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East Leake Academy’s oldest member of staff Sylvia Hutchinson has decided to hang up her apron for the final time to take her well-earned retirement.

Sylvia, who turned 80 last October, has worked as the academy’s staff room assistant for the past 18 years, serving tea, coffee and biscuits at morning breaktimes to ensure teachers and staff are fuelled up and ready for the day

ahead. Each week, she also treats the team to bacon sandwiches which have become a tradition among staff. Sylvia is also infamous for the daily banging of her big spoon to bring the staff room to order.

Prior to working at East Leake Academy, Sylvia worked as a lollipop lady at Brookside Primary School for three years, making sure the children were safe and sound en-route to and from school.

When she first joined East Leake Academy, then known as the Harry Carlton School, she made the staff room her own, bringing in new cups and cutlery - and introducing snacks for staff.

To this day, she still brings in new mugs, cups and glasses to ensure everything is up to her exacting standards.

When asked what she would miss most about her job, Sylvia said: “Everything really – the people, the laughs and even the moans. Some of the teachers call me their Agony Aunt. I’ve loved keeping the staff room in order and looking after the staff, but I do tell them off if they don’t keep it tidy. A job is what you make of it and I’ve loved my time here.”

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Principal of East Leake Academy, Kathy Hardy, said: “Sylvia will be sorely missed by everyone here at the academy. She has a great sense of humour, a generous nature and is always cheery. She is loved

by all and it will not be the same place without her. We all wish her the best for her retirement, she truly deserves it.”

A huge number of staff members past and present, including

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Speaking about Sylvia at her leaving presentation, Phil Renshaw from the academy, said: “The word legend is banded around all too easily these days, but Sylvia truly is

legend as shown by the amount of people who have turned up to say their goodbyes today. All of us will remember your kindness.”

Displaying her trademark humour Sylvia concluded by saying to her colleagues: “Thank you all for everything. Even though you leave your tea bags and mess everywhere, I shall miss you all.”

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A total of 13 pantomime groups entered into the awards and ELAPs - East Leake’s award-winning drama group - came away with Best Young Male Performer, Best Script, Best Magical Being, Unsung Hero and Best Dame for their 2018 panto Christmas Island, written by Geoff Freeman.

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As part of a new project called Notts Voices, a group of Nottingham Trent University students are starting a community engagement project to understand how people across Nottinghamshire have been affected by armed conflict. Notts Voices is the first in a new series of projects, which aims to create a digital archive of the legacies of armed conflict across Nottinghamshire. Undergraduate students Courtney, Charis and Natasha, who are all in their third year of studying BA History within the School of Art and Humanities, are hoping to get in contact with as many different people willing to share their personal experiences with the project.

These personal experiences or stories will help the students to create a digital archive, which reflects the different ways people in our communities have been affected by armed conflict, either themselves or indirectly in all aspects of their lives. The archive will be made available for researchers and to give the people of Nottinghamshire a voice.

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Rushcliffe residents named third happiest in the UKYou can’t escape the strong sense of community spirit in East Leake.

From Easter bunny hunts to the Christmas lights switch-on - the East Leake Traders Association are behind a number of fantastic events enjoyed by local residents.

Following the launch of their new website last summer, in August 2018, this savvy group of businesses committed to going digital. Enlisting the expertise of East Leake-based PR and marketing agency Arch Communications, the traders hoped to showcase what the village has to offer and what a success it has been!

Chairperson, Hayley Masom, said: “We always hoped our social media platforms would attract interest as we know East Leake is home to many thriving businesses. We now reach thousands of people each month, which is really impressive.”

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Rushcliffe Borough Council has been shortlisted for Council of the Year at the forthcoming prestigious Municipal Journal awards to be announced in London in June.

The authority is the only district or borough council in the UK to have made the final five for the award and will now go head to head with some of the best unitary and London boroughs in the country.

The news comes after the Council scooped two industry accolades in just three months last year, when named the Commercial Council of the Year at the 2018 awards and the Local Government Chronicle’s Entrepreneurial Council of the Year.

Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Chief Executive Allen Graham said a team will now present and take part in a question and answer session on behalf of the Council to a panel

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He said: “This is wonderful news not just for Rushcliffe but the whole of Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands with the industry recognising how the Council is punching above its weight to deliver economic growth combined with reliable local services, whilst being self-sufficient and commercially minded.

“It is an achievement to reach this stage, to be acknowledged in the same breath as other successful Councils with much larger populations and infrastructure. We are so proud of our staff and honoured to represent the community we serve.

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A total of 8,271 out of 8,794 parents have secured a place at their first preferred primary school for their children in September. This indicates an increase in the number of parents receiving an offer of their first-preference school for their child. Nottinghamshire County Council contacted the 8,794 parents to let them know which school their son or daughter is to attend from September.

This year shows an increase in the number of applications received before the closing date and also shows an increase in the percentage of parents who have got a place at one of their preferred schools at 98.9%. Of the remainder, 96 - a total of 1.1% of applicants - have been offered a place at a school they didn’t include on their application. The county council said it had done all it could to ensure that parents send their child to a school they wanted.

Chairman of the county council’s children and young people’s committee, councillor Philip Owen, said: “The situation as a whole continues to be encouraging as the majority of parents will be getting a school for which they made a preference.I am very happy that every child in Nottinghamshire, whose parents applied before

the deadline, will have a primary school place in September 2019. Unfortunately, popular schools will always be over-subscribed and whatever the admissions criteria are for those schools, the likelihood is that there will be some disappointed families.

“As an authority, we aren’t complacent as we’re aware of the pressures within the system and the forecast number of children coming through. We have a statutory duty to ensure we have sufficient school places across all schools, irrespective of whether they are academies, local authority maintained or otherwise governed.”

Service director for education, learning and skills, Marion Clay, also assured late applicants that a school place would be available for their child this September:

“The waiting list applies to all on-time unsuccessful applications, late applications and changes to preferences,” she said. “If a parent has been refused a place at a preferred school they have a right to appeal against the decision. All appeals are wholly independent. For information about appeals parents can visit the council website or contact 0300 500 80 80 for more advice.”

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She will be raising money for the breast care charity, which aims to spread awareness of the importance of checking your breasts from an early age.

Josi told the Local News: "We will be split into teams on the trek.

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In Delhi, you can experience Indian street life with busy bazaars in Old Delhi, the city of the Moghuls which is dominated by the Great Mosque, take in the Red Fort and escape the hustle and bustle in New Delhi, with its wide boulevards, high end boutiques and cafés.

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Look at this photo with its beautiful display of summer-coloured flowers and fantastic green-striped lawn and then imagine the same photo with a lawn full of moss, weeds and patchy, stressed grass and you can see why a healthy lawn is so important to a garden.

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The Waterside Series of marathon canoe races on the Kennet and Avon Canal has been held every spring since 1948. Each of the four fortnightly races in the series is longer than the last, starting with a 13-mile race and culminating in a 35-mile battle from Devizes to Newbury. Competitors from across the country not only have to paddle for many miles, but also negotiate locks, roads and impassable bridges - and in colder years frozen sections of water - by portaging, running alongside the waterway with the boat. There are various classes of both age and boat type and though some crews take part in one or more races, there is also the opportunity to win a series title, determined by adding up the times taken to complete all four races.

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Nottingham Kayak Club and their support crews, showing why last season’s club title of National Marathon Champions really was well-deserved.

Race results Mags Dilai and Matt Enoch came a close second in the Mixed K2 (double kayak) class in Race A despite a double dose of illness, returning in Race B to assert their dominance over their Reading rivals by coming over the line in first place.

In Race A, Alison Chmiel and Caroline Jones took the top ladies K2 spot, followed closely by Justine Jenkins and Sarah Millest in second place, then swapped positions for the second race two weeks later. Justine and Sarah came a creditable third in Race C and an unassailable first in Race D, beating the second place crew by nearly 20 minutes.

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Veteran Men’s K2 class, achieving sixth, fifth, sixth and fifth respectively in their four races. Our younger representatives also made a promising first showing at such long races. Woody Snapper came 3rd in the Junior K1 in race A, and Matilda Enoch, paired with Devizes paddler Molly Ball, came in first in the Junior Ladies K2 in Race A and second in Race B.

Series results The true troopers are those who completed every one of the races. Justine Jenkins and Sarah Millest won the K2 Ladies’ title and Chris Carter and Pete Ilett won the Veteran Men’s K2 trophy. An honourable mention must go to Dougal Glaisher. Dougal paddles for Exeter but trains at is at university in Nottingham. He came first in every single Senior Men’s K1 – an incredible feat – and then won the Senior Men’s K1 series. If you want to have a go at kayaking or canoeing, a come-and-try-it session is held every Sunday starting at 11am at Trentside North.

Nottingham Kayak Club dominates Waterside SeriesBy Carol Fearria Chair of the Nottinghamshire Schools Netball Committee

The Nottinghamshire Schools’ Netball Committee were delighted to launch the presentation of a special award, the Gill Barradell Trophy, at the County Under-12 netball tournament held recently at the Nottingham Emmanuel School

in West Bridgford. The committee wanted to pay a special tribute to Broxtowe’s Gill Barradell who gave much of her life to netball and they were delighted that her husband Mick Barradel, together with the family, agreed to present the crystal glass trophy.

Eighteen secondary schools entered the competition and after

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This is to be an annual award at the Under-12 County Tournament in memory of Gill who sadly passed away in September 2018.

Gill will be remembered by many players, seniors and juniors, coaches and umpires, in the Nottinghamshire Netball League and as a representative of the county netball team for her outstanding performance as goal shooter from the age of 10 to 72 years old.

She was probably the best goal shooter never to have played for England.

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There cannot be many players across England who have played for over 40 years in national competitions.

Starting out as a member of Canley Ladies team, she spent the majority of her playing years at Boots Beeston (later renamed Gauntlettes) before finishing her netball career at Cliftonettes as a coach to junior players.

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