after he had taken part in the Wirral Egg Run charity event. Flowers have been left at the scene and the words ‘RIP Bernie’ painted onto the road at the site where the 30-year-old died. Thousands of pounds have been pledged on the JustGiving website to ‘help lay him to rest’ His sister Gemma wrote on the site: “Our hearts were broken and my brother was taken from us. He died happy and doing what he absolutely loved the most and what he lived for.” 24 To advertise call 01244 350398 www.talkaboutpublishing.co.uk
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HEALTH & BEAUTY By Angela Bartlett, owner Sensoria Beauty, Grooming & Wellbeing
Sailors and slaves... to beauty By Angela Bartlett, Owner Sensoria Beauty
Have you ever wondered why some people can sail through life looking fabulous with the minimum amount of effort, whilst others are a slave to their beauty regime and spend large amounts of time and money on beauty and still don’t achieve a good result? We will always know people who seem to have it all from the moment that they were born, and put in no effort at all, but they are usually few and far between. It’s not always what you are born with that matters and over the years I have met and treated people who have not been blessed with naturally good looks but have matured better than their ‘have-it-all’ colleagues by making a few sensible choices when it comes to beauty. Today, it’s no wonder that women (and men) get coerced into spending huge amounts of money on products and treatments as there is such an array of things to choose from. The marketing of these products and services is often very compelling and at times very aggressive. The beauty industry is worth around £17 billion to the UK economy and we are encouraged to spend more and more. However, it’s not necessary to sink large amounts of your money, and time, into looking the best you can. Over the years I have helped the clients who visit us to think smart when it comes to beauty treatments and product purchase. In this article I am going to guide you into what to think about to save you valuable time and hard-earned money with a few simple steps to help you look your best. The first step is to assess and prioritise. Be truly objective about your good points and your weaker ones. This can be difficult, so if you are struggling with this step get help from a good friend or a trusted source such as a qualified beauty therapist or personal stylist. Once, you have made this initial, and often most demanding, step the following processes are plain sailing! To read the rest of this article please visit the blog page at www.sensoriabeauty. co.uk for simple easy to follow steps on looking fabulous.
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FAD DIETS... DON’T DO THEM! The grapefruit diet, the cabbage diet, the liquid diet, the aloe Vera diet, the Hollywood diet, the raspberry keytones diet, the 1000 calorie a day diet, the no carb diet the list is endless but do any of them actually work and will you lose weight and more to the point are they good for you? With every fitness magazine or diet article there is something new on the market to entice you into thinking this is the best solution to the new you. The sad news is many are just a money making scheme to make you spend your hard earned cash and the results, although some are quick and the numbers on the scales go down they are NOT healthy and certainly no use for keeping your weight off. Take the grapefruit diet, eating grapefruit’s at every meal. Me personally couldn’t think of anything worse, come day three and 9 grapefruit’s later, your body will almost be in starvation mode, you ll begin to feel tired, emotionally drained and dam right starving! Sure the numbers on the scales will go down, but as soon as you eat normally they’ll go right back up and add some more. Your body will start to store the normal foods you eat as fat and your metabolism may start to slow down. Typically referred to as Yo-yo dieting. The long and short of it is there is no quick fix, weight loss comes with commitment, hardwork, a good healthy diet and time. I get asked many times as a personal trainer how can I lose weight, should I try this, should I try that. My answer is unless you can sustain that for life why do it. Weight loss doesn’t come from a quick fix it comes from lifestyle changes.
Making keep fit your routine, making homemade healthy meals instead of takeaways and picking healthier options where possible. I often get people’s diet plans suggesting they don’t have time for breakfast or they are simply too busy for meals, like the above diets you are only starving your bodies and therefore when you eat again you just store it as fat. There is not a lot I will put my name too, certain fitness crazes I wont do unless I think they are beneficial, just like certain diets I wont join in to. I will put my name to Herbalife around since the 80’s and with Ronaldo as a keen supporter their science for these products goes above and beyond. I don’t recommend to skip meals and use shakes, nor does the Herbalife concept. Yet just adding the nutrients they provide to your daily diet to prevent you skipping meals I have viewed to be more than successful. One of my clients has lost 5 stone this year from this concept. Not starving themselves, not skipping meals, 3 lots of exercise per week and 2 shakes, snacks and healthy meal. To summarise, don’t reach for quick fixes they don’t work! Easy go...easy come! (and more) Dont waste your money on products you don’t know a lot about just because a new sales rep says they work, do your research, if its been around along time with varying reviews, look more into it. Reviews that are 100% high in rating may not always be accurate, as in truth not all things work for everyone. But personally ditch the fad diets and commit to a programme that works for you. Contact me for info on classes, personal training and more on Herbalife products. Good luck!
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slowly the tubes one by one were being removed and he was gaining weight well. It was horrible leaving him of an evening but it reassured me seeing what a fantastic job the nurses were doing. Sure enough 5 ½ weeks from being born our baby boy was allowed home, the happiest day of our lives. He now weighed 5lb 3oz and was doing great. We couldn’t thank the staff enough! Now it was my turn to say thank you, after slowly getting my fitness up I was now ready to get raising some money to help other babies like Gio by raising money for the Babygrow Appeal. On
on to bounce for babies! April 9th 2017, a four-hour fitness event took place at UCEA. We started with Zumba, followed by 3 sessions back to back of Boogie Bounce (Exercise class on trampolines!). My lovely clients filled all the spaces, others donated if they couldn’t attend and the morning was a success! The last session, the Neo Natal staff came and experienced their first Boogie session, lots of familiar faces and Gio was there to see them looking lots bigger than seven months ago! I managed to raise £550 to the cause and as you can see Gio, my lovely girls and the nurses had a brilliant, albeit tiring, morning! Thank you to all that attended and helped out, couldn’t have done it without you!
IS BACK PAIN HOLDING ACCORDING to a recent report carried out by The British Pain Society there are ten million chronic pain sufferers in Britain alone which affect not only their social life but interferes with their working life. Back pain costs the UK billions of pounds in health bills, loss of earnings and lost productivity. However many people in the UK who are unable to work due to back pain are not covered by this or by allowances. Instead these sufferers are reliant on their partner or early retirement. Following a recent survey British businesses lose an estimated 4.9 million days from employee absence due to work related back pain. The North East suffers than most, with 2 people every hundred having to cope with the condition. As a result, each affected employee takes 19 days of work which in turn puts the business at stake. GPs tend to refer patients to chiropractors, physiotherapists, acupuncturists and in some cases suggest surgery. In recent studies carried out by the NHS there has been a significant increase in teenagers suffering with back pain. This age group costs the NHS nearly £4billion per year alone working out at an average of
£8,000 per teenager. Despite this the number of back pain sufferers is still prominent with treatment showing no guarantee of success. Bowen Therapy is an alternative therapy which has slowly but surely been sweeping the nation over the last 20 years.
RELIEF The Bowen Technique is a natural, drug-free noninvasive complementary therapy which was invented in Australia and introduced to the UK in the 1990’s. Bowen Therapy has a particularly strong record of success in the treatment of back pain. A national study, carried out by The Bowen Therapy Professional Association (BTPA), showed that 95 per cent of back pain sufferers experienced either complete relief or a marked improvement, after a series of no more than three Bowen treatments. It prides itself on being able to trigger the body’s own healing systems. Rather than ‘making’ the body change, Bowen ‘asks’ the body to recognise and make the changes it requires. With primarily fingers and thumbs, the Bowen practitioner makes small, rolling movements over muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft tissue at precise points on the body, using only the amount of pressure appropriate for that individual. No hard-tissue
manipulation or force is needed or used. Between each set of moves, the body is allowed to rest for a few minutes, to allow it to absorb the information it has received and initiate the healing process. Bowen is generally pleasant to receive, each session lasting 30 – 60 minutes, depending on the age of the client and the nature of their condition. Many clients become so relaxed they fall asleep during the treatment. Short-term (acute) injury may be resolved in one to three Bowen treatments, while long-standing (chronic) conditions may require longer.
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Burglar was caught in the act A burglar who was caught red handed in Great Sutton has been jailed for almost three years. Aiden Jukes, formerly of Northern Rise, Ellesmere Port, was handed a 32 month prison sentence following a hearing at Chester Crown Court. He was also given a Criminal Behaviour Order to run for five years following his admission of guilt. The 37-year-old was caught in the act by police officers at the start of the year. On 11th January shortly after 4am police were called to reports of suspicious activity in a property on Green Lane, Great Sutton. The owners were away at the time. Upon arrival, Jukes was found inside the property before attempting to flee the scene. PC Graeme Morrison said: “The sentencing and Criminal Behaviour Order Jukes was handed by the judge, demonstrates the focus police are placing on individuals who are intent on causing the most harm in our communities. “Jukes had no regards for the victims when he entered their home and attempted to steal from them. This type of crime can have a significant impact on victims as it targets them in the one place they should feel safest – their own home.” The granting of the Criminal Behaviour Order means that, on his release from prison, Jukes will be subject to a series of stringent conditions.
Jail for drug dealer A drug dealer who was caught after officers in Ellesmere Port executed a warrant at his home is now serving five and a half years behind bars. David Mellor, aged 42, from Eccleston Avenue, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. The court heard how at midday on 1st February officers searched Mellor’s address and recovered cocaine and heroin as well as scales and phones. Constable Lucy Hawkins, of Ellesmere Port Local Policing Unit, said: “Mellor’s sentencing comes as part of a well-executed operation carried out by officers to put a stop to our streets being riddled with drugs and instead making them a safer place for the community.”
Fire at Whitby Park causes £60,000 damage Whitby Park Parkour has been closed following a fire which caused substantial damage. The ‘free running’ equipment opened in December 2015 (pictured) and cost approximately £110,000. Since it was opened there have been a number of incidents of vandalism that have taken place, resulting in significant repair costs being incurred by the council. This latest incident has caused in the region of £60,000 of damage. Police are investigating. Maria Byrne, Director of Place Operations, at Cheshire West and Chester Council, said: “Since the Parkour was opened various partners have worked together to address the anti-social behaviour taking place on site, but incidents of vandalism are still occurring.”
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