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We all need something to look forward to andwe have some great holiday destinations including Alaska. Having been to Alaska myself, I can highly recommend it!!@

What else do we have for you in the month's magazine! We have a brand new platform this

LOCAL NEWS housing site 6 Wiltshire allocation plan House - Busness 30 Julias challenge that changes lives

month, featuring the story's and successes of some of our local 'Women In Business', along with other financial news. If you would like us to profile your business in this new section, please dont hesitate to contact us, we would love to hear from you.

There is a scrummy recipe of beef in Guiness with herb dumplings if you fancy some comfort food – personally I fancy the Ginger Panna Cotta with Poached Rhubarb. I remember my Grandad trying to make me eat from his jar of Stem Ginger!

Yuk! But now I am totally addicted!!

After all after all that eating you can work it off if you feel motivated, page 57 fhas some good tips! If 'events' are your scene, we do have plenty

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A Good Read - a few of our favourites this month

CONTENTS

Only joking - me in a wet suit!! Ha Ha...or am I? Till nxt time

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HEALTH & BEAUTY Motivated - Get Fit! 57 Get Reinvigorate your fitness routine

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FOOD Produce 46 Seasonal Eating by the season

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The spice of life: This month Lemon Peel

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Recipe: Poached Rhubarb with ginger panna cotta

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Recipe: Beef in Guiness with herb dumplings

FEATURES Day - Mums of kids 8 Mother's with additional needs 22

NEW! Business & Financial News / Women in Business

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The price of loyalty - Know your consumer rights

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Local events and dates for your diary

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available for everyone so please have a look at our local event pages and see what takes your fancy. Of course we have all your usual favourites and lots of locally based town information.

Mother's Days this year is on the 26th, March, so l spoil and cherish your mum and enjoy a lovely day.

I'm off to walk my doggies, so yes, getting out my wet suit for the occasion!

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Annual Fiesta - get some colour into your garden

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WILTSHIRE HOUSING SITES ALLOCATION PLAN (WHSAP) – NORTH BRADLEY Developers of a site between the White Horse Business Park and North Bradley displayed their draft proposals at the Progressive Hall, North Bradley on 10th January, attended by councillors and members of the public.

The display materials are available online: www.homesforwiltshire.co.uk

TROWBRIDGE TOWN COUNCIL - Tennis For All Tennis fans in and around Trowbridge will be pleased to learn that a new range of activities aimed at all ages will be coming to the tennis courts situated in Trowbridge Park beginning in April 2020. Westbourne Tennis Club, supported

by Active Trowbridge, will be delivering these programmes for adults and children.

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Trowbridge Town Council has always opposed development of this site and has consistently asked Wiltshire Council (WC) to confirm which parts of the site are going to be developed to ensure that a buffer is retained between the town and the village and also to afford ecological protection, particularly for bats. North Bradley in their first draft Neighbourhood Plan supported development closest to the village, but were persuaded by WC to support development furthest away from the village, described by Wiltshire Council as ‘to the north and east of the site’. What appears now to be proposed by the developers is to locate development in the centre of the site, failing therefore to adequately ‘retain a visual separation between the town and North Bradley’, as required by WC’s WHSAP. At a meeting of the Town Council’s Town Development Committee on 28th January it was resolved: That Trowbridge Town Council cannot support the draft masterplan as it is contrary to the WHSAP and the North Bradley Neighbourhood Plan. Development should be directed to the north and east of the site as required by the WHSAP, retaining a significant landscape gap around the village which results in the retention of a visual separation between the expanded town and North Bradley, secured through there being no development, other than as open space in the two fields nearest the village which are shown as being partially developed in the developers consultation draft Masterplan.

Trowbridge Town Council’s Leisure Services Manager, Hayley Bell, said “We want people to be able to enjoy tennis at grass roots level, whether they’ve been playing for a number of years or even if they’ve never picked up a racquet. The courses will be run by Ron Marshall, Westbourne’s head coach. We’re really excited about raising the sport’s profile in Trowbridge: we’ll be including CardioTennis, for adults who want to get more exercise, Tots Tennis for the little ones, and Tennis Tuesdays, women-only sessions under the ‘Healthier Communities’ scheme.

For more information, call Active Trowbridge on 01225 765072, or you can visit activeinyourpark.co.uk or clubspark.lta.org.uk RonMarshallTennisServices

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REMEMBERING MUMS OF KIDS WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS ON MOTHERS’ DAY On Mothers' Day my Facebook and Instagram feeds fill with photos.

The captions declare, ‘Beautiful bouquet from my son!' #mothersday or 'My daughters took me to see Les Mis' #mothersday. In spite of the fact that I have a much-loved son he will never send me flowers or take me to the theatre. Tom has Down Syndrome and is also autistic, non-verbal and has a myriad of complex health problems. I love him and I know he loves me, but I will be his carer long after my friends' kids have left home and started their own families.

This is my shout-out to other mums whose Mothers’ Day celebrations will be bittersweet.

You are not alone - There are more of us than you think. Our children may all have different problems, but we understand each other’s sense of being on the outside, at the celebrations 'normal' families take for granted: Christmas, birthday parties, family get-togethers and Mothers' Days.

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infuse the drugs. You deal calmly with your hysterical child during horrendous medical procedures. You deal with melt-downs in public toilets over handdryers! You encourage your child to do the things doctors assured you they would never do. You crash, you burn, and you get up and do it all again the next day anyway.

You celebrate your kids' achievements on their terms - Other parents crow about their child's GCSE results or a grade 4 piano exam passed with distinction or a star-of-the-week award for neat handwriting. Our celebrations look different though they are no less important. We celebrated Tom signing 'Mum', 'Dad' and 'love’ for the first time, and we definitely celebrated him taking a bath without screaming, drowning us or flooding the house!

You have the best black sense of humour - 'nuff said. We know that we laugh at things parents of typical kids would not find the least bit funny, like the weird people you meet during allnighters in A&E departments, discovering excrement smeared over

your freshly-painted walls, or an aquarium full of dead fish because your child wanted to feed them and the only box he could reach was the small one posted through the door containing a sample of washing powder!

RIP Tom's fish!

You accept, and don’t compare - You become the mum other mothers confide in because their child doesn’t walk, talk, read, or ride a bike as well as their peers. Never mind that your child is 10, non-verbal and rides a large trike because of balance issues! You accept (mostly) other parents’ rights to brag or worry about their kids even though you often feel that sense of 'otherness'.

You are special.

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Spruce up FOR SPRING

If you have arrived at a place in your home where you think that any semblance of ‘style’ has disappeared under piles of toys and welly boots, then you’re not alone. Many busy homeowners gradually watch their house disappearing under heaps of paraphernalia and then it all becomes too much to sort, so it becomes ’normal’.

So with spring around the corner, perhaps it’s time to have a rethink about dealing with the clutter. Set aside a whole day to do nothing but clean and tidy. It might feel like a drag but once it’s done you’ll be thrilled to have done it— not only will everything look so much nicer but mentally you’ll feel happier for the declutter.

Pick a day when the weather is nice and try to kick the rest of the household out for the day. It is much easier to get on with this without having small hands getting in the way, or having to keep stopping to feed the hoardes. The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time and if your home has become a little bit like an enormous elephant in the room, the best way to tackle it is to do one bit at a time.

If there are dishes to go away, put them where they belong, but if it’s ’odd bits and bobs’ then don’t stress about where they will go, yet. Just make that pile.

Once you’ve done that you can then, at least, see what needs to be done. Clean down the rest of the countertops, wipe over the front of the cupboards. Buff the kettle, shine the sink and wipe down behind the toaster, coffee canisters and anything that is to remain displayed on the counter. Get the rest put away. Have a think about where it all goes. Do you have to walk across the kitchen to get a mug to then put the kettle on? Can you put your mugs closer to the kettle? Do you really need all your condiments out on the worktop or can some go away in a cupboard so that you only leave out a nice salt and pepper mill? The more things that you can find a home for, the less will need cleaning next time round.

Once you’re done with those jobs then go and tackle the pile. Pick up one thing at a time. If you don’t need it, get rid of it. Otherwise put it back where it should have been. It doesn’t hurt to have a basket or a drawer of ’bits’ if you really feel the need to have somewhere to chuck random stuff, but just promise yourself to clear it out regularly so you can still find things in there.

Start with your kitchen. This is generally where much of the mess accumulates and preparing meals or even making a cup of tea can become an unpleasant chore. If your worksurfaces have disappeared under piles of paperwork, fret not.

Choose one area onto which you are going to, literally, pile all the mess.

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Give the worktop a wipe where the pile of things once was, put a fresh bunch of flowers in a vase and congratulate yourself on a job well done.

Then go and do exactly the same thing in the living room. Before you know it you’ll have gone around the house and it will all be spick and span.

If you want it to stay that way, keep the doors locked and don’t let anyone back in! Otherwise make sure you keep on top of it - it’s much easier that way.

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The proportion of small and medium-sized companies run by women is increasing.

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Alexandra is 30 years old and has grown up surrounded by her family business and has always had a keen interest in the profession.

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The 2nd June 2020 marks the 5th anniversary of independent family owned business Odette Funeral Director.

Odette currently Calne’s longest serving funeral director with over 20 years’ experience in the funeral business has quite a few achievements under her belt.

After the passing of my mum, we moved away to Swindon and I became a Foster Carer and life became really busy . Thoughts of being a hairdresser were forgotten until my middle daughter Natalie told me that she had always wanted to be a hairdresser and after leaving school, started an apprentiship in Swindon.

After starting a family of her own, Natalie's life also changed and instead of a career in hairdressing, she decided to pursue work within a Supermarket. Then fate, played it's hand!

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Whilst looking through the local paper, I saw a Salon for sale in Calne. Being a local Chippenham girl, I felt this was like coming home! So the girls and I looked at the Salon, put a business plan together and visited the bank!

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Unfortunately, my husband had just been made redundant, and the owner of the salon wanted to sell and not rent the property out. However, the owner changed his mind, saying we could rent the property and my husband, bless him, gave me the deposit. The following month, the salon was open! With Natalie's experience and my college training, after just 5 years I bought the salon and expanded my skills by training as a beauty therapist.

Fast forward 16 years. Having had a few up's and down's, and some disappointments along the way, I am very proud to say I am still here with my own successful business!

This year will be a big year for celebrations. I will be 60 years of age and my daughter Natalie will be celebrating her 40th! The last 16 years have flown by, we both still so love what we do and have made some great friends along the way.

Here's to the next 16 years!

To date they have won Funeral Planner of The Year 2018 and 2019 with Golden Charter Funeral Plans and it was just over two years ago that Odette invested in her own hearse and limousine.

She is also proud that they are the only funeral directors in the local area with a completely re-furbished Victorian Funeral Bier circa. 1896.

Whilst Odette Funeral Director has been a successful business from the off; Odette and her two children, Sara and Tom who work together in the family firm are always wanting to give back to their community, often donating to the local charities in the town, sponsoring activities and support groups.

Sara has worked in the family business for almost 4 years and is very much involved in all aspects of running the office and seeing to the family’s needs. She manages her time between looking after her two children aged 10 and 2 years and believes she is being the best role model for her daughters, showing them that she can work in the business alongside being a loving mother. www.towncriermagazine.com

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THE PRICE OF LOYALTY

Did you know that you pay a hefty financial price for staying loyal to business? From insurance to broadband, chances are you’re being hit with a loyalty tax for staying with the same provider of the service.

For decades, a huge range of industries have made billions through a sneaky ‘open’ secret - the ‘loyalty charge’. This is where people who stick with the same service provider out of loyalty or convenience face increases in monthly or annual payments every time their agreement comes up for renewal.

In one of the most shocking examples I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen TONS of them), I spoke to a man whose elderly mother was paying just shy of £2,000 for home insurance. He found out and spoke to some of her neighbours and found one with the same company who was paying just £300 for the same policy.

For years, businesses have acknowledged that this behaviour is unfair and promised to change their ways - but never have.

However, in the last year, thanks to publicity in the media, we reached a tipping point where the practice became so well known that people began to look at their own policies and get angry.

year was being paid out by loyal customers, with more vulnerable people or those struggling financially likely to be stuck paying more.

Though this practice is finally being clamped down on, don’t expect changes overnight. Here are a few tips to help you tackle overcharging by businesses you’ve stayed loyal to. · When you sign a contract, put a note into your calendar for when the contract runs out. Then go back a month and put a reminder in so you’re prepared in advance. · Shop around ahead of the contract renewal. Keep an eye on the news for bad/ good deals and businesses that have been warned or fined. · Never assume your loyalty means you’ll be treated better. You won’t and you’ll be overcharged. · Be wary of contracts that run over a year if you’re likely to change your lifestyle – you may have to pay fees to get out of them.

If you think you’ve been overcharged, here’s what you do:

The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) investigated five industries; savings, mortgages, insurance, mobile and broadband service providers and found that an astonishing £4 billion extra a

· Start by turning detective.

Find out when you signed up to the contract and when the original one was supposed to expire. If you’re paying for a phone or other goods as part of the contract, look for the date the item is paid off (it will be on your bill or online account). · Go on to the website for the business and see what you would be charged if you were a new customer for the same package. It’s worthwhile checking on comparison sites too, in case there are even cheaper deals around. · Contact the business and ask them to explain why you’re paying a higher price than a new customer and ask them to reduce your bill or match the price. Be prepared to vote with your feet. · The rules don’t say that the business has to refund you for what it’s overcharged you. But you can make a complaint and ask for the money back – and there are ombudsmen you can go to for free for all the industries that have been investigated so far.

Most importantly, spread the word. Chances are you have a relative or friend who isn’t aware of the savings they could be making by shopping around. Have a chat and help them find a better deal or make a complaint. Having more cash in the bank is a good way to go on!

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New business owners for Signs Express (Bath) In an exciting new chapter for Signs Express (Bath), the Kay family, consisting of John Kay, Elizabeth Corble & Georgina Kay, has taken ownership of the market-leading franchise.

Originally established in 2017, the business is one of the largest signs and graphics operations in the region and part of the UK’s leading signs and graphics company which has over 65 franchises across the UK. With over 40 years’ combined experience delivering large scale client projects, the Kay family are a highly skilled team able to assist with any signage project you may have. Signs Express (Bath) offer a full design, manufacture and installation service for all your interior and exterior signage requirements including window and vehicle graphics as well as promotional and event signage.

John Kay commented: “At Signs Express (Bath) we are passionate about delivering creative, eye-catching signs and graphics whether that be shop signs or commercial hoardings, wayfinding signage or even customised printed wallpaper.

We offer tailored solutions to our customers, whatever the size of the business, working within your budget to provide you with the perfect signage solutions. I am excited for the future, working within an area I love, creating signs that bring my customers’ businesses to life”.

With a new sales office in the centre of Bath and a fully equipped production unit in Calne complete with a purpose-built vehicle bay, Signs Express (Bath) is perfectly placed to service Bath, Calne, Chippenham, Malmesbury, Devizes and the surrounding areas. If you are looking to brighten up your shop front, transform your windows or illuminate your signage then contact them today: 01225 614830 or visit www.signsexpress/bath

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Alistair Everett, a Partner at Awdry Bailey and Douglas commented “Clients expect a modern approach to legal services and for law firms to be focused on what works best for them as clients. So in addition to strong technical ability, everyone here is committed to being friendly and approachable, giving regular updates on progress and driving matters forward. At ABD we believe in continuous improvement, because the legal world is everchanging and we understand that our clients are looking to us to provide them with excellence in everything we do”.

“Steve’s recruitment emphasises this vision and demonstrates our commitment to excellence.

We believe that Steve’s depth of knowledge, his creative thinking and his innovative approach will provide us with a solid platform to promote our dedicated lawyers and the exceptional service they offer to all clients”.

Steve said “This is a very exciting time to be part of a law firm that understands the need to be different and genuinely puts clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do. Since my arrival everyone has been so friendly and welcoming, it really is a very positive, proactive place to work and I’m proud to be part of it”.

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The Business Challenge THAT CHANGES LIVES TAKE THE £50 CHALLENGE FOR JULIA’S HOUSE FAMILIES IN WILTSHIRE.

conditions, enabling their families to access the care and help they so desperately need.

That’s the question being asked by the children’s hospice charity Julia’s House, as it invites businesses to sign up for its £50 Challenge and make a lifechanging difference to local families.

“Julia’s House is communityfunded, therefore the support of businesses like yours is how our care happens,” explains Paul Baker, Corporate Fundraiser for the charity. “So rally the troops and join us for a fantastic teambuilding opportunity that will allow you to give something back to the community. The campaign runs from March until the end of June, but you can

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The charity currently supports 178 families across Dorset and Wiltshire and the number is rising as medical and scientific advances mean more children are being born and living longer with life-limiting conditions.

Families supported by Julia’s House can choose when, where and how they receive their care – at home, in the community or at one of the charity’s two hospices in Corfe Mullen and Devizes. The charity is there for the whole family, not just the sick child, providing emotional support and social opportunities for parents, grandparents and siblings to help break the cycle of anxiety and isolation that can impact family life.

This regular respite and support, plus emergency and end-of-life care, is provided completely free to families thanks to the generosity of the local community.

Signing up to the £50 Challenge couldn’t be easier – call the Julia’s House Corporate Fundraising team on 01380 562525 or email corporate@juliashouse.org You can find more information at www.juliashouse org/50poundchallenge

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BRANCH OUT WITH TWO NEW GARDENING GROUPS Fans of gardening and the great outdoors are invited to join Alzheimer’s Support’s new Muddy Boots clubs in John Coles Park, Chippenham and Long Barn in Lower Stanton St Quintin.

The groups will give people living with dementia and their carers the chance to be involved in two different projects. At John Coles Park members can enjoy a variety of activities including pruning, helping with digging, weeding and planting or just generally enjoying being outside, while the Long Barn group is more physically active with the chance to plant trees, maintain hedges, tidy streams, chip wood and paint chicken coops.

Gary Lamont, of Foragers Farm which will be helping to run the Chippenham group, said: “Gardening and enjoying a natural environment is so powerful and is a very positive experience for people. Everyone can work at their own pace in the group and keen gardeners and absolute beginners are equally welcome.”

Group members do not need to have previous experience, but the Long Barn members will need to be physically active and enjoy being out of doors.

“As well as a chance to get out in the open air, members benefit from the group atmosphere, an informal support network and a sense of belonging,” says Sarah Marriott, head of Alzheimer’s Support’s community services. “It’s a great opportunity for people to do something locally.”

The Long Barn group will meet over six sessions starting on Monday 23rd March and ending on 18th May. They are four hours long with time to enjoy a leisurely lunch together, while the Chippenham group starts on March 27th for two hours with time for a tea or coffee.

To find out more, visit alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/ muddy-boots or call 01380 739055.

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Pound Arts Centre, Pound Hill, Corsham, SN13 9HX Commencing Tuesday 3rd March 11am-1pm (This will run on the 1st Tuesday of each month) Chippenham Library, Timber Street, SN15 3HJ Runs the 2nd Wednesday of each month 10am-12 noon

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Construction is well under way on the new privatelyowned apartments at St Andrew’s Lodge, which once completed will provide 46 attractive, high quality, secure, self-contained apartments in landscaped grounds. As with all Churchill Retirement Living developments, Owners will have the benefits of a communal Owners’ Lounge, a Guest Suite, a Lodge Manager provided

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Once the vegetables are cooked, poor the sauce all over and mix well.

Return to the oven for a 15 minutes on 200c.

Take out of the oven and sprinkle some chopped parsley for garnish.

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at the Greenhouse Coffee Shop and Restaurant The Greenhouse at Wadswick Green is a stylish and relaxed dining destination located in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside. The restaurant mixes mismatched shabby-chic furniture with handsome wooden tables and striking, specially commissioned artworks.

Following the success of Valentine’s Day and our newly introduced Curry Nights, we have put together a list of events to fill up calendars of residents across Wiltshire.

Our chefs have once again fired up the pizzas ovens and we are offering a free pint of draft lager, ale or cider when purchasing any pizza Thursday to Saturday between 5pm & 9pm.Choose from classics such as mozzarella, tomato and basil or if you want something a bit different try our cray fish, smoked salmon and blue cheese.

March is looking super busy – join us for our Annual Ales Festival on Saturday 14th March, tickets are up for grabs at £10 and include two bottles of craft beer and box of chicken wings with a sweet BBQ sauce. A range of ales will be available for your enjoyment including a mix of Wiltshire favourites, Meantime and Brewdog, as well as quirky, weird and wonderful brews from across the UK. Enjoy live music between 3pm until 5pm from Spellbound – an event not to missed!

Don’t forget Mother’s Day - always a great day at The Greenhouse - Treat your Mum with roasts and all the trimmings – we have so much choice: lamb, pork, beef, chicken and vegan nut roast at the set prices of 1 course £15, 2 courses £20 and 3 courses £25. Up next is Easter Sunday on 12th April where our roasts will be available once again, the perfect family atmosphere.

Our Chefs use high quality local produce to create our contemporary and delicious menu, which includes dishes such as smoked salmon and crayfish linguine served with a chilli and white wine cream sauce; or old favourites like Greenhouse fish and chips with mushy peas and tartare sauce.

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Choosing organic is preferable so you don’t consume pesticides and remember that the skin and zest are more full of vitamins than the juice itself! You’d need to consume quite a lot to get a big nutritional benefit but if you’re using lemon juice you may as well do something with the outers at the same time!

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Lemons are also prevalent in marmalades with their skins thinly or thickly sliced and of course what gin and tonic isn’t complete with a slice? You can also freshen your fridge with a few slices - they will absorb smells and add a fresh citrus scent.

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For the panna cotta: 600 millilitre (1 pint) double cream 75 gram (3 ounce) caster sugar 2 teaspoon Ground Ginger 3 sheets leaf gelatine, soaked in water to soften For the rhubarb: 1 Vanilla Pod 350 millilitre (12 fluid ounce) dry white wine 50 gram (2 ounce) light brown caster sugar 675 gram (1½ pounds) rhubarb

Add the sugar and the pod itself, bring to a simmer. Trim the ends of the rhubarb and cut into 5cm lengths, add the rhubarb to the saucepan and simmer gently until the rhubarb has just begun to soften. Remove from the heat, cover with cling film and leave to cool. Chill in the refrigerator.

Combine the cream, sugar and ginger in a saucepan. Bring to the boil slowly and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add the gelatine, stir well until completely dissolved and remove from the heat. Pour the cream into 4 ramekins and chill in the refrigerator until completely set.

To serve, place a pile of poached rhubarb with a good spoonful of poaching liquor on a plate, dip the edges of the ramekin in hot water to loosen the panna cotta then invert onto the plate, carefully remove the ramekin leaving the panna cotta. Serve immediately.

Split the Vanilla Pod in half lengthways and scrape the seeds into the wine in a large saucepan.

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Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 3 hours Serves: 4-6 Ingredients For the stew...

2 tbsp oil 1kg braising steak , cut into large pieces 2 tbsp plain flour , well seasoned 3 onions , sliced 500ml Guinness 2 sprigs thyme

For the dumplings...

75g butter, frozen and grated, or 75g suet 150g self-raising flour 1 small onion , grated 2 sprigs of thyme , leaves stripped and chopped Water for mixing

Method Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2.

Heat a little of the oil in a large ovenproof pan.

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Lightly flour the pieces of braising steak and fry in small batches until well browned. Remove them with a slotted spoon and place them on a plate.

Add the onions to the pan and fry on a fairly high heat until they soften and tinge brown at the edges.

Pour the Guinness into the pan, letting it bubble up, then return the meat to the pan along with the thyme. Cover the pan and transfer to the oven for 2-2 1/2 hours or until tender. The sauce will sweeten and thicken during the cooking time.

Make the dumplings (towards the end of the cooking time by mixing the grated butter or suet, flour, onion and thyme together and season well.

Gradually add water to the dry ingredients until you have a soft dough.

Divide into 12 balls. Place the dumplings on top of the casserole and return it to the oven, uncovered, for 25 minutes.

Serve with shredded Savoy cabbage

Delicious!

Pets

TICK TICK TICK What are Ticks?

Ticks are small, eight-legged creepy crawlies with a round white-ish body and are commonly found in grassland and woodland but also in your garden in areas with lots of wildlife around. Most active from March to October they are most commonly seen in warm wet weather. Ticks wait for you or your pet to brush past, then jump on and attach themselves to bite and feed on blood.

Why are ticks an issue?

Ticks have very sharp mouthparts that can cause inflammation around the area of the bite. They can also act as ‘vectors’ which means they can carry microorganisms and spread disease between animals and humans when they feed. In the UK these include Lymes disease, Ehrlichia and Babesia.

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on as you notice it *DO* Remove gent ly, ensuring to remove the mouthp arts *DO* Contact us if yo ur worried – we can demonstrate ho w to remove a tick *DO* Keep your pe t’s flea & tick treatment up to da te *DON’T* Use Vaselin e to deprive tick of oxygen *DON’T* Burn or pu

t alcohol on it *DON’T* Try and rem ove anything if you are unsure about wh ether or not it’s actually a tick

How do I prevent ticks?

There are many products on the market that diffuse the anti-parasitic treatment into the fatty layer of your pet’s skin and will cause the tick to detach itself but the tick will still have to bite for this to be effective. If your pet is particularly prone to ticks there are also antiparasitic products available that both repel and kill ticks – it’s worth discussing this option with your vet. Keep up to date with any flea and tick treatment and this is essential if you are travelling with your pet as tick-borne diseases are often more common in other countries.

If you have any questions please feel free to pop into one of our local branches and one of our team will be happy to advise you further.

How do I remove a tick?

It is important that you remove the entire tick including its mouthparts, to minimise inflammation and infection. You must also remove it without squeezing the tick’s body.

Using a tick hook safely and effectively removes the tick every time and is easy to use – these can be purchased from any of our branches. Slide the hook around the tick, keeping it level with the skin, and gently twist anti-clockwise. Once loose, pull the hook away and dispose of the tick by flushing it down the toilet.

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Dogs are our passion at Grittenham Grooming and our main concern is the dogs’ welfare at all times.

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Reinvigorate your fitness routine do? It’s so much easier to fall back into old habits than to actively make a difference to our health isn’t it? So how do we stay motivated?

Motivation is all in the mind. There is no physical difference between those who get fit and those who get fat. The fit people are just those who manage to leave the house and move their bodies. Clearly, we need to help our mind overcome the inertia currently preventing us moving from the couch.

Get up, get dressed, get out.

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If you're standing outside dressed for exercise it's harder to change your mind and sneak back inside for another slice of cake.

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Set an alarm to tell you when it's time for your exercise class, run, etc. Make sure you've got workout gear that makes you feel good. Something stylish, comfortable, colourful, or high-tech; it doesn’t matter, use whatever works for you. Make the getting dressed part something to look forward to.

Baggy, stained, holey jogging bottoms will put you off the idea of stepping outside.

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Whatever exercise you are doing find a pace that is comfortable while still pushing you. As you exercise more you will gradually increase your exertion. Push yourself too hard at the beginning and exercise will seem exhausting, painful and make it harder to get going the next time. Once you begin to see your performance improving, you'll get excited about beating your personal best and want to prove to yourself just how good you are.

Set a short-term goal.

The ultimate goal might be to fit into a size 10 dress, or have a perfect six pack with matching biceps, but realistically that's probably more than a few months away.

Pick a goal that you can achieve within the next two months. Dropping one dress size, being able to run non-stop for 1 km, being able to do a proper pull-up. Achieving goals is as important as setting them when trying to keep your motivation high. Small successful steps build one on the other until all of a sudden, your ultimate goal is just within reach.

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‘Stylish and manageable hair after every wash’ That’s been the philosophy behind Pamplemouse’s work for the last eight years. And it’s what’s lead to our success.

We’re growing, because our client base is growing. That’s because our clients leave the salon with great looking hair.

We’re thrilled to announce that Pamplemouse have moved from number 11 Church Street to number 9. It’s only next door but it means a bigger salon, more beauty treatments - including manicures & pedicures, HD brows, Supercilium Henna Brows and LVL Lash Lift Tint - and more space for our clients to relax and enjoy being pampered.

Pamplemouse will still have the same great team; including stylists Christine, Janet, Hannah, Emma, Kim, Natasha and our lovely trainees, Saph & Sandra. Christine Lilley, Managing Director, believes that far from offering a daunting encounter, a visit to Pamplemouse should be an inspirational experience centred on the client’s individual needs:

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offer a truly bespoke service undertaken by exceptionally qualified and imaginative staff with many years of experience.’

Pamplemouse also uses the best products on the market.

JOICO is chosen specifically to enhance the condition of hair and all the team receive regular training to ensure that high standards are maintained. The new salon itself has also been designed with client’s comfort in mind.

She adds: ‘We want every client to leave the salon ‘With free WIFI, a great cup feeling thrilled with their of tea or coffee, a glass of hair and after every wine, and a relaxing massage wash. A good cut and backwash on offer along with a colour are an investment great friendly atmosphere, we believe most of our clients will because they last. Too be tempted to stay at 9 Church many hairdressers cut Street all day,’ laughs Christine, and colour hair that ‘but when they looks great in the salon do leave, we but isn’t sustainable once guarantee they will want to come the client gets home. We back because you want our customers to can’t beat great have a style with which looking hair and that’s what they feel comfortable.

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A visit to a specialist such as ourselves where you can see and try over 60 models in one place and ask as many questions as you like to friendly knowledgeable staff who have a combined 25 years of experience working with ebikes. We also repair, service, buy and sell secondhand electric bikes.

So if your wondering what all the fuss is about and fancy a go on an electric bike we’ll take you on a short test ride from the shop or if you want to go further afield you’ll be very welcome on a Sunday morning, “Emotional Social ride!” To reserve a space call 01793 251200 and ask for Mark.

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LYNEHAM SINGING GROUP Every Tuesday 10am – 11.30am

TOWN HALL MOVIOLA The Good Liar (15) Weds 18th March 2020

Calne Town Hall Starring Helen Mirren and Ian Mckellan. A career con artist meets a well-to-widow online. She opens her home and her life to him but to his surprise he finds himself caring about her, turning what should have been a cut-and-dry swindle into a treacherous tight-rope walk.

Tickets £6.00 from the information centre or on the door. Refreshments available.

Lyneham Library Suitable for people who think they cannot sing.

Contact: Margaret on 01249 890018

DOROTHY HOUSE HOSPICE CARE BATH HALF MARATHON 2020 Sunday 15 March 2020

Bath We are delighted to announce that Dorothy House has 100 Silver Bond places. These are available on a first come, first served basis and we’d love to have you on the team. We ask for a payment of £37 for the place and a guarantee that you will be able to raise £200 or more for Dorothy House. To secure your place go to the website below.

Independent Places - If you have already bought your own independent place through Running High, please let us know through our website below.

THE GIGSPANNER BIG BAND Friday 17th March,

Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge, BA14 9AA. James H Soars Media Services are promoting the very special Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Big Band 'Natural Invention" Album Launch Tour April/May 2020. The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music.

Doors: 19:30 Tickets: £23.00 Tickets from: tickets@trowbridgefestival.co.uk

Team Dotty - Once you’ve joined Team Dotty we’ll send you a fabulous dotty running vest or T-shirt, sponsor forms and Running Handbook full of info and tips to maximise your fundraising and enjoyment of the day.

For full details please go to: www.dorothyhouse.org.uk/events/bath-halfmarathon-2020/

CRICKLADE BAND SPRING TABLE-TOP SALE Saturday 21 March 11am to 1pm

Town Hall, Cricklade If you're a Table-Top seller call 01793 750516 to book your table, at just £6. Setting-up is from 10am. If you're a Table-Top browser, who knows what you might find? The band itself will have not only our famous eat-in or takeaway homemade cake array but bacon rolls too, tea, coffee, games of chance and a raffle or two.

Come for brunch and a browse!

Odd Down Sports Ground, Bath Sunday 21 June 2020 9:30am - 12:30pm Registration opens at 9.30am Run starts at 10.30am.

Take part in this timed and measured run in your lycra or your pyjamas – the choice is yours! All participants receive a free breakfast bap and hot drink at the end as a well-deserved reward.

The fun run route consists of loops round the cycling track in the beautiful and safe sports ground. It's a flat course on tarmac and is easily accessible for runners and spectators.

Registration from 9.30am to collect their running number and timing chip. Toilets and changing rooms available. On-site cafe / Dogs welcome (but may not take part in the run) For full terms and conditions and to sign-up please go to: www.bigbreakfast5k.org.uk www.towncriermagazine.com

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BROUGHTON GIFFORD PIECEMAKERS QUILT EXHIBITION Friday 27th March 2020 4-8pm Saturday 28th March 2020 10.00-4.30pm

The Village Hall, The Street, Broughton Gifford SN12 8PN (Behind the former Fox public house) Disabled access An exhibition of work plus trader stand,sales table and refreshments. Raffle in aid of Wiltshire Air Ambulance (draw 4pm Saturday) Entrance £3 Contact details 07734 320548

MARDEN HOUSE CONCERTS Sunday 29th March 2020 3.00 pm

Marden House, Calne Usha Kapoor - violin and Edward Leung -piano. Indian-American, Usha, has performed extensively in North America and Europe and Edward has performed across North America, Europe and Asia. They were First Prize winners of the inaugural Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition. These highly talented musicians will feature works by Schubert and a suite from Bernstein's West Side Story.

Tickets: £14 Adults, £1 Full-time STudents.

Available from Calne Information Centre or at the door. For further information visit: www.themardenhousecentre.com

TRIBUTE ACT SIMON GOODALL AND THE BOURNE AGAIN SHADOWS Saturday 11th July 2020.

Neeld Community and Arts Centre Chippenham He was hailed as Britain’s Elvis Presley. They were the band that got excited teenagers wearing black-rimmed specs and strumming tennis rackets. Cliff Richard and The Shadows dominated Britpop in the early sixties…..and six decades later, Cliff is still out there wowing the crowds.

Tickets are available from the Box Office: 01249 446699 or online at: http://neeld.co.uk/whats-on/ simon-goodall-and-the-bourne-again-shadows/ Eat as much as you can of my delicious Lebanese Spring menu. All dietary requirements catered for. Enjoy a dancing show and take part if you wish. Perfect mother’s day present or just celebrate spring with your family and friends.

Mint tea and Turkish coffee included.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE

BULBS, BABY! Natures amazing packets of magic that never fail to deliver. Even if you don’t really know what you’re doing with them!

The best thing about gardening is in the experimentation. Have a go at planting bulbs in pots. Try the traditional tulips, crocuses and daffodils and pop them into smaller containers inside. This will give you a sneak preview of spring in January. As well as your indoor bulbs, have a go at laying some out in your garden.

They will survive winter in the ground and in fact need the cold to perform at their best. It’s best to plant out your bulbs reasonably quickly or if you store them for a while make sure it’s in a cool place.

Step one is to make sure that you know where you want to plant the bulbs. Think about how they may look when they finally emerge.

Do you want uniform colour? Do you want a more informal arrangement?

Next prepare the soil. It should be loose and well-drained for your bulbs to perform their best.

It’s a good idea to mix in some organic material like compost or a special bulb fertiliser if you’re not sure what you’re doing and at least this way you maximise the chances of getting the right mix, if you’re not overly experienced.

Planting depth is important. Be aware that planting bulbs at the correct depth helps them start to grow at the right time. As a rule of thumb you plant two to three times as deep as the bulb is tall, but check the packet instructions to be sure. Planting too deep will produce late blooms or no blooms at all. Shallow planting can subject tender, new growth to late-season cold weather. Get your hole ready and pop in the bulb nose up (or roots down). Cover it over with soil and then add a small-mesh hardware cloth if you are concerned that small animals may appear to dig up your investment!

Take out your trusty watering can and give those bulbs a good drink. This is where patience is a virtue. Your excitement needs to be held back a little until the sun starts to shine and you see the first little shoots appearing. There really isn’t a better feeling!

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Hardy annuals are the most obliging. They don’t need a propagator or a greenhouse, or even a windowsill; all they need is a sunny spot and some well-drained soil.

Just sprinkle the seeds in the ground and you can look forward to a fiesta of summer colour for very little work.

be planted once as they are prolific self-seeders!

Look around your garden for gaps in beds and borders which are in a sunny spot and well-drained. Don’t plant when it’s cold or the soil is wet and sticky. Wait until the weather is mild and soil is damp and crumbly, then fork it lightly to break it up.

Use a rake to create shallow furrows, sprinkle the seeds over and rake them gently in, raking across the furrows to cover them. Bigger seeds like nasturtiums can be pushed into the soil a couple of centimetres deep and 1015cm apart. Label the area so you know what should come up.

The biggest enemy of the newly-planted hardy annual seed is the domestic cat!

They love a patch of freshly raked soil, and will happily do their business in your handiwork and then kick up all your seeds without a second thought. Thwart the moggies by laying twiggy pea sticks over the area (and particularly twiggy and thorny prunings will do!). Remove them with the shoots are big enough or stand them up and use them to support the taller annuals.

Thin them out a little to one plant per 10cm and water them if the weather is very dry. You don’t need to feed them, they flower best when the soil is not rich. Food and manure will favour leaf production whereas we’re after flowers and lots of them!

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The Handmaid’s Tale

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By Willow Coby

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by Oliver Jeffers ‘Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door’.

This is the opening line of this wonderful picture book. A very simple story but one that can’t help but draw you in emotionally.

Finding a penguin at your door is not a normal everyday occurrence, and what happens next isn’t normal and everyday either. The boy realises that the penguin is lost and is determined to help him find his home.

After checking and the ‘lost and found’ and realising that no one has reported a missing penguin, he sets out to return him to the South Pole in a small rowing boat.

But is the penguin really lost and will returning him to the South Pole really be what the penguin wants? This is a wonderful story of an unusual friendship and finding what is missing in life.

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You’d have to have been living under a rock over the last couple of years to have not heard of The Handmaid’s Tale even if it is just through the hugely successful TV series on Channel 4. However, the novel itself is not was first published in 1985 and appears on set text lists for English Literature courses from A Level to university degrees. Fans of the book have not been disappointed by the TV series and so this bodes well for people wanting to go the other way.

Like the TV series, the novel tells the story of life in Gilead from the point of view of Offred, a handmaid to commander in the new political regime. A dystopian view of America presents us with a country where fertility levels have declined due to radiation poisoning and so Offred’s ability to reproduce means that she is forced to bear children for the upper echelons of society.

Atwood uses a form of dual narrative to present the story to us, as chapters alternate between ‘night’ revealing more of Offred’s feelings and glimpses into her past, and ‘day’ showing us glimpses of day to day life in Gilead.

It is hard to put your finger on what has made this novel so successful, but Atwood’s sources of inspiration may offer a clue. She has said that everything she writes about in the novel is based on events that happened at some point in history. There is nothing fantastical here, but purely the uneasiness of realising what human beings might indeed be capable of.

Hills restricts HGVs from the A4 through Calne A new traffic management plan has been put in place by Hills Waste Solutions to restrict heavy goods vehicles associated with its business in Calne from passing through the centre of the town on the A4.

The traffic management plan only applies to heavy goods vehicles above 7.5 tonnes in weight and that are either collecting or delivering ’material’ from either of Hills’ sites at Sands Farm or Lower Compton in Calne.

The traffic management plan does not apply to LGVs or vehicles: • below 7.5 tonnes; or • carrying out deliveries or collections in Calne Town Centre area off the A4; or • belonging to Hills and passing through Calne that have not made a collection or delivery from either of the Company’s sites at Sands Farm or Lower Compton.

A reporting system is in place for members of the public to notify Hills of suspected contraventions of the plan in one of three ways:• Email Calne.TMP@hills-group.co.uk, or • Online at www.hills-group.co.uk (scroll to the bottom of the home page and click the link ‘Sands Farm and Lower Compton Traffic Management plan’), or • Telephone 01793 781786.

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