An independent community magazine delivered free of charge to homes and businesses in Bourton on the Water, Clapton on the Hill and Lower Slaughter, with copies also going into Sherborne. It is ‘twinned’ with Stow Times and Moreton Times, and delivered by local volunteers. Being LOCAL is key - the magazine is designed to carry community news, issues and comment, and support local businesses. Articles, letters & information about local events and issues are welcome. BOURTON Times Issue 45 • December 2013
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An independent community magazine delivered free of charge to homes and businesses in Bourton on the Water, Clapton on the Hill
and Lower Slaughter, with copies also going into Sherborne.
It is ‘twinned’ with Stow Times and Moreton Times, and delivered by local volunteers.
Being LOCAL is key - the magazine is designed to carry community news, issues and comment, and support local businesses.
Articles, letters & information about local events and issues are welcome.
From the EditorA feeling of ‘well-being’ for Christmas.
Crisp bright mornings with huge blue skies that lift spirits - although chinsmay be buried in woolly scarves and turned-up collars. These morningsmake winter worthwhile and, quite literally, add a sparkle. Looking acrossour stunning scenery it is impossible not to smile inside, a magic moment– before the traffic pushes into reality. Even in the tiny lanes the increasingamount of traffic is noticeable even in November. The holes at the sides ofthe roads get deeper and more hazardous, and the grass verges aredisappearing. All this before the developers start to erode for ever ourprecious and life-sustaining AONB, our Cotswolds Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty, responsible (probably) for why we all live here andbringing in approximately 80% of the Cotswolds’ income.
The developers’ plans for building, marketing and profit are cleverlyconstructed -and they know that the Government is backing developmentagainst almost every other argument. Each new scheme comes withsweeteners and financial incentives – and reminds me of being a child,when I was warned against taking sweets from strangers! It soundsdramatic, but the consequences are not dissimilar.
However we can’t and must not bury our chins and our brains in woollythinking. We have an opportunity to make the best of the proposition thatis being so heavily laid down – and in this part of the world it is housing,which includes for those needing assisted housing, the over 55s, care andlong term care…and the services they will require. We like things to look‘Cotswold-y’, but take notice of the latest advances in ‘farming’ sunlight,recycling waste, clever materials and products that are ecologicallyfriendly and which should become standards not luxuries. And we look atwhat’s happening in the next village, the next town – and are amazed thatthere doesn’t seem to be any ‘joined-up’ thinking in planning!
The planners are besieged with requests for pre-planning advice, newproposals and amendments – and the developers know that they may bedealt with ‘lightly’ due to the pressures of the work load and Government’spressure on District Councils to build. So how about we work together toinject some ‘joined up’ thinking! It is in our interest, isn’t it?
The Cotswolds could become the benchmark for development in smallcommunities, incorporating the very best in affordable housing and aCentre of Excellence for care in the community, attracting skills,experience and financial rewards. If we are going to have these things,why don’t we plan to have the best, all the facilities we need within a fewmiles of each other all surrounded by the green and pleasant land thatalready does so much to bring us prosperity and that precious feeling of‘well-being’?
My Christmas wish for the North Cotswolds – for communities to worktogether to plan the next few years’ development, without compromise.What’s yours?
My very best wishes for a happy Christmas and an excellent start to 2014.Jenni Turner
PS. If you are out and about the lanes on foot, on a bike or on a horse,please wear HighVis clothing – be seen!
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42 - 47 News & Reports from some of the local Sports Clubs, etc..
50, 51 Rotary Clubs of North Cotswolds Royal British Legion –
Remembrance Parade
54 Diary dates for some of our local clubs, societies and charities, etc
55 Local Business Directory
NB.We don’t publish a January magazine.
Our next edition is the one-off double for
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014 Copydate is 15th January 2014.
This is the last edition this year, and Iwant to thank all the volunteer deliverers who help to deliver
just under 13,000 magazines every month, co-ordinated by Jan Marley and
Chris Turner. If you see them as they drop your magazine through your
letterbox, please let them know that it is appreciated!
ALSO - The production team – Jan Marley, Christabel Hardacre and Nick John,who helped yours truly.
Our Writers and correspondents this month, including (maybe?) your friendsand neighbours, the school secretaries, club secretaries, sports captains andcoaches who eml us with their news and photographs.PLUS the design team who make the magazines look so glam, Eagle Design Ltd.
And wish you a happy Christmas and NewYear. You’ll see us in 2014.
Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd.0845 230 8955 / www.eagledesign.net
Extra copies of Bourton Times are generally available in Bourton VisitorInformation Centre, The Motoring Museum, Dial House Hotel, the Surgeryand the clinics.
Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy tobe reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are notnecessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are producedand delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure theaccuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept anyresponsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur.
Our Front Cover: ‘Upper Oddington – winter sunset.” Photo by Ian Tonks,
I have over 10 years’ experience working in top barbers in
Birmingham and Stratford upon Avon, offering the very best hot
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It’s the same for many businesses at this time of year; not enough customers but no shortage of billscoming through the door. The health of your business is just like your own – both need looking after.Build yourself up for the hard times and you’ll get through with little problem.
Be prepared. Start to look at your business in a different way, analyse where the problem areas areand stop them happening year after year, after year. More importantly, find out why you never seemto be making any money, even when you’re working seven days a week! More often than not theapproach is the all-important key but sometimes it takes an outsider to unlock the door to the future.If you need help with your business please feel free to contact me for free advice over the phone.Over the years I have worked with many businesses, large & small and have helped them to build aplatform from which they can look to the future with optimism. It’s not simple, there’s no simpleanswer but, just like at home, clear out the clutter and you’ll find that your business will have room tomove, to grow and to make you the profits you never thought could be achieved.
In previous years I have used this column to feature my Christmas wish list for helping smallbusinesses & individuals during these difficult economic times. These have included further raisingthe threshold at which tax is paid, asking government to take a good look at how tax is paid and tolook at where the tax system should be in five, ten or even twenty years time. Things are changingfast & our creaking tax system is nearing breaking point. Time to think of better ways to collect tax? Ithink so.
Perhaps 2014 will be the year of change. There’s no doubt in my mind that the system needs to besimpler, more efficient and one where everyone pays less tax.
I’ll be back next year but meanwhile may I wish everyone an enjoyable Christmas & a reallysuccessful New Year.
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REACH reaction to the Keogh Report:
Cost cutting or Service Improvement?
REACH is disappointed that NHS England’s proposed solution to the current crisis in A&E departmentsacross the country should be to downgrade permanently between 70 and 100 A&E departments to‘Emergency Centres’. These may only have the status of Minor Injuries Units, staffed by EmergencyNurse Practitioners with no specialist A&E doctors on duty.
This is what has already happened overnight at Cheltenham General Hospital, which no longeraccepts ‘blue-light ambulances’ overnight (except for cardiac cases) and has no A&E doctors onduty overnight.
REACH accepts that many patients who go to A&E could and should be treated elsewhere, andwelcomes NHS England’s proposals to improve other health care provision. These proposals shouldbe implemented before any further reconfiguration of A&E services is carried out, so the underlyingdemand for A&E services can be properly assessed.
The real long-term solution would be to train sufficient A&E doctors to meet patients’ genuine needs,while at the same time trying to improve the other NHS services. This should reduce the number ofpatients who use A&E to ‘plug other holes’ in the NHS. Planned properly it should be possible toreach a balance, where the number of A&E doctors and the number and distribution of A&Edepartments meets the needs of patients – including patients from Cheltenham and the Cotswolds.
REACH recognises that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust may have had no alternative to the temporaryovernight downgrading of A&E at Cheltenham, because of the current difficulty in recruiting sufficientA&E doctors and consultants, but believes the aim should be to restore a full 24/7 A&E service atCheltenham General Hospital as soon as possible.
In the light of Sir Bruce Keogh’s report, REACH is afraid that, far from Emergency Services beingrestored, Cheltenham may face further downgrading, not just of A&E, but of other major surgicalservices currently provided in Cheltenham.
REACH is also concerned that one motive for downgrading A&E departments, both nationally andlocally, is likely to be ‘cost cutting’, rather than providing ‘High Quality Care for All’.
All too often these days the NHS tries to cover up real cuts in services by claiming they are designedto deliver unsubstantiated ‘improvements for patients’ - so much so that it is hard to believe anyclaims of ‘service improvements’ when services are being downgraded or closed.
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Bourton Roadrunners turned out in force for the 2nd round ofthe Gloucestershire Cross Country League at Pitville Park,Cheltenham on Saturday 2nd November, competing againstlarge fields of quality runners.
The U11's certainly have a great future.Bethan Powell again led the U11 girls home to an excellent 3rd,putting her equal first in the competition so far. Jessica Hale20th, Isobel Barnett 21st and Helena West 22nd tussled for 2ndclub member home. Libby Herbert 29th is the only member torun in all the club Race Champ Competition, winning the titlethis year. Isobel Kiey-Thomas 31st did well, also DarcyThompson 46th in her first race (at 8 years old). Annabella Tallis48th and Isobel Nevins 57thran well. With 3 club members perteam, the girls managed 5th, 9th, and 14th in the teampositions.
U11 boys. Dylan Williams 2nd ran extremely well, only justbeaten by Alex Grocott. Josh Angus 9th did very well and LouisMutsaars 19th, following in his sister’s footsteps. These boysachieved an A team 2ndplace. Max Pinkham 22nd ran well;Beau Griffin 25th (only 7 years old)- a fantastic result. CharlieDavidson 27th and Henry Bell 36th, with great support fromAlfie Griffin 39th, Findlay Morriss 49th, Malachy Jones 60th,Toby Sellek 63rd, Jacob Herbert, 68th, new member GeorgeQuli 70th and Christopher Hunt 71st – all, the start of thecompetition, under 9 years of age. Thomas Wood 77th showsthe potential to move up. The U11 Boys put out 5 teamsmanaging 2nd, 7th, 11th, 16th and 19th. What great support!
Niamh Powell’s training was rewarded with an excellent 2nd,eight seconds behind the winner and currently 1stoverall in theindividual competition. Veteran member Felicity Darwent 7thhad lead the race for a time; Lucy Griffin 9th (just moved upfrom the U11's) shows potential. The U13 Girls A team won 1stplace both on the day and overall. Josephine Mutsaars 15th(also just moved up from the U11's) ran well with great supportfrom Gabby Jones 27th, Charlotte Foster 35th, Isobel Hartley44thand Emily Williams 58th. The U13 B team finished the dayin 9th place. U13 Boys new member Jake Darby 47th did verywell, also Robbie Wood 52nd against strong opposition.
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U15 boys. Alfie Howell-Smith 18th led the boys home, movingup through the field. Peter Wood 29th did well despite anongoing knee injury; also Joe Salph, recovering from injury. Theboys managed 7th place in the team competition.
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