SEPTEMBER 2023 HERALD online

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Cryptic Pub
Names QUIZ
from Sheila
1. Attraction at Uffingham
2. Popular way of travelling by
Royals to their Coronation
3. King of the jungle blushing
4. Sky coloured male pig
5. Male deer’s unusual colour
6. Mythical beast with one of the
Royals
7. Dark colour of equine
8. King in waiting
9. Town criers use these
10. Farmers still use these to
break up soil
11. Pub in Eastenders
12. What a king or queen wears
13. Animal being chased by
canines
14. “Bleached” king of the jungle
15. Appendages of male
monarch’s body
16. Male monarch’s top of body
17. Happy miners
18. Nine day Queen
19. Female Monarch’s top of body
20. Where counterfeit money is
made?
Answers on page 21.
Working
First friend: Who are you working
for nowadays?
Second friend: Same people. The
wife and four kids.
Prove it
The biggest joke on mankind is
that computers have begun asking
humans to prove they aren’t a
robot.
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Borough Report
for September
From Cllr Claire Harris
THINGS HAVE been very quiet
over the summer regarding
meetings, however, homelife is
a different story! Thank the lord
the children are back at school.
The most spoken about topic is
PLANNING, and how do we make
changes? A hard question to answer, as
I am a newbie and currently learning. But
all I can say at this point is that we need
to stick together and keep fighting. Keep applying pressure where needed
and push for infrastructure to be put in place prior to any builds.
That said I would like to congratulate Ratby and Burbage on their fight
against developments that were rejected at council recently. But my fear is
that the fight isn’t over yet. And we must keep fighting, together. Our open
spaces are of great importance to us and part of the reason we reside
here. So, let’s keep fighting, together.
As I make this journey, I must praise Parish Councils on the work they
do, especially with their neighbourhood plans, the hard work that goes into
them is astounding, so thank you.
I am dealing with day-to-day queries from residents across the ward, and I
hope I am serving them well.
Speed is an issue across most of this ward and I am working closely with
highways to find ways of preventing any mishaps in the future.
Community projects are in the pipeline for the coming year, great news for
climate control and wildlife. I urge residents to get involved wherever they
can, and details on how will soon be available.
Big changes are upon us in the next general election, changes to
boundaries and our own MP.
I would like to congratulate Cllr Peter Bedford for being selected to
represent as our new MP for the area, before I became a Councillor, Cllr
Bedford helped myself and other residents, he has a wealth of knowledge
and knows the area very well. I hope he achieves this position for the
greater good of the ward.
Warm regards
Cllr Claire Harris
Email: Claire.harris@hinckley-bosworth.org.uk
Telephone: 07501 850875
Is your car TOO
BIG to park?
FOR DECADES, parking
spaces have remained
largely the same size, but
our cars have grown bigger
and bigger. And bigger.
So now we have a glut of
‘autobesity’, according to motoring
experts.
The consumer watchdog
WHICH? has found 161 models
which are simply too big for the
average parking spot. Twelve of
the models exceed the standard
parking bay limit by more than 12
inches.
The BMW i7 exceeds a standard
bay by more than 20in. The
Mercedes-Benz S-Class hybrid
is 17.5in longer. The Audi A8
exceeds the limit by 14.6in.
And it is not just length. WHICH?
found that 27 models are too wide
for drivers to comfortably open
their doors, once parked between
two other cars. (Vehicles are “too
wide” if their width leaves less
than 8.7in between the car and
the bay.)
The Land Rover Discovery is
81in wide, leaving only 6.5in of
space between the doors and the
bay’s borders. The Jaguar I-Pace
is 79in wide, while the BMW
X5’s width spans 78.7in, leaving
motorists with only 7.8in each side
in a parking bay.
The simple answer would seem
to be wider parking bays. But the
British Parking Association (BPA)
told Which? that adapting car
parks is not always simple. For
example, the additional weight of
larger cars poses major problems
for multi-storey car parks.
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