http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/rss www.westernparkgazette.co.uk News en-gb Copyright: (c)Western Park Gazette 18-05-2012 12:0:0 Wah! Wah! Girls Curve Theatre Leicester until 19th May 2012 Wah! Wah! Girls brought more than a dash of Bollywood to Leicester's Curve Theatre last night as it enjoys a pre-London run ahead... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1349 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1349 18-05-2012 12:0:0 Review of The King and I at Leicester's Curve Theatre until 12th May Move over Yul Bryner, there's a new 6 pack in town! Rogers and Hammerstein's The King and I is one musical I have tried... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1346 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1346 09-05-2012 12:0:0 ... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1347 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1347 09-05-2012 12:0:0 There has been a great deal of correspondence concerning Helen Knott's recent piece in the April/May issue of the Western Park Gazette. Many felt that the references to Fullhurst Community... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1345 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1345 05-05-2012 12:0:0 According to Helen Knott, (Gazette, May 2012) Fullhurst Community College is somewhere that, '...no-one in their right middle class minds would send their kids'. As parents whose kids have... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1344 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1344 04-05-2012 12:0:0 PARENTS hoping to send their children to Market Bosworth High School are being urged not to worry about proposed changes to the school which would see it take children from 11-16 years old.... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1339 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1339 02-05-2012 12:0:0 Avenue Q on at the DeMontfort Hall until 5th May Avenue Q was brought to the UK by legendary theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh. This Tony Award winning and very long running Broadway hit... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1338 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1338 01-05-2012 12:0:0 Lights!... Camera!... Jadoo! As Local Writer & Director Amit Gupta puts Leicester on film making map. For the past month, the grocery shops, restaurants and saree boutiques lined along... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1335 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1335 24-04-2012 12:0:0 This month is on the way to becoming the wettest April for 20 years. Last spring was one of the warmest and driest on record and this March was also unexpectedly mild with the false spring kicking... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1319 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1319 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Plans to impose speed limits on roads in the Westcotes, and Tudor Road area are coming into force during the spring. The £100,000 scheme by the Leicester City Council's planning department, to... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1321 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1321 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Volunteer groups and locals across West Leicester are once again springing into action to clean up our neighbourhoods and open spaces. Leicester?s BIG Spring Clean 2012 which runs until 5th June, is... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1322 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1322 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Westcotes Councillor Sarah Russell has been chosen by the Labour Party as their representative in the race to become Leicestershire's first elected Police Commissioner. Councillor Russell will... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1323 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1323 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Zumba Class: Tues. 6.45-7.45 & 8-9.00pm at New College. Call Sarah 07810 307 113. Fosse Camera Club: Fridays. St. Peter's Church Rooms. 7.45pm. 0116 299 2230. Leic Ladies WI: Meets monthly on... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1324 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1324 23-04-2012 12:0:0 St. Anne's, St. Paul's and St. Augustine's At St. Anne's Church Hall - Mon - Fri Sandhurst Playgroup 285 7440. Mon: 5.30 - 7.00pm: W.E.A. Yoga 255... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1325 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1325 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Local police based at Hinckley Road have caught eight drivers illegally transporting scrap metal. Officers took part in a multi-agency operation on Wednesday April 18 to tackle scrap metal... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1326 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1326 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Several decades ago, I spent some time with a remarkable local man.I whiled many happy hours in the company of the late Alfred Silverwood of Church Avenue, as he regaled me with tales ofLeicester in... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1327 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1327 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Sound the klaxons, disaster is upon us. For sale boards are going up around Western Park and a large chunk of West Leicester; the long exodus is starting. What could possibly cause this panic? Fuel... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1328 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1328 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Officers from Hinckley Road Policing Unit hold regular Beat Surgeries to address any crime relegated issues resident may have. It is the ideal time to sit down and chat with local police about any... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1329 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1329 23-04-2012 12:0:0 SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERTS Once again, the bandstand on Western Park plays host to a season of summer concerts. 3rd June: Youth Brass 2000. 24th June: The Hathern Brass Band. 8th July: Peter... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1330 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1330 23-04-2012 12:0:0 Organisers are now recruiting for the massed sing at the Riverside Festival. Led by conductors such as Una May Olomolaiye with songs including The Beatles' 'All you need is Love' and a Bollywood... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1331 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1331 23-04-2012 12:0:0 The internet is a bit like the old Wild West. Exciting to visit and stuffed full of many interesting things, but also rife with bandits, robbers, thieves and general nastiness ready to snare the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1332 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1332 23-04-2012 12:0:0 A mild March has made the annual daffodil bloom even more showy than usual. This spring display requires a lot of energy from plants. Now's the time to pay them back and 'put something in the tank'... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1333 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1333 23-04-2012 12:0:0 A well established local choir is calling for more men to join their 60 member group. The Fosse Singers are a mixed choir of all ages and perform a variety of music from pop, soul, jazz, rock,... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1334 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1334 23-04-2012 12:0:0 12-21st April at Curve Studio and 28th May-8th June at Derby Theatre Last night I was transported from a cold English boarding school to the sweepingly lush South African veldt by New... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1315 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1315 18-04-2012 12:0:0 A local man from Western Park in Leicester has been charged with murder. The charge follows an alleged broken bottle stabbing at a celebrity-packed private party thrown by smartphone company... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1312 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1312 07-04-2012 12:0:0 DeMontfort Hall Leicester Running until 7th April If you've seen the movie romcom Legally Blonde with Rees Witherspoon, you'll know the story. This is that tale, but with lots of... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1303 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1303 28-03-2012 12:0:0 Oedipus is Sophocles's tale of a boy destined to murder his father and marry his mother and was as dry as dust before comic troupe Spymonkey included space nappies, Ziggy Stardust and opera singing... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1304 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1304 28-03-2012 12:0:0 We have been neglecting our Facebook page and social media recently. But we have now grasped the nettle and re-launched it all. We already have a fully functioning and thoroughly brilliant... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1280 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1280 20-03-2012 12:0:0 City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby dug deep to aid The Big Tree Plant, when he visited Western Park on the 9th March as a guest of local charity, Groundwork Leicester & Leicestershire. Sir... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1281 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1281 20-03-2012 12:0:0 Zumba Class Tues 6.45-7.45 & 8-9.00pm at New College. Call Sarah 07810 307 113. Fosse Camera Club: Fridays. St. Peter?s Church Rooms. 7.45pm. 0116 299 2230. Gypsy: Until 15th April at... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1282 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1282 20-03-2012 12:0:0 St. Anne's, St. Paul's and St. Augustine's At St. Anne's Church Hall - Mon - Fri Sandhurst Playgroup 285 7440. Mon: 5.30 - 7.00pm: W.E.A. Yoga 255... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1283 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1283 20-03-2012 12:0:0 This month I was settling down to write about one of our areas former musical celebrities when the news came through that Engelbertis to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1284 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1284 20-03-2012 12:0:0 Very much the originator of Leicester's Braunstone Gate scene, one of its bars is celebrating its 12th anniversary by offering an even greater variety. The Loaf Bar and Restaurant, with an... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1285 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1285 20-03-2012 12:0:0 West End resident, Steve Doughty, is preparing for another marathon. He is embarking on the ultimate challenge of running the London Marathon on April 22nd. He is raising money... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1286 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1286 20-03-2012 12:0:0 I pulled four bags of litter out of my hedge the other day! Four bags! I knew there was some rubbish under the bushes but that's ridiculous. How rude to force someone else to clean up your rubbish.... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1288 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1288 20-03-2012 12:0:0 Police have recently raided two cannabis factories on Beaconsfield Roadin Westcotes.Three local men were arrested after police entered a home that had been converted into a cannabis factory near the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1289 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1289 20-03-2012 12:0:0 Local community choir, the Fosse Singers are busily rehearsing for their Spring concert at the end of March. Supported by the Uppingham Jazz & Soul band, the concert includes songs from the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1291 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1291 20-03-2012 12:0:0 As the Queen settles into her 60th year on the throne, the Gazette would like to know if any local groups or readers are planning a street party to celebrate this achievement? There will be... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1292 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1292 20-03-2012 12:0:0 I can happily tell you that these common myths are complete nonsense! Common... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1293 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1293 20-03-2012 12:0:0 A number of West End residents and I are currently enjoying a course designed to help us reduce our carbon footprints. The course, designed by Transition Leicester, consists of seven... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1295 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1295 20-03-2012 12:0:0 How would you like it if a complete stranger could open your mail and read it any time they liked? If you've got a mobile app and you're on a social networking site, that could easily... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1296 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1296 20-03-2012 12:0:0 Now's the time to put the finished product from your compost bin to good use in the garden. If the results are good enough you can even use it as potting compost, especially for tomatoes and... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1299 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1299 20-03-2012 12:0:0 I think the Leicester Beer Festival at the Charotar Patidar Samaj is getting ridiculously popular! We had to queue for half an hour on Friday evening to get in and it was shoulder to shoulder inside,... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1279 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1279 11-03-2012 12:0:0 Calendar Girls Review at the DeMontfort Hall Leicester Runs until Saturday 25th Feb Calendar Girls is the story loosely based on the members of a West Yorkshire village's Womens' Institute,... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1261 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1261 21-02-2012 12:0:0 The Second week of February and the Snow finally arrived! Hundreds of people made their way to Western Park to sledge down the hill by the bandstand. Conditions were treacherous the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1243 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1243 19-02-2012 12:0:0 Improvements are on the way around Narborough Road after the City Mayor and his cabinet gave the go-ahead to a £600,000 scheme to improve city gateways and neighbourhood shopping areas. Five... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1244 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1244 19-02-2012 12:0:0 This year's annual four day Leicester Beer Festival kicks off at 5pm on the 7th of March. There's a Dickensian theme running through the festival to mark the bicentenary of Charles... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1247 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1247 19-02-2012 12:0:0 With his name forever commemorated in the Baptist Church at the corner of Narborough Road and Upperton Road, Robert Hall was born at Arnesby in the south of the county, the youngest of 14... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1248 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1248 19-02-2012 12:0:0 A bit of snow and the country grinds to a halt. It certainly happened on Hinckley Road recently. Saturday night and the whole thing ground to a halt in a snow shower. It wasn't even a... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1249 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1249 19-02-2012 12:0:0 Gazette reader Andrew Bucknall is undertaking a Charity Challenge this month, cycling 300 miles from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Andrew is raising money for Macmillan... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1250 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1250 19-02-2012 12:0:0 The Dovelands School PTFA are holding a quiz night on Friday 16th March to raise money towards the improvements in the school playground. Doors will open at 7.30 and the quiz will begin... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1251 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1251 19-02-2012 12:0:0 GreenLight is a local group of people sharing a passion for people and the environment. We had a clothes, book and toy swap event at the Eco House at the end of February giving... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1252 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1252 19-02-2012 12:0:0 Local jazz musicians from West Leicester are regularly strutting their musical stuff for diners at the Hilton Hotel Bar in the Meridian. Peter Crebbin and his Cool Swing Band, lead by the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1253 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1253 19-02-2012 12:0:0 Fosse Cllrs Surgeries Monthly, 2nd Sat,10.30-11.30, Fosse Neighbourhood Centre & last Sat 10.30 -11.30am Woodgate Residents Association. Westcotes Cllrs Surgeries Westcotes Library, 1st... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1254 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1254 19-02-2012 12:0:0 The Leicester Forest East Tennis Club has a strong membership base providing a broad range of social and competitive opportunities for both the adult and junior sections of the club. In... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1256 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1256 19-02-2012 12:0:0 If you get a phone call from Microsoft saying there's a problem with your computer - be very, very suspicious... I know for a fact that home computer users in West Leicester are being... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1257 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1257 19-02-2012 12:0:0 The life story of a railway signalman from West Leicester is now in print. Ted Cook, who has retired after 43 years working on the railways has put pen to paper and written the first part... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1258 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1258 19-02-2012 12:0:0 It's time we talked rot. I'm not referring to my usual monthly wittering but proper rot-composting. During the recent cold snap I put the winter pruning on hold and built a second compost... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1259 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1259 19-02-2012 12:0:0 When I was 20, I would grab my air guitar and see Motorhead, Gillan, Black Sabbath and other noisy urchins. I would never in a million years have thought I would spend two hours in the company of... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1238 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1238 31-01-2012 12:0:0 Businesses on Braunstone Gate are saying they are in danger of going bust. Many of the bars, restaurants and other traders are struggling due to the lack of parking caused by the new Tesco... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1218 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1218 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Mary Linwood, probably one of the most remarkable woman of her age, was born in Birmingham in 1755, but moved to Leicester at the age of nine when her wine merchant father went bankrupt. Following... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1221 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1221 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Inspector Andy Parkes has taken over as Commander of the Hinckley Road Policing Unit. No stranger to West Leicester, he joined the force in 1996 as a Special Constable before... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1222 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1222 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Getting your child into the right school has become something of a national obsession in this country. Some people go to great lengths to get their little ones into the 'right' schools. Some... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1223 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1223 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Bethany Mickleburgh, the Western Park teenager suffering from leukemia is due to have a bone marrow transplant in February. Doctors found a match, from an anonymous volunteer, in Europe... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1224 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1224 20-01-2012 12:0:0 You might have received a nice shiny new iPad for Christmas costing an arm and a leg, but did you know, it's possible to build one yourself for less than £100? It took Chinese art student... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1226 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1226 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Whether it's physically or mentally, Christmas takes a toll on our bodies. The preparation for Christmas can be stressful; financial stress, family stress, health stress, fitness stress...... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1227 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1227 20-01-2012 12:0:0 On January 23rd, the Year of the Rabbit hopped off into the sunset and the Year of the Dragon flew in. For the Chinese, the Spring Festival is the first traditional... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1228 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1228 20-01-2012 12:0:0 Happy New Year! This is the time when we try to turn over a metaphorical new leaf, so I thought I would share with you my 10 gardening resolutions for 2012. 1. Never believe a long range... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1229 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1229 20-01-2012 12:0:0 As work continues on the new Tescos in Braunstone Gate,many businesses based there are becoming increasinglyworried about the result it's having on their trade.The main gripe is the current lack of... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1209 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1209 10-01-2012 12:0:0 It's difficult to shake off the 1954 Disney cartoon version of Peter Pan; the story of the boy who never grew up. The Russian Ice Stars performance of J.M. Barrie's classic story, didn't quite manage... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1200 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1200 21-12-2011 12:0:0 The lovely civic Christmas Tree standing this year beside the city's historic Clock Tower calls to mind the architect and designer Joseph Goddard who, as a young man of 28, won the competition to... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1185 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1185 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Modern life throws up all sorts of strange etiquette dilemmas and Christmas can be a complete minefield. My current bête noir is people who say 'Oh I'll just give you the money and you can buy the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1188 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1188 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Congratulations to 7 year old Rudy Dalby whose Christmas picture is on the front cover of the Gazette. Rudy has also won a family pass to see the fantastic Peter Pan on Ice show at the De Montfort... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1189 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1189 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Although Christmas is a rightly viewed as a Christian celebration, its roots can be traced much further back than the Nativity. Christmas, as we know it today, is an echoic combination of pagan... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1190 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1190 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Police raided a house in Western Park in November and seized 320 cannabis plants. Police were called after neighbours noticed a strong smell coming from 94 Ainsdale Road. Piles of growing equipment... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1192 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1192 13-12-2011 12:0:0 20 years ago if you had a mobile phone, you were a bit of a poseur. 10 years ago if you had a home computer, you were still in the minority and 5 years ago if you had an expensive plasma screen TV,... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1193 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1193 13-12-2011 12:0:0 The demolition of the Bow String Bridge site on Braunstone Gate continued apace in January and February as planning permission was granted by the City Council for the development of an £8 million... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1194 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1194 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Being a city school we really value the outdoor environment which we can offer our children. With the support of some of our parents, we are now beginning to make some major changes to the garden... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1195 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1195 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Christmas is often seen as a romantic time of the year, so what could be more romantic than stealing a kiss under some 'dung twig'? Well that's the old Anglo Saxon translation of Viscum album or... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1196 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1196 13-12-2011 12:0:0 Summer insects and birds have been seen across west Leicester, the grass is still growing and snow drops are already poking their heads out of the ground. With less than a month to go until... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1144 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1144 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Nearly 2000 people attended the Tiger's Welford Road ground for An Anthony Nolan bone marrow drive to help local girl Bethany Mickleburgh. 14 year old Beth from Western Park has... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1145 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1145 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Outside the former registry office in Pocklingtons Walk is a Blue Plaque commemorating this remarkable woman who, in 1889, became Leicester's first female Poor Law Guardian. The registry... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1149 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1149 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Christmas is nearly here and with it, the delicacy that is the mince pie. We don't have them until the week before the big day in my house and then they are homemade. This year I even made... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1150 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1150 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Nearly 200 adults and children filled the Crows Nest for the annual Halloween Party. The children, many dressed up in costumes and with their faces painted, were kept happily amused by... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1151 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1151 16-11-2011 12:0:0 The soaring price of copper, could be behind a spate of thefts in west Leicester. Since October 19th there have been 11 thefts of gas pipes, including one on Cambridge Street and... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1152 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1152 16-11-2011 12:0:0 If you're thinking of sticking a new hard drive in your computer or even buying a new laptop, Richard Perry thinks it might make sense to hold off until the New Year... you wouldn't... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1153 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1153 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Helen Knott dropped the cat amongst the pigeons last month with her article about the orange recycling bags. Mark from Western Park quoted Helen when he... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1154 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1154 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Witches, ghouls, zombies and ghosts invaded Western Park for the traditional Halloween Pumpkin Hunt. Over 180 vampirish visitors, many in fancy dress, joined in the fun and raised... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1155 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1155 16-11-2011 12:0:0 It's probably too late to ignore the fact that Christmas is fast approaching, a time when we often hear about 'The Holly and the Ivy'. Many of us buy holly wreathes for our front doors, and... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1157 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1157 16-11-2011 12:0:0 Leicester community choir Fosse Singers take part in a series of exciting performances this winter season. They sing at Derby Cathedral on Wednesday 30th November at 7:30pm to 9.00pm. Tickets are... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1143 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1143 15-11-2011 12:0:0 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Review: Curve Production Curve Theatre Leicester Running until Sat 5th November 2011 I've never seen the Oscar winning 1975 film of One Flew Over the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1132 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1132 20-10-2011 12:0:0 In September, Eco House hosted a dynamic GreenLight event called Spin It. Two Groundworks Bike Doctors toiled away, giving about 40 bikes MOTs, from top to bottom even oiling and changing cables as... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1120 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1120 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Leicester has produced many well known musicians - and continues to do so. Amongst the lesser known perhaps is the man who first brought the music of Beethoven to England - via Leicester! William... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1121 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1121 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Leicester West MP Liz Kendall has won a promotion to the Shadow Cabinet after only 18 months as in Parliament. Liz, elected in May last year, was a Shadow Health Minister, but Ed Milliband's recent... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1122 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1122 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Whoever decided to change the City Council's recycling scheme from green boxes to orange bags is clearly a man. Only a man would think that this kind of change is a good thing. I get that they are... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1123 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1123 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Be part of keeping Western Park as fantastic for wildlife as it has always been. Join us to get fit, meet new people and learn some more about this great park we have here! With spinney's... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1124 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1124 18-10-2011 12:0:0 The Parish of St. Anne's and St. Augustine's said farewell to the Reverends Chris and Paula Oxley who have been serving the area for six and half years. They have moved to Swinford to look... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1125 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1125 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Children from West Leicester gather in Western Park ahead of the new school year, to celebrate their last day of freedom! And...The Friends of Western Park, who are lobbying for improvements to the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1126 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1126 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Two West Leicester lads are part of a team representing the city in the International Space Olympics Competition being held in Russia this month. 17 year olds George Webster-Aikman and Phil Harris... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1128 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1128 18-10-2011 12:0:0 You've given up your Blackberry and you've got a nice new smartphone, but what applications can you add? Richard Perry has a few suggestions. Nice Box - What's in it? There are... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1129 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1129 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Autumn always feels so transitory, a short phase quickly passed en route to winter. With a late summer only just fading and forecasters predicting another long hard winter, autumn could whistle past... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1130 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1130 18-10-2011 12:0:0 The recession is still upon us, so now is the time to tell you of a fantastic way to beat the blues! The Ship Of Fools comedy club at the Looking Glass in Braunstone Gate takes place the first... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1131 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1131 18-10-2011 12:0:0 Two people have been charged with the manslaughter of 40 year old Fiaz Ahmed Anzari following an explosion that destroyed Kams King of the Grill takeaway on Narborough Rd on August 29th. Mehwish... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1084 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1084 15-09-2011 12:0:0 John Flower was born in 1793 at Castle Mill, close by what is now the Soar Point public house. His father died when he was very young and his family struggled to make a living with the result that in... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1086 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1086 15-09-2011 12:0:0 Is there something strange going on around Western Park? Helen Knott, believes her own ears... There is a hum in Leicester. For years people have told me I'm nuts when I mention that it... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1089 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1089 15-09-2011 12:0:0 Work costing £475,000 to improve Rally Park has already fallen foul of vandals. The park is part of the regeneration programme for the city's waterside area. Originally part of the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1091 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1091 15-09-2011 12:0:0 Pram Club has started the new term at St Anne's Church Hall on Letchworth Road and they are looking for volunteers to help serve tea and coffee. The club is a playgroup for children from 0-5 years... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1093 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1093 15-09-2011 12:0:0 One of the things I love about classic English gardens is deep herbaceous borders. As we head into autumn they often look a bit tired as the main summer flowers fade and bedding plants begin... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1094 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1094 15-09-2011 12:0:0 Community Support Officers based at Hinckley Road have received a boost from the public in the shape of seven new bicycles. The mountain bikes, three of which were funded from the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1041 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1041 14-08-2011 12:0:0 The City Council is asking local residents about plans to introduce new 20mph zones in six areas of the city including the West End. The Council proposes to introduce new zones early next year... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1042 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1042 14-08-2011 12:0:0 Earnest Gimson was one of England's greatest artist craftsman and architect. His work can be found all over Leicester and beyond... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1044 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1044 14-08-2011 12:0:0 Foraging is the buzzword on everyone's lips these days. It's the new in way to shop. No-one goes to the supermarket; they forage for bargains, or the best local produce or shop. If you are really... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1045 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1045 14-08-2011 12:0:0 West End resident Steve Doughty is pounding the pavement as he prepares for the Great North Run on September 18th in Newcastle. Steve, who runs a local plastering company, has never run a half... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1047 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1047 14-08-2011 12:0:0 Like them or loath them, tattoos are becoming more popular and not just for the young and trendy, as Westender Dawn Howard found out! Tat's For Me! With my redundancy money burning a... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1049 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1049 14-08-2011 12:0:0 On 24th September, Eco House will be hosting 'Spin It - a Day of Movement Action'; a day of action to encourage people to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and learn to love their bikes... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1051 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1051 14-08-2011 12:0:0 Richard Perry continues his delve through the best free software around. Most of us have surfed the internet using the world's most popular web browser, Windows Explorer, mainly because it?s already... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1052 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1052 14-08-2011 12:0:0 Few things are more likely to create a media storm than the combination of freak weather and nature out to kill. Recently the press was in a minor tizz over 'deadly' hemlock reaching frightening... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1053 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1053 14-08-2011 12:0:0 One of the biggest cannabis hauls in Leicester has been found in Western Park. Police took away thousands of cannabis plants and piles of growing equipment from The Huntsman's Rest, better known as... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1002 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1002 04-07-2011 12:0:0 The Fosse Co-op Camera Club are gearing up for the Autumn. They are launching an initiative from September until May to boost membership and encourage more people to take up photography as a... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1005 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1005 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Former Lord Mayor, Roger Blackmore, is a huge fan of Irish Country Music so he?s just the man to tell us about the Leicester?s connection to one of Ireland?s most famous popular songwriters.... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1006 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1006 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Thousands gathered to enjoy the boats, music and stalls of the Riverside Festival in Bede Park. As the sun blazed down on the River Soar, visitors to the free two day festival near Western... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1007 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1007 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Torrential rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of visitors to this year's Western Park Open Gardens Weekend. Building on the huge success of the last event in 2009, organisers pulled out all the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1008 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1008 04-07-2011 12:0:0 After 13 heats and two semi finals, the Crows Nest on Glenfield Road East was packed to the corners as 16 finalist took to the stage in West Leicester's biggest ever karaoke competition. The... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1009 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1009 04-07-2011 12:0:0 A new Parish Memorial Window commemorating those parishioners who lost their lives on active service has been unveiled at St. Anne's Church during a special Ascension Day Service. In 2009, a small... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1010 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1010 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Dovelands School on Hinckley Rd held another highly successful Open Day and Fete to raise money for playground development, library books, and theatre workshops. Hundreds turned up on July 2nd to... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1011 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1011 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Why spend a fortune on expensive software when there are some free alternatives that are almost as good? With the smoking demise of my trusty PC and its wonderful XP operating system,... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1012 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1012 04-07-2011 12:0:0 A local couple and their family have left West Leicester behind and headed off to Australia. Leanne and Rick West, along with children Maisie (18 months) and Ethan (7) who all lived in Western... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1013 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1013 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Residents of Woodgate are objecting to an application by the local shisha café to extend its alcohol licence, opening hours and have a music licence. People living in and around Frog Island... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1015 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1015 04-07-2011 12:0:0 It's now time for a summer prune to encourage spring flowering shrubs to bloom well next year. This includes plants such as Forsythia, Ribes (flowering currant), Weigela and early flowering Viburnum... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1016 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=1016 04-07-2011 12:0:0 Local Historian, Roger Blackmore looks back at some of the famous figures that have visited Leicester. Looking back over the history of our city, it's always interesting to look at what some... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=955 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=955 02-06-2011 12:0:0 Why does common sense never prevail? What part of the right thing is hard to do? The Western Park School building on Western Parkis causing me a certain amount of council based rage at the... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=956 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=956 02-06-2011 12:0:0 DARK WATER A quarter of a million litres of water used to douse a huge factory fire in North Mills, Frog Islandon May 12th, became contaminated as it flowed through the unused burning... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=957 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=957 02-06-2011 12:0:0 After 8 years and 9 months, Shirley and Mick Walsh have left the Sir Charles Napier pub on Glenfield Road and headed for retirement in Skegness. Shirley and Mick have been in the pub trade for over... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=960 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=960 02-06-2011 12:0:0 Your old computer takes an age to start, it's slow, won't load all those sparkly new programmes and doesn't do half of what you want, so its time to get a new one, but where to start? First decide... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=962 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=962 02-06-2011 12:0:0 Since moving house I've been trying find time to do some serious gardening. Strangely, my wife feels it's more important to make the house a place where we can eat, sleep and live! But this weekend... http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=964 http://www.westernparkgazette.co.uk/latest?newsNumber=964 02-06-2011 12:0:0