ORGANISERS have announced that the 40th anniversary of the Victorian Festival will be going ahead in Llandrindod Wells this summer. The festival will be held over the last week of August, from the 24th to the 30th, which will be the event’s Get Together Community Day’. The festival going ahead will of course be subject to Covid-19 regulations. Stalls and food and beverage outlets can now be booked by contacting Anne and Tony on email at anne@Victorian-festival.co.uk or tony@victorian-festival.co.uk. Stalls will be £15 for one day, £35 for three days and £60 for the full seven days. Organisers are also looking for bands and other entertainment to make the 2021 festival an enjoyable experience for residents and visitors alike.
They deserve a medal - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic
Families have been telling us the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils
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Thank you posters outside Oak Tree Primary in Cheadle Hulme (Image: Vicky Moran)
Schools across Greater Manchester have been thanked by families for all they have done to support them during the pandemic. In an article last week about executive headteacher Chris Hanson praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.
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Moreh Home co-founder Alison Neill has cared for the elderly all her adult life and has finally retired at the age of 88.
The future model of Fairlie’s Moreh Home hangs in the balance as Alison Neill, who has run it for 42 years, retires. Unlike regulated rest homes, the elderly care facility has had the freedom to offer a home to those who would not meet government criteria, such as the lonely and isolated.
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Alison Neill says goodbye to Moreh Home, behind her. The up to 18 residents donate what they want towards the cost of their care, and the shortfall is made up by donations from people around the country.