. March 2023 - Wilcop Media

March 2023

News, Nottingham News, Notts Health & Care, Notts Leisure, Notts Sport

Here at P.E.C.S. we have been open since January2017, offering a range of facilities from free weights, pin loaded machines, plate loaded machines and fitness classes. Our ethos is to help the community to realise the benefits of a healthy exercise and nutritional lifestyle.

We have not stood still in these seven years of business, we have survived covid and expanded twice since opening. We have future developments to make this a very exciting time to be a member.

We are continually striving to introduce new concepts and classes.

The gym is co-owned by Stephen Edwards and Tracy Kidsley. Stephen has been in the fitness industry for over forty years and brings a wealth of experience. Tracy has been in the industry for seven years and is currently exploring the impact of peri-post menopause fitness benefits. They are both local to the surrounding area and offer personal training sessions at very competitive prices.

One of our main target groups at PECS Fitness is the growing Diabetic population in today’s society. Stephen Edwards co – owner was diagnosed 33 years ago and has first-hand knowledge and understanding of diabetes. Now at the age of 60 he manages the condition through his own specialist diabetic program of exercise and low carb diet. Adapting training techniques with his own substantial training experience to pass on knowledge to members at P.E.C.S. Fitness (Prevention Exercise Cure Solutions) Gibb Street, Long Eaton, NG10 1EE.

We at P.E.C.S. insist that the exercises do not need to be complex or complicated. The first is just to be more active by moving more. You can incorporate an exercise routine using a chair if mobility is an issue. Basic bodyweight exercises and resistant bands can be used to progress to a more active stage.

What is Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is the result of the body losing the ability to control its sugar levels properly. The level of sugar is critical, to high and it can cause damage to the body. Control of sugar levels is the job of a very important hormone called insulin which is produced by the pancreas. Insulin sends the sugar to cells in the muscles, liver or converts it to fat for storage. When someone is type 2 diabetic those cells have become resistant to insulin therefore sugar levels remain elevated and dangerous.

Factors such as ethnicity, high levels of stress, a diet high in processed foods and refined sugars, very sedentary lives all increase the chances of becoming type 2 diabetic.

What is important to be aware of is that type 2 diabetes can be effectively managed and even reversed. Making dietary changes such as reducing consumption of processed foods and refined sugars, increasing daily activity and managing stress effectively can help the body to become more insulin sensitive again which lowers sugar to healthier less damaging levels. Over time medications can be reduced or even stopped and the person classed as non type 2 diabetic.

News, Nottingham News

Four jurors who conducted their own research online while sitting on a conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to possess firearms trial have been sentenced.

Tina Denning, Ann-Marie Fletcher, Sharon Doughty, and Jamie Lowe all used their mobile phones to carry out searches on the Internet regarding defendants charged and standing trial in relation to two shootings in Nottinghamshire.

The first of these happened on the evening of 2 October 2018 when multiple shots were fired through the window of a house in Upper Langwith.

The second took place on 3 November 2018 when a young woman was hit in the arm when a gunman riding a moped fired five shots toward the Das Kino bar in Fletcher Gate, Nottingham city centre.

Eight people were charged with a number of offences connected to both incidents – resulting in a long-running trial held at Nottingham Crown Court at the end of 2019 and into the start of 2020.

Immediately after the jury was sworn in, on 2 October 2019, members were warned they should no carry out their own research on any aspect of the case, including by making any Internet searches.

They were warned that doing so would be a criminal offence and they were also provided with leaflets, reinforcing the judge’s directions and setting out their duties and responsibilities.

Further warnings regarding these prohibitions were given as the trial progressed.

The jury retired to consider verdicts, regarding six of the defendants, on 12 February 2020.

It was during retirement that concerns about certain jury members’ conduct came to light.

It was reported some had been undertaking their own research on aspects of the case and had, in some cases, shared that research with other jurors.

This disclosure caused the discharge of the jury part way through deliberations, on 10 March 2020, with verdicts still outstanding on four of the defendants. The other two were acquitted by the jury Immediately prior to their discharge.

Due to the misconduct of the four jurors – Denning, Fletcher, Doughty, and Lowe – a retrial was needed.

The cost of the abandoned first trial was estimated to have been more than £1.4 million to the public purse.

Investigation of mobile phones revealed Denning, Fletcher, Doughty, and Lowe had each used their devices to undertake their own online research relating to the case.

They were subsequently interviewed and charged with offences, contrary to the Juries Act 1974.

The investigation into the jury members’ misconduct was carried out by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) Major Crime Leicester Hub.

Fletcher, aged 41, pleaded guilty to four counts of researching the case during the trial period.

She was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and must complete 120 hours’ unpaid work.

Doughty, aged 51, pleaded guilty to two counts of researching the case during the trial period and a further charge of intentionally disclosing information to other jury members during the trial period.

She was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, and must complete 120 hours’ unpaid work.

Lowe, aged 27, went on to plead guilty to four counts of researching the case during the trial period.

He was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and must complete 80 hours’ unpaid work.

Denning, aged 50, pleaded guilty to one count of researching the case during the trial period and a second count of intentionally disclosing information to other jury members during the trial period.

She was handed a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and must complete 80 hours’ unpaid work.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Sinski, of the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), said: “Not only did this offending result in a significant monetary wastage to the public purse, but the collapse of the trial caused witnesses to have to go through the traumatic experience of giving their evidence again at a re-trial, as well as causing delay to the resolution of the case.

“These four jurors were well aware that they should not have been engaging in their own research into aspects of this case.

“Any action which interferes with the administration of justice is a serious breach and I hope the sentences imposed sends a warning to other jurors about their essential responsibilities.”

News, Nottingham News, Notts Health & Care

An innovative project saving surplus food from being wasted which has delivered around 1,000 meals a week to local charities has been shortlisted for a national award.

The City Council’s meal production project in partnership with FareShare Midlands, FareShare UK and Sainsbury’s has been going from strength to strength since its launch in July 2022.

In recognition of our work with FareShare we have been nominated for a prestigious Public Sector Catering Award for Sustainability. The awards celebrate the work of individuals, teams and organisations in the catering industry that work to make a difference whether that be in schools, universities, NHS or local government.

Nottingham City Councillor Cheryl Barnard, Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People and Education, said: “We are delighted to have been shortlisted for a Public Sector Catering Award for sustainability for our meal production project with FareShare. This important project is reducing the environmental impact of food waste while bringing healthy food to community groups.

“The project is giving volunteers valuable opportunities to develop their skills, take part in training, improve their employability and improve mental wellbeing. The meals created have been of an excellent standard and it is evident that the meals are making a difference to people who receive them.”

The FareShare team has been creating delicious meals that make a difference to local people in need and saving food from going to waste. FareShare Midlands are using the commercial kitchen at Loxley House, Nottingham City Council’s HQ, to make meals from surplus food from the food industry that would otherwise be thrown away. The meals are delivered to local charities dealing with poverty, isolation and the cost of living crisis.

By the end of December 2022, the kitchen had:

  • Saved eight tonnes of surplus food going to waste, equivalent to 20 tonnes CO2 
  • Distributed 6.8 tonnes of food, equivalent to 19,428 meals
  • Cooked, frozen and delivered around 1,000 meals per week
  • Registered 19 Nottingham charitable groups to receive meals.

Surplus food is sourced by FareShare from local suppliers across the Midlands. The fresh produce FareShare receive is always seasonal. It’s sourced from growers when they are harvesting quantities of fruits or vegetable surplus to requirements. Currently the project has a glut of celeriac they are putting into meals.

Fareshare has also began accessing and unlocking new surplus food from manufacturing. This food, sometimes termed ‘work in progress’, lends itself to cooking activities as the food is already part-prepared and part-cooked. By accessing this surplus food, they can cook more community meals quickly and save more food from going to waste.

Volunteers are vital to running the project and the FareShare team at Loxley House includes two chefs and a team of over 20 volunteers. Through their experience in the kitchen, volunteers are able to develop their confidence, social connections as well as improve their employability skills.

FareShare Midlands also work in partnership with local organisation Pulp Friction, to provide adults with a learning disability and/or autism the chance to further develop their skills in the Loxley House kitchen.

Pulp Friction’s Members are given the opportunity take part in a ten-week work experience placement at the kitchen where they work through training, such as:

  • Health and Safety in the kitchen
  • Food safety & Hygiene
  • Food preparation skills
  • knife skills
  • Soup preparation (for 300 portions)

At the end of ten weeks, Pulp Friction’s Members can take Level 2 Food Safety.

Then they can volunteer at the Police and Fire Station HQ canteen which serves 1,000 staff meals daily and some will go on to have work experience in a school kitchen environment with a view to employment.

Since September 2022 the kitchen has been shared between FareShare and Nottingham Catering as we needed freshly prepared hot meals to be transport into a local school.

Pierce O’Connor, FareShare Projects and Programmes Manager, said: “All the staff are respectful of the space and get on with each other very well. They are always looking out for each other.”

The project aims to increase its services to cook and distribute 2,000 meals a week to up to 40 local charities within the next six months.

Lancashire News, Lancs Leisure

Recycle Vinyl started buying Record collections and selling them online 2 and a half years ago on Discogs market place, within 6 months we were in the top 40 sellers of Vinyl in the UK on that platform, so after a year we set up our own website and app, the App has now had over 11000 downloads and reaches customers from all around the world!

We have been open by appointment for the past couple of years from our 4 units located in an old mill but have now decided to open a shop. We spent a long time trying find the perfect location even looking at moving to Manchester or Leeds but we eventually found the perfect spot for us close to home in Elland above a Post Office which is perfect for our online business! 

We have spent the past year working on creating the perfect Record Shop experience for our customers, and starting from 4th March 2023 we will be open every Saturday and aim to keep the shop stock levels at about 20,000 Dance Music Records available at all times!

We are only opening on Saturdays 10am – 6pm as we are too busy during midweek with online sales to open then, however we are going to make the one day a week count by having live DJ’s in store once a month and those DJ sets will be recorded and played back in the shop on the other Saturdays!

Our shop features 4 listening posts so you can try before you buy and a coffee machine to keep you going as it will easily take you at least a day to go through what we have in store!

News, Nottingham News, Notts Leisure

2023 is a very special year for Loughborough based Paul S. Winson Coaches as it celebrates its 40th birthday, having been established by Paul & Margaret Winson in 1983 with just four coaches. Substantial business growth followed year-on-year and the company now enjoys the enviable reputation as being one of the most admired businesses within the UK coaching industry. The company is a member of the coveted Guild of British Coach Operators as well as receiving accreditation from the DVSA as an ‘Earned Recognition’ operator, an accreditation only bestowed upon the best in the business.

Since the retirement of Mr. & Mrs. Winson, the company is now managed by their three sons, Paul, Anthony & Matthew. However, Paul Snr is known to arrive unannounced to ensure the business is still operating to a high standard!!

The company operates an extremely popular Coach Holiday & Day Excursion programme with a variety of exciting destinations, with pick-up points in both Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire* (Holidays only*). The 2023 brochure can be viewed at www.winsoncoaches.co.uk/holidays-and-excursions or call us on 01509 230499 for your copy.

The most extensive activity of the business is Private Coach Charter, with clients ranging from local schools/colleges to Blue-Chip corporate clients. The company operates a high specification fleet of Touring & Executive Coaches ranging from 33-53 seats, along with 72-80 seat high-capacity vehicles for the student market.

To obtain a competitive Private Coach Charter quotation, please email sales@winsoncoaches.co.uk or call us on 01509 232354.