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Home-town sports hero Johnno will open Olympics-inspired family day
RUGBY World Cup-winning hero Martin Johnson will open a big Olympics-inspired sports day at Harborough’s Welland Park.
Coppa’ load of this talk
AWARENESS about breast cancer in young people was raised during a talk given to students at Lutterworth College.
Public meeting over lorry parking scheme
THE OWNERS of Magna Park are being invited to a public meeting to address any concerns over plans for a new HGV depot at the site.
Paula Elmer bids for Worst Garden award
OUR first entry in the Harborough Mail Great Garden Awards this year is from Paula Elmer in the Worst Garden category.
Enter your garden into our competition
THE Mail is inviting people to enter our Great Garden Awards contest for 2012.
Sport
New date for Fernie races
THE postponed Fernie point-to-point meeting at Dingley racecourse has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 2, with the first race due to start a 2pm.
Hat-trick of titles for David
DESBOROUGH’S David Flippance is the Northamptonshire county men’s singles champion for the third successive year.
Bid for playing field grants
COMMUNITY groups are invited to start bidding for a share of £2 million to protect and improve their sports playing fields.
Top marks as College academy celebrate their first league title
AFTER four years, Harborough’s Brooke House College football academy have won their first league title following a 2-1 win over their Southfields counterparts.
Boost as players help steer county to successful defence
THE Leicestershire county boys’ under-18 team made a successful defence of the three-cornered ‘BUT’ Trophy competition, which they won at Glen Gorse last season.
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Alice goes to college
FOLLOW Alice through the rabbit hole to Wonderland with The Youth Theatre’s next production.
INTERVIEW: Cellist Clare O’Connell
CELLIST Clare O’Connell is performing at Harborough’s St Dionysius Church on Sunday in the latest in the series of Harborough Concerts.
Talent ran deep in this performance
REVIEW: A Concert for Water, Octagonal Hall at Our Lady of Victories Church, April 21
Theatre group’s latest offering explores alternative realities
THE MIND-BENDING concept of parallel universes is explored by Parsnips youth theatre group.
Community
Lots of plants for sale at Wilbarston
WILBARSTON’S annual plant fair will be held in the village hall from 11am until 3pm on Saturday, May 19.
Bargains galore!
THERE will be bargains galore to be had at a yard and table top sale being held at 6 Newton Way, Braybrooke on Saturday, May 19 from 10am until 2pm.
Art exhibition in church
LUBENHAM Art Group’s event on Sunday, May 20 will be Teas with Art at All Saints Church, Lubenham from 2pm to 5pm.
Bluffing guests entertain group
A SPECIAL live edition of Call My Bluff was enjoyed by members of Lutterworth Townswomens’ Guild at the group’s May meeting.
Snapshot of photo-dating method
AT the April meeting of the Market Harborough branch of the Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society, the speaker Rosemary Booth from Warwickshire County Record Office explained how to date your old family photographs by the process used to take them.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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