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- 8- - 9- OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT US - PLEASE SUPPORT THEM OOuuurr R ReRecRectRectoRectorector’ssLsLesLetsLettsLettesLetter L etter CATRIONA CLARK BOOKKEEPING Saying Farewell to Bishop Peter Catriona Clark MICB PM Dip Bishop Peter retired as the seventy-ninth 3 Henning Way Bishop of Bath and Wells in an online farewell MILBORNE PORT service from Wells Cathedral on Pentecost Sherborne, Dorset DT9 5HN Sunday. Bishop Peter, who is 65, announced he 01963 250928 / 07975 885905 was stepping down earlier this year, following [email protected] treatment for leukaemia, which he began in August 2020. Bishop Peter was officially installed as Bishop of Bath and Wells at a special service at Wells

17935 Cathedral on 7 June 2014 so has been ‘our’ bishop for seven years. During his time as Bishop, he has seen 1,327 people confirmed and 73 priests ordained. Not only has he been our bishop, but he has also been the national lead bishop for safeguarding for the Church of England. Covid restrictions and Bishop Peter's treatment, which prevents him from going into public spaces, meant that his farewell service from Wells Cathedral had to be streamed online. We were able to witness the moment when he symbolically left his crozier – the shepherd’s crook that signifies his role as leader of his flock. From that moment, he was no longer Bishop of Bath and Wells and the process for finding a new bishop begins. [email protected] Here are some tributes to Bishop Peter 07836 708888 The Bishop of Taunton, Rt Revd Ruth Worsley, said: “Bishop Peter has been a wonderful, warm and wise friend and colleague in the past five and a half years of ministry we have shared together in Bath and Wells. I shall miss him terribly. Our prayers continue for Peter, Jane and the Justynas Art whole family. May they know God’s hope, grace and joy as they step NATURAL ARTIST into the future.” Canvas Portraits Paying tribute to Bishop Peter at General Synod, Archbishop Justin Perfect Gifts Your designs Welby said: “ I pray that you and Jane continue on the path to healing The best home to be in and that you will continue in confidence in the God you have served is your own and in the love that you received from those around you.” Every morning when the third stair creaks, it reminds me of Margaret. She’d always told me all her life to fix it. I’m just glad I never did. Because I realise that’s home.Having Home Instead Senior Care help me around the house means I don’t have to go anywhere. Facebook - Justyna Art [email protected]

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We have sent a card signed by members of the churches across our Church House 100 Club benefice thanking Bishop Peter for his ministry and wishing him well in his retirement. You will be pleased to hear that his treatment has Results of the May Draw gone well and the cancer is currently in remission. We continue to pray 1st Prize £30 Mr C Laughton for strength for his body and a return to full health. nd We have fond memories of Bishop Peter when 2 Prize £20 Mrs N Thorp he visited Milborne Port in November 2018. He 3rd Prize £10 (no. 35) Anon came to help us celebrate the church sharing agreement that we had with the Roman Catholics and to bless them on their journey as they ended their long association with us. On Moving On that day hundreds were crammed into Church House to enjoy breakfast together. We long for I arrived in Milborne Port in June 2014 and I was installed as your the time when we can meet again in that Rector a few weeks later. At the end of this month I will have been your number. Rector for 7 years. I have loved living in Milborne Port so I am rather sad to announce that I will be moving on in the

Autumn. The Bishop of Sherborne has offered Thank you, B ishop Peter. Go well! me the post of Team Vicar in the Golden Cap Team and I have accepted. It is a benefice of 12 Rev Sarah churches so thank goodness it is part of a team ministry. I’ll be based in Lyme Regis and responsible for work in schools across the team. From the Parish The Vicarage is set on the hill overlooking Lyme Bay and has a fabulous view of the sea. Rev Sarah Registers Funeral Congratulations to Brian Tindale, who took this month’s cover photograph of the Ball Court looking towards the High Street. th 18 May Ian Rillie There are so many photogenic locations in Milborne Port! Please do send your own photos (high res and landscape format) for consideration as a future cover. No prizes apart from the kudos!

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St John’s Church Events News from the Parish Council

Garden Visits Tour with Ben Smith – our litter picking hero Cream Tea Congratulations to teenager Ben Smith who Come and join us on has completed his six-month stint of Thursday 24th June volunteering for the Parish Council for his Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award! Ben has 2.00 – 4.30 p.m. been diligently picking up litter at the Start in Church House to pick up a map of the Gainsborough and Springfield play parks beautiful village gardens open for your visit, and to since the start of last October and we are book a time for your tea extremely grateful for the great job that he has done. What is (seating numbers may be limited depending on current particularly great, though, is that he has volunteered (no pressure restrictions) from us – honest!) to continue with this work for the foreseeable future. Tickets £5.00, Many, many thanks from all of us, Ben, for making this valuable available in advance from Wayne’s Butchers contribution to your community. Reporting crime in our area MILBORNE PORT ART SHOW Unfortunately, there have been more incidents of anti-social behaviour in the village, including further vandalism of the drinking tap at Milborne Port Village Hall Gainsborough and more graffiti and the playing of very loud music at the skate-park. If you witness or are aware of criminal activity which July 9th 18.00-21.00 (ticket only*) does not constitute an emergency, this can be reported easily by £5.00 including a glass of wine calling 101, or can be reported online at www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report. The police welcome any TH July 10 10.00 – 16.00 £3.00, Children free information that the public has which helps them to build a picture of Tea, coffee and cake available what is happening in the area. In aid of YEOVIL HOSPITAL BREAST CARE UNIT Allotment land wanted! The Parish Council needs more land for allotments in or close to *TICKETS FOR FRIDAY EVENING AVAILABLE FROM: Milborne Port. The pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in MacAndrew ART, 81 Cheap Street, Sherborne parishioners requesting plots and the waiting list is growing… We are Trouvaille Gallery, 24c unit, 2/3 Cheap Street, Sherborne currently exploring our options and would be interested to hear from Wayne Pullen, Family Butcher, 6 High Street, Milborne Port anyone who has or knows of a suitable area of land (with access to a Or ring 01963 251628 water supply).

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Consultation on Parking Restrictions on the A30 Milborne Port Primary School Following many complaints to the Parish Council, the District Council, the County Council and the Police, the Parish Council made a formal Thoughts from Year 6 on life as we approach to Somerset County Council (as the Highways Authority) to leave lockdown: see if they could suggest a solution, with the main issue being cars All the children and staff at Milborne parked along the A30 in dangerous spots, but also to prevent cars from Port Primary school are thrilled that parking at busy junctions leading onto the A30 and blocking dropped life is beginning to return to normal. kerbs. Somerset County Council is now running a consultation on the It is so wonderful that our children proposed remedy. The Parish Council has already approved this can socialise with each other a bit more and give long awaited approach. Please see our website for more information: hugs to their loved ones. In Year 6 we are very excited about milborneportpc.org.uk/2021/04/28/consultation-on-parking- going on a residential trip and stage an end of year show. restrictions-on-the-a30 (Covid permitting of course!) Just two of things that are so Nathalie Hetherington, Deputy Parish Clerk important to the children as their time at primary school Find us on Facebook! Search: Milborne Port Community Council comes to an end. I feel very lucky that we are all at school now and that makes me really Milborne Port Weather Station happy. (Adriano) Report for April Quite an extraordinary month in many ways. School is starting to feel more normal now and it has been confirmed April turned out to be quite sunny, though that we are going on a residential trip and hopefully putting on a below average temperatures and low rainfall. production! I really love being able to now play and eat on the field Mean temperature was 7.5 C with a minimum again. (Sidney) of -3.2 C on the 7th and a maximum of 19.1C It’s really great being able to go to each other’s houses now and spend on the 24th. There were a total of 14 air frosts, a lot more time with our friends. We are hopefully going on a not so good for those delicate plants. residential trip to Hooke Court. I really love being able to hug my Granny & Grandpa. (Joseph) Until the 28th rainfall was virtually non-existent with only 2mm, then along came 22mm on the 28th, eventually the total for the month was It’s lovely being at school as exciting things are happening. I am 24.6mm, about 35% of the average for April. really looking forward to portraying Raffi in our Year 6 production: Tuishi Pamoja. It’s an African story of friendship. (Poppy B) Wind direction was mostly from the NE with a maximum gust of Life seems easy now, we can hug our Grandparents and we can meet 26mph on the 25th and the mean wind speed for the month was our friends inside! (Harry) 3.9mph. Alan Whitewick www.milborneportweather.co.uk

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I am very happy that we can do more with our friends and family Milborne Port Gardening Club again and I am very excited about our Year 6 production! (Siena)

We can do a lot more now which is great, Throughout April and May the Gardening especially the school trips. (Will) Club has been having a stall with plants for will sale in the Saturday morning market on the So far it has been a great summer term, Weighbridge car park. It has been so nice to people are allowed to go on holiday now meet so many villagers at these sales and we and we are doing a lot more things at thank you for all your support. All proceeds from school. (Matthew) these sales go directly to the Club to support future events. These sales When everyone heard the news at school that we are going on a trip have been so successful that we have decided to continue for a few more and putting on a show we were very excited! This has been a weeks in June (or until we run out of plants)! challenging year but now things feel more normal and that’s great! (Sienna D) We are planning some outdoor events during June and July in our own gardens so that we may all begin to meet again. Existing members will I love seeing my friends and school feels a lot more normal now. be e-mailed with details. If you have been anxiously waiting to join us There are still things we can’t do but I’m happy at school and excited or want to know anything more about the Club then talk to whoever is about the things to come this term. (George) on the stall on a Saturday morning or contact the secretary ([email protected]).

Milborne Port in Bloom All being well, and subject to no change in Covid-19 regulations, we hope to resume meetings in the Main Village with interesting talks, demonstrations, and some hands-on activities. The first of these indoor So far this year with Covid restrictions and the events will be on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 starting at 7.30pm. We weather the group have not been able to meet up, hope to see many of you then. but all our volunteers have been doing their bit to keep areas tidy. Pam Alexander Thank You The judging this year will take place on July 14th. Please can I ask you all to do your bit to help us I would like to thank everyone who bought an “ECO FRIENDLY” keep the village looking tidy. shopping bag at Easter time, when I hung them on my front gate. The money all went to two charities: The Donkey Sanctuary and Animals Many thanks Asia. Both have acknowledged the contributions, and assure me the Karen Gough money is well spent on painkillers and other medical supplies. On behalf of the Milborne Port in Bloom Group P.E. Brook

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T’ai Chi permitted to return to Church House! Milborne Port Cricket Club MedicalMe research has confirmed that T’ai Chi has a Summer Fixtures wide range of health-giving benefits (including its relaxingr effects and promotion of healthy ageing). Mid-Wessex Cricket League Super 11's I have had students referred by Balance Groups All matches Sundays at 14.00 run by local Physiotherapy teams and the NHS now recognizes its importanceimpor in this specific area. The NHS and Age UK 4th July Away at Yeovil Royal Blasters CC websites both have information on T’ai Chi. As with any form of 11th July At Home to Chard CC exercise it is wise to seek medical advice before beginning if in any 18th July At Home to Cranmore CC doubt (or for current or recent illness/injury) 1st August Away at Street CC th If you are interested in trying T’ai Chi, 8 August Away at Broadwindsor CC th indoor sessions re-started on 19th May, 18 August At Home to TICC Curry Rivel nd 10.45-11.45 am. They can be joined at 22 August At Home to Compton Dundon CC th any time but if you are a newcomer, 29 August At Home to Long Sutton CC please contact me first so that I can th keep to a safe number per session. 5 September Away at Queen Camel CC th There is a more advanced session on Wednesday evenings from 6.00- 12 September Away at Yeovil CC 7.00 pm (the same applies). Further days/times (and different formats) can be available if there is enough interest. The fee is currently £5 per session (pay as you go) but the first session for newcomers is free. For further details please phone Lucy on 07517 183277 or email: [email protected].

Please do not attend a session if you think you or anyone in your household may have Covid19, if you have been in contact within the last 14 days with someone who has been diagnosed or suspected of having Covid19,, or been contacted by NHS Track and Trace and asked to self-isolate, or if you have recently returned from travelling to a country on the Government’s quarantine list. Lucy MacArthur

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(including the Principal Service Readings) Sunday June 20th-Trinity 3 2 Corinthians 6.1-13/Mark4.35-41 Any of these details may be subject to change. We are 9.00 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Wick complying with government and C of E guidelines for all our services. 10.30 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Port Please do not attend if you have any Covid-19 6.00 p.m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne symptoms. Please remember to bring a face covering with you. Wednesday 23rd 10.30 a .m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port

Sunday June 27th- Trinity 4 Wednesday June 2nd 2 Corinthians 8. 7-end/Mark 5.21-end 10.30 a .m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port 10.30 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Port Sunday June 6th-Trinity 1 6.00 p.m. Patronal Festival Evensong Goathill 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1/Mark 3 20-end 9.00 a .m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne Wednesday 30th 10.30 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Port 10.30 a .m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port 6.00 p.m. Evensong Stowell Saturday July 3rd Sunday June 13th Trinity 2 3.00 p. m. Wedding of Annette and Gary Milborne Port 2 Corinthians 5.6-10,14-17/Mark4.26-34 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Goathill Sunday July 4th Trinity 5 10.30 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Port 9.00 a.m. Holy Communion Charlton Horethorne 6.00 p.m. Evensong Charlton Horethorne 10.30 a .m. Holy Communion Milborne Port 6.00 p.m. Evensong Stowell Wednesday 16th 10.30 a .m. Midweek Communion Milborne Port

th Saturday June 19 1.30 p .m. Wedding of Adrian and Natalie Milborne Port

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St John’s Church Summer Fete Milborne Port Climate and Nature Action Understanding climate change 31st July 2021 When we dig up and burn fossil fuels, we are 2 p.m. on the Church Lawns wrapping a blanket of carbon pollution around Cakes, Plants, Books, Bottle Stall, Tombola and the earth. This pollution blanket is trapping more heat in our atmosphere that would otherwise BBQ and Pimms Bar eescape back out to space. Cream Teas and Ice Cream Grand Draw – T op Prize £150 cash  That trapped heat causes more damaging downpours and droughts that wipe out farmers’ crops. It powers stronger Commercial stalls welcome – phone 01963 250529 hurricanes and storms that devastate our coasts. It means Donations for most stalls will be welcomed nearer the time. Items hotter temperatures that fuel wildfires and cause crippling for the Toiletries and Unwanted Gifts stall would be much heat waves. It causes sea level to rise, which will flood millions appreciated by Sue Cooper anytime from now. Ring 01963 of homes.  250503 for collection, or leave on doorstep at 205 High Street. As for the science, 99 percent of climate scientists agree: it’s real, it’s human-caused, it’s serious, and there are solutions that will benefit us all. The faster we cut our carbon pollution, Friends of Milborne Port Library the better off we’ll all be. The climate has changed in the past but what’s different is that the rate of change now, over a few We have received some lovely new books at our decades, is unprecedented and too fast for most of life on earth library. Do go and browse for a new read. Although to adapt. Covid restrictions are slowly being lifted some measures are still in place. The Future is in our Power The Summer Reading Challenge starts in July. The good news is that as the climate crisis is man-made so each of us See on Facebook under “Milborne Port Community has the power to address it. T here’s lot to do but it can be done. Library”. During WWII, we acted collectively for the common good. People As well as visiting our own library, did you know the British Library gave up years of their lives or lost their lives to fight for the future, has a vast reference repository? You can reference almost any subject food was rationed, everyone contributed. The challenge now is far including old manuscripts, maps, family histories, sound recordings greater but involves far less. In fact, the necessary changes will lead to etc. You will need a “Reader Pass”, which can be obtained online at a fairer, cleaner, greener, healthier world with nature restored. https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-get-a- reader-pass.

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We’re becoming part of the solution by cutting our greenhouse gas What to Watch for in the June Night Sky emissions: eating far less meat and dairy, flying and driving far less or not at all, buying fewer things: reduce, reuse, repair, recycle. “I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I Whatever you can afford to do, we hope you’ll join us in doing it. see summer — its dust and lowering skies.” Toni Morrison Insulating your house, installing a heat pump or swapping to an June’s astronomical highlight is a partial eclipse of the Sun, the first electric car too expensive? Then lobby our PM and our MP too to play eclipse for six years. Unfortunately, it is not total where the Sun is their large part by stopping pouring money into a fossil-fuelled world entirely covered by the Moon. Here in Milborne Port, the Sun will and by doing far more to support clean, green power instead. have about 20% of its disc hidden. It’s been a really tough spring for wildlife. Please help all you can and June 2021 Astronomical Events leave wild plants to flower and set seed until July if you can – to provide food for butterflies, bees, birds, hedgehogs, bats. Will there be 10 th: New Moon and Partial Solar Eclipse. Watch as a bite is blackberries and sloes this autumn for us? Please be aware that taken out of the Sun – the partial eclipse starts in Milborne Port at children enjoy nature and many people take great solace from it and about 10:04 am and ends at 12:17 pm. The maximum eclipse will be at are upset, for example, to see needless 11:07 am. Never look directly at the Sun, either with the verge cutting with all the resulting loss of naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. The easiest wildlife Please avoid using pesticides and way to watch the eclipse is to use a watch out for nesting mammals, especially pinhole camera. Pop into your hedgehogs which don’t flee from danger. kitchen and fetch your colander (the Thank you. hole type rather than the mesh We will be starting our hedge survey in June. Do get in touch if you’d variety). Take the colander outside like to help. and hold it out over the ground. Each of the colander holes will act as a Date for the diary: a nature walk on East Hill, with the pinhole camera and you’ll see kind permission of the owner, on the afternoon of hundreds of images of the crescent sun on the ground, you can watch Sunday 6th June, led by wildlife expert Nigel Spring. the eclipse unfold safely. Please email to book in case we need to limit numbers, and for details to be sent to you nearer the time. 11th: soon after sunset, to the lower right of Venus will be a very narrow crescent Moon. th [email protected] 13 : At 10 p .m. the reddish ‘star’ to the left of the Moon is the planet https://network23.org/milbornecan/ Mars. 21st: Midsummer’s Day – the longest period of Daylight and the shortest night. The Sun reaches its most northerly point in the sky.

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24 th: Full Moon and again it i s a S upermoon. In North A brilliant set of four books set in and around Milborne Port and American, the June Full Moon is called the Strawberry Moon, the Sherborne. Algonquin knew it as the time to gather the ripening wild Her interest in Medieval Sherborne began after a visit to strawberries. A lternative European names include the Honey Moon and the Mead Moon. Another name is the Rose Moon, Sherborne Abbey carol service sparked her imagination. A year many roses bloom during this part of the year. of research followed. Sherborne has an incredibly rich history which is a gift for the imagination, and so Matthias Barton was Sunrise and Sunset born, he then sat in a drawer for seventeen years but has now 1st: Sunrise 5. 00 a .m. Sunset: 9. 15 p .m. emerged from the drawer to tell his story!

21st Sunrise 4.55 a.m . Sunset: 9.28 p.m . (Midsummer’s Day) Because of Covid restrictions this will have to initially be a ‘Members Event’ and on a ‘first come/first served’ basis. Please 31st: Sunrise 4. 59 a .m. Sunset: 9. 27 p .m. contact Lyn on the email or telephone number below. However, if there are still spaces available on the 14th June we will email In the Village the first day of June is 16 hours, 15 minutes long, Midsummer’s Day is 16 hours, 33 minutes long. The last day of the those on the general email list. month is 16 hours, 28 minutes. So up until Midsummer’s Day, the If you are unsure if you are a member or not, please contact Lyn length of the day increases by 13 minutes. After Midsummers Day the on either 07480 143678 or by email to [email protected] length of the days shortens by 5 minutes to the end of the month. The nights are drawing in!! All memberships started anew this May and the cost of membership is £15 per person or £20 per couple/family. Good Viewing! We asked for thoughts on the Pandemic and many of you BUT do take care if you are watching the eclipse of the Sun. responded but we thought that this poem would be of particular Ganymede interest!

Milborne Port History & Heritage Group ‘I’d like to be a tortoise ’cos tortoises don’t worry Their home is always tidy and they’re never in a hurry Well, we’re nearly there! We are delighted to say that we hope to I think I’ll go and hibernate and not wake up until hold our first evening meeting, Covid regulations permitting, the world is back to normal with a vaccine or a pill’ since early last year on Monday June 21st at 7.30 p.m . in Church House.

Rosie Lear, a Shaftesbury author, will be talking to us about her life and in particular ‘The Matthias Barton Medieval Mysteries’.

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Richard Duckworth’s Local History In the May of 1847, the Ball Court was built by Sir WC Medlycott, so that the children of the working classes would have somewhere safe to The Remembrance Garden play. The area was also known as the Fives Court, an old game played (The Ball Court) with a ball onto a wall that had two sides, which was played between the two large buttresses, which fitted the game perfectly. The Court was

also used as a meeting point, by the two local Friendly Societies,(The The last article that I wrote in this Magazine was about the many fires Whit Monday and Whit Tuesday Clubs) These two clubs were able to in the Village over the years. In many of these fires, the properties were help people in the village, who had fallen on hard times. Also in 1905, burnt down to their shells, as it took so long for any sort of Fire Brigade, the then newly formed Fire Brigade, used the area for their training, to get there, let alone Milborne’s old hand drawn and hand pumped and to try out their Hoses ! contraption. Many times someone had to cycle into Sherborne to raise the Alarm, then it was catching the Horses, and then getting to During warm summer nights, the village people often got together, and Milborne Port with the Horse- drawn appliance. Ballroom Dancing would take place, under the stars, it was said, where the locals Danced many evenings away to their hearts content, with a man with a Concertina, playing the music. It was said the stars were acting as Hanging Chandeliers. How lovely that must have been!

In the late 1940’s the land was given over, by Sir Hubert Medlycott, to the local Parish Council, who then decided that it was the perfect place for a Garden of Remembrance, to remember those who lost their lives in the Two World Wars. The local Toc H branch and British Legion, did a lot of the work to turn this space into the Garden of Remembrance that we know today !

On Sunday 27th May 1951 at 3 pm, a Dedication Service took place, with the Service of Dedication held in the Garden of Remembrance itself, the service was taken by the Milborne Port Vicar of the day, the The gap here in the High Street opposite the old Bank House, was due Rev A. N . S. Holbrook. to a fire around 1830/40, as the 1817 Map shows Cottages here, but on the 1860’s maps there were no cottages ! The land at that time was Many thanks to the Milborne Port in Bloom Group, for keeping the owned by the Medlycott family, and after the fire, the Medlycotts Garden of Remembrance looking so colourful ! allowed the Church grounds to be enlarged, and the path called ‘The Grove’ was laid, to meet the end of Church Street. Richard Duckworth

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Advice from our PCSO Do YOU feel Safe at Work?

Hopefully we are now experiencing some warmer weather. Please think Covid 19 has changed all our lives and there about your security when leaving windows and doors open and/or are now many aspects of daily living that are unlocked. If you are working in your garden, consider locking the new and potentially confusing, for example thee rules and house. A burglar only needs a few minutes to relieve you of your mobile regulations around employment. One issue is how to make sure you phone, iPad or laptop. Do not leave windows open overnight if they are safe at work. The government has said that you should try to work could be used to access your house. Even small windows that are left from home wherever you can, but clearly this is not feasible for many open may allow a burglar to open larger windows in the same frame. types of employment. Ensure that all large windows are locked and the keys removed. Fitting If you can’t work from home, your employer must do everything an alarm may appear expensive but think about the cost to your possible to keep you safe from coronavirus. All employers are required irreplaceable possessions if you become the victim of burglary. If you to undertake a Covid 19 risk assessment and the government website require any Crime Reduction advice, please contact your www.gov.uk explains how this should be done. The website also gives Neighbourhood Team who will be happy to visit your home and suggest detailed guidance on a wide range of different kinds of jobs, for ways to improve your security. example construction, factories, warehouses, hotels, offices, contact Please stop either myself, Will or Stefan for a chat if you would like to centres, performing arts, shops and restaurants as well as what are discuss the above or have any other policing queries. described as close contact services such as hairdressers, beauticians, tailors and sports Wincanton Rural East therapists. The specific advice will differ PC Stefan Edwards, PCSO Tim Russell and PCSO Louise Perry according to the type of work, but the basics include making sure staff stay socially distanced; reducing face to face contact with the public; cleaning more often; ensuring staff and Current Policing Issues in Milborne Port: customers wear face coverings; providing Thefts of power tools from vans. adequate ventilation and hand sanitisers; and enabling staff to travel Anti Social Behaviour at the skate park and allotments - please call to work at quieter times of day. 101 (non-emergency/999 (emergency) if you observe or are a victim If you are unable to work from home and feel concerned about your of ASB. safety, check the guidance for the type of work you do and if necessary PCSO Tim Russell ask your employer to ensure that the required arrangements are in place. If you would like help with this or any other subject our website at www.citizensadvice.org.uk has up-to-date information on Covid 19 issues as well as information on many other day to day topics.

Alternatively call 08001448848 to speak to an adviser.

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Type 2 diabetes - It’s Time to get Serious MILBORNE PORT CONTACTS PARISH CHURCH: ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST Every two minutes someone finds out that they have Type 2 diabetes, Staff which can lead to sight loss, kidney failure, loss of a limb, and makes Vicar Revd Sarah Godfrey 250248 Reader Mrs Pat Elliott 250353 you at least twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke. Churchwardens Mrs Jacquie Hall 250328 Mrs Nicki Edwards 251505

. The South Somerset Diabetes Prevention programme is a free Other Useful Church contacts service for people who are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Organist Mrs Rachel Willetts 01935 813958 Vergers Mr & Mrs Ronnie Goodman 250964 Magazine Editor Mrs Linda Mumford 33495 Magazine Advertising Mr Robin Bawtree 251359 Normally, people access the programme through their GP; however, & Magazine Treasurer due to the pandemic and the subsequent pressure that our GP Parish Secretary [email protected] 250326 Tower Captain & Sec: Mr & Mrs David Wales 250660 practices are facing, for a limited time we have enabled a self-referral PCC Secretary Mrs Susan Wales 250660 option via the Diabetes UK 'Know Your Risk Score' . Church Treasurer Mr Robert Hall 250328 & Stewardship Recorder The risk tool can be accessed via the link below: Church House Treasurer Mr Ben Grundy 01747 854873 https://riskscore.diabetes.org.uk/start Parish Church of St Peter, Goathill: Church Warden: Mrs Trudy West 01935 815342 Milborne Wick Church: Prowarden: John Sprake 250243 Church House Bookings: www.mpchouse.org.uk or Christine Porter 250821 More information about the programme can be found OTHER LOCAL CHURCHES at https://preventing-diabetes.co.uk/somerset/ Roman Catholic Church (Wincanton) Father Louis Beasley-Suffolk 34408 ReBorne Community Church Minister Adrian Bright 07975 755032

OTHER INFORMATION Doctors Drs Beattie, Bulley, Wyer, Smith, Esteves and French 250334 MAGAZINE DEADLINES Vet Southhill Veterinary Group, The Old Glove Factory, 1-2 North Street, Milborne Port 250255 Primary School Mrs R. Eyres 250366 All entries for the July issue of the magazine to Clerk to Parish Council Mr Simon Pritchard, Town Hall 251268 District Councillor Sarah Dyke 07979 535542 th the editor please by Saturday 19 June at 12 Registrar Ms S Shire 435008 noon latest. Spirit of Milborne Port Claire Andrews 07729 582 669 Andy Maidment 07973 987523 Village Hall Booking Clerk: Mr M Lancaster 251217 th WI Secretary: Mrs Pam Burr 251757 Distributors on Friday 25 June at 2 p.m. Police Non Emergency 101 Emergencies 999 PCSO on duty (Wincanton) 101 Editor’s email : Library The Jolly Book Bus in East Street Car Park 07396 587767 Tuesday 9-12.30 and 2-4.30, Friday and Saturday 9-12.30 Pharmacist Ty and Mansur Lawal, Milborne Port Pharmacy 250259 [email protected] Over 65s Tuesday Lunch Club Maureen Lock 250433 Linda will acknowledge all email contributions. If you do not receive Sue Scott 250333 a reply, or if you are unable to use email, please ring her on 01963 Milborne Port community website and diary www.milborneport.org.uk www.milborneportpc.org.uk 33495 Parish Council website Benefice website: www.milborneportchurches.org.uk To have a copy of this magazine delivered to your house each month, Please contact Mrs Liz Redman, 4 Higher Kingsbury Close (251145)

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