Bishop's Cleeve Jan/Feb15

BISHOP'S CLEEVE MAGAZINE

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Jan/Feb15

Inside this issue

Featuring Radio WINCHCOMBE

Local History

by David Aldred

Puzzles & Crosswords

Listings & Local Businesses & much more!

Martin Lewis HOW

TO BOOST YOUR SAVINGS

Pippa Greenwood The Truly 'Green Garden'

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The Front cover photograph of St Michael's in Bishop's Cleeve was taken by Peter Davies. To view more of his beautiful photos, find and follow Peter on Flickr.com.

of Bishop's Cleeve, Woodmancote and Winchcombe Magazine Hello Reader, First of all, I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and enjoyed some much needed time off during the festive period.

The build up to Christmas was a hectic one trying to balance work with attendance of my children’s nativity plays, Christmas parties and carol services!

There is always a nostalgic feeling when you hear a steam train whistle blowing and Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the trip on Santa’s Special. Once again the volunteers who help run the Great Western Steam Railway at Toddington Railway did us proud.

Saturday December 6th was ‘Small business Saturday’ and it was great to see many people shop, eat and drink in Winchcombe, Bishop’s Cleeve and Woodmancote, helping to support local independent traders.

Winchcombe’s Christmas Advent Festival and four days of late night shopping also helped out so many people who found themselves stuck at work during weekdays could manage some shopping.

It was also lovely to see lots of happy residents from Rectory Court at TESCO Bishop’s Cleeve during their Christmas lunch. Beth, the BD TESCO community champion, has more about it on page 37.

Breaking News: Bishop’s Cleeve, Woodmancote and Winchcombe magazine has teamed up with Radio Winchcombe to sponsor their ‘What’s on’ feature. Find out more about your local community radio station on page 4.

Finally, I hope your New Year’s resolution is going well and here is to an amazing 2015 for you.

Best wishes, Vicky

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Radio Winchcombe broadcasts full-time covering Winchcombe and the surrounding area on 107.1FM and online to a much wider audience including Cheltenham, Bishop’s Cleeve and Tewkesbury. Our station was granted one of the very few FM licences for the South West in May 2012 and we now broadcast a full range of music genres as well as discussions, drama, interviews and local events.There’s a regular breakfast show,Wake Up Winchcombe, a Hometime show live every day between 4.00 and 6.00pm, a monthly poetry program, our sports programme and an arts show that covers everything from the Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts to the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Whatever your musical tastes we’re likely to feature it and if we don’t just ask and we shall.

We want to reflect all of our community so get in touch with your ideas.

and charities a minimum of 30 minutes air time to inform and recruit.

If you’d like your group to have a voice then let us know.

Requests If you just want a request played for you or someone you care for, again, let us know.

A great opportunity for volunteers with training behind the scenes Radio Winchcombe offers a great opportunity to be involved in all areas of developing and making radio programmes. Engineering, computing and other technical skills are all welcome. Full training is given as a studio technician or presenter so you can just come along with a lot of enthusiasm and ideas. We’re always looking for submissions of stories and poetry to read on air and any other programme suggestions.You could also get involved on our new ‘Listeners’ Panel’.

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On Air or Online Radio Winchcombe is your station so LISTEN IN AND GET INVOLVED! Radio Winchcombe, The Studio, The Old Boys School, Gretton Rd, Winchcombe, GL54 5EE www.radiowinchcombe.co.uk, Facebook: Radio Winchcombe, Twitter: @radiowinch Tel.: 01242 609571 Outside Broadcasts Currently we cover many major events and assist local organizations by providing the P.A. & music.

Most recently we provided the countdown for the turning on of Winchcombe Christmas Lights plus a five hour live show open to the public. There are plans to extend this service to cover many other events and villages in 2015. All this is free and truly adds value to local events.

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The most recent accident ended in a refuse operative requiring hospital treatment having been struck by a passing car. The case has since been referred to the local Police as the car failed to stop.

The number of ‘near-misses’ from poor driving in close proximity to collections crews in Gloucestershire has increased.

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LEWIS Use the savings fountain to boost your savings Savings rates are spit-worthily low; but it could get even worse as the UK base rate doesn't look likely to rise till late 2015 and 'swap rates' - which influence fixed saving rates - have plummeted recently. Yet there are weapons in a saver's arsenal - most don't use them, it’s time to change that. As an aside, before you start saving, do pay off any expensive debts, as they’re costing you more than saving will pay you. This is often true for mortgage too – read my full www.mse.me/mortgageoverpay guide to see if it’s worth it.

My savings fountain is designed to maximise your interest on every penny of your cash. It works because different types of savings have different rules on how much you can put in and when. Think of it like a champagne fountain - put your cash into the bestpaying savings vehicle possible, then when that's full and overflowing, fill up the next best, and so on.

The top tier... earn up to 5% easy-access via 'bank account' savings. Some bank accounts' in-credit rates now smash easy access savings accounts and ISAs. They're done as a loss leader to entice new banking customers - yet if you're prepared to switch account, you gain. Aim to cover as much as possible at decent rates.

- Earn 3% AER on £3,000-£20,000: With the www.santander.co.uk 123 account. There's a £2/mth fee, but this is usually more than covered as it also pays cashback on bills.

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Next trickle into regular savings... save monthly to earn up to 6%. Regular savings accounts often pay high interest as it's only on a small amount for a short time. While the top rate's slightly more than bank accounts, because you need to put cash in each month, you'd need to trickle it across from your top savings account anyway - hence why it's second.

- Bank linked 6% regular savings. If you’re a First Direct bank customer, it offers a linked regular savings

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- Anyone can earn 3.05%. The www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk Regular Saver pays 3.05% AER variable if you pay in £50 to £250 every month for a year.

Got more? Pour it into a cash ISA 2.6% tax-free with access. Cash ISAs are just savings accounts where the interest isn't taxed (so you keep all of it). Anyone over 16 in the UK can put up to £15,000 in an ISA each tax year (6 April - 5 April) and once in, it stays tax -free year after year.

With fixed-rate cash ISAs, unlike normal savings, you can access the cash within the term - though you'll lose some interest in penalties. Yet even if you withdraw early, these can still be winners.

- Top fixed-rate cash ISA: www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk pays 2.6% AER fixed for four years, but you can withdraw by closing the account early and the penalty is just 120 days' interest. So withdraw after 1yr and you'd get 1.75%, after 2yrs 2.18% and after 3yrs 2.32%. This means as long as you keep cash in for 10 months, you'd earn more than the best easy access deal anyway.

- Top fix for cash ISA transfers: All those that allow you to transfer old cash ISAs in as well as new money have heftier penalties. So here the aim should be to fix for a length you need. Top 1yr is www.postoffice.co.uk at 1.7% AER, 2yr is Barclays at 2.02% AER, 3yr is Virgin at 2.15% AER. - Need access to your cash, 1.55% easy access cash ISA. www.bmsavings.co.uk allows new money and lets you transfer in old cash ISAs, of its 1.55% AER variable interest 1.05% is a bonus for a year.

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local history

The rushing stream and a muddy place My latest article, on the Guiting Power stone pipe works, reminded me that in an earlier article I promised to explore the meaning of Guiting Power as part of my writing about the names of settlements on the edge of the directory‘s wider circulation area. So now I want to pick up this theme again.

I hope you remember that in my previous article I wrote that the upper River Windrush was known as Gythingebroc (a fast flowing river) in 780AD and that Temple Guiting took its name from the Knights Templar who became lords of the manor about 1160. In the same way the le Poer family, originally from northern France, had given its name to Guiting Power by 1220.

A later lord by the name of Pancius de Crotone tried to set up a market town Guiting Power’s village centre with a Tuesday market in 1330.

As a result it is possible that people moved to live around a market area, now the village centre, leaving St Michael‘s church on the edge of the settlement.

Although it never developed into a town, it is no coincidence that the village still retains its shops and pubs.

In the Middle Ages the Templars‘ estate stretched almost as far as Guiting Power because the names of both Kineton (Kinton - once the king‘s manor)

Bourton with its tourists and RiverWindrush

and Barton (Berton a farm) were listed in the Templars‘ records in the 1100s. At that time the Templars also held Naunton (Niwetone - the new farmstead or village). Naunton was very unusual at the time of Domesday Book in 1086 because a nun, called Cwenheld, was one of the lords of the manor. Our trip down the Windrush brings us to Bourton on the Water; Burchton in 714.The name means the settlement by the camp - the camp being the more than two thousand year old Iron Age fort at Salmonsbury just to the east of the village which, with its modern information panels, is well worth a visit.

There is no need to search for the site of a bloody battle in the next valley to the Windrush! The name Slaughter comes from Sclostre, which is the same word as Slough, and means a muddy place; no doubt a vivid description of the valley bottom before a channel was created to allow the water to run through what is now the picture postcard village of Lower Slaughter. Both Slaughters were first recorded in Domesday Book.

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I will finish my brief survey by turning to the villages lying to the south of Guiting Power.

Hawling was first recorded in 816 as Hallinge, probably meaning the land between two valleys. In contrast with today, this part of the Cotswolds must have been extensively wooded in the Middle Ages, for the names of three neighbouring villages all refer to trees. Salperton (Salpretune in Domesday Book) was a farmstead where sallows, or willows, grew.

Notgrove, a wet grove, was first recorded as Notangratum in the early 700s. Hazleton (Hasedene in Domesday Book) was the farmstead near the hazels. One more village name deserves mention – Turkdean. It is the only one of all these local place names to feature the British language, for all the others come from old English. ‚Twrch‘ is modern Welsh for a boar and was probably the nickname given to the wild stream in the valley, so giving Turcandene by the early 700s. The place names suggest that by 700 at the latest, English

Hazleton with sheep rather than hazels

must have become the dominant language in this part of Gloucestershire.

As I conclude this whistle stop tour I wonder how many readers have noticed that nearly all our local place names are based on landscape features rather than personal names? They shout out the importance of the landscape and its resources to our forebears over a thousand years ago.

- by David Aldred

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A Touch of

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5 ways to prevent being thrown into orbit from jet lag.

by Avni Trivedi, www.avni-touch.com @avnitouch.com One of the downsides of long-haul travel is jet lag. Whilst there is some controversy about whether jet lag is just a state of mind or a real physiological phenomenon, it can cause disruption to many travellers.

It is thought to arise as a result of crossing too many time zones, and turning the body’s circadian rhythms (its own internal clock) upside down.

Jet lag can present as tiredness, confusion, erratic moods, altered appetite and digestive issues. Symptoms vary from person to person and are affected by the number of time zones crossed and the direction flown (west to east is considered to be worst as time is lost). They can last for up to 5-7 days.

5 tips for managing jet lag; Keep active; Avoid the ‘travelators’ at the airport and instead powerwalk your way around. On the plane, get up and stretch as often as you can. Keeping your body active will tire yourself out enough to rest when you need to.

Keep quiet – wear noise cancelling headphones or ear plugs to tune out the machinery noises and allow a restful time aboard the flight. Even if you don’t sleep easily on the plane, your body will be in a less stressed

state. Try meditating, or listening to guided relaxations. Most airlines now provide calm playlists on their in-flight entertainment.

Set your clock – change your clock to the local time of your destination.

This will make it easier to adapt once you reach, and will encourage you to sleep during the ‘night’ aboard the flight.

Take remedies – use homeopathic remedies and aromatherapy during and after the flight. Avoid melatonin (it’s not available in the UK but can be purchased overseas), which is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring hormone, and sleeping tablets. Caffeine, alcohol and sugar should also be avoided as they give such artificial highs and lows to energy levels. Treatments such as osteopathy, acupuncture and massage can also help to rebalance your system.

Back to nature. When you land, spend some time walking on grass or sand with bare feet. Time in nature has a grounding effect on the body and mind which can literally and physically bring you back down to earth.

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Golden Years Memories of 50 Years Ago

by Ted Bruning

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Early in the New Year of 1965, Winston Churchill had suffered a stroke. He never regained consciousness and died on January 24th, aged 90; and though it seems sacrilegious, it’s true that he had rarely been as much loved during his lifetime as he was after his death. Hated by miners as the Liberal Home Secretary who sent troops to Tonypandy to put down a strike in 1910; blamed (wrongly) for the Gallipoli disaster in World War I and (rightly) for the even greater disaster of the return to the gold standard in 1925; a truculent Imperialist dinosaur in the 1930s; distrusted by the masses in 1945; old, sick, and in the way in 1955 – Churchill had known more brickbats than bouquets.

But not on the 30th January 1965, the day of his funeral.

Then he was every downed airman, every drowned seaman, every tankman burnt alive, every Tommy blown to Hell, every exhausted ARP man, landgirl, munitions worker... and miner.

He was their suffering and their victory.

In the three days his body lay in state in St Stephen’s Hall, Westminster, 321,360 people filed past the catafalque. The gun-carriage that bore him, pulled by 108 naval ratings with the Earl Marshal at their

head, took an hour to make the 2� miles up Whitehall and along the Strand, Fleet Street, and Ludgate Hill to St Paul’s, every inch of the way thronged by silent mourners who had waited hours in their tens of thousands in the freezing cold. At the cathedral steps his wartime comrades Attlee, Eden, MacMillan, Ismay, Slim, Alexander, Portal, and Mountbatten escorted the coffin inside where the leaders of 122 nations sang To Be A Pilgrim, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Fight The Good Fight and Oh God Our Help. And then the short voyage on the launch Havengore from Tower Hill to Festival Pier, the monstrous dockside cranes each bowing in turn as it passed. And finally the private train and the family burial at Bladon, Oxfordshire, where at last his widow Clemmie and his children Randolph, Mary and Sarah had their chance at tears.

This was how a nation grieved then: not in hysterical outbursts, but bound together by protocol, by formality, by seemliness; as rigidly drilled as a platoon on a parade-ground and thus united in deed as well as thought. For everyone who lined the route or watched on television, the grief and the memories were personal; and yet they were as one.

• How fitting it was that Churchill should choose Bladon, the parish church of his birthplace, Blenheim Palace, as his burial-place. “In my beginning is my end. In my end is my beginning,” wrote TS Eliot in The Four Quartets; and Eliot had died aged 76 at home in Kensington only 20 days before Churchill.

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believing that when we are wealthy enough, successful enough, pretty enough, fit enough, clever enough those “bad” feelings will disappear and just the “nice” ones will remain.

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Only when we realise there is nothing we need to (or indeed can) do, create, be, or have to make us worthy; can we actually do, create, be and have all we dream of.

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Please indulge me a bit here. It’s time to shed the shame around money, success and receiving all the good in our lives openly and with joy.

Time to shed the shame around: not having it; having it; being in debt; not being in debt; not knowing how money works; and knowing how money works and making it work hard for you Being successful Not being successful Being pretty Not being pretty Having a wonderful loving relationship Not having a wonderful relationship At a young age we connect a gambit of emotions such as feeling worthy, lovable, happy, as well as feeling guilt, shame and inadequacy to things outside of us. Things like money, relationships, success, intellect, or our physical appearance. We then spend our time and energy pursuing the emotions we want and running from those that make us feel bad,

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The Better Life Winter Flue Jab

by Derek Thompson www.alongthewritelines.blogspot.co.uk “We should have done this last year,” Anne stared reproachfully at the anaerobic fireplace puffing in the little back room.

That cat glanced in my direction and then walked off in disgust.

She was right of course - Anne, I mean. In my defence, we hadn’t needed to light the fire during the summer and I hadn’t decided then that it was high time I had a special place to do my writing.

It seems that chimney sweeps are a curious blend of the ancient and the modern. Our regular ‘traditional’ sweep arrived in a top-of-the-range Land Rover Defender (i.e. a proper Land Rover) with a set of poles, a vacuum cleaner, a laptop and a tiny camera. The sheets went down and it didn’t take him long to diagnose the problem. “You’ve got a bad case of Jackdaw-itis,” he said as we gathered around his laptop.

The camera was swiftly replaced with a brush and we retreated to the kitchen to put the kettle on. Our sweep made an array of interesting noises and did battle, calling us back in a little later - as witnesses - once the jackdaw nest had

yielded. It was a complete mess and my comment about there being some good kindling in there failed to win Anne over.

However, we weren’t out of the woods yet, so to speak; we were about to get an education. Yes, we knew that we needed a cowl fitted; and no, of course we didn’t burn much unseasoned wood. Pine is the worst culprit - it clogs up the chimney and is liable to spit. Burning driftwood indoors is another no-no, due to salt corrosion on cast iron, and wooden pallets may be treated with chemicals.

Lesson over, we brought out tea and Anne’s ginger shortbreads to accompany tales of terrible chimneys in the area - a list we’d now joined.

We listened, enviously, as Trevor (not his real name) told us about his chickens - Molly, Polly and Dolly (named by his children). He regaled us with the story of the fox that came near the chicken run at 11pm every night until they left it an alarm clock, a plan that backfired when it went off because it freaked out the hens.

Trevor also has a mini-orchard of five trees. I knew enough to drop into the conversation, “M9 root stock,” which seemed to impress him.

He revealed his skill at dowsing, having located a water source in a field for a local farmer, using just a forked hazel stick and a pendulum (for a second opinion). Some of his stories were genuinely quite odd, although the cat seemed to really take to him and she’s an excellent judge of character.

We added a date on our gardening calendar for the new cowl to be fitted, weather permitting, and sent him on his way. I look forward to his next visit; I want to hear about his 20-year-old tortoise.

Once Trevor left I was true to my work and went outside to sift the debris for kindling. I also started wondering whether a log burning stove would be better for the back room, on the grounds of efficiency and aesthetics. After all, there’s always a faint chance that one of my books will eventually need a backcover photograph of the author at work.

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The Truly ‘Green’ Garden

by Pippa Greenwood Well, it’s time to say good-bye to the year 2014 as 2015 is well and truly upon us. This is the month when it is really worth spending a bit more time than usual thinking about the year just gone and the one ahead. What are you going to do in your garden in the year ahead, what plans and dreams do you have?

What changes would you like to make? There are so many ways in which you can plot and scheme about all that your garden could have to offer in 2015, but there’s one thing I would ask you to consider: take the plunge, ring the changes and ‘Go Organic’, More and more gardeners have decided that they really want their gardens to be pesticide free zones, concentrating on natural methods of pest control, good gardening and the use of natural fertilising materials rather than chemical feeds.

And they do it because it works and makes life so much better for the other less powerful creatures and plants we share our space with.

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If you do have an existing problem then make weeding a regular part of your gardening time and you’ll be pleasantly surprised how speedily you start to get on top of it, and maybe even feel the need to spend less time in the gym and more time out in the fresh year getting a seriously natural and healthy work out completely free of charge. The rest is easy!

True, organic gardening does take a bit more planning and forethought than gardening that is reliant on an armoury of chemicals. If you grow vegetables you will need to ensure that you rotate your crops. Just approximately divide the space you have into three or four chunks and then ensure that each year you grow related crops together

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It also pays to ensure that you really do garden as ‘well’ as you can, avoiding too many short cuts and taking the plant’s health and vigour as a prime consideration. In any part of the garden you need to try to choose plants that really are suited to the site as those grown in unsuitable conditions will struggle and be more prone to disease and pest attack. Don’t forget the old gardening adage, ‘Right Plant, Right Place’.

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The MTFS outlines the budget to be delivered over the next five years while a further report with specific details of the 2015/16 budget will be presented to the Executive Committee and Full Council this month.

Within the strategy, the council predicts continued public sector austerity until the end of the plan’s period, and that government funding is likely to continue to fall.

Largely as a result of this and other growth pressures such as rising costs and falling income, it has identified it will need to save £2.8m by 2019/20.

Despite the financial challenges, the strategy reflects the council’s priority to provide value-for-money and suggests a council tax freeze for the fifth year running for

2015/16, with a two per cent rise each year after that.

The council started to plan its financial management much earlier than the life of this new strategy with the introduction of its Business Transformation Strategy which is anticipated to create a third of the required savings - as well deciding to use New Homes Bonus in the short term to support its budget.

Thanks to this forward planning, the council has been able to develop robust savings and transformational plans with long term benefits without the need to make short term decisions on cuts to service budgets.

Tewkesbury Borough Council’s Lead Member for Finance and Asset Management Cllr Allen Keyte said: “When it comes to finance, planning ahead is always difficult because there are so many different future possibilities. However, this Medium Term Financial Strategy - our five year financial plan - highlights that we are a council prepared for what may be ahead. We are grateful for the support and cooperation we receive from partner organisations - in particular our town and parish councils - and we are looking at ways in which we can continue to support our communities in the future.”

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Food waste recycling just got easier Residents living in Cheltenham,Tewkesbury, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean will find it easier to recycle their food waste following an announcement

by Gloucestershire’s JointWasteTeam .

Householders who are taking part in their local food waste recycling service can line their caddies using any type of plastic bag including supermarket carrier bags, sandwich bags, pedal bin liners and bread bags.

Previously, residents could use only newspaper or compostable bags to line their caddies but now, they can opt to use plastic bags instead.

Councillor Martin Quaile, Chair of Gloucestershire’s Joint Waste Committee, said: ‘Most food waste in Gloucestershire - with the exception of the Cotswolds - is now being processed using anaerobic digestion.

Due to this change, all bags, regardless of what they are made from, will be separated from the food waste as part of the treatment process. Therefore, it is no longer necessary for residents to use compostable bags to line their caddies.’

‘In the summer, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) reported that two million tonnes of household food in the UK is still being discarded because it is not ‘used in time’, half of which is thrown away whole or in unopened packaging, costing consumers around £2.4b a year. It is clear that messages about minimising food waste and getting food out of landfill are still valid, and we will continue to promote these, but some food waste is unavoidable and this change, making it cheaper and easier for residents to recycle their food waste at the kerbside, will enable even more householders to take part in the service.’

In the past 12 months Gloucestershire has sent over 11,000 tonnes of food to be recycled, saving £1m in landfill tax.

Plastic bags recovered from the food waste process will be sent away to be recycled. Residents are asked not to put any sort of food packaging into their food waste caddies.

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Home & Interiors Design A Blissful Bedroom

Your bedroom is a private retreat, a special place in which to relax, unwind and express your true personality. Our tips from expert Katherine Sorrell will help you make it as comfortable, functional and beautiful as possible

By Katherine Sorrell

First, think about how you use your bedroom – is it just for sleeping, or do you listen to music, watch TV, make phone calls or even work? You will need to allocate space for each different function.

Then, consider the atmosphere you want to create – would you prefer a light, bright and airy room, or one that is dark and dramatic? In general, soft and gentle colours are considered most restful, and it is a good idea to avoid loud patterns and clashing shades. A feature wall (perhaps behind the bed head), with either one strong paint colour or an interesting wallpaper pattern, can be a great way to provide interest without going over the top.

In high-traffic areas such as halls and living rooms, carpet (if used at all) needs to be hardwearing and practical.

In a bedroom, however, wear and tear is not such a factor, spills are not such a risk and bare feet are more likely to be the norm. All of which means that this is the ideal place to give your toes a treat and opt for a sumptuous, deep-pile carpet. That said, natural or painted wooden floorboards with a few rugs scattered about (on each side of the bed in particular) is an alternative with masses of character.

Whether you use curtains, blinds or shutters, your windows should be well-covered, both for privacy and to avoid early-morning sunlight waking you up.

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• The mattress should be comfortable and supportive. Lying down, slide the flat of your hand into the hollow of your back. If it slides in very easily, the bed is too firm; if it’s hard to slide your hand in, the bed is too soft.

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blinds pull up in lovely soft folds that give an attractively draped effect.

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Aim for the maximum storage possible: ideally a combination of floor-to-ceiling fitted wardrobes with free-standing pieces for character and flexibility. If in doubt, the only way to calculate exactly how much storage you need is to take a tape measure and calculate square footage for long and short hanging, folded clothes, shoes, blankets, linens and other items. Plan the interior of a wardrobe with the utmost precision, and look for gadgets such as tie racks, belt racks and pull-out trays.

If you’re really short of space, clever storage ideas include under-bed drawers, stacking boxes, canvas “tidies” hung on the back of the door, plastic shoe racks stacked inside the wardrobe, and a bamboo

Subtle, flattering lighting is best for a bedroom, and if yours is not quite how you would like it you can make some quick, easy and inexpensive changes such as adding a table lamp or two in the corners, and fitting a dimmer switch to a central pendant. A strong, bright light, on the other hand, is essential above a dressing table mirror (don’t position it to one side – it will cause awkward shadows).

For bedside reading, a pair of swing-arm, wall-mounted lights will free up space on a bedside table – some types include tiny, adjustable spotlights so you can enjoy a novel without disturbing your partner.

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LEGAL EAGLE Claiming compensation in relation to potholes

By Dean Dunham of Consumer UK Over the past few weeks I have received lots of emails from readers asking if they can sue anyone if they drive into a pothole and it damages their vehicle. The simple answer to this is yes, here’s what you need to know: 1.

Who can I sue?

The Local Authorities throughout the UK are responsible for the roads that fall within their area (if they have been adopted by them). This means that if you damage your vehicle due to a road being in a bad state of repair, you can turn to the relevant Local Authority that is local to the road in question and ask them to pay for the repairs.

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What does ‘adopted road’ mean?

This means that the Local Authority has taken responsibility for it. On most occasions this will be the case. By way of example, when a new housing development is built the roads on the site usually belong to the developer who purchased the land, whilst the development is in progress. On completion the Local Authority will then ‘adopt the road’.

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How do I make a claim?

To make a claim follow these steps: i) Gain as much information as you can on the pothole you hit as soon as possible after you hit it. As long as it is completely safe to do so, take photos using something such as a ruler to give an idea of scale, and measure the width and depth of a pothole. Keep it as accurate as possible - exaggerations won't help.

Make a sketch of the area, showing the location of the pothole as best as possible. This is particularly important if there is more than one pothole, as saying you hit "a pothole" without being able to identify the exact one won't help you. Note also the lateral position of the pothole, i.e. was it in the wheel tracks, near the edge of the road, etc. ii) You now need to know certain information about the road and how the Local Authority looks after it.

Only the Local Authority will know this so you need to ask them. There is a law known as the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and under these laws you are entitled to any information (usually free of charge) that is held by a council or highways agency about a road and the safety inspections of it. Armed with these laws you need to send the Local Authority an email with the heading 'Freedom of Information Act - Request for Information'.

Your email needs to identify the road and ask the following questions: a. Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years preceding the date of your incident b. Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years preceding your incident c. Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons in the vehicle. d. The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections. e. Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received in the two years preceding your incident. f. The hierarchy classification. g. The road/section number. h. The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes (in other words, this means how they define a pothole as requiring attention) i. The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects. j. Whether or not the authority has formally adopted all or part of the standards contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance management.

Obtaining answers to these questions is important as under section 58 of the Highways Act (another law governing roads) Local Authorities can avoid paying compensation to people who have damaged their vehicle after driving over a pothole if they can show that they have taken reasonable measures to ensure that problems such as potholes are found and dealt with swiftly. iii) Armed with the information that you have received from the Local Authority send them a letter and make your claim. Don’t be surprised if they reject the claim to start with. If this happens write back and demand that they look at your claim again.

For more information visit Dean’s FREE legal and consumer website: www.consumeruk.co.uk

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Staff at Tesco live locally and love to get involved with and support their local community. At Bishop's Cleeve's Tesco, our Community Champion is Beth, Some of the ways Community Champions can help are by: l Meeting the local charities and services to find out how we can help them. l Supporting local charities and services to raise their profile with customers. l Supporting local fundraising events with raffle prizes and refreshments. l Giving store tours to local schoolchildren or going into the local primary school to talk about healthy eating l Organising collections or bag packing for a local charity or association. l Encouraging Tesco staff and customers to get involved in fund raising for our Charity of the Year and local charity

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Paul Jones and Dave Kelly Fri 9th Jan, 7.45pm, The Tithe Barn An evening of intimate Blues.

Founder members of The Blues Band, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly’s tangled and colourful roots go way back into the true undergrowth of the tradition. As well as their own original material, they not only know and perform the work of the greats, they actually played alongside them. Tickets: £ 20.00 For more information and tickets go to: http://cleeveconcerts.weebly.com Bully Wee Band (featuring Phil Beer from Show of Hands) Sun 18th Jan, 7.30pm, TheTithe Barn During the 1970s and 1980s, the Bully Wee Band were acknowledged as one of one of the finest acoustic folk-rock bands and had toured all over Europe and America. A chance encounter in 2004 between three of the original members, resulted in a reformation of the band and

the following year all four members had re-joined and now tour annually in January. Tickets: £16 available at http://cleeveconcerts.weebly.com Tel: 0844 5762210 Cheltenham Festival Trials Day Sat 24th Jan, gates open at 10.30am, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH Find your future winner at the Festival Trials Day 2015 in Cheltenham. Canny punters hoping to pick up a clue or two on who to back at The Festival and Gold Cup will be heading to Cheltenham Racecourse for the annual Festival Trials Day. A grand total of seven races will be taking place from 12.40pm.The races will be followed by a Brightwells Bloodstock Sale, which is expected to include a limited number of quality horses in training, point to pointers and bumper horses.Ticket prices range between £12 and £25 per day in advance, or £15 and £30 on the day, with packages and group discounts available.Tel: 0844 579 3003 Chantel McGregor Sun, 25th Jan, 7.45pm, TheTithe Barn Best British Blues Guitarist 2013 and 2014 - rocking out with her band or performing solo acoustic sets, Chantel never fails to impress.

Imagine the tone and inspiration of Jimi Hendrix, the energy of Royal Blood plus the intensity of Black Keys, in contrast with the ethereal acoustic sounds of Eva Cassidy and the haunting vocal of Stevie Nicks all rolled into one…introducing Chantel McGregor, hailed one of the UK’s most exciting artists! Tickets: £16, available at http://cleeveconcerts. weebly.com Tel: 0844 5762210 Scottish Evening Fri 20th Feb, The Tithe Barn Bishops Cleeve Players will be putting on a Scottish Evening with live music, a piper, a fiddler, dancing, haggis, light refreshments and a raffle.

LOCAL CLUBS & CLASSES Bishop’s Cleeve Methodist Church Women‘s Fellowship Meeting Every secondWednesday, 2.30pm Methodist Church, Bishop‘s Cleeve New members always welcome.

Bishops Cleeve Women’s Institute Meetings The Tithe Barn New members and visitors always

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We act, sing and dance, producing a performance for family and friends at the end of every term.Visit out website: www.hidrama.net or find us on facebook:‘Hi Drama’. For more information contact Melissa on 07867 764 074 or email hidrama@mail.com Patchwork and Quilting Classes Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm; Wednesdays 1-3pm; Thursdays 10am-12 Noon and 1-3pm TheTithe Barn. Beginners welcome.

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A-Star Sports Thursdays 2.45pm, The Tithe Barn Fun-filled multi-sports experience for children aged 2-10 years.

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Boggie Shoes Line Dance Classes Tuesdays (No classes very third Tuesday of the month due to hall commitments.) The Tithe Barn 7-8pm: New Beginner Level and 8-9pm: Improver/Intermediate Level.

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Review Of The Year 1. One Down, Five To Go was the sub-title of a 2014 stage show featuring which famous group?

2. The acronym “yolo” was added to the Oxford online dictionary in 2014. What four-word phrase does it stand for?

3. In March, which famous couple said they were going to “consciously uncouple”?

4. Which country won the most gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?

5. Which country won the most gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics?

6. A selfie set up by the host of the Academy Awards ceremony in 2014 set a new record for the most retweeted image ever. Who was this host?

7. Rounded to the nearest whole number, what percentage of voters said “yes” in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence?

8. On January 1st, which country in the Baltic region of Europe adopted the Euro as its currency to become the 18th member of the Eurozone?

9. Written by Harry Hill, the short-lived 2014 musical with the main title of I Can’t Sing was based around which TV show?

10. On July 8th, what promotion did the Róisín Dubh pub in Galway run that meant a German beer called Erdinger, which they started selling at 4 euros a pint, ended up being sold for just 50 cents a pint?

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