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LEICESTER MERCURY
NEWS
IN BRIEF
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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009
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AWARD: ELLEN AND OTHERS’ ACHIEVEMENTS CELEBRATED
Public invited to
join safety talks
COMMUNITY safety will be in
the spotlight at a public meeting next week.
The topic will be on the
agenda of Bosworth Community Forum, one of many
forums bringing together organisations including police,
councils and the NHS.
A spokesman for the forum
said: “Community forums are
an opportunity for people to
find out what is happening.
“Since they started in January last year, more than 2,500
people have taken part and
picked up the latest on services
for older people, anti-social behaviour, grants, community
hospitals and much more.”
The meeting will take place at
7pm on Thursday, at Norton
Juxta Twycross Village Hall
and will be open to all residents
from the rural part of the borough including Market Bosworth, Sheepy and Fenny
Drayton.
For more information call
Sabrina Malik on 0116 305 5951
or visit:
www.leicestershireforums.org
Advice is moving
A TOURIST information centre
is closing this week for a revamp.
The centre, in Town Hall
Square, will be shut from Wednesday until April 1.
A temporary service will operate from Leicester Town Hall
from 10am to 5.30pm each
weekday and from 10am to 5pm
on Saturday.
Martin Peters, chief executive
of Leicester Shire Promotions,
which runs the service, said:
“We are refurbishing the layout to better reflect the transformation of Leicester’s city
centre following the recent, regeneration programme.”
Visitor information can also
be obtained via the information line on 0844 888 5181 or at:
www.goleicestershire.com
Space robot bid
THE world’s most advanced
space robot will touch town at a
space centre over the Easter
holidays.
Bruno, a multi-million pound
robot, will be tested on a replicated Martian surface at the National Space Centre prior to its
a trip to the real red planet in
2016.
An alien Easter egg hunt and
a workshop, where children
can make alien slime, will also
take place.
PICTURE: LIONEL HEAP / 655647-34
HONOURED: Leicestershire Women of Achievement winners celebrate at the Walkers Stadium. They are, from left, Sujata and
Rama Bhalla, Ellen Bianchini, Janet Middleton, Kath Taylor, seated, guest speaker Cheryl Baker, Sarah Cressall and Shreenal Ghelani
Festival founder is
Woman of the Year
by IAN GRIFFIN
BUSINESS EDITOR
The organiser of a children’s
arts festival has been named
Leicestershire Woman of
the Year.
Ellen Bianchini set up The
Spark Children’s Arts Festival
in the city in 2004, finding the
funding herself to make it happen. Last year, it attracted 12,800
people to more than 100 events.
Ms Bianchini said: “I am
amazed and very proud. When I
started this in my garden shed, I
never expected it to be as successful as it has been.”
The Leicestershire Women of
Achievement Awards were held
at the Walkers Stadium, in front
of more than 300 people.
Leicestershire Business Woman of the Year, sponsored by
the Leicester Mercury, was
Sarah Cressall.
She founded Creative Station,
Football quiz aid
A QUIZ night to raise funds for
a football club will include a
£100 cash prize.
The event, in aid of Kirby
Muxloe Football Club, will be
held at the village’s sports club,
in Ratby Lane, at 7.30pm on
Friday, April 3.
Entry costs £20 for a team of
up to four players.
To register a team call Mark
on 0116 2392682 after 6pm.
The closing date for registration is Sunday.
NAMES TO REMEMBER: The roll-call of winners
Young Achiever of the Year,
sponsored by Business Builder:
Kath Taylor.
Business Woman of the Year,
sponsored by the Leicester
Mercury: Sarah Cressall.
Rural Business Woman of the
Year, sponsored by
Leicestershire County Council:
Rama and Sujata Bhalla.
Woman of the Year, sponsor
Fosse Park: Ellen Bianchini.
in
Loughborough,
which
provides educational activities
for under-fives.
Kath Taylor, director of
Leicester North West Community Forum, took the Woman
with Determination award.
She has worked for the Beaumont Leys, Stocking Farm and
Mowmacre communities, overseeing a number of programmes.
Ms Taylor said: “I’m delighted.
I didn’t know anything about
being nominated for this.”
Sisters Rama and Sujata
Bhalla were handed the
Leicestershire Woman in the
Community accolade after
founding charity Konnect 9
Worldwide, which redistributes
unwanted items from businesses to the disadvantaged.
Janet Middleton, founder of
children’s shoe maker Starchild
Shoes, of Sileby, was named
Leicestershire Rural Business
Woman of the Year.
She said: “I am absolutely delighted.
“We support British manufacturing and it is fantastic to be recognised for this, particularly
as so much of the footwear man-
Shreenal Ghelani.
Woman with Determination,
sponsored by Business Link:
Woman in the Community,
supported by Jobcentre Plus
Janet Middleton.
ufacturing across Leicestershire has now closed.”
Shreenal Ghelani, 16, of Syston, collected the Young
Achiever of the Year prize.
She is part of a scheme which
helps six to eight-year-olds with
their studies and helps out at a
church.
She also presents a show on
Leicester’s Takeover Radio,
aimed at young people.
She said: “This is for my parents more than me. I always
want to make them proud.
“The fact I have won the award
and people appreciate me is a
big thing.”
Runners-up for the Woman of
the Year prize were Leicester
City Council chief executive
Sheila Lock and charity worker
Wendi Stevens.
Guest speaker was Bucks Fizz
singer and TV presenter Cheryl
Baker, who treated the audience
to an a capella version of Making Your Mind Up, the song that
won the Eurovision Song Contest for Bucks Fizz.
L AT E
CHEMISTS
Leicester: Patel’s, Narborough
Road, 8.30pm daily. Sams, Swinford Avenue, 7pm Mon-Fri. Asda,
Narborough Road South, Mon-Sat
10pm. Sayfees, Silverdale Drive,
7pm Mon-Fri. Safys, Melton Road,
7.30pm Mon-Wed and Fri, Thu
6.30pm. Astill Lodge, Anstey
Heights, 7pm Mon-Fri. Medicine
Chest, Wycombe Road, Mon-Fri
8.15am-6.30pm. Yakub, Hartington
Road, 7.30pm Mon-Sat. Ethel Road
Pharmacy, 6.30pm Mon-Wed, 7pm
Thu-Fri. Knights, Queens Road,
6.30pm Mon-Fri. Pearl, Evington
Road, 7pm Mon-Wed and Fri,
6.30pm Thu. Houghton Pharmacy,
Main Street, Houghton, 6pm MonFri. Samat, Victoria Road East, 6pm
Mon-Fri. Healthways, Loughborough Road, 7pm Mon-Fri. Boots,
Gallowtree Gate, 6pm Mon-Sat.
Medicine Box, Evington Road,
Mon-Fri 6.30pm. John Smith, Evington Road, 7pm Mon-Wed and
Fri, 6pm Thu. Sheridan, Spinney
Hill Road, 6.30pm Mon-Thu, 7pm
Fri. Pickfords, Lockerbie Walk,
Mon-Wed and Fri 6.30pm, Thu
5.30pm. Interpharm, Saffron Lane,
Mon-Fri 6.30pm. Boots, Fosse
Park, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm. Sainsbury’s, Fosse Park, Mon-Fri 7am11pm. Boots, Barkbythorpe Lane,
Mon-Sat 8am-midnight. Asda,
Thurmaston, Mon 8am-11pm, TueFri 7am-11pm.
Oadby and Wigston: Asda,
Oadby, Mon-Sat 10pm. Sainsbury’s, Oadby, Mon-Fri 9pm. Wigston Pharmacy, Leicester Road,
Mon-Wed and Fri 6.30pm, Thu
2pm. Jhoots, Blaby Rd, Mon-Fri
6.30pm.
Loughborough: Sainsbury’s,
Green Close Lane, Mon-Fri 8am9pm. Lloyds, Bridge St, Mon-Fri
6.30pm.
Shepshed: Rowlands, Leicester
Road, Mon 6.30pm, Tue and ThuFri 6pm, Wed 5.30pm.
Kegworth: Alliance, Churchgate.
Mon-Tue and Thu-Fri 9am-1pm
and 2pm-6.30pm, Wed 9am-1pm
and 2pm-5pm).
Mountsorrel: Tavisdale, Rothley
Road, Mon-Fri 8.45am-1.30pm and
2pm-6.30pm.
Hinckley: Health Centre Pharmacy, Hill Street, Mon-Fri 8.30am6.30pm. Asda, Mon-Fri 8.30am8pm.
Whitwick: Mason and Son, North
Street, Mon-Fri 9am-1pm and
2pm-6pm.
Lutterworth: Fortnams, Church
Street, Mon-Fri 6pm.
Market Harborough: Mistrys,
High Street, Mon-Fri 6.30pm.
Coalville: Gordon Davis, Broom
Leys Road, Mon-Fri 6.15pm.
Oakham: Alliance, Cold Overton
Road, Mon-Fri 6.30pm.
Melton: Alliance, Sage Cross
Street, Mon-Fri 6.30pm.
NHS Direct: 0845 46 47
Internet service:
www.chemistdirect.co.uk
Correct at time of going to press.
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FOR local news, sport, entertainment and classifieds, go to:
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk
Lord mayor’s agenda features tea and lectures
MEETINGS: Manjula Sood
LORD Mayor of Leicester, Councillor Manjula Sood, has announced a list of engagements
for next week:
TUESDAY: 11.30am, Smokeless
Tobacco Project interview, Lord
Mayor’s Parlour; 1pm, meeting
with Farhana Shaikh, Lord
Mayor’s Parlour; 3pm, honoured citizen afternoon tea,
Town Hall; 4.15pm, private re-
ception for Bishop Riah;
7.45pm, friends of Al-Aqsa fundraising dinner, Chilli 2-Nite.
WEDNESDAY:
10.30am,
Leicester Sanskruti, Town Hall;
11.55am, Uplands Junior School
open afternoon; 3.30pm, honoured citizen afternoon tea,
Town Hall; 5.50pm, lecture by
Lawrie McMenemy, De Montfort University.
THURSDAY: 11.10am, one million customers, Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre; 4pm, meeting
prior to council, Lord Mayor’s
Parlour; 5pm, council meeting.
FRIDAY: 10.25am, Leicester High
School for Girls – Talk on Role of
Lord Mayor; noon, Lord Mayor
and High Bailiff – changeover,
The Guildhall, Leicester; 3pm,
honoured citizen afternoon tea,
Town Hall; 5.40pm – LoveSport
exhibition opening, New Walk
Museum; 7.30pm, Leicestershire and Rutland Society of Architects annual dinner, Athena.
SATURDAY: 2.15pm, 100th birthday celebration, Elizabeth
House, Perth Avenue.
SUNDAY: 10.30am, Bibby Special Olympics Walk, Saffron
Lane athletics track.