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Last chance to grab tickets for Made Smarter free manufacturing event The Cumbria Clock Company Time is running out for firms to sign up for a free online manufacturing conference featuring Cumbrian businesses. The full line-up for Made Smarter’s digital manufacturing conference has been revealed with Cumbrian businesses among 44 set to appear. Billed as an event for manufacturers by manufacturers, the free-to-access virtual summit on March 10 will showcase how Cumbrian businesses can leverage and fast-track digital technology and tools for a year of recovery, growth and resilience. Incl...

Chadwell St Mary misses out on over £20,000 of community money CHADWELL St Mary has lost out on over £20,000 of money earmarked for the community, according to Chadwell St Mary Councillor Sara Muldowney and Community Forum Chair, Peter Saunders. This money was part of so called “Planning Gain” – which is paid by developers to help ease the issues caused by their development – and was earmarked for improving sports and play on Orsett Heath. Chadwell St Mary Labour Councillor, Sara Muldowney said;  “The new builds that replaced the Greyhound Pub are opposite the...

Grafton junior golfer Hollie Fuller backed up a win at the Evans Head Junior Golf Classic with an Open title victory in a good weekend on the course

Credit: peter byrne/pa SIR – My 94-year-old mother is in a nursing home in Cheshire. Up until Christmas, the matron and staff had done a wonderful job of protecting the residents. However, currently, the staff are exhausted and feel abandoned because many residents and staff have tested positive for Covid and there have been a number of deaths. Since Christmas, the matron and relatives of residents have been contacting relevant people, including the local MP, trying to obtain a batch of vaccines, but to no avail. I am in my 70s but I would happily give my vaccine to someone at that home. I...

Don’t let Christmas tree needles go to waste Precious pines: a woman in Brighton carries her tree to a recycling centre Credit: simon dack/alamy SIR – Felicity Cloake says we should eat our Christmas trees rather than throwing them away. I would add that pine-needle culinary delights are best enjoyed while soaking extremities in a needle-infused footbath. Peter Saunders   SIR – On the question of when to take festive decorations down (Letters, December 30), many years ago, when my three sons were fairly young, we visited my house-proud mother-in-law on Boxing Day. Shortly after we had ...