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One of our very own small local businesses is starting to make its mark on the world of farming and food in a big way.

Elms Farm Costock has recently been nominated for two of this year’s Countryside Alliance Awards.

One award is for Best Butchery and the second is the Clarissa Dickson Wright Special Award for those who work hard to campaign, educate and prioritise slow food in its taste and quality, showing real support for all UK farmers and producers.

Chris and Phil (pictured on the front page), two of the Elms Farm team, headed to London in their finest tweed - just in case anyone confused them for city bankers - to the finalists’ awards reception being hosted at the prestigious House of Lords in Westminster.

They told the East Leake Local News: “The day started well with a fine breakfast.

“This was followed by some cultural enjoyment in the Imperial War Museum and then onto the event itself.

“It was full of interesting people, all making their own great contributions to the UK’s food and farming industry.”

The Rural Oscars, as it is affectionately known, is becoming

a national countryside award to be proud of and the competition was fierce.

This was the very first year Elms Farm has entered the competition and they can be proud of their fantastic achievements.

They made it through to be a regional finalist for Best Butchery, Midlands and even more impressive, a place nationally in the final three for the Clarissa Dickson Wright Award.

This award was for their work in fostering rare breeds, helping the public connect with the food on their plate and educating people on bureaucratic misinformation out there.

For Elms Farm, it was a runners-up place this year but with a huge thumbs-up for helping Nottinghamshire farming, food and countryside management take its place on the map.

Chris and Phill added: “We look forward now to 2020 with real great expectations.”

To find out more about their work in countryside management, animal rearing and the food production efforts at Elms Farm Costock, please visit the website by logging onto elmsfarmcostock.co.uk.

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East Leake Academy student company Recycled Time have gone one step further in a national business competition, after being awarded the Young Enterprise East Midlands Company of the Year accolade at an awards presentation at Nottingham Trent University. The team’s success comes after recently being crowned the Nottinghamshire Young Enterprise winners in May, and now puts the budding entrepreneurs in the running for the ultimate position of UK Company of the Year at the national finals in London.

Thomas Richards, East Leake student and managing director of Recycled Time, said: “It was an amazing experience to attend such a prestigious event and to be a part of such a strong group of teams. It was a great feeling to see all of our efforts recognised with a win and to now have the honour of representing the East Midlands at the national final.”

This is the seventh year the academy, which is part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership, has taken part in the Young Enterprise programme – challenging young people to design and create a product or service and market this to make a profit. Recycled Time is made up

of year 12 students. Its members formed the actual company, opened a business bank account and had weekly meetings with the academy co-ordinator and Young Enterprise business advisor. The team attended various markets and hired stalls in order to promote their company and product, as well as developing a website and social media accounts for their business.

Thomas added: “Setting up the business has been a challenging but incredibly rewarding experience. Despite facing numerous setbacks and difficulties on our journey, we stuck together as a team and learnt from each and every one of them.

“The hardest part has been structuring the team and putting our own friendships aside to focus on the needs of the business. But it’s also been a really rewarding experience too, seeing how far we have come as both a team and as individuals. We are all so excited to see what the future holds for Recycled Time.”

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A community group have been praised as High Street Heroes for their work litter picking around their local shops, cafes and restaurants to help keep their village tidy. The East Leake Tidy Team use social media to help co-ordinate their services and ensure volunteers have access to all the equipment they need to keep the village welcoming for visitors and residents alike.

Volunteers meet regularly to scour the village for unwanted crisp packets, drinks bottles, or waste and are always keen to add more members to their group. Rushcliffe Borough Council has praised the group as part of their High Street Heroes campaign that aims to celebrate the efforts local business groups and individuals go to in encouraging businesses to thrive.

The authority’s executive manager for neighbourhoods, Dave Banks, said: “The East Leake Tidy Team represent yet another fantastic

community group working together to keep their high street clean, tidy and inviting.”

East Leake Tidy Team organiser, Mel Roper, said: “We love our village and it’s always great to find like-minded people who want to care for our high streets and help support the local, independent businesses who call East Leake home.

“Our group offers residents the opportunity to care for their community safely and in their own time. We’ve even had some civic-minded young people spend their school holidays tidying up the village.”

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Local fashion students at Nottingham College have been working on a design challenge set by a specialist wedding boutique. Mary Jeremiah from The Wedding Room donated three wedding dresses to the Level 3 Fashion & Textiles students and then set them the challenge to transform them into something new and exciting. The project takes inspiration from TV shows such as The Great British Sewing Bee.

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Strength: needed or overrated? What is often underestimated, is the strength required to be a male dancer. If your core is weak, then your dance is probably weak too. With lifts being around every corner, a core of steel is needed to catch anything or anyone that is thrown at you.

Glitz & Glamour: Maybe, maybe not: Dance isn’t all about money and fame. It’s more than that. Learn to love it and it becomes part of you and gets under your skin. The drive, perseverance and tenaciousness I gain through dance, positively impacts my studies at East Leake Academy (ELA). Everything I do, I strive to be the best because this is at the heart of who I am: dance planted the seed for my future endeavours. So, be prepared to get the bumps, blisters, backache and bandages in exchange for the most wonderful time of your life. You can’t hate what you don’t know: consider that.

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Edwardian Nottinghamshire in Colour is a fascinating look into the early 20th century through the eyes of photographer Albert Hindley and his amazing picture postcards in the Clumber series.

Rushcliffe author Brian Lund, photographer Rob Inglis and Brian’s wife Mary went to a vast number of locations within a 10-mile radius of the city centre of Nottingham in the past few months.

They trio have teamed up to recreate the Edwardian postcard photo location with some fascinating results.

Brian Lund told the East Leake Local News: “We’ve spent the past two months going to 125 places within a 10-mile radius of Nottingham City Centre.

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If you are jetting away to somewhere hot, you need to make sure you’ve got foreign currency, travel insurance and up-to-date passport sorted well before the date of travel. The Post Office offers a one-stop shop for these holiday essentials, right here in the village and if you need a new passport photo, Captcha Photography is across the road.

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Getting into the holiday spirit with East Leake TradersThe Rushcliffe Golf Club, voted East Midlands Golf Club of the Year for 2019, is going from strength to strength with a fantastically well-presented and unique course, accompanied by a friendly clubhouse and welcoming staff.

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The Rushcliffe Golf Club is in its second year as proud partners with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.

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He was to be the next George Best at Old Trafford but happily he remained the one-and-only Ian Storey-Moore throughout a glittering career cruelly curtailed by injury but seldom short of glorious goals – as well as a lost weekend that became part of the game's folklore. We talk to the player nicknamed Mugsy, who was anything but...

There were echoes of an Ealing comedy in the backdrop but the drama that unfolded was pure farce delivered directly from Whitehall. And the unwitting and innocent stooge in the middle, luckily with trousers firmly in the upright position, was Ian Storey-Moore, soon to be Britain's most expensive footballer. Or so, foolishly, he presumed. For weeks leading up to transfer deadline day in 1972 the stylishly swaggering Nottingham Forest winger had been the subject of repeated transfer speculation. If the Fleet Street presses were hot with his name, his own ears were burning as the country's leading

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“On the Friday morning Matt Gillies told me to go to the Edwalton Hotel because Manchester United wanted to talk with me,” recalls Storey-Moore with a humility that belies his status in the game then and now as much as his features show few traces of his 74 years.”

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Chartered status is an exclusive title only awarded to individuals that meet rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability.

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I qualified as a Hatha Yoga teacher in January 2019 after a year’s teacher training in 2018 with a Yoga Alliance Professionals accredited course.

Yes, I missed the Royal Wedding, the best matches of the World Cup and all those lovely weekends of sun last year, but it was to improve my own knowledge of yoga.

I have been practicing yoga for five years now, but I had no intention of teaching.

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Once I started, however, I found teaching very rewarding and that others benefited. The moral of this story is summed up by the quote

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Living in today’s society, which moves faster and is busier than ever before, it may be that you neglect your own needs to put work or the needs of others first.

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Pause Take time to stop for just a minute or two and think about what you are doing at that moment and be present.

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Modern relationships can be com-plicated. Divorce and re-marriage are commonplace. As your person-al circumstances change, so too should your will. It’s very important your will reflects your wishes and beneficiaries receive what you want them to.

Does marriage affect my will? Getting married or entering into a civil partnership in England or Wales makes any will you have had in place previously, null and void. Unless your will makes specific reference to your intended marriage or civil partnership and makes provision for that event.

Once you are married or in a civil partnership and you do not make a will, the laws of intestacy will come into play. This means that the courts will decide who inherits your estate on your death and not you.

Does divorce affect my will? Unlike getting married, divorce doesn’t automatically void your existing will. While your current

will remains valid, for inheritance purposes, your ex-spouse will be legally treated as if they had died when the marriage or civil partner-ship ended. It’s a common misno-mer that an old will from before the marriage will become valid again. This is not the case. The will should be dis-regarded.

In this context, not having an up-to-date will can cause issues. If the will does not state clearly what should happen in the case of a spouse’s death, you could again find your estate in intestacy. If your will doesn’t reflect the fact you have divorced, the administration of your estate could quite easily end up going against your wishes.

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David & Joan Take David and Joan. They have lived in their house for over 30 years. The property is solely in Da-vid’s name. David did not make a new will after he divorced and mar-ried Joan.nDavid’s estate, which

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David could have avoided this upset by making a new will or revising his old one. Furthermore, starting a family conversation about estate planning, including obliga-tions to spouses, former spouses and children would have helped enormously. It may not be an easy subject to discuss but worthwhile in the long run.

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Anybody in horticulture, sports facilities and lawn companies have faced the same problems. The process of seed germination is a strange phenomenon.

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Is this the time you wish to re-develop your garden comes true? The trend remains for homeowners to stay and improve their lot, which is great as this is the purple patch for garden design for a number of reasons.

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East Leake Bantams Under-9s are celebrating after securing victory in the YEL Cup final by beating Selston, a youth team from the division above them. Finlay Hunt converted a perfect cross by Arthur Benskin to put the Bantams ahead at half-time, before Selston levelled following a goalmouth scramble.

East Leake scored their winner with three minutes to go, as Harry Clark

collected the ball on the halfway line and ran half the length go the pitch to fire in the top corner.

Managers, Tony Clark and Adam Hames, told the East Leake Local News: “It was great to see that no-one panicked in the second half and everyone stuck at what they had to do. All of the Bantams played an impressive game and everyone is so proud of them.”

Cup final win for East Leake Bantams Under-9s

It has been a very busy few months for the horses and riders from Wenlo Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) group who have taken part in regional competitions, with many riders qualifying to compete in the RDA National Championships. Four riders from the group, which is based at Meadow School of Riding in Normanton-on-Soar, took part in the Riding for the Disabled Association Regional Dressage Qualifiers, held at Scropton RDA.

Wenlo riders Jonathon Rigby, Stephen Green and Kirsty Laing, plus Jackie Smeeton who rides as an independent rider under the Wenlo banner, all finished first or second in their respective classes and have qualified for the RDA National Championships.

Ten Wenlo riders - Luc Douherty, Elsie Johnstone, Emma Stone, Wyatt Whelband, Paul Collet, Antony Whelband, Leon Douherty,

Liam Mahoney, Stephen Green and Kirsty Laing - took part in the North Midlands Countryside Challenge. All 10 riders put in fantastic performances, with Luc, Paul, Antony, Leon, Liam, Stephen and Kirsty qualifying for National finals.

Additionally, South Notts RDA rider Philip Brothers competed in the Countryside Challenge competition riding Wenlo’s horse Charlie, also qualifying for Nationals.RDA also runs an arts and crafts competition as part of the National Championships. Wenlo’s Harry Wordsmith came second in the class to “paint a picture relevant to RDA”.

Wenlo RDA riders celebrate competition success20th July 2019

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Manic Street Preachers and The Specials are headlining this years' Splendour Festival, along with triple Brit Award winner Rag’n’Bone Man one of the biggest UK girl bands All Saints and many more artists!

Away from the music and across the park, visitors at Splendour can enjoy laugh out loud performanc-es on the Comedy Stage, thrills of the fun fair, entertainment out and about in the crowd, as well as Gem’s Weekend Anthems silent disco.

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Splendour Festival13th July - 1st September 2019 Old Market Square

It’s back and better than ever before! Entertaining families for over ten years, Nottingham Beach returns to Old Market Square this

Enjoy a trip to the seaside without leaving the city!

There will be a number of tradi-tional rides and games as well as beach BBQs and a bar catering for all ages. This year’s entertain-ment schedule is packed full of live music from local bands and artists, movie nights under the stars, beach volleyball tournaments and Just Ben hosting Variety on the Beach.

Nottingham Beach27th July 2019 Nottingham City Centre nottinghamshirepride.co.uk

As in previous years, the Pride march will leave from outside Marks and Spencer on the corner of Lister Gate and Castle Gate. People choosing to join the equality march are asked to gather from 10.00am.

The march will proceed through the city centre to Hockley village where the event will continue with live entertainment, information stalls, music and art up to 6.30pm

The Pride committee are working hard behind the scenes on this year’s entertainment and organising a fun event for all to enjoy.

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19th July & 28th July 2019 Newstead Abbey newsteadabbey.org.uk

Enjoy the manicured gardens and beautiful ruins of Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of Romantic poet Lord Byron, before checking out the open air theatre lined up for the summer.

Treasure Island (Chapterhouse) – Friday 19 July - Gates: 5pm. A brand-new adaptation of every-one’s favourite swashbuckling pirate adventure: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

Wuthering Heights (Heartbreak) – Sunday 28 July - Gates: 5pm. Emily Brontë's iconic tale of a timeless love affair between two restless souls as wild and untamed as the bleak Yorkshire moors.

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13th July - 14th July 2019 Royal Concert Hall trch.co.uk

Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are back in their brand new live show Igglepiggle’s Busy Day! Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny sounds until he finds them all!

You’ll see all your favourite charac-ters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical pup-pets, and enchanting music. The show lasts just under an hour and it’s a completely new production for the very first In the Night Garden Live UK theatre tour.

Now in its 10th year, In the Night Garden Live is one of the UK’s favourite family events.

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In The Night Garden Live 15th July - 20th July 2019

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Fantasies come true – the hilarious and multi-award winning Avenue Q is back by popular demand!

Catch-up with all your favourite characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of life’s burning issues – like what do you do with a BA in English? How do you find your purpose?

Missed all the fuzz last time round? Don’t let your life suck – book now for this fur-lariously laugh-out-loud musical! Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Co-creator of Book of Mormon). From the producers of Footloose, Flashdance and Ameri-can Idiot.

Suitable for audiences 14+. Please note this is NOT a children’s show.

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24th July 2019 Nottingham Playhouse nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk

Come and join Nottingham Play-house as they celebrate Pride week in the city.

This workshop is from 6:30pm located in the Neville Studio, will be a chance to play games, learn new performance skills, have fun and get creative in a safe space.

The session is about bringing young people together that identify as LGBTQ+ and questioning, in or-der to celebrate Pride in a creative and silly way!

You don’t need to have previous drama experience, as the session is open to all abilities. It is intended for 13-17 year olds who identify as LGBTQ+

Tickets £2.

Playhouse Pride – Drama Workshop

18th July 2019 Wollaton Hall visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk

There are few finer ways to spend an evening than strolling through the beautiful Deer Park of Wollaton Hall. But there are dark secrets hid-den among the trees, sinister deeds to be revealed.

This Ghost Walk brings in the stories of real encounters with the unexplained happenings of Wol-laton Hall. The tour is led by Kath George, who has met some of the former residents, as have Wolla-ton’s colleagues both still in the service and those long gone.

Wollaton Hall is a beautiful Eliza-bethan House, built by Sir Francis Willoughby in collaboration with the architect Robert Smithson and completed in 1588. Today it is noted as one of the most haunted buildings in Nottinghamshire.

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