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Est. 1996 BOSWORTH BUGLE ISSUE 299 jULY 2021 RUBBISH DAY FOR SOME... big shout-out and vote of thanks to the group of Wombles who collected 18 bags of grot and various A other interesting bits of detritus from our roadside verges in our recent Village Litter Pick. Also a very special thank you to Sean and Daniel at The Bell Inn and 3 B’s Breakfast Bar for the free tea, coffee and bickies that set everyone up for the foray... Bosworth’s litter pick was part of a nation-wide Wombling weekend co-ordinated by the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign and locally by South Litter Wombles. Overall 533 bags were collected across the county. Well done! Local Wombling is not a one-day event - our own Wombles are out and about and new recruits would be warmly welcomed... Look out for news of future litter picks on the Husbands Bosworth Village Facebook page - or go it alone! For a supply of bags message Heather on 07773 063063.

SHEEPDOGS ON TRIAL BUGLE 25 n another step towards normality the Husbands Bosworth & Theddingworth Sheepdog ith this issue the Bugle celebrates 25 ITrials committee are pushing ahead with plans to hold the popular sheepdog trials this Wyears of publication. year, after cancellation of the competition last year. The trials, which feed competitors Back in July 1996 a group of very young into the national and in a normal year, into the international competition circuit, will villagers thought that it would be a good rd be held in the grounds of Bosworth Hall on Friday, July 23 , with the public open day idea to produce a simple village news- th on Saturday 24 . sheet with information to bring together Although sheepdog trials have been recorded in Bosworth from about 1905, it was information from the various activity and in 1932, with the influx of farmers and shepherds from north Wales to the area, that interest groups, sprinkle in items of topical classical trials similar to the present event commenced in conjunction with the annual and local news and publish a copy to see Royal British Legion Flower Show and other sporting events. how it was received by the public. Five of the original team of ’96 are still ‘in office’ whilst three later-coerced confederates have joined us... We hope that the Bugle is still as relevant today as it was 25 years ago...

VILLAGE ROAD CLOSURE Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is to be made for Butt Lane from A its junction with High Street for approximately 80m, to enable gully replacement work to take place. The TTRO will incorporate a temporary prohibition of waiting and loading. The duration of the restriction is not anticipated to exceed a period of one day commencing on the 7th July 2021. For more information go to: https://one.network/?tm=GB122379880 THE BUGLE TEAM BUGLE POSTBAG Editor: Melvyn Forman 10 Church Lane Tel: 880281 Eleanor and Brian Murphy, Honeypot Lane Email: [email protected] On Saturday June 12th we, along with many helpers, held a charity Plant Sale and Treasurer & Advertising: ‘Socially Distanced Garden Party’ for Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes. Lots of Ralph Horton Bosworth villagers and others arrived to buy from a large range of homegrown plants 18 Highcroft Tel: 880526 as well as to eat, drink and socialise. Our visitors pretty much cleaned us out of plants Contacts: and refreshments, allowing us to give the staggering amount of £1100 to the charity at Mike & Sylvia Price a time when their fund raising has been difficult. 3 Highcroft Tel: 880902 Thank you to all the helpers, donors and attendees, especially for the good Covid Jo Horton common sense of our visitors. 18 Highcroft. Tel: 880526 Blood Bikes is a little known but vital registered charity providing a free transport service Frances Smith for Leicestershire and Rutland NHS and associated organisations. It carries emergency 10 Butt Lane Tel: 880225 supplies of blood, pathology samples, scans, breast milk for premature babies and any Penny Mattock other medical essentials 24 hours a day throughout the year. 9 Fernie Court Tel: 881140 STOP PRESS: We have just heard that Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes has Heather O’Connor been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services. 16 Fernie Court Tel: 880165 Postal Subscription & distribution: Melvyn Forman Tel: 880281 POLICE FILE Email: [email protected] www.husbandsbosworth.info SCAMS AWARENESS New research by Citizens Advice LeicesterShire has found that almost eight in ten COPY DEADLINE 15th OF THE MONTH respondents had been targeted by a scammer since January. Fraudsters tried to trick locals PRECEDING PUBLICATION in a range of ways - the biggest scam being delivery scams. To encourage people to report scams, share their experiences and look out for others, Citizens Advice LeicesterShire have launched a Scams Awareness campaign. POLICE FILE To help stop more people being fleeced Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is sharing the Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team: following tips on how to spot them. Sgt. 26 Ryan Coleman It might be a scam if: [email protected] • It seems too good to be true - for example, holidays, deals or goods that are much cheaper P.C. 2178 Malc Roberts than you would expect [email protected] PC 2192 Paul Farrar • You suspect you’re not dealing with a real company - for example, if there are no direct [email protected] contact details, verifiable phone numbers and no postal address PC 2872 James Day • You are pressured to transfer money or make a decision quickly or in an unusual way [email protected] • You’ve been asked to give away personal information such as account numbers, passwords PCSO 6569 Peter Willson or PINs [email protected] • You are not offered written confirmation or documentation for anything that has been PCSO 6056 Jay Bellamy agreed [email protected] If you’ve been the victim of a scam, Citizens Advice LeicesterShire advise you to talk to Or go to: your bank or card company immediately if you’ve handed over any financial and sensitive www.leics.police.uk and use the CONTACT US link at the bottom of the page. information or made a payment. Also be aware of offline scams, like telephone, post and doorstep and report these directly CRIMESTOPPERS: to Citizens Advice online or by calling 0808 223 1133. 0800 555111 You can report online scams to the dedicated Scams Action service either online or on ACTION FRAUD: 0808 250 5050. Report any fraudulent activity to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or at: www.actionfraud.police.uk www.actionfraud.police.uk 0300 123 2040 The Bell Inn Husbands Bosworth COMPLETE CAR CARE Tel: 01858 880967 Accident repair specialist Being in lockdown doesn’t mean you have to Bodywork, dent, scratch and stone-chip repair cook every night! Why not let us do it for you? Servicing, alloy refurbishment, welding Takeaways for collection & delivery: Mon. - Wed. 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WILD ABOUT BOSWORTH Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet is one of those showy white flowers that decorate our countryside. It has a preference for damp locations, and swathes of it can be found growing alongside the canal to the north of Kilworth bridge. It is a perennial herb and the ‘sweet’ in its name refers to its pleasant smell. In days of yore, it was used as a fragrant floor covering and is rumoured to have been a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. It would be strewn in churches for festivals and marriages and incorporated into bridal bouquets, hence its vintage name, Bridewort. Even further back in history, there is evidence that Bronze Age people used meadowsweet in their funerary rites. As for its place in the ecosystem - its flowers and leaves provide sustenance for legions of insects, including bees and hover flies, and the caterpillars of the emperor and mottled beauty moths feed on its leaves. It is edible and is often used as a flavouring agent in such diverse delights as vinegars, jams, custards, cordials, ice creams etc. - not forgetting meadowsweet wine, mead, beer and champagne. The plant is a source of salicylic acid and was once more popular as a painkiller than willow bark and salicylic acid extracted from dried meadowsweet leaves was used as a precursor in the development of aspirin. So, if you’re suffering a hangover from all that beer and wine, run down to the canal, grab some leaves and brew-up some meadowsweet tea! Though meadowsweet starts out having a pleasant aroma, when crushed its smell resembles antiseptic. In Yorkshire, it was jokingly called ‘courtship and matrimony’, perhaps sardonically linking courtship to the delightful sweetness of the flowers and the reality of married life to the acerbic smell of the crushed plant! Mike Chanter BOSWORTH GARDENS AT HOME IN BOSWORTH The peak of summer is here! and your garden will be hitting its stride with flowers and Home sales values have soared, boosted by new leaves! Taking time to pick flowers, deadhead, weed and keep an eye on watering will the stamp duty holiday, but with sellers adding mean your garden continues to flourish into the rest of summer. stamp duty savings to asking prices the rise has Jobs for July left many unable to get into the market. The Flower Garden average price of a home in the UK hit £234,474 • Pinch out the tops of annuals to make them bush out and produce more flowers in May, far outstripping the stamp duty saving. • Snip back spent foxgloves to allow side flower spikes to grow In other words the ‘stamp duty holiday’ hasn’t • Cut back hardy geraniums when their foliage looks untidy, feed to encourage new foliage benefitted buyers at all, only vendors. • Take cuttings of tender perennials such as salvias, pelargoniums and penstemons. Transactions are taking longer, due to the extra Veggie Patch workload and changes in working practices, • In the veg patch pinch out the tips of squash and courgettes to encourage branching so there’s little chance of agreeing a sale and • First early and second early potatoes can be harvested now before blight sets in completing in time to benefit from the holiday. • If you want Christmas spuds, now is the time to plant some seed potatoes. There is a possibility of a correction, or at least a • Sow winter vegetables: kale, cauliflower, cabbages and Swiss chard. slower rise, as lenders offering 95% mortgages Fruit under government’s guarantee scheme are • Lift rhubarb crowns and divide, discarding the middle, replanting the vigorous outer growth likely to be ‘tight’ with their valuations to • Prune plum trees in midsummer to avoid canker and silver leaf disease minimise the risk of being stuck with property • Prune out raspberry canes to avoid congestion, keep their bases weed free and well watered. that is worth less than the money they lent for Wildlife its purchase. As always, only time will tell... • Avoid trimming hedges until late August so as not to disturb nesting birds [email protected] • Top up ponds and leave the lawn mower alone to allow frogs and newts to disperse safely • Put water out for hedgehogs and offer chicken-flavour dog or cat food to fatten them up for autumn! Hannah Edge - Bosworth Bulbs

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Summer Term Autumn Term School Closes: Friday evening 9th July 2021 School Opens: Thursday 26th August 2021 Bank Holiday: Monday 30th August 2021

FRIENDS OF THE WELFORD ARM BYGONE BOSWORTH Following the successful Images from the Historical Society’s Archive Collection boat rally in 2019, at which we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the re- The picture we feature this month evokes misty memories of past canal boat holidays. opening of the Welford Taken in 1974, it shows one of the hire boats run by the ebullient Derek Hucker from Arm, a small group of local North Kilworth Wharf. Derek was a friend of Dick Protheroe, the Bosworth based residents thought it would racing car driver and car dealer. Derek shared Dick’s no-nonsense approach to life, be a good idea to continue and his passion for fast cars- driving a flash Porsche coupé - the poor man’s Ferrari... working with the Canal & River Trust (CRT) With the decline of commercial canal traffic following the Second World War, Kilworth to keep Welford basin, lock and towpath Wharf had been abandoned and lay derelict. However, with the surge of interest in leisure looking tidy and doing general maintenance, boating in the early 1960s Derek saw the potential for creating a hire boat base at the Friends of painting, gardening and old wharf. Trading as Hucker Marine, the business took off, fitting out locally-made the Welford hedge cutting, etc. narrowboat hulls to build up the fleet. In a fledgling industry the North Kilworth fleet of Arm To this end Friends Of The ‘Castle’ class boats Welford Arm (FOTWA) was formed. We aim soon gained an to have a work party at least once a month, enviable reputation usually on a Saturday but occasionally held amongst hirers for on week days as well. the standard of fit- Now that lockdown is hopefully behind out. Moreover, the us, our small group of volunteers are hirer could cruise able to meet again to wrestle nature into to the end of the submission... Ashby Canal, or If you are fit, and keen to to Banbury on lend a hand, please contact the South Oxford Tim - email address below. Canal, and back in We are a fully recognised a week or complete volunteer group, supported the 199 lock by CRT. Ring in a fortnight. Contact: admin@friendsofthewelfordarm. Our picture shows Durham Castle just leaving Welford Lock, navigating the Welford org.uk Arm, having turned at Welford Wharf. WASTE MANAGEMENT A Rugby woman who hired a ‘man in a van’ to remove rubbish from her home has been issued with a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice after Council investigators traced the waste, which was dumped near Gartree Prison, back to her address. Householders are reminded that they are responsible for waste removed from their property and should check that anyone removing waste is a legally licensed waste carrier. There are several ways to dispose of the waste that cannot go into wheeled bins: ¤ Take large waste items to your local recycling and waste site (tip) ¤ Use a licensed waste carrier. (Search: environment agency waste licence public register) ¤ HDC large items collection service - up to 3 large household items or 12 sacks of waste can be collected for a fixed charge of £35.04. For further advice visit www.harborough.gov.uk/tip-off

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BARBEQUE WINES TENNIS CLUB Glorious weather has The Annual General Meeting of Husbands Bosworth Tennis Club will be held on Tuesday, finally arrived and I’m August 3rd at the Pavilion starting at 7.00pm. sure the barbecues are The courts have been made available to all villagers during the COVID restrictions but we out, which can present now need players to become members of the club. There has been a lot of interest from a dilemma for wine- new residents of the village and it would be good if we could have some new members on lovers: how do we the Committee to take the club forward. select wines to match such a wide range of Membership costs will be at a reduced rate valid until April 2022. barbecue food? Adults £20 Here are a few tips: Juniors £10 Rosés Family £40 Often much maligned, rosés can provide a Contacts: George Walker 880222 Mike Pennington 880455 good match for chargrilled chicken, salmon, SCOUTING FOR BOSWORTH halloumi and even a burger! I always avoid Our first month back meeting in person has seen rising numbers for our Beavers, Cubs, and the confected strawberry flavours Scouts sections. We have taken advantage of the lovely weather to visit the Millennium of sweeter rosés, but as long Wood to check out nature and what insects can be found, to send up bottle rockets and create as you stay with dry or off-dry massive bubbles on the Playing Field. We have some newcomers and some we haven’t seen styles, they can be both refreshing since last year. It’s been wonderful to be away from screens and to be outdoors having fun. and good with food. Languedoc We held our AGM in June where we were pleased to hear that we’ve renewed the lease produce a delightful blush-pink, on the hut with the Parish Council and that the group is in good financial standing. The dry with enough fruit to give it Executive Committee is looking for a new Chair and Secretary and are also still in search some body and interest. of new Beavers Leaders, 4 - 5 parents to share in running the Section. New Leaders could Great value. Waitrose £5.99 take it in turns and our outgoing Beaver Leader, Nic Anderson will be on hand to train the For a more full-bodied rosé, an new Leaders. We know everyone leads busy lives, but to volunteer a few hours a week Aglianico grape based southern- makes a big difference in these young people’s lives. If interested please contact me at: Italian wine from the Wine Society [email protected]. If we can’t find anyone to take over, Beavers will have has a fascinating profile, that to close in September - not an option we want to take. Charles Lauder Jr. matches well with dishes such as meatballs and lamb stew, and it VILLAGE LUNCH delivers a great punch. Advance Notice. The Wine Society, £8.95. I have been in contact with Ann Vicary If all this talk of the pink stuff is too much at Kilworth Springs and we are hoping, and all you want is a full-bodied subject to a relaxing of Covid restricitons, red, then you can’t go wrong with to resume our popular Village Lunches at an Argentinian Malbec. the end of August. Widely available in all the major We will hopefully be able to give more supermarkets, this provides the details in the August Bugle but in the perfect foil for well-cooked (or meanwhile enjoy the summer and keep burnt...) barbecued meats. your fingers crossed!! It doesn’t have to be expensive, but Janice Staples if you pay more, you will get more intensity CAUSEWAY COFFEE MORNINGS and full flavours. We were hoping that the Causeway Coffee Morrison’s - The Best Malbec, on offer at Moorings would be able to resume at the £6.50, but still good value even at its usual Pavilion in July. However, the Team have £7.75. decided to delay the recommencement of the If you want to find out more, why not meetings until such time that the situation visit:Taylor-Made Wine Tasting.co.uk regarding restrictions will be clearer. Richard Taylor Heather O’Connor MILLENNIUM WOOD HAPPY FEET A project to improve, repair and extend the pathways and install a raised boardwalk and access over the wetland area of the Millennium Wood is due to commence in the next few weeks. The proposed work will be carried out by The Conservation Volunteers group, who have worked at the Woodland in the past. The project aims to extend the pathways into more of the site and invite opportunities for further exploration of the wetland and add another element of the facility. The project is possible following an award from the Mick George Community Fund, which administers Landfill Tax credits. If you would like to know more about the Woodland, would like to be involved or join our regular work parties, contact Jackie on 880910. 5 SID REPORT PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Readings from the Speed Indicator Device Welford Road Report of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday, June 22nd 2021. Period: 19.05.21 - 26.05.21 Present: Three Councillors Vehicle movements: 8008 Av./day: 1144 Minutes Average speed: 26.20mph Received and approved for signature the minutes of the Annual and Ordinary Parish Highest recorded speed: 62mph Council Meetings held on Tuesday 4th May 2021. Kilworth Road Matters Arising Period:26.05.21 - 02.06.21 Clerk was asked to chase up response from LCC regarding decommissioning of the Vehicle movements: 10608 Av./day: 1515 footway along Theddingworth Road. Average speed: 32.82mph No progress noted regarding Snowdon Homes’ proposal to carry out work to the Playing Highest recorded speed: 68mph Field ditch. Clerk asked to follow this up. Kilworth Road The project to convert the Pavilion garage was discussed and alternative proposals were Period:02.06.21 - 09.06.21 tabled, which will be explored further. Vehicle movements: 11025 Av./day: 1575 Finance Average speed: 33.50mph Statements were noted and Cashbook Account Reconciliation discussed and approved Highest recorded speed: 65mph 2020/21 Internal & External Audits Theddingworth Road Internal Audit - reviewed Period: 09.06.21 - 16.06.21 External Audit AGAR - Completed and signed off. Vehicle movements: 11703 Av./day: 1672 Christmas Lights 2021 Average speed: 30.55mph The proposed festive lighting of the oak tree on The Green was reviewed and was deemed Highest recorded speed: 57mph too expensive. Further options were to be sought. Play Area LOCAL OFFICERS  A quote for repairing the roadside hedge/fencing was accepted Husbands Bosworth Parish Council:  A quote for repairs and painting the Play Area equipment was agreed. Councillors Any Other Business Patricia Hobson (Chair) William Fletcher  Pavilion re-opening - after discussion in was agreed await further relaxation of restricitons Melvyn Forman before re-opening to group meetings. Jackie Fletcher Arrangements made for fallen tree in Dag Lane to be cleared. Laura Meredith It was agreed to obtain litter picking equipment for the use of community groups James Bolter Date and time of next meeting Parish Clerk The next meeting of Husbands Bosworth Parish Council will be on Tuesday, August 3rd Derek Watson 2021 at 7.30pm at the Sports Pavilion. 2a Mowsley Road A full copy of the Minutes can be viewed or downloaded at: www.husbandsbosworthpc. H.B. LE17 6LR Tel: 881109 org.uk or by request to the Parish Clerk. [email protected]

THE CEMETERY Husband Bosworth Cemetery on Welford Road opened in 1858 when the graveyard attached to All Saints Church reached its maximum number of burial plots. Today, the Parish Council, as the Burial Board, are responsible for the Cemetery and the Parish Clerk is responsible for the day-to-day administration. Some of these tasks are relatively straight forward, but occasionally I am asked to help in more unusual matters. Recently, I was approached by parishioners who were trying to locate the burial plots of family members. Through their own research, they knew they were buried in the Cemetery and the year they were buried, but did not know where. We still use the same Burial Book that was first used in 1858 to record interments and from this, and the Cemetery Plan, it was possible to identify the plots. Due to COVID restrictions, I decided to check the location of the plots so I could direct them to the correct place. I was able, through using the Plan and cross-checking with other plots, to establish the exact location of their family members despite there being no memorial or markers. It was then my great pleasure to share the good news with the parishioners concerned. The reason for sharing this story is to highlight the work undertaken by the numerous Councils and Clerks of this Parish since 1858, ensuring all Parish records are maintained to a very high standard. Especially important is that the Cemetery records are accurately documented and available for future research in relation to those who forever rest there. A responsibility that the Parish Council and I take very seriously. Derek Watson, Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer Husbands Bosworth Parish Council

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6 CHURCH NEWS CHURCH SERVICES  All Saints Parish Church & St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Hexagon Benefice FROM THE RECTORY After a break of over 15 months we hope to restart our midweek services at All Saints BENEFICE SERVICES Church in July. We are moving to the slightly later time of 10.00am each Wednesday and JUNE will hold a short, contemplative communion service. We are hoping we will be allowed Benefice Services continue at 10.30am each Sunday to hold a coffee morning in church after the service, at around 10.45am and would invite th anyone to come who would like to join us. 4 July With Sunday services still being shared around the benefice there will continue to be only Benefice Communion, Theddingworth 6.00pm Evening Prayer, Arnesby one Sunday service each month, but the midweek service is a different matter and we plan th that these will continue on a weekly basis. 11 July So if you have been missing church services, this is another chance to come together in Benefice Communion, Mowsley 3.00pm Celtic Prayer, Husbands Bosworth worship. If you have been feeling lonely or isolated and wonder where to go for a chat and th a catch up, then joining us for coffee might be the thing to do. You are welcome to pop in 18 July for coffee without coming to the service if you wish, or leave after the service if you do Benefice Communion, Bruntingthorpe 3.00pm Knaptoft Open Air Service not want to stay for coffee and chat. You are welcome to bring children along too - for the th younger ones there is a toy corner with a few books and toys. It is your village church, do 25 July come and make use of it. Benefice Communion, Shearsby NOTE: Mid-week services at HB will It has been sad to see our church closed during the pandemic - it needs people in it to make th it come to life again. It has always been the case that the building needs people for it to be resume on Wednesday, July 7 . a church, for the building houses the church, which is the people who believe in God. In Service details may change due to each generation the building has helped point people to think about God, and it also carries Covid-19 restrictions in force at the the history of faith and the life of prayer in our village. Liz  time. Please contact Rev. Liz for details. The words below, which were written by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) about a church Contact: Rev.Liz Bickley 880351 in Gloucestershire, could also apply here (though parts of our church are older) Senior Churchwarden: Di Jones 880741 Six centuries have gone They who thus reared them Since, one by one, Their long rest have won; St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church These stones were laid, Ours now this heritage - And in air’s vacancy To guard, preserve, delight in, brood upon; Contact: Robert Constable-Maxwell 880361 This beauty made. And in these transitory fragments scan Canon Chris O’Connor 462359 The immortal longings in the soul of Man. KNAPTOFT CHURCH RUINS Knaptoft church was originally part of the wealthy Manor and Estate of Knaptoft, which in SERVICES AT ST. MARY’S 1301 consisted of the Manor House with enclosed garden, two fish ponds and 26 tenants, Sunday Services will recommence at St. including a miller to operate the windmill. After the Enclosures and a change to sheep Mary’s Roan Catholic Church from Sunday farming in the 15th century, the estate was depopulated. The earthworks of the lost village July 4th. Mass time will now be at 11.00am, can be seen nearby and the adjacent farmhouse is thought to occupy the site of the Manor. and will be served by the Ordinariate of Our The parish church of St. Nicholas, which was built in the 13th century, is thought to have Lady of Walsingham. been destroyed by Parliamentary forces during the Civil War. Currently Fr. Matthew Pittam, who is based The ruins of the church were preserved through the generosity of Henry T. Mills of Langton at Monks Kirby, will be leading our services. Hall in 1932 and today, the romantic setting hosts a series of summer services at 3.00pm on Robert Constable-Maxwell the third Sunday of the months of June, July, August and September, with the last being a Harvest Festival. Musical accompaniment is provided by Fleckney Silver Band and visiting Parish Notices speakers are invited to come and address the congregation. In July, our spreaker will be Dennis Smith our Lay Reader, Carol Higson, from Arnesby. All are welcome to the services, or at any of Berridges Lane time to simply to come to visit and sample the peace and tranquillity. The site is looked Died June 2nd 2021 after by the Friends of Knaptoft who oversee the care of the ruins and the gardens. There Aged 76 years is a Friends of Knaptoft Facebook page, which holds quite a few pictures of the place, and R.I.P. some historic pictures from years gone by.

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7 FORTHCOMING EVENTS PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Parish Council meeting in July. Please contact the Parish Clerk (details p.6) with any matters of parish business.

Saturday, July 17th Millennium Wood work-party, 9.30am Saturday, July 31st Professional Fireworks Championships, Stanford Hall (www.fireworkchampions.co.uk) Tuesday, August 3rd Tennis Club AGM and Enrolment evening, 7.00pm Pavilion Saturday, August 21st Millennium Wood work-party, 9.30am Sunday, August 29th Horticultural & Craft Show Saturday, September 25th Action for Children live music event

LOCAL PLANNING NEWS The following applications have been submitted to Harborough District Council: MOBILE LIBRARY 21/00424/FUL Change of use, storage building to micro-brewery and pub, North Kil- The mobile library has returned but not worth Wharf, Station Road (Withdrawn) in the usual format. Borrowers will need to notify the library 21/00923/FUL Erection of single storey rear extension, rear balcony and re-modelling service in advance what sort of books are of front porch (revised scheme of 20/01724/FUL), 32 Honeypot Lane required and a selection of that subject will 21/00967/FUL Erection of an agricultural building, Glebe Farm, Welford Road be packed in a carrier bag, already booked 21/00970/NMA Omission of first floor (proposed non-material amendment to out to you, for you to collect. 19/01949/FUL), 14 Welford Road (Withdrawn) Returned books will be dropped off in a Recently determined applications: box outside the van. 21/00216/FUL (Approved) Erection of a two storey side extension and external alterations, For help with the service or if you have 13 Butt Lane any questions, please call 0116 305 2695 21/00293/FUL (Refused) Change of use, agricultural land & the erection of 3 log cabins or email [email protected] STOPS & TIMES as holiday units (Revised scheme of 19/01493/FUL), Southfields Farm, Leicester Road School, Welford Road:  21/00488/FUL (Approved) Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and 10.25am - 11.25am installation of larger window to ground floor rear elevation, 17 Fernie Court Berridges Lane: 21/00657/TCA (Approved) Works to tree (fell), 4 Hillcrest Lane 11.30am - 12.10pm 21/00683/CMA (Referred to County Council) Extraction of sand and gravel and Butt Lane: importation of inert material to achieve a beneficial restoration of the site along with wider 12.15pm - 12.50pm landscape enhancements (County Council Identity Number 2021/CM/0041/LCC), Redland Aggregates Ltd, Welford Road Current applications may be inspected during normal working hours at the Council Offices, The Symington Building, Adam & Eve Street, . Planning applications and other aspects of local government can now be viewed on-line at www.harboroughonline.co.uk

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