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Abbots Green Community Primary School October 2014
We have had a great start to the new school year at Abbots Green! We greeted new families into the school, and welcomed back familiar faces after their summer break. Our second Year 4 class opened in September with Miss Hammond as class teacher. Our new class is...

Gardening Tips October 2014
Welcome to Gardening Tips a monthly feature providing you with hints and ideas of what to do each month in your garden. Along with a list of jobs that will enable you to enjoy and maintain your garden I will also feature a plant of the month. I have been a gardener...

Moreton Hall’s Monthly Nature Watch by Woodland Ways
Miners in Moreton Hall Miners are usually people who crawl around in coal seams, sandwiched between layers of rock. In Moreton Hall, there are lots of leaf miners. These are the caterpillars of various moth species, who hatch out from an egg laid inside a leaf. ...

Recipe of the month October 2014
CHICKEN CASSEROLE WITH CHEESE SCONES TOPPING chicken casserole is made with chorizo, mushrooms, garlic, leek, cherry tomatoes and topped with cheese scones to soak up the lovely juices of what lay beneath Prep time: 45 min Cook time: 1 hr 30 min Serves: 6-8...

Sue Lucente October 2014
This month Sue Lucente talks about High Blood Pressure. High blood pressure is something that you may suffer from and not even know that you have it. Although, with today’s more frequent health checks, thankfully it is being diagnosed more often before it does real...

Strictly Ballroom
Ballroom dancing, it’s not all sequins, lycra and fake tans you know... We visit Bury Ballroom to find out more. It’s that time of year when I find myself ever so slightly obsessed with Strictly Come Dancing, and I expect I’m not alone... I don’t know if it’s the...

Adam Trett October 2014
As the nights draw in and weather starts getting colder, Golfers begin to turn their focus to the improvements that need to be made to their games to lower that handicap when the warmer weather returns in the New Year. We would all like to be able to hit the driver as...

Leisure Centre Partnership with College to Enhance Sport Courses Offer
Abbeycroft Leisure, which manages Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre, has formed a strategic partnership with West Suffolk College to provide an 18 station fitness studio to help enhance the offer the College provides to their sports students. The new fitness studio,...

First Anglo-Saxon house build in nearly a decade at West Stow
The first Anglo-Saxon house in nearly a decade is to be built at West Stow, replacing one of the original buildings put up close to 40 years ago. West Stow is a site of international archaeological importance as it is one of the first large-scale investigations of an...