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    A look at some of the highlights of the Newbold Verdon Halloween Trail as the village prepares for spooky season, with 49 houses decorated and armed with maps priced at £2 in aid of Rainbows Hospice , visitors where tasked with finding Barry The Bat and his crypt crew at various locations around the village. One all the crew have been found the maps and hunt sheets are submitted and prizes awarded. Happy Halloween .

Created by the Girl Guiding groups of Newbold Verdon the Christmas Yarnbomb is back in the village and this year features a showstopping edition. The Newbold Verdon Rainbow, Brownies and Girl Guides their leaders and friends have once again bought festive cheer to the village of Newbold Verdon with a Festive Christmas Yarnbomb. The display opposite the Library features pompoms, wreaths, and all manner of festive creations strung between and wrapped around the trees on a village green space, But this years show stopper piece is Santas sleigh and reindeer attached to the fence at the back of the display, featuring all the reindeer and Rudolph guiding the way at the front it adds a spectacular centrepiece to the yarnbomb.

The North Leicester MG Club met for a day run through the lanes of East Leicestershire celebrating the scrapping of road tax on classic vehicles and raising money for local charity the Rainbows Hospice For Children and Young People in Loughborough. I caught up with them at the end of the run in the Gates Garden Centre car park at Cold Overton. The classic cars all maintained to a gleaming finish by their owners looked spectacular in a variety of colours lined up in the parking bays. There where more than just MG cars too with a number of Morris Minors and even a classic white Jaguar on show.

A poster designed by myself for The Big Birthday Celebration show at Leicester`s De Montfort Hall a part of BBC Radio Leicester`s 50th anniversary celebrating the station being the first local radio station in the UK. The event (in aid of local charity rainbows children's hospice) was put together by Applause who specialise in charity events such as this. the poster itself features a radio "mast" broadcasting to the logo which features a portable radio of the kind popular when the station first began broadcasting in the 1960`s. The lower half of the design features vector high resolution versions of the stations various logos from the 60`s, 70`s, 80`s, 90`s and current branding. some images from the evening are featured below.