London terror attack – By Adrian Phipps I was shocked when I heard about the Westminster terror attack that took place on Wednesday, 22 March. Why do people do these kinds of things? And what do they gain? 6 people died, including a police officer and the attacker, and 50 were injured, 31 of them requiring hospital treatment. Islamic State claimed that the attack was to support them, but because of his death, it will never be known if this is true. Different terrorists have totally different reasons for their attacks, so there is no simple reason why terrorism continues so much.

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Snap June General election called – By Peter Crum On 19th of April Theresa May won backing from parliament for a snap general election on June 8th 2017. We thought it was odd because the next general election should have been in 2020. But the conservatives are in such a strong position that they hope to increase their number of MP’s. It’s a bit like a football team stopping the season as they are ahead in points?! But it could be risky as nobody knows what people will vote. We shall see……

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Update from the Editors Thank You to those of you that sent us information – we love to hear from you. The next deadline is 17th May for the June edition.

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In this edition:

• Unexpected General election news and we puzzle over terrorism.

• Articles about fire and rescue, decoupage and bingo.

• Recommended places to go and more.

• Plus all your usual puzzles, jokes and what’s on

See you next month.

By Lisa Perkins on behalf of Our News Our Views editorial team.

Aspire community hub news – By Laura Joliffe Save the date! On Friday 23rd June, we will be having a tea party to celebrate our 30th birthday. The theme will be an Alice in wonderland tea party You can dress up wear your hats and enjoy a performance from our drama group. To join our event please call the community hub Hereford 01432 266881.

William Shakespeare - By Tracy Roberts

He was born on 26th April 1564 and he died on 23rd April 1616. He was 52 years old when he died. Last year he celebrated 400 anniversary of his death. He wrote 37 plays.He was born in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. The globe theatre is in London and was built in 1599. The theatre burned down in 1613. The globe theatre is one of the most famous theatres in the world because of William Shakespeare. He was an actor, part owner and wrote many plays which were performed there. They reopened it in 1997 and it took 10 years to build. Interesting fact – Peter Crum’s mum worked at the royal Shakespeare Company in the costume department.

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Fire and Rescue Service - By Adrian Phipps and Peter Crum The Hereford and Worcester fire and rescue service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region of England. The service was created in 1974 when Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to create the county of Hereford and Worcester. The service has 332 whole-time operational staff, 369 retained (part-time) staff, 21 Fire Control staff, as well as about 98 non-uniformed support staff.

Friday Lifelinks - Decoupage Course - By Lisa Perkins and Tracy Roberts The word decoupage comes from French “decouper,” meaning to cut out or cut from something. Decoupage may have been seen first in East Siberian tomb art where travelling tribes used cut out felts to decorate tombs. From Siberia, the practice came to China, and by the 12th century, (1100’s), cut out paper was being used to decorate lanterns, windows, boxes and other objects. In the 17th century, (1600’s), Italy, especially Venice, traded with the far East and so, the cut out paper decorations made their way into Europe. Friday Lifelinks have been taking part in a decoupage course. By the end of the course we will have made a plaque. What we did:

• Sanded the plaque (A few times).

• Painted a background colour.

• Cut out design from napkins.

• Glue the design on to the wood.

• Design the word on the computer then glue that to the wood +put glue on the top to smooth the glue on top.

• Varnish the plaque.

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The best jockey - by Peter Crum In Great Britain national hunt racing, the title of champion jockey is given to the jockey who has ridden the most wining horses during a racing season. From the start of 1900 through to 1925, the award was given to the jockey who had ridden the most winners during a calendar year January to December. Tony McCoy was champion 20 times which is more than any other winner, he also recorded the most wins in a season, with 289 in the 2001 – 02 season. The award has been shared on three occasions in 1944-45 in 1968-69 and in 1981-82. Racing stopped for several years during world war2 which meant there was no champion jockey in 1943 or 1944

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Bingo Aspire - By Laura Jolliffe Yesterday, I won bingo, I won with one line at the community hub I won a pair of socks, blue and white. For bingo each person has a card with rows of numbers. When a number is called you cross it out if you have it on your card. There are prizes for getting a line and the whole card or house. In big bingo places they call out using a machine with ball and a microphone. They often call out funny phrases like “Clickety click 66” or “5 and 9 the Brighton line whoop whoop”!! It can be fun to play – But watch out, Gala bingo can be very quick and difficult. You could play

• At the hub - ask when the next one is.

• Gala bingo - in Hereford Berrington Street.

• Fownhope village hall.

• Leominster Clifton bingo South street.

• Online.

Date Time What Where Detail/Price

3rd May 7.30pm Rory Bremner @ The Courtyard, Hereford.

The Courtyard, Hereford, HR4 9YJ

Tickets £25

3rd–6th May

See next month’s edition.

Return to Forbidden Planet Musical Theatre

The Tomkins theatre Whitecross Rd

£12/£11

3rd May 7-9pm Hellen music 2017: Cantabile Girls' Choir

St Bartholomew's Church, Much

Marcle HR8 2NF

£5

4th May All day and eve but for free rides 10.30 -11.30

Hereford May Fair The Showmans’ Guild have arranged to open the following fairground rides exclusively for disabled people and their helpers (one helper per disabled person): The Waltzer, The Dodgems, The Sizzler.

Hereford High Town Meet at the bull statue in High Town at 10.30am Hereford May Fair for free rides.

Various at other times. FREE 10.30-11.30am

6th May 11am to 4.30pm Friday, 10am to

4.30pm Saturday and 12

to 4.30pm Sunday.

7pm choir

Little Flower Festival & Model Railway Show

The model railway will be on show from

10am to 4.30pm on the Saturday.

On Saturday night will be a performance from Hereford Rail Male Voice Choir

Eignbrook United Reform Church,

Hereford

FREE

£5 choir

6th May 8pm Gone Cuckoo Stories music and song.

Market street Ledbury HR8 2AQ

£11, £7

14th May

Starts 9 a.m. Hereford festival of running. 5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon, Marathon

Hereford Leisure Centre

Free to watch

To enter £8-£27

10th June

10-4pm Disabled people’s water sports fun day with sailing and canoeing Langorse lake.

More information ring 01874 612034

Free of charge

25th May-4th

June

Various Hay Festival 2017@ Hay on Wye. Hay on Wye Tickets Check

website.

14th July

7.30 p.m. Billy Liar Conquest Theatre Bromyard

£8 and £10

15th July

2-11pm Echofest More details to come.

Dom’s Bike Stop HR6ONA

£15

What’s On

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Places to go on a hot day - By Will Green Hay on Wye. Hay on Wye is a beautiful town full of lots of fantastic shops. It even has an ice cream shop, so it’s perfect for a fun day. Where it is. How to get there. Lies on the welsh side of the Book-town Taxi. Welsh/English Border in the Call, 07881 726547. County of POWYS Wales. Hay Bus/Hay Taxi. Call, 07974 106656. Queenswood Queenswood is a beautiful wood full of trees. There is also an area with a telescope where you’ll get to see a beautiful view. It’s even got a café where you get an ice- cream. So it’s just the place to have a special treat and enjoy nature. Where it is. How to get there Dinmore Hill, Leominster Car (use a sat nav.)

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Number Puzzle – By Adrian Phipps. I had £10 in my wallet. When I was out I used £3 to buy myself a large writing pad and pen. Then, walking around town, I was lucky! I bumped into my best friend, Brian, who paid me back the £5 which he had borrowed last week. Before going home, I had some shopping to do, so I drew £25 out of the bank. Then I went to Morrison’s and done my shopping, which came to £27. How much did I have left when I got home?

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