MARCH 2024 HERALD online

Happy Easter to all Herald readers! 

MID-MARCH 

2024 

Markfield, Field Head, Stanton-under-Bardon, Thornton & Bagworth 

News from Markfield WI 

Sue Gammon and her two sisters ‘Froze Their Bits Off’ and raised £1,250. 

AT OUR FEBRUARY meeting our speaker 

was Geoff Harris with his talk entitled ‘A 

Toastmaster’s Tale’. 

Geoff is a Fellow of the National Association of 

Toastmasters. His talk covered his route to thinking 

of becoming a Toastmaster through his training (a 

surprising amount) to his experiences in the role. 

We also learned about the ‘uniform’ including red tail 

coat, starched shirts etc and the historical traditions 

behind it. 

As a Toastmaster his role can include organising and managing events as well as 

acting as Master of Ceremonies and he regaled us with stories of his work in some of 

the grandest houses and hotels around the country and inevitably anecdotes of when 

things do not always go to plan. Geoff was an excellent speaker and it was an evening 

with some education and a lot of laughter and I suspect we may be seeing Geoff back 

with one of his other talks in the future. 

We would like to congratulate our member Sue Gammon who, along with her two 

sisters, took part in the recent Freeze Your Bits Off walk in Bradgate Park. Together 

they raised £1,250 towards the total of £12,500 raised by the whole event and looked 

very fetching in their matching outfits. 

• AT OUR MARCH MEETING we have Dr Rob Hunter telling us about the work of 

a Coroner. 

Lynda Owen 

Do something AMAZING! 

Discover how YOU could help save a life at the Cardiac Arrest 

Defibrillators(AED) and Resuscitation (CPR) information and 

training evening run by Richard Nevin on Thursday 25th April 

at the MESports in the Community Centre, Mayflower Close, 

Markfield, LE67 9ST - SEE PAGE 10 FOR DETAILS 

Frank 

Brocklehurst 

(7th February 1941 – 26th February 2024) 

THE FAMILY 

of Frank 

Brocklehurst 

are sad to 

announce his 

passing on 

Monday 26th 

February. 

Frank was born 

in Netherfield, 

Nottinghamshire, 

on 7th February 

1941, the youngest 

of three brothers 

and a sister. He 

met Margaret Ann 

Braybrook at her 

sister’s wedding in 

1956, when he was 

in the Boys Brigade, 

and they married on 

30th January 1960. 

Frank joined the 

Royal Air Force (in 

preference to the 

Frank and Margaret Brocklehurst 

pictured on their 60th Wedding 

Anniversary in January 2020. 

Army due to the colour of the uniform!) as a cook in 1958, 

which included being stationed in Germany. Their son 

Shaun was born in 1961 after which they returned to the 

UK. 

After leaving the RAF three years later, he worked as 

a chef with National Provincial Building Society before 

moving on to NatWest as a Bank Messenger. After their 

son Mark was born in Nottingham in 1970, the family 

moved to Markfield in 1973. Frank transferred to NatWest in 

Leicester, and their daughter Siobhan was born in 1979. 

He joined Kegworth Barbershop Harmony Club as a tenor, 

was a cricket umpire, and his love for genealogical research 

initiated the Brocklehurst One Name study newsletter which 

he continued with for some time. He was very sociable, 

thoughtful, kind, funny, loved action movie stars Arnold 

Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, and enjoyed listening 

to Roy Orbison, Skiffle, and American country music. He is 

greatly missed. 

The funeral will be taking place on Tuesday 26th March 

2024 at 9:45am at Trinity Methodist Church in Markfield, 

and we have arranged for refreshments at 11am at the 

Coach and Horses. 

Floral tributes are very welcome, and can be sent to The 

Co-Operative Funeralcare, Stuart House, 128 London 

Road, Coalville, Leicester LE67 3JD. 

Siobhan Brocklehurst 

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Markfield Congregational 

Community Church - such 

a lot going on! 

EASTER IS fast approaching, and Reverend Rob will be 

giving some interesting reflections on Lent:- 

• March 19th 7.00 Trial of Jesus. 

• March 26th 7.00 Visions and Voices from the Bible. The 

Truth will out, a psychiatrist’s view. 

The above will be held at Markfield Congregational Community Church 

on Main Street, and everyone is welcome. 

Our “BREW ABOUT YOU” coffee morning Tuesdays 9.30 to 1.00 is a 

free event and continues to go from strength to strength. Where people 

sit and chat and share memories and stories. 

We were pleased to welcome GEMMA FROM HINCKLEY 

COMMUNITY HUB offering advice and support. We look forward to 

another visit from her when she will offer appointments to anyone wanting 

a private meeting. 

Our SATURDAY COFFEE MORNING will be 30th March 10 till 12 when 

we will have a raffle and tombola and free drinks. However as with our 

free events gift tins are available for anyone wishing to make donations. 

Saturday 20th April, we have AN EVENING WITH ANNIE DUGGAN a 

local singer and her fabulous guitarist however this event is already sold 

out. In the event of any cancellations, we have a reserve list. 

We as a church always offer a warm welcome to those wishing to join us. 

Our church is regularly used by: - 

• Mark our local paper man 

• Leigh offering Pilates 

• Angela running her Slimming World class. 

• Mayflower Club 

CHURCH SERVICES are 10.30 Sunday mornings. 

As Churches Together in Markfield we share a United service once a 

month on EVERY 3RD SUNDAY at 10.30am. 

Sunday 24th March 10.30 will be THE PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION 

AROUND THE VILLAGE. 

We will meet at the Methodist Church and there will be a service in the 

church for those not wanting to walk round. We will then meet back in the 

church by 11.30am. 

Look out for information on our notice board. 

For more information ring ANGELA BERRY 01530 242578 or 07971 

254165. 

28th March – Maundy Thursday, 

time to wash feet 

‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo da Vinci 

MAUNDY THURSDAY is famous for two things. The 

first is one of the final acts that Jesus did before 

His death: the washing of His own disciples’ feet 

(see John 13). 

Jesus washed His disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A new command 

I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must 

love one another.” His disciples were to love through service, not 

domination, of one another. 

In Latin, the opening phrase of this sentence is ‘mandatum novum do 

vobis’. The word ‘mundy’ is thus a corruption of the Latin ‘mandatum’ (or 

command). The ceremony of the ‘washing of the feet’ of members of the 

congregation came to be an important part of the liturgy (regular worship) of 

the medieval church, symbolising the humility of the clergy, in obedience to 

the example of Christ. 

But Thursday was also important because it was on that night that 

Jesus first introduced the Lord’s Supper, or what we nowadays call Holy 

Communion. 

Jesus and His close friends had met in a secret upper room to share the 

Passover meal together - for the last time. And there Jesus transformed 

the Passover into the Lord’s Supper, saying, ‘this is my body’ and ‘this is 

my blood’ as He, the Lamb of God, prepared to die for the sins of the whole 

world. John’s gospel makes it clear that the Last Supper took place the 

evening BEFORE the regular Passover meal, and that later Jesus died at 

the same time that the Passover lambs were killed. 

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THE HERALD • MID-MARCH 2024 • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@markfieldherald.co.uk 

Events at Little 

Markfield Farm 

QUIZ AND SUPPER 

22nd March 7pm 

DRIVE IT DAY (VINTAGE AND 

CLASSIC VEHICLES) 

21st April - 10 am meet up 

VINTAGE CAR MEET 

5pm -17th May 

Date to be confirmed in May - 

QUIZ AND SUPPER 


5pm - 21st June 

LITTLE MARKFIELD STEAM RALLY 

29th & 30th June 


5pm - 19th July 


5pm - 16th August 


5pm - 20th September 

To book for the quiz night 

or the drive it day call 

Brenda on 07774 047571 

Change one letter at a time (but not the 

position of any letter) to make a new word 

moving from top to bottom. 

FIRE 

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Answers on page 22. 

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Repairs, Maintenance 

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Thornton Open 

Gardens 2024 

THE SPRING flowers are peeping through and we start to 

think about our gardens again! 

Open Gardens has become a successful biennial event in Thornton and 

the Friends of St Peter’s Church are pleased to announce that this year’s 

Open Gardens will be on Sunday 7th July, with gardens open from 1-6pm. 

If you live in Thornton and your garden is your pride and joy or you have 

an interesting feature in your garden or a theme that you think would be of 

interest, why not note the date now and consider opening this year? 

Watch out for more publicity in the next few months, in the meantime if 

you would like to express your initial nterest or have any questions, please 

contact us: Lis Muller 01530 231502; Sue Bakewell : 01530 231625 or 

e-mail thornton.opengardens@outlook.com. 

UKRANIAN 

LADY SEEKS 

EMPLOYMENT 

LOCALLY 

Any type of work 

considered, 

including cleaning, 

etc. 

I live in Markfield. 

Tel: 07747 098113 

Planning 

applications 

Erection of 4 dwellings, alterations 

to existing dwelling and widening 

of access - at 314A Station 

Road Bagworth Coalville 

Leicestershire LE67 1BN 

Application to discharge conditions 

3 (Levels), 6 (Surface Water 

Management), 17 (Construction 

Environmental Management Plan 

and Method Statement), 18 (Public 

Right of Way), 20 (Suspended 

Solids) on Appeal Decision APP/ 

K2420/W/21/3285060 relating to 

planning application 20/00511/ 

FUL - at Land at Beech Drive, 

Thornton, Leicestershire 

Permanent Public Right of Way 

Diversion - 23/00543/DISCON (R85) - 

at Land at Beech Drive, Thornton, 

Leicestershire 

Erection of a five bedroom 

detached dwelling - 2 Merrylees 

Road, Thornton, Coalville, 

Leicestershire LE67 1AN 

Non-material amendment to planning 

applicaiton 21/00448/FUL. Proposed 

change to boundary treatment to 

frontage from stone wall to iron 

railings - at Land North Of Towan 

Oak, 170 Main Street, Markfield, 

Leicestershire LE67 9UX 

Single storey side extension with 

garage conversion - at 3 Doctor 

Wright Close, Markfield, 

Leicestershire LE67 9XL 

First floor front extension over 

existing garage and the installation 

of timber cladding and render - at 

6 Jacqueline Road, Field Head, 

Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 

9RB 

Variation of condition 8 (waste 

and recycling storage) of planning 

permission 23/00630/OUT - at 

Ben Venuto, Thornton Lane, 

Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 

9RP 

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MARCH 

Saturday 16th March 

VINNIE CHRISTIAN 

Local Lad 

Saturday 23rd March 

SAM LYONS 

Vocalist and Comedian 

Saturday 30th March 

MOJO 

Male/Female Duo 

APRIL 

Friday 5th April 

An Evening With 

STEVE WALSH 

Saturday 6th April 

TANN-I-BROWNE 

Bob Marley Tribute 


KELLIE JENS 

Very Lively Female Vocalist 


LAURA ELSON 

Local Girl 

Friday 29th March 

WEST END JERSEYS 

four seasons tribute 

SOLD OUT 

Friday 5th April 

AN EVENING WITH 

STEVE WALSH 

(Ex Leicester City Legend) 

Price for this is £15.00 

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Tickets 

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1. HIJKLMNO 

2. Letter of the alphabet 

3. Latte etc? 

4. Drink instead of water in 

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5. Made from Rosie’s apples? 

6. Sailors used to drink it to 

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7. In another sense people always 

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8. Drink for the Scots and Irish? 

9. Don’t put this in your aga/open 

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10. Put this on your Fish and chips 

11. Toulouse le Trec famous for 

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12. Summer drink mainly at 

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13. Better for eating!! 

14. St Bernard dogs reputedly carry 

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16. Popeye’s girlfriend? 

17. Don’t put this bird in your tank 

18. Blink and you could miss this 

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19. This metal is liquid at room 

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20. Some adverts may contain this. 

WHO’S YOUR LOCAL HERO? 

Nominate them for a LOROS award 

Each word to be three letters or more 

(but no plurals), and all must contain the 

central letter. There’s at least one word which 

uses all of the letters. 

Excellent: 28 or more words 

Good: 22 words Fair: 18 words 

LOROS Hospice is inviting 

people to nominate 

their local heroes and 

see them honoured 

with an engraved leaf 

on a beautiful new tree 

sculpture. 

The initiative comes thanks to a 

generous donation to the hospice 

in memory of Kate Newman, 

who lived on the Wykin Estate 

in Hinckley. When she died in 

2022, her local community fundraised 

in her memory, raising £15,000. They 

were also supported by Morrisons 

in Hinckley, where Kate worked 

for many years, and its staff and 

customers. 

The funds raised are being used to 

fund some extra special leaves on 

a new bespoke tree sculpture, the 

LOROS Tree of Life, to reward local 

heroes like her. 

Nominations opened on Monday 12th 

February in four categories: 

• Inspirational young person 

• Outstanding group 

• Good neighbour 

• Dedicated carer 

To enter, visit loros.co.uk/KatesWish 

and tell us in no more than 250 

words why your nomination is a local 

hero. Nominations are open until 

Friday 22nd March 2024. 

The winners will be invited to a 

special event in the spring to see 

their leaves unveiled. 

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Happy 

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Across Answers on page 22. 

7. Unscrupulous person who knows how to 

circumvent difficulties (7,6) 

8. Selecting what seems best of 

various styles or ideas (8) 

9. River which flows through Bristol (4) 

10. Russian artificial satellite, 

the first to orbit the Earth (7) 

12. Text of a song (5) 

14. Capital of Bolivia (2,3) 

16. Sidney ___, star of the 1967 film 

To Sir, with Love (7) 

19. Basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (4) 

20. Water ice on a wooden stick (8) 

22. Window screen made of horizontal strips 

that overlap when closed (8,5) 

Down 

1. Elegant and stylish (4) 

2. One who rules during the absence 

of a monarch (6) 

3. Positive (7) 

4. Bring out or develop from latent or 

rudimentary existence (5) 

5. Yellow songbird (6) 

6. Racial extermination (8) 

11. Component of blood, essential for clotting (8) 

13. The Netherlands (7) 

15. Deer’s horn (6) 

17. Dessert of sponge, jelly, fruit and custard (6) 

18. Tony ___, former prime minister (5) 

21. Utter a pig-like cry (4) 

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starting from Monday 8th April 2024. 

Your initial three bowls sessions are completely free so come 

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Markfield Medical Centre’s Patient 

Participation Group March 2024 Newsletter 

Defibrillators, Resuscitation and VAT 

“I was technically dead for 2 minutes 

and 40 seconds” 

This is what TOM LOCKYER (pictured right), the Captain of 

Luton Town FC, said after surviving a Cardiac Arrest thanks 

to Defibrillator and Resuscitation treatment 

Would YOU know how to save your child, 

your best friend, or a stranger? 

COME AND LISTEN TO THE EXPERT: 

RICHARD NEVIN OF RB FIRST AID 

Markfield Medical Centre’s Patient Participation Group and 

ME Sports in the Community are delighted to be working 

in partnership to promote and host a Cardiac Arrest 

Defibrillators(AED) and Resuscitation (CPR) information 

and training evening run by Richard Nevin on Thursday 

25th April, 6.45pm for 7.00pm prompt start at the MESports in the Community Centre, 

Mayflower Close, Markfield, LE67 9ST 

Entrance is free and the tea and coffee will be available. To book please email: markfieldmedicalcentre.noreply@ 

nhs.net or markfield@megroup-uk.co.uk or call 01530 242240 and give your name and contact details. 

Did you know that HM Government charges VAT on Defibrillators 

sold to sports clubs, community groups and private owners? 

VAT-registered businesses may claim it back, and there are exemptions for the NHS, specific charities, but NO 

RELIEF for those groups with the least financial resources. Happily the Markfield Project was able to alleviate the 

problem via donations and a brilliant small charity, but many are not so lucky. 

The impact of a Cardiac Arrest, whether fatal on not, on families, communities, the NHS and beyond is incalculable. 

While AED treatment and Resuscitation (CPR) in the first few minutes is vital to survival and currently less than one 

in 10 out of hospital Cardiac Victims survive, 

• Is the £200 VAT raised really more valuable and cost 

effective than a Defibrillator? 

• £200 that could be the difference between a community 

funding 6 AEDs instead of 5? 

Jack Hurley - who lives in Leicestershire, is 19 and had a Cardiac Arrest 

last June playing football - says that without the Club’s AED and CPR 

he wouldn’t be here. Jack and his family are giving their active support 

to a national campaign to remove VAT charged on AEDs. 

I share their hope that as many as possible will support the campaign, which already has over 80,000 signatures. 

For more information please go to www.twitter.com/HeartRestartTax and www.hearttax.co.uk or scan this QR 

code. 

As always a big thank you to the Markfield community for their support for the Defibrillators and to the owners who 

care for them. 

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Art Group’s Exhibition 

CARRIDD Art are 

a small supportive 

group of amateur 

artists led by the 

experienced Art 

teacher, Carol 

Riddington. 

The class caters for all 

ages and abilities and 

provides the opportunity 

to explore a variety of 

different mediums in a 

friendly and mutually 

informative environment. 

New students are invited 

to join the weekly sessions 

at Markfield Community 

Centre, Thursday 1:30 – 

3:30 (a small charge is 

required to cover material 

costs). They will receive a 

warm welcome. 

The group will be exhibiting a selection 

of their work at the Community Centre in 

Markfield on Saturday 23 March, 10:30 

- 4:00 and Sunday 24 March, 10:30 

– 12:30. The exhibition will showcase 

the best of their work over the last 12 

months and also include the winning 

entries from the Mercenfeld Primary 

School’s Art Competition. 

Refreshments will be available from 

the ME sports cafe; hot and cold drinks, 

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Bright Hope in North West 

Leicestershire gets keys to 

new purpose-built day centre 

LOCAL CHARITY Bright Hope in North West Leicestershire 

(formerly Hospice Hope) has taken possession of Bright 

Hope House, its new, purpose-built daycare centre. 

The facility in 

Swannington has 

been funded by 

Bloor Homes as 

part of its support 

for local charities. 

The state-of-the-art 

6,000 square feet 

centre boasts two 

complementary 

therapy rooms, 

counselling rooms, 

a quiet room, a 

workshop for hobbies 

and training / 

technical facilities. It 

also has commercial 

kitchen facilities, 

a dining room 

and lounge and a 

conference room and 

offices. 

The new centre can 

accommodate up to 

24 people in day care 

for three days a week, 

where guests can 

enjoy daily activities 

and a hot meal at 

lunchtime. It will also 

From left to right Russell Boam, District 

Councillor; Steve MacPherson, Group 

Development and Technical Director of Bloor’s 

Homes; Allison Thomas, Chief Executive, North 

West Leicestershire District Council; Roy Stobbs, 

Lead Trustee at Bright Hope in North West 

Leicestershire; Paul Sanders, Head of Community 

Services, North West Leicestershire District 

Council; Stewart Shepherd, Trustee at Bright Hope 

in North West Leicestershire 

host a wide range of services provided by Bright Hope and its partner 

organisations. 

North West Leicestershire District Council has provided the charity 

with a 150-year lease on the land at a peppercorn rent, so it can call 

the building home for many years to come. 

The charity provides daycare, counselling, befriending and 

complementary therapy for people with life-limiting conditions, allowing 

carers to take a well-earned break. It offers similar services at its three 

support cafes in Ashby, Whitwick and Ibstock. A dedicated team of 

more than 60 active and experienced volunteers support the charity 

and its service users. 

Visit www.brighthope-nwl.org.uk for more information about Bright 

Hope’s support and services. 

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Trinity Methodist 

Church Markfield 

SERVICES & INFORMATION 

www.markfieldmethodistchurch.org 

FB: Markfield Methodist Church 

Sunday 17th March Passion 

Sunday 

4.00 p.m. A special Easter service 

Sunday 24th March 

Palm Sunday 

10.30 a.m. Morning worship 

& Walk of Witness 

Thursday 28th March Maundy 

Thursday 

7.00 p.m. United Service 

with Holy Communion 

Friday 29th March 

Good Friday 

7.00 p.m. United Service at Markfield 

Congregational Community Church 

Sunday 31st March 

Easter Sunday 

9.00 a.m. Easter morning breakfast 



Sunday 7th April 


Sunday 14th April 



6.00 p.m. Taize prayer 

with songs & silence 

Music Cafe 

Thursday 28th March & 11th 

April from 2.00 - 4.00 

Don’t be on your own - have a 

change of scene & join us for a 

music-based afternoon of friendship, 

fun & a good chat over refreshments 

on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the 

month. For more information please 

contact Linda on 01530 242607. 

“Come for a Cuppa” 

in a Warm Place 

Every Wednesday 9.30 - 12.30 

(Please note that this time applies 

until the end of March. In April 

we will open from 10.00 - 12.00) 

Keep warm and meet each other on 

Wednesday mornings. There is no 

charge for the refreshments. You 

can sample Ian’s treats, borrow a 

book & swap a jig-saw. Just come 

through the main church building 

and you’ll find us in the back room. 

Piano Recital 

Friday, 26th April at 7.00 p.m. 

By popular demand renowned 

international concert pianist Renata 

Konyicska returns! 

Please see our website for further 

details and to book tickets. 

We invite you to join us for 

Sunday worship & at all our 

regular meetings & events. 

You will be made most welcome. 

Please go to our website for 

much more information. 

www.markfieldmethodistchurch.org 

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‘Ben-Hur’ 

THE 1959 feature film 

Ben-Hur is widely 

considered to be one 

of the best movies ever 

made. Watching it is also 

considered to be an Easter 

tradition for many. 

In this epic tale, set in Jerusalem in 

26 AD, a wealthy Jewish nobleman 

named Judah Ben-Hur becomes 

enslaved by the Romans after 

he’s falsely accused of plotting to 

assassinate a Roman governor. 

A Roman consul, Quintus Arrius, 

eventually helps Judah to become 

a champion charioteer, leading him 

to ultimately try to seek revenge 

on Messala—his former childhood 

friend who orchestrated the false 

accusation against Judah—in a 

chariot race. 

Along the way, Judah experiences 

a pair of touching chance 

encounters with Jesus Christ leading 

up to the latter’s crucifixion and 

searches for his long-lost family, 

including his sister, Tirzah, and his 

mother, Miriam. 

While Jesus Christ is a featured 

character in Ben-Hur, which is 

also set in the real place and time 

when Jesus lived, the story itself is 

fictional. 

The name Ben-Hur does make 

a brief appearance in the Bible, 

although it doesn’t seem to have any 

literary connection to the novel and 

film’s main character. In First Kings 

4:1-19, there’s a list of 12 district 

governors appointed by Solomon 

during his reign as King of Israel— 

and Ben-Hur was one of them. 

This film, directed by cinematic 

golden-age auteur WilliamWyler, 

had the biggest budget of any movie 

ever made when it debuted on 

November 18, 1959. 

It also set the record for the most 

Oscars ever won by a single film— 

11 —which has never been broken 

(although it has been tied by both 

1997’s Titanic and 2003’s The Lord 

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County Council Update from Peter Bedford 

Email: peter.bedford@leics.gov.uk Tel: 01455 824733 

Web: www.facebook.com/peterbedfordmdt www.twitter.com/PeterBedfordMDT 

Flooding 

THE LAST FEW months has seen the 

country and many parts of our county 

battered by storms. 

The number and severity of this flooding is 

unprecedented, and I want to thank the various 

agencies, local landowners and businesses who 

have done their best to keep our roads open. 

There is often confusion about who is 

responsible for the different aspects of flooding 

so I thought it would be useful to summarise this 

for residents. 

Frustratingly there is no single organisation 

responsible for flooding, so depending on 

what has caused the flood will depend on 

which organisation will need to be involved in 

resolving. 

The County Council is the ‘Lead Local Flood 

Authority (LLFA)’ responsible for the coordination 

and management of flood risk across the county 

of Leicestershire; duties include investigating 

major flooding incidents, regulating activities on 

ordinary watercourses and acting as a statutory 

consultee for planning. 

So, if… 

Flooding from small watercourse, surface water 

(not on the road) / ground water: You should 

email flooding@leics.gov.uk or use the county 

councils webform. 

Flooding from blocked road drain or surface 

water on the road: Contact the Local Highways 

Authority (LCC), again by emailing flooding@ 

leics.gov.uk or use the county councils webform. 

Flooding from a river or reservoir: Contact the 

Environment Agency Flood line on 0345 988 

1188 

Flooding from sewers or a burst water main: 

Contact Severn Trent on 0800 783 4444 

Flooding from a canal: Canal and River Trust on 

0800 47 999 47 

Beech Drive, Thornton 

IN JANUARY I attended a meeting 

of HBBC’s Planning Committee to 

hold Developers to account in their 

attempt to escape their affordable 

housing obligations in Thornton 

village. 

It was pleasing to see all political parties on 

the same page in ensuring that Developers 

can’t renege on their obligations in the event 

that planning permission be granted – in this 

case on appeal by an Inspector. Planning and 

development is a perennial issue across our 

villages and it would be helpful if this cross-party 

approach was adopted more often in these 

contentious cases. 

South Charnwood High School 

IT WAS GREAT to be invited by Mrs 

Aldridge to SCHS to meet and speak 

with approximately 40 students of 

their ‘Pupil Voice’ group. 

Pictured (L-R) are Cllr Claire Harris, 

Mrs Aldridge and myself. 

Cllr Claire Harris (Markfield) also joined me 

to give her perspective as a newly elected 

councillor. It was so nice to see the passion 

the students have, and their engagement 

was certainly more enthusiastic than some 

professional politicians! 

The students of today are the representatives of 

tomorrow and I was particularly proud to have 

been able to support this event. 

Budget 2024/25 

THE COUNTY COUNCIL has recently 

set its budget for 2024/25. I wanted 

to use this month’s article to explain 

the process in reaching this budget, 

and the competing pressures that 

councillors have had to weight up: 

What issues are driving budget 

pressures? 

Spiralling social care prices, growing service 

demand and inflation are driving up costs. The 

Government’s autumn statement last month 

didn’t include any extra funding for councils 

which has ramped up the pressure for local 

authorities. 

How bad is the situation? 

Nearby councils, such as Nottingham City, 

have declared that they do not have enough 

resources to continue to deliver services by 

issuing a section 114 notice, and others, such 

as Leicester and Derbyshire, say they are being 

pushed to the brink. 

We are not in crisis territory. We’ve successfully 

managed better than most by not forgetting 

about the financial realities of local government 

when delivering services. But we do have a 

significant budget gap and need to deliver 

services differently. 

How does this affect the council’s 

budget? 

Pressures include: 

• Surging cost of placements for children in care 

- with costs for just 10 children with complex 

needs now reaching £5m. A 56 per cent rise in 

unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care 

and care leavers since last year. Over £220m 

of net inflation and service pressures across 

the next four years - compared to £100m of 

increased income (including Council Tax). 

How big is the council’s budget? 

The council’s yearly budget totals £560m. 

What are the budget proposals? 

The four-year budget proposals include: 

A £12m budget shortfall next year – which we’re 

proposing to use reserves to cover. This budget 

gap is set to rise to £85m by 2028. 

£127m more to support vulnerable people – to 

pay for more home and residential care, and 

support people with physical disabilities, learning 

disabilities and mental health needs. 

An extra £113m – to cover inflation and a 

National Living Wage increase. 

Major redesigns of services to manage future 

demand, including: 

Special educational needs and disabilities – a 

new approach balancing growing demand for 

support with getting children the right help. 

Working with Barnardo’s to run children’s homes 

locally. 

Boosting ‘supported living’ – over 100 new 

placements created since 2020, enabling people 

with learning and physical disabilities and 

mental health needs to learn life skills and live 

independently. 

Rolling out ‘care technology’ – over 2,600 pieces 

of equipment, including falls detectors and 

GPS location trackers, installed over last year, 

benefiting over 1,000 people. 

£36m of savings – including redesigning 

services, reducing the cost of back-office support 

services by maximising digital technology and 

smarter procurement. 

A £445m four-year capital pot – for the cost 

of building roads, schools and other one-off 

projects linked to new homes being built across 

Leicestershire. 

If you have any local issues that I can be off 

assistant with, please do not hesitate to get in 

touch. 

Finally, I would like to wish you and your families 

a Happy Easter! 

Peter 

(County Councillor for Markfield, 

Desford & Thornton) 

E: peter.bedford@leics.gov.uk 

or T: 01455 824733 

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(28th – 31st March) 

Holy Thursday: Mass at 7 pm 

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Good Friday: Stations of the 

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Church, Coalville** 

Service at 3 pm at St Wilfrid’s 

Church, Coalville 

Holy Saturday Vigil: Mass at 

Holy Cross Church, Whitwick. 

Time to be confirmed 

Easter Sunday: Mass at 9 am 

at Holy Cross Church, Whitwick 

Mass at 10.30 am at St Wilfrid’s 

Church, Coalville 

* Holy Cross Church, 

Parsonwood Hill, Whitwick, 

LE67 5AT. 

** St Wilfrid’s Church, London 

Road, Coalville, LE67 3JB 

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 

You can book an appointment 

with Fr Gabriel - 01530 832098. 

WEEKDAY MASSES: 

Monday 10 am – St Wilfrid’s 

Parish** 

Tuesday – No Mass 

Wednesday 10 am – Holy 

Cross Church 

Please see the Newsletter 

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** St Wilfrid’s weekday Masses 

are held in the Oratory. Please 

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Markfield Mass Tuesday, 16 

April at 7 pm in the Markfield 

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Church on Main St. Everyone 

is most welcome. 

CHURCHES TOGETHER 

IN MARKFIELD 

Sunday 24 March at 10.30 

– Palm Sunday Service and 

Walk at the Methodist Church. 

Everyone is most welcome. 

Village Contact: 

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29th March - Good Friday, the day 

the Son of God ** died for you 

GOOD FRIDAY is the day on which Jesus died on the 

cross. He was crucified at 9am in the morning, and 

died six hours later, at 3pm. It is the most solemn 

day in the Christian year and is widely marked by the 

removal of all decorations from churches. 

In Lutheran churches, the day was marked by the reading of the passion 

narrative in a gospel, a practice which lies behind the ‘passions’ composed by 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Both the St Matthew Passion and the 

St John Passion have their origins in this observance of Good Friday. 

The custom of observing a period of three hours’ devotion from 12 midday to 

3pm on Good Friday goes back to the 18th century. The ‘Three Hours of the 

Cross’ often take the form of an extended meditation on the ‘Seven Last Words 

from the Cross’, with periods of silence, prayer, or hymn-singing. 

Good Friday, Jesus and the thieves on the Cross 

Luke’s account of the crucifixion (Luke 23:32-43) emphasises the mocking of 

the crowd, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself’ (35,37,39). In their 

view a Messiah does not hang on a cross and suffer. In considering the two 

men who were crucified with Jesus, we are also confronted with the issue of 

how Jesus secures salvation for us. 

The words of one of those crucified with Jesus reflected the crowd’s taunts: 

‘Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us.’ He highlights the question of 

Jesus’ identity: how can He save others, when He cannot save Himself from 

death? He failed to see that the cross itself was the means of salvation. 

So - what kind of Messiah was Jesus? 

The other criminal’s response in his last moments is a moving expression of 

faith. When challenging the other man, he spoke of the utter injustice of the 

crucifixion: ‘this man has done nothing wrong.’ He perceived the truth that 

Jesus was indeed the Messiah. In a wonderful picture of grace, ‘remember me 

when You come into Your kingdom’, the second thief confessed his guilt and 

secured Jesus’ forgiveness and mercy. 

In reply, Jesus promised the man life from the moment of death; ‘Today you 

will be with Me in paradise.’ Jesus used the picture of a walled garden to help 

the man understand His promise of protection and security in God’s love and 

acceptance eternally. 

Each one of us has to choose how we react to Jesus on the cross. Do we want 

Him to ‘remember’ us when He comes into His kingdom, or not? If you were to 

die tonight, how confident would you be of going to be with Jesus? ‘For Christ 

died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God’ 

(1 Peter 3:18). 

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MARKFIELD LOCAL HISTORY GROUP 

Tuesday 19 th March 2024 7.30pm 

At Markfield Methodist Church, Main Street, Markfield LE67 9UU 

PEPPERMINT BILLY 

THE LAST MAN TO BE HANGED IN LEICESTER 

Who was he? 

Why was he known as Peppermint Billy? 

What were his crimes? 

Gareth King is an excellent speaker who we are delighted to 

welcome back. This will be an entertaining evening as we find out 

about this fascinating story. 

Adults £3 for visitors or become a member for £8 per year (Jan-Jan) and then 

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THE SONGS for our Spring/ 

Summer season of 2024 were 

unveiled at our first session 

of the year at The Groby Club, 

Leicester Road, Groby. 

All three of the rehearsals that day were 

very well attended in spite of the chilly, 

damp weather outside and cake time was 

busy with lively chatter as we met with old 

friends and welcomed lots of new faces. 

Songs originated from various places 

in Europe, notably Sweden, Germany, 

France and Italy as well as all four 

countries of the British Isles. Some links 

were rather tenuous and the choir were a 

bit bemused by the song attributed to ... 

Birmingham, but come along to the next 

rehearsal if you’re intrigued by that one! 

Our trip round Europe promises to be yet 

another success for Groby Sings in our 

11th year so do join us every Wednesday 

during term time to see what a good time 

we have with lots of laughs, socialising, 

singing and cake. We especially welcome 

singers with disabilities or memory 

problems together with their friends and 

carers. 

Adult singers: 1.30-3.00pm or 7.30- 

9.00pm, Youth & Children’s Choir (7 

years and over): 3.40-4.40pm. Preschool 

children are welcome in the 

afternoon in the care of their adult with a 

crèche area available. Please note that 

we don’t meet in school holidays. 

Concerts will be held on 

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 

23rd June – dates for your 

diary. 

Enquiries via our website www. 

grobysings.org and check out our 

Facebook page too. Groby Sings is a 

Registered Charity no. 1180490 

Minister’s Pause 

for Thought 

Carry each other’s burdens 

We are called to be burden bearers like Jesus, to 

help people in need. I learnt to my cost just what 

those words truly mean. 

In 1971 when I was a young foolish soldier in the REME; we 

were due to do a 5 mile speed march to ensure we were ‘battle fit’; 

One lad in our platoon was forever being teased, tormented, and 

bullied, simply because we thought he didn’t fit in with ‘us’. In the 

night I removed his kit from his back pack and filled it with heavy 

lifting weights. Not long after we started the march he began to lag 

behind, moaning about the weight he was carrying. 

Our sergeant halted us and looked inside his back pack; ‘Kelly 

did you do this’, caught again! I was then ordered to give him my 

back pack and I was to carry his ladened back pack for the next 

4.5 miles. My fellow tormentors completed the march laughing as I 

struggled to complete the march. 

What a heavy lesson I learnt that day. If you can’t help someone 

who is weighed down with troubles don’t add to their already heavy 

burdens; and what if you were told 

by God to carry someone else’s 

burdens that were heavier than your 

own. 

The next time you think of doing 

something mean or what you think 

is funny to someone, before you do 

so, stop and think; what if you have 

to walk just one mile in their shoes. 

Carry each other’s burdens, and 

in this way you will fulfil the law of 

Christ. (Gal 6:2) 

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of Crosshills Baptist Church 

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Ever thought 

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and abilities. 

Apollo are a locally based Archery 

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Six small businesses from across 

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All of the featured business owners 

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Narrated by Lee Wheeler-Tomes of Orange Fox Studios, who is an 

education and business loan borrower from the Charity himself, the video 

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• Steven McKerrow – Mouseskins in Loughborough 

• Caroline Stafford – The Kitsch Hen in Oakham 

• Liga Orlovska – Honeycraft in Leicester 

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31st March - EASTER, the most 

joyful day of the year 

EASTER is the most joyful day of the year for 

Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are 

forgiven. Christ has risen! We are redeemed! 

We can look forward to an eternity in His joy! 

Hallelujah! 

The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can 

explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of 

their lives they will still be ‘growing’ in their Christian walk with God. 

Why does the date move around so much? 

Because the date of Passover moves around, and according to the biblical 

account, Easter is tied to the Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites’ 

exodus from Egypt, and it lasts for seven days, from the middle of the 

Hebrew month of Nisan, which equates to late March or early April. 

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to use the Hebrew lunar calendar to 

come up with firm dates for the first Good Friday: Friday 7th April 30 AD 

or Friday 3rd April, 33 AD with Easter Day falling two days later. Modern 

scholars continue to think these two Fridays to be the most likely. 

Most people will tell you that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the 

first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is broadly true. But the 

precise calculations are complicated and involve something called an 

‘ecclesiastical full moon’, which is not the same as the moon in the sky. 

The earliest possible date for Easter in the West is 22nd March, which last 

fell in 1818. The latest is 25th April, which last happened in 1943. 

Why the name, ‘Easter’? 

In almost every European language, the festival’s name comes from 

‘Pesach’, the Hebrew word for Passover. 

The Germanic word ‘Easter’, however, seems to come from Eostre, a 

Saxon fertility goddess mentioned by 

the Venerable Bede. He thought that 

the Saxons worshipped her in ‘Eostur 

month,’ but may have confused her with 

the classical dawn goddesses like Eos 

and Aurora, whose names mean ‘shining 

in the east’. So, Easter might have meant 

simply ‘beginning month’ – a good time 

for starting up again after a long winter. 

Finally, why Easter eggs? 

On one hand, they are an ancient symbol 

of birth in most European cultures. 

On the other hand, hens start laying 

regularly again each Spring. Since eggs were forbidden during Lent, it’s 

easy to see how decorating and eating them became a practical way to 

celebrate Easter. 

World Autism Acceptance Week, 

2nd – 8th April 2024 

AUTISM IS on the rise. Or at least, the recognition of it is. 

According to the website psychcentral.com, there was a 

787% exponential increase in the number of people who 

were diagnosed with autism between 1998 and 2018 in 

the UK. 

The National Autistic Society says that in the UK, more than one in 

every 100 people are now on the autism spectrum. It reckons that around 

700,000 adults and children in the UK suffer with the condition to some 

degree. 

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to some degree. And you may know that, as it says on the NHS website: 

Autistic people may act in a different way to other people, … and find it 

hard to understand how other people think or feel. They may find things like 

bright lights or loud noises overwhelming, stressful, or uncomfortable. They 

may get anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events and 

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Markfield Community Association News 

From Ron & Dawn Grantham 07885 243033 or 07904 222552 

Mayflower Club’s 11th 

Anniversary 

THIS YEAR we celebrated the 11th 

Anniversary of the opening of the 

Mayflower Club. 

How time flies by. Carol and myself still recall 

our very first club meeting. Very much like the 

recent months the weather in February 2013 

was appalling. There had been a winter storm 

that day with high winds blowing down trees and 

branches, plus pouring rain. WE did not expect 

anyone to turn up – BUT they did. Traipsing in 

with umbrellas, winter coats and woolly hats. 

Sadly, we have lost a number of members over 

the years. However, many are still with us and 

still enjoying all the activities we provide for them. 

Looking back at photographs of our very first 

session, we recall some of our original members 

having a go at chair exercises whilst others were 

trying their hands at indoor bowls in the sports 

hall. 

Over the following years we joined forces with the 

Monday afternoon Friendship Club that had been 

run for many years by Barbara Pearson and 

her friends. This ensured the continuance of this 

lovely club. 

This year had been rather difficult and unsettling 

for us however, and with the wonderful support 

we have had from the Markfield Congregational 

Church, we have settled nicely into our new 

home and as Del Boy would say “Onwards and 

upwards Rodney, onwards and upwards”. 

We marked our 11th Anniversary by reflecting 

on photographs of all the events we had put 

on at the Club over the year. Looking back, 

we had managed to put on some amazing 

events and activities including celebrations, 

commemorations, guest speakers, outside visits 

and of course prize bingo, play your cards right 

and beetle drives. 

Then, in came our candlelit 11th Anniversary 

cake. This had been specially made by member 

Rose together with other sumptuous cakes she 

had made. These were eagerly devoured by our 

delighted members. Many thanks Rose, we all 

enjoyed your wonderful cakes. 

BUT we could not have done all this - or indeed 

survived - without the continued support and help 

from our members for which we are eternally 

grateful. 

Chinese New Year 

ON THE 7TH February we marked the 

Chinese New Year which, this year is 

the Year of the DRAGON. 

Firstly, we explained the legend of how the 

Chinese calendar was established based on 

the mythical race by various creatures to the 

Emperor’s Imperial Palace. We then explored 

each member’s birth year to see which creature 

they were and what their positive and negative 

characteristics are. This caused some laughter as 

the characteristics were quite true in most cases. 

We had a look at the Chinese legends and myths 

about the Three Star Gods Shuo, Lu and Fu 

and their connections to fortune, prosperity and 

longevity. With mixed results members then 

found out their fortunes for the coming year 

through Chinese Fortune Cookies. 

Members then had a go at making Chinese 

lanterns which were judged by our guest Yvonne 

who also brough along her traditional silk New 

Years dress to show us. 

On the 14th February Jayne, our arts and crafts 

instructor, came along to help members make 

some pretty Valentine’s cards. In fact, members 

got so wrapped up in making them we ran out 

of time to hold our annual pancake day tossing 

challenge. Never mind it saved us having to 

clear up all the shattered pancake debris that we 

usually experience. 

Forthcoming Events 

HERE ARE some of the events we have 

in place for the coming weeks: 

Saint David’s Day, “Where there’s Muck there’s 

Brass challenge, Saint Patrick, Easter Bonnet 

and Egg Hunt, Eggs and Egg Cups Talk, May 

Day Traditions, Saint George Pub Quiz, 1st 

Anniversary Coronation of King Charles, D Day 

80th Anniversary plus Play Your Cards Right, 

Prize Bingo and Beetle Drive. 

Arts and Crafts Crochet Club 

THE CLUB is still growing with new 

members making crochet goodies and 

at the same time meeting new friends 

and having a natter. 

Don’t worry if you have had little or no experience 

of crochet work as Jayne, our instructor, is very 

patient and will lead you through this art even if 

you’re left-handed. So, if you if you are looking 

for a new hobby and meet new friends just come 

along and give it a try. Materials are provided for 

you. 

The Mayflower Club sessions are held at the 

Congregational Community Church rooms on 

Main Street. 

Our Friendship Club and Arts and Crafts 

group meet Monday afternoons with our 

main Mayflower Club session being held on 

Wednesday afternoons. 

All sessions are from 2pm to 4pm and only 

cost £2.50p per session with a cuppa and light 

refreshments thrown in. Don’t be shy - Just turn 

up on the day 

Markfield Good Neighbours 

Scheme 

DON’T FORGET that our Good 

neighbours Scheme volunteers are 

still here and ready to help and 

support you. 

Just give us a call on 078845 243033 if you or 

anyone you know need any help or support. 

Ron and Dawn Grantham 

Markfield Community Association 

Contact Numbers: 07885 243033 

or 07904 222552 

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Why Easter will never go away 

HOW DO YOU make sense of the Resurrection? Dead 

men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular 

dead man did rise? 

At the end of St Luke’s gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it 

because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24:4). This is highly significant. The 

Gospels do not show us a group of disciples who were in a receptive frame 

of mind. After the crucifixion, they were in hiding, frightened and scattered. 

Then suddenly, they came out of hiding and were totally different; excited, 

joyful. By Pentecost they were confident, with one firm message: ‘You 

crucified Jesus, but God raised Him up!’ 

How did they know this? 

Because of direct personal experience. Some of them had visited the tomb 

of Jesus: it was empty. Others claimed to have seen and touched the risen 

Lord. Were they hallucinating? People can hallucinate in groups – when 

taking drugs, for example. But of course, each one will see a different 

hallucination. But the disciples all saw the same thing. Or rather, the same 

person. Jesus. 

Were they lying? 

Jesus had died a humiliating death as a criminal. Perhaps they wanted to 

rescue His good name. So, did they pretend they had seen Him? 

This theory has a big problem. Their preaching led them into trouble with 

the authorities. They were beaten and imprisoned and some of them killed. 

People will die for ideas and causes which they believe in passionately. But 

not for things they have made up. We might suffer for our convictions, but 

we will not suffer for our inventions. 

What about the ‘swoon’ theory? 

That Jesus didn’t die on the cross, despite terrible wounds? That He 

recovered in the tomb, and then escaped? That the disciples nursed Him 

back to health? But Roman soldiers knew when a man was dead; and there 

was the guard on the tomb. Also, the events which followed simply don’t fit. 

If the disciples had been hiding Jesus all along, they would have kept very 

low-key, and out of the way, so that the authorities did not come after Him 

again. 

Besides, to preach that God had raised Jesus from the dead – which is 

exactly what they did preach – would have been a lie. Beatings and threat 

of death would soon have loosened their tongues. Inventions crumble 

under pressure; convictions hold fast. 

Another reason for believing in the Resurrection is this: Jesus’s continuing 

impact. Thousands and soon millions of people in every generation since 

have shared an inescapable sense of being ‘accompanied’ through life. 

Though unseen, they identify this presence as the Risen Lord. 

Sometimes this experience of meeting Jesus is gentle and fitful. Sometimes 

it is dramatic and life changing. This reminds us that the resurrection of 

Jesus is not just an interesting historical puzzle. It is a vital, present day 

reality. It brings wonderful comfort, assuring us of the central Christian 

truths: death is dead; Jesus is alive; God is love. 

This central notion was captured, most movingly, by the great Albert 

Schweitzer: ‘He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us 

the same word: “Follow thou me,” and sets us to the tasks which He has 

to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether 

they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the 

suffering which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as ineffable 

mystery, they shall learn in their own experience who He is.’ 

Have a joyful – and a challenging – Easter. 

Church Services 

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DATE CHURCH TIME SERVICE 

17 th March 2024 St Michael’s and All 10.30am 

Morning Prayer 

Angel’s, Markfield 

St Peter's, Copt Oak 3.00pm Holy Communion 

St Peter's, Thornton 10.30am Holy Communion 

St Mary's, Stanton 

under Bardon 

10.30am J22 Community Worship 


24 th March 2024 St Michael’s and All 

Angel’s, Markfield 10.30am 

Markfield Walk of Witness 

& Service at Trinity 

Methodist Church 

St Peter's, Copt Oak 6.00pm Evening Prayer 

St Peter's, Thornton 10.30am Morning Prayer 


under Bardon 

10.30am 

Something Different 

Service 

28 th March 2024 St Mary's, Stanton 

under Bardon 

6.30pm 

Fish Supper & Holy 

Communion 

29 th March 2024 St Peter's, Copt Oak 7.00pm Tenebrae Service 

St Peter's, Thornton 10.30am Stations of the Cross 

31 st March 2024 St Michael’s and All 10.30am 

Easter Day Service 


St Peter's, Copt Oak 3.00pm Easter Day Service 

St Peter's, Thornton 10.30am Joint Easter Day Service to 

be held at SuB 

St Mary's, Stanton 10.30am 

Easter Day Service 

under Bardon 

7 th April 2024 St Michael’s and All 10.30am J22 Community Worship 


St Peter's, Copt Oak 6.00pm Holy Communion 

St Peter's, Thornton 9.00am Breakfast Service at the 

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under Bardon 

10.30am 

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Smile Time 

I bought my wife a world map and 

gave her a dart. I told her to throw 

it and wherever it lands, we will 

go on holiday. 

So this year, we’re spending two 

weeks behind the fridge. 

Teacher: “For the last six months 

you’ve brought me a bag of 

raisins every week. Why have 

you stopped?” 

Pupil: “My rabbit’s dead, Miss.” 

So, I lay on my death bed with my 

wife Tina and my sister Marge. 

When I saw them getting upset, 

I said: “Don’t cry for me, Marge 

and Tina ...” 

A couple of lads tried to get into 

my car last night so I attacked 

them with a cricket bat. I’m not 

cut out to be a taxi driver. 

LIQUIDS QUIZ 

answers 

1. Water, 2. Tea, 3. Coffee, 

4. Beer, 5. Cider, 6. Rum, 

7. Wine, 8. Whisky, 9. Coke, 

10. Vinegar, 11. Absinthe, 

12. Pimms, 13. Chocolate, 

14. Brandy, 15. Advocaat, 

16. Olive oil, 17. Petrol, 

18. Ink, 19. Mercury, 

20. Mead 

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Here is one possible solution 

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FIRE, hire, here, herd, head, HEAT 

spot the difference 

ANSWERS 

1. Easter egg missing, 2. Rucksack 

different colour, 3.Tricycle back 

wheel missing, 4. Basket on front 

different colour, 5. Toadstools facing 

opposite way,6. Buckle on bag 

missing, 7. Tassels on handlebar 

missing, 8. Bunny tongue missing, 

9. Plaster on front wheel missing, 

10. Chick on shoulder missing 

CROSSWORD 

ANSWERS 

Across: 7 Wheeler dealer, 8 

Eclectic, 9 Avon, 10 Sputnik, 12 

Lyric, 14 La Paz, 16 Poitier, 19 

Beat, 20 Lollipop, 22 Venetian 

blind. 

Down: 1 Chic, 2 Regent, 3 

Certain, 4 Educe, 5 Canary, 

6 Genocide, 11 Platelet, 13 

Holland, 15 Antler, 17 Trifle, 18 

Blair, 21 Oink. 

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Long word: INSTRUCT 


Message from Dr Luke Evans MP 

OVER THE PAST 

couple of years 

I and the other 


MPs have been lobbying 

Government for additional 

funding for Leicestershire. 

We’ve had multiple meetings 

with the Chancellor, I regularly 

raise fairer funding for the County 

Council in the House of Commons 

and we’re the only MP’s to have 

secured a meeting between the 

Chancellor and representatives 

from their respective County 

Council. 

And I have good news to share… 

We recently found out that not 

only have we helped to secure 

an above-inflation uplift to 

Leicestershire County Council’s 

finances of more than 7%, but 

that reallocated funding from the 

cancelled northern leg of HS2 

means Leicestershire will be 

receiving a whopping £238,154,000 

to improve local transport between 

2025 and 2032! 

This £238m for our county and 

additional £159m for Leicester 

City brings the total for our area 

to over £397 million. It’s part of 

the Government’s long-term plan 

to reallocate the £36 billion saved 

from HS2 Phase 2 into local 

transport improvements across the 

country – benefitting more people, 

in more places and, importantly, 

more quickly than HS2! 

It is the first transport budget of 

its kind that is specifically targeted 

at smaller cities, towns and rural 

areas and empowers local people 

and your elected representatives 

to invest in the local transport 

projects that matter most to their 

communities. 

This is also on top of last year’s 

funding announcements for 

Leicestershire of £3 million to fix 

potholes and £1.78 million for a 

Bus Service Improvement Plan. 

These funds all go straight to 

Leicestershire County Council 

(LCC) and I wanted to take this 

opportunity to reiterate that, as 

your Member of Parliament, I am 

responsible for national legislation 

not decisions made by Local 

Authorities. I am not a Councillor, 

Enjoy this issue? 

Please pass it on to a friend or 

relative when you’ve finished 

with it. Thanks! 

I do not vote on matters at LCC 

nor do I have any authority to 

order or pressure LCC into making 

certain decisions. I’ve written to the 

Leader of Leicestershire County 

Council to request a meeting to 

see how Markfield, Ratby and the 

surrounding areas will benefit. 

If you have any ideas yourself, 

please do get in touch with me at 

luke.evans.mp@parliament.uk - I’m 

keen to hear your views! 

Over the past four years we’ve 

secured; the £24 million testing unit 

for Hinckley Hospital, the £19.9m 

conservation and education 

centre for Twycross Zoo, the 

£400,000 Rural Prosperity Fund 

for businesses and community 

groups (visit https://www.hinckleybosworth.gov.uk/ruralprosperity 

to apply), millions for school 

improvements and millions for 

ultra-fast broadband upgrades… to 

name just a few! 

But when we’re all so used to 

seeing news of these large funding 

grants from Government, we can 

forget the ‘smaller’ grants also 

make a real difference to the 

people who use the spaces for 

activities and meetings. And as 

your MP I regularly hear about 

funding grants for local groups, like 

the £8,900 grant for equipment at 

Twycross Village Hall or £10,000 

for Barlestone St Giles Football 

Club to help with funding solar 

panels for the clubhouse roof. 

Sports clubs are another place 

where ‘small’ amounts of money 

can go a long way, and this month 

I’m really pleased to share news 

It’s quite difficult to get a job at Citroen. I had to send them 2CVs. 

with you that four local football 

clubs have received grants for new 

goalposts! 

• Market Bosworth FC -- Grant 

award: £690 

• Hinckley Borough FC-- Grant 

award: £1,124 

• AFC Barwell -- Grant award: 

£1,312 

• Sporting Markfield F.C. -- Grant 

award: £1,440 

This funding, totalling £4,566 from 

the Government’s Multi-Sports 

Grassroots Fund, should make a 

considerable difference to our local 

clubs who provide opportunities and 

enjoyment all year round. 

I am so pleased all the work is 

paying off with such significant 

investment taking place right where 

we all live. As always, I’ll continue 

to fight to deliver more! 

Dr Luke Evans MP 

Member of Parliament for 

Bosworth • House of Commons 

• London • SW1A 0AA 

email: luke.evans.mp@ 

parliament.uk 

web: drlukeevans.org.uk 

tel: constituency: 07920 619812 

tel: parliament: 0207 219 4250 

mobile: 07920 619812 

Facebook: drlukeevansmp 

instagram: drlukeevans 

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STANFEST ‘24 

ON 8TH JUNE 

23 

Can’t these dogs read? 

Another ineffective sign! 

STANFEST ’24 is coming to Stanton under Bardon on 

Saturday 8th June 2024. 

After the success of the Kings Coronation Party in the Park in Stanton 

under Bardon last year, the fete committee could see the need for 

the return of an annual community event, and are excited to share 

StanFest ’24 with you. This highly anticipated event will take place on 

Saturday 8th June from 1pm until 6pm on the recreation ground (next 

to the primary school). St Mary’s and All Saints Chuch will also be open 

from 2pm-5pm selling tea and cake. 

You can look forward to a diverse range of activities for all, a wide 

selection of stalls, live music and delicious food stalls offering an array 

of culinary delights. 

At StanFest ’24 not only will you be able to participate in the joyous 

atmosphere and create your own lasting memories, but you will 

also help Rainbows to continue to brighten short lives. Highlighting 

the importance of community bonds, StanFest ’24 will be donating 

all proceeds to Rainbows, the only children’s hospice in the East 

Midlands, who care for hundreds of families every year who have a 

baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness. Helping 

them fulfil their potential, making the most of every precious moment. 

StanFest is made possible through the collaborative efforts of our 

dedicated committee members, local businesses, volunteers and you! 

Last year our event was supported by the following companies / groups 

and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them again, as it 

wouldn’t have been possible to put on such a large event without their 

help. 

A huge thank you 

to - 

• St Mary’s and All 

Saints Church 

• Bardon 

Quary Liaison 

Committee 

• Midland Quarry 

Products 

• Uptonsteel 

• Mountpark 

• Hinckley and 

Bosworth 

Borough Council 

• Stanton Under 

Bardon Parish 

Council 

• Inflatable Family 

Fun Days 

• Richard Bailey 

Plant and 

Construction 

If you are interested 

in supporting our 

event with funding 

/ operational 

support, or if you are 

interested in having a stall or performing on stage, please contact our 

team. 

Event support / general enquiries – email: info@stanfest.co.uk 

Stalls – email: stalls@stanfest.co.uk 

Performing on stage – email: music@stanfest.co.uk 

Please keep an eye on the Facebook group – StanFest, where all 

updates will be shared. 

So, save the date! We look forward to welcoming everyone to an 

afternoon filled with laughter, joy and community spirit. 

FOLLOWING last month’s Herald article. It’s that illiterate 

dog or its owner again! Also we and our neighbours have 

picked up over 10 poos from our front gardens in the past 

few weeks. 

Humans and animals are at risk of contracting all or some of the following 

from dog faeces, some of which can be particularly dangerous to young 

children who may unknowingly play in contaminated areas: Salmonella, 

EColi, Tape and other infectious worms, Cryptosporidiosis and Parvovirus. 

Come on dog owners - please clean up your act! 

Markfield Resident 

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