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The Westfield Infants choir won a national singing competition and beat off stiff competition from more than 50 schools from across the country, all battling for the honour to record the new theme tune to mark Thomas the Tank Engines 70th birthday. During the competition a specialist music teacher came and worked with the young singers and the talented school choir of five and six-year-olds were invited to a studio to record their very own versions of Happy Birth-day songs for Thomas. appear on the credits, so we’ll all be piling into the cinema when it’s out.” Continued pg.3

The angelic voices of local children will become famous after being

chosen to sing the soundtrack for the new Thomas and Friends movie,

which stars Oscar-winning Eddie Redmayne.

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Continued from front pg. Judges ruled their mash-up of Happy Birthday songs as the winner, landing the young stars an all-expenses paid trip to a professional recording studio to record the Thomas and Friends theme tune The song will feature on the Thomas and Friends DVD movie Sodor’s Legend Of The Lost Treasure, due out this autumn. The children also won a unique half-day musical experience run by a music spe-cialist, as well as £200 worth of musical instruments for their school and Thomas goodie bags all round.

Jill Maclauclan, head teacher at Westfield Infants in Hinckley, said: “We are abso-lutely delighted and proud that the chil-dren won this competition and they also gained a tremendous amount of experi-ence in the process. “It’s a very exciting opportunity and all the adults that worked with the children along the way complimented them on their be-haviour. “The song will feature on the new movie and the children’s names will also appear on the credits, so we’ll all be piling into the cinema when it’s out.”





Local parishioners welcome funding Two local churches will be sharing over £160.000 of funding from The Listed Plac-es of Worship: Roof Repair Fund. The money is for ur-gent repairs to public places of worship across the UK.

All Saints Church, Kirkby Mallory and St James Church, New-bold Verdon will bene-fit from the scheme after being successful in bidding with both due to receive sub-

stantial amounts of funding in the near future.

Overall, 55 cathedrals and hun-dreds of churches across Eng-land have benefited from the £20 million fund, which will

ensure that these valuable na-tional monuments remain in a good and safe state of repair in order to welcome the public.

These repairs will also prevent further deterioration of the fabric

of these listed build-ing, ensuring that they remain in good repair for generations to come.

Celebrations for inspirational runner

A celebration running event was held in Hinck-ley at the end of March as a thank you to inspi-rational run leader Den-ise Larrad.

The thank you event was organised by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Coun-cil’s Active Together Team and involved beginner running teams taking part in a relay around the 3-2-1 Run England route at Hollycroft Park.

Since becoming the local Torch Bearer for the London Olympics 2012, Denise has proved to be a committed leader of beginner running groups in Barwell and Hinckley and is always out with her runners in all weathers.

As well as a run leader, Denise

is also a volunteer for Age UK LSR and an events assistant with the Borough Council.

Any money she earns through her running groups goes to charity. “I don’t do any of this for money,” Denise says, “I do it because I want to encourage more people to get active and show them how fun it can be.

“You don’t have to be an athlete to join my running sessions as they are for beginners. We are

such a friendly group and everyone is so welcom-ing.”

Denise is currently running two beginners groups for people who want to take up jogging for the first time in a controlled envi-ronment.

One of the groups meets every Tuesday at 9.20am in Richmond Park, Richmond Road, Hinckley, while the other group meets every Tuesday at 6.30pm at the George Ward Centre, Church Lane, Barwell.

Both groups charge £2 per session and hi-vis vests are provided on dark evenings.

For more information you can email Denise personally at [email protected]





Since I trained as a massage thera-pist I’m much more of a people-watcher than I was before. It’s not that I’ve become nosier – it’s that I now notice so much about the way people stand, move and walk. It tells me a lot about how their muscles might be feeling, or what they might do for work or hobbies.

Take for example the men who walk with a slight out-turning of their knees and feet. Usually this is a result of tight hamstrings and calf muscles and is common in those who play sports such as football and hockey.

Or those people with rounded shoul-ders who hold their heads leaning for-wards, rather than straight up. They are often people who spend many hours at a desk with their arms forward writing or typing, their chest muscles rarely being stretched back. Occasion-ally, these traits are seen in people who are self-consciousness about their height, hunching their shoulders and bowing their heads slightly to reduce their apparent height.

Another common sight is of men who have worked hard with weight training

to increase their chest muscles, but have neglected to strengthen the mus-cles of their back, particularly those be-tween the shoulder blades. As a result their shoulders are pulled forward by short, tight chest muscles, and their arms hang forward of the body.

Sometimes I see a person with a stiff right shoulder, clearly in pain (often extending into the shoulder blade and down below the ribs). This happens with people that use the right arm a lot in what they do; for example builders, carpenters, plumbers and bowlers in cricket. I’ve also seen it in people who frequently travel by train or plane, carry-ing heavy cases, or using wheeled cas-es that they drag along behind. These heavy cases pull on the shoulder and upper arm muscles and cause them to become tight, stiff and very sore.

I suspect many of the people I’m notic-ing don’t realise how much more com-fortable and free-moving they could be - just thinking it’s ageing or normal to feel the way they do. I hope I can raise awareness of the fact that, with remedi-al massage therapy, they could feel better and move more freely.





The 3rd Hinckley Spring Beer Festival will be held at Hinckley Rugby Club on Fri May 8th (5-11pm) and Sat May 9th (12pm-11pm).

Over 30 beers carefully selected for your pleas-ure plus BBQ food avail-able day and night with live sport on Friday and live music on both nights.

Hinckley Spring Beer Festival 2015

Local children have been having fun taking part in the Hinckley Town Centre Easter Bunny Hunt, with the chance of winning themselves an extra Easter Egg. In the window of 10 retail locations around Hinck-ley Town Centre there is a picture of an Easter bunny on display togeth-er with his or her own unique name. With the aid of 10 clues which help lead the chil-dren to the outlets and find the bunnies, the

children have to fill in on the entry form all the bunnies names. Wildkidz on New Build-ings were awarding the Easter eggs to children correctly naming all 10 bunnies. The FREE treasure hunt for children is running from 28 March to 11 April inclusive with East-er egg prizes provided by Hinckley BID with the compliments of Hinckley Businesses. The initiative is brought to the families of Hinckley by the Hinck-ley Business Improve-ment District.

Kids go ‘Bunny Hopping’ around Hinckley town

Clubbercise is the latest exercise phenomenon, a workout class involving dancing in the dark with glow sticks to popular club hits, and it is about to arrive in Hinckley. Ruth Armstrong, who also teaches popular dance workout Zumba, is launching the first class of it’s kind in Leicestershire and said: “It really is taking the UK by storm. “It’s like going on a night out but without the hangover the next day. “You’re in a dark room with disco lights and glow sticks and the workout is based around arm movements. “I am really excited about this. It’s one of the best work outs I have done and it’s great because people lose their inhibitions, everyone is dancing and it really lifts your mood.” Classes will take place at John Cleveland College every Friday from 6.00-6.50pm. Attendees must be 18 or over. The launch class will be free of charge with a £4 fee thereafter. Glow sticks are LED, reusable and are available to buy for £3.50. To book go to www.bookwhen.com/clubbercisehinckley or for more information visit www.zumbawithruth.co.uk

Exercise to set Hinckley alight

Fans of the extremely popular series of books, ‘Hattie B: Magical Vet’ will get the chance to meet local authors Lindsay Taylor and Suzanne Smith at Hinckley Library. On Wednesday 15th April, 5.30-7.00pm, young fans will hear

how the two writers came up with the idea of the magical vet who cures, unicorns, dragons and fairies. The children will also get to take part in a craft activity and have the opportunity to pur-chase copies of the Hattie B

books with the authors then signing them.

‘Hattie B:Magical Vet’ Authors meet young fans



Gallery Renovations Made with you in mind

Gallery Renovations is a family run business based in Hinckley, which strives for the best for their customers. The founders, Debbie and Steve Gaplin, have between them over 23 years of specialist experience within the in-dustry of crafting and building high quality rooms. Making adjustments to your home can often be costly and stressful whilst also essential to hire only the most specialised labour, which is com-mitted to giving you exactly what you want. Gallery Renovations offers a supply or a com-plete installation service for those interested in refurbishing their bathrooms, fitted bedrooms and kitchens and will guide clients, offering sugges-tions and advice, throughout the whole design process. “We just listen to what people want and do our best to provide them with that,” Debbie says. Once a set design has been decided upon, it will

take only seven to ten days for com-pletion, leaving you totally satis-fied with your unique, stylish and affordable new room. To get a glimpse of what could be your new space, step into Gallery Renovations’ two story show-room, which features bathrooms, kitchens, bed-rooms, wet rooms, and a range of high quality tiles and taps. Visit 67, Stockwell Head, Hinckley today or con-tact Debbie and Steve Galpin on 01455 613010, or at [email protected]. You can also log on online to visit their facebook page or their website, www.galleryrenovations.co.uk



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is in safe hands. There are some brilliant quotes about perception and reality. Take, for example, the classic from Irish poet and dram-atist W.B. Yeats: “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” Or how about the simple but highly effective truism from Beatle George Harrison “It’s all in the mind”?

I also like: “Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds,” uttered by author Laura Ingalls at some point in her 90-year life, which ended in 1957.

But, of course, all that is only my own percep-tion of perception. And Ingalls’ comment got me thinking. With so many people spending so much time in cyberspace nowadays, I wondered how we all perceived each other purely from our 140 character tweets and Facebook posts.

So I set a little experiment going. I asked my Facebook friends and Twitter followers to describe me in one word. Some know me personally, but by far the vast majority of those replying only know me from my Twitter perso-na.

The replies largely fell into two distinct catego-ries, based on what I’m perhaps best known for: my books and supporting fellow authors, and going barefoot. They included: Writer. Dream-weaver. Imaginative. Inspirational. Barefoot. Unshod. Barefootedhero.

There were a few generic ones: Trooper. Friendly. Generous. Perseverer. Intelligent. And some of the inevitable one-offs from comedy wannabes: perch (because I often tweet pictures of my budgie sitting on me), stuffed (tweeted pictures of my culinary creations), and check (from an old school friend, reminding of my chess playing days, when I beat the British champion).

But I suppose my favourite has to be the one from my son, Chris. Because he knows me well: Best.

Well, I’ll be happy if all those perceptions of me are reality, and I’m more than the sum of all those parts!



Pupils at Dorothy Goodman School in Hinckley have made a video recreating Ant and Dec’s Let’s Get Ready to Rumble and the pupils and staff are hoping their video will catch the eye of the fa-mous television duo. The video, which involves children from the age of three to 19, took more than 6 weeks to create and shows 10 students, all with a physical or mental disability, dancing to the popular 90’s hit. It was initially made for Leices-tershire and Rutland’s Got Talent, a competition which

sees young people across the city and county showcasing their talents and was entered into the alternative category. Fundraising manager at the school, Liam Deacy, said: “There isn’t a specific category for youngsters with special needs, anyone can enter this competition. “The aim of the video is to showcase what is possible. We aim to avoid stereotypes and steer away from being labelled as special needs at all. “Just because these children have a disability, it doesn’t stop them aiming high. Even the

students who really struggle and have more complex needs prove that they can do things too. “The children put their heart and soul into this and worked really hard to get the video right. I am so proud of them all.” Nearly 4,000 people have watched the video on YouTube and the school has now sent it to Ant and Dec’s production team, hoping the presenters will watch it. Liam adds: “It’s already been re-tweeted by Ant’s wife, so that’s a good start.”

Pupils get Ready to Rumble!

No Second Night Out NSNO Leicestershire is a partnership project led by local charity Action Home-less. Initially launched in Leicester City in 2013, the project now extends into the county ensuring that rough sleepers do not have to spend a second night sleep-ing on the streets.

No Second Night out Leicester-shire will target people who are new to sleeping on the streets and all the county’s districts will work with Action Homeless helping them into accommoda-tion.

They will be given a hot meal, access to shower and laundry facilities and a health check that

will assess them for any physi-cal or mental health problems. The initiative also aims to go further and offer them the sup-port they need to begin getting their lives back on track.

Members of the public also have an important role to play in making the project a success by going online to the national Streetlink service and logging concerns about anyone they see sleeping rough.

Mark Grant, Action Homeless chief executive officer, said: “We’re delighted that we have been able to introduce No Sec-ond Night Out to Leicestershire and thanks to the support of all our partners in the county there

is now an effective and tailored service for those who are unfor-tunate enough to find them-selves having to sleep on the streets of Leicestershire.

“With the average life expectan-cy of rough sleepers at just 47 years it’s an absolute priority to get people off the streets and give them the support they need and deserve.

“It’s very sad that in the 21st century Britain people are still faced with the reality of sleeping rough - we want to change that.”

To contact Action Homeless about someone sleeping rough visit www.streetlink.org.uk





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