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Inaugural Beeston Summer Fete coming to Beeston in August
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D.H. Lawrence Festival is back this August with six weeks of events
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England legend makes surprise visit to Stapleford
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Heat health alert issued for the East Midlands
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Tonight at Friday18
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Memorial Orchard Unveiled to Honour 33 Brinsley Colliery Miners
- Other news
Inaugural Beeston Summer Fete coming to Beeston in August
 Beeston Summer Fete is coming to Broadgate Park on Saturday 16 August for a day full of colour, music, food, and fun for the whole family!
The event will replace Beeston’s summer Play Day but will still incorporate a wide range of free activities for kids and adults alike – kicking off with a carnival parade at 12pm.
Starting on Foster Avenue, the parade will march through Beeston Square and High Road, before ending at Broadgate Park, and will include lively displays of music and colour.
Throughout the afternoon, enjoy a packed line-up of entertainment at Broadgate Park, including:
- Live stage performances.
- Fairground rides and inflatables (small charge may apply).
- Free face painting, puppet shows, circus skills workshops and donkey petting.
- Local traders, arts and crafts and community stalls.
- Competitions for the best homegrown vegetables and flowers, homemade cakes and jams.
- Beeston Food Fair will also take place in Beeston Square from 8am – 2pm, serving up a delicious variety of street food, local treats, sweets, and ice cream.
D.H. Lawrence Festival is back this August with six weeks of events
The D.H. Lawrence Festival returns with another six week programme of events, celebrating Lawrence himself, as well as events themed around visual arts, music, heritage, literature and community.
The festival will run from 1 August until Lawrence’s birthday on 14 September. The festival programme has been co-produced by the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, D.H. Lawrence Society, Haggs Farm Preservation Society, Broxtowe Women’s Project, Eastwood Town Council and Ben Mark Smith of the D.H. Lawrence Music Festival.
Launching the festival is the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, who will be welcoming everyone into Lawrence’s first home for a free event with plenty of refreshments! Meet other participants, the Museum team, and pick up your free festival brochure.
England legend makes surprise visit to Stapleford
England football legend Steven Gerrard has paid a flying visit to Hickings Lane to check out progress on our new community pavilion and sports facilities – which will be home to one of seven Steven Gerrard Academies in the UK.
The former Liverpool and England ace, joined by former Leeds United and Scotland captain Gary McAllister, met academy students, Stapleford Town FC officials and councillors from Broxtowe Borough Council on a guided tour of the site.
The Academy offers education and skills training for both on and off-field sports careers, including pathways into professional football. Steven said: “Having elite facilities like this is going to make a huge difference to all the girls and boys who use it. The classrooms are amazing, there are multi-use facilities – it’s the perfect platform for them to learn, grow and evolve themselves as people.”
Heat health alert issued for the East Midlands
 An amber heat health alert will come into effect from 12pm on Friday 11 July and will be in place until 9am on Monday 14 July across the East Midlands. The amber alert has a matrix score of 12. This means significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures.
Actions you can take to stay safe in hot weather:
- Keep out of the sun at the hottest time of the day, between 11am and 3pm.
- If you are going to do a physical activity (for example exercise or walking the dog), plan to do these during times of the day when it is cooler such as the morning or evening.
- Keep your home cool by closing windows and curtains in rooms that face the sun.
- If you do go outside, cover up with suitable clothing such as an appropriate hat and sunglasses, seek shade and apply sun cream.
- Drink plenty of fluids and limit your alcohol intake.
- Check on family, friends and neighbours who may be at higher risk of becoming unwell, and if you are at higher risk, ask them to do the same for you.
- Know the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke and what to do if you or someone else has them.
Tonight at Friday18
Don’t miss Jazz singer Jeanie Barton at the The Dog House in Kimberley at 6pm today, who will be launching our Kimberley Friday18 series.
Jeanie is sure to put on a show, this isn’t one you want to miss!
Crowd favourite James Stevens now joins us for Friday18 in Beeston today from 6pm - 7pm, bringing his popular rock and roll covers from the 50's - 70's to the Square.
What better way to enjoy the sunshine this Friday?
Memorial Orchard Unveiled to Honour 33 Brinsley Colliery Miners
 The Mayor of Broxtowe, Councillor Robert Bullock unveiled the new Miners Memorial Bench and Orchard at the Brinsley Headstocks site.
33 miners died during the operation of Brinsley Colliery. Broxtowe Borough Council have produced a plaque detailing the names, age, date of death and locality of the 33 miners, which will be sited next to the memorial bench on site.
33 fruit trees have also been planted, creating the Miners Memorial Orchard for members of the public to enjoy.
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