Help to keep East Leake tidy by joining the village litter pick!Taking place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September, locals will be gathering together for a village litter pick to rid the streets of rubbish and harmful objects to wildlife.There will be two littler pick sessions each day, … [Read more...]
First Nottinghamshire Day welcomed by fantastic East Leake businesses
The first Nottinghamshire Day was held on August 25 where Rushcliffe Borough Council joined Nottinghamshire County Council and fellow partners in celebrating being proud of Nottinghamshire!The local economy is one of the key themes of Nottinghamshire Day, and the day was also used to promote … [Read more...]
Fresh playgrounds for East Leake
East Leake has 2 fresh playgrounds ready for children to enjoy this summer. A new playground has now opened on Costock Road and the Gotham Road playground has received some much needed updates.New Castle PlaygroundEast Leake Parish Council’s newly re-equipped children’s play area opened on 28th … [Read more...]
Council to explore further action to reduce extinction threat to hedgehogs
Rushcliffe Borough Council has passed a motion to explore what action it can take to further reduce the threat of extinction of hedgehogs in the Borough.A Full Council meeting discussed the issue on July 1. It noted the alarming decline in the number of the animals nationally and considered … [Read more...]
Who wouldn’t want to work for me?!
Reesha Armstead is a local friendly and hardworking volunteer from East Leake. Below she talks about how vital support assistants are for individuals like herself who live with a disability.I live with my husband in Costock (near East Leake) and have two daughters. I’m someone who everyone seems … [Read more...]
East Leake Youth Group on a journey to raise funds for charity
They will walk (run, swim, cycle, paddle) 500 miles … and 1,500 more. The Youth Group at St Mary’s Church in East Leake are clocking up 2,000 miles to raise money for local charity, the Friary. Below the organiser explains more.This summer our youth group at St Mary’s are working together on a … [Read more...]
Local author releases book to raise money for children’s charity
A few months ago, the local news shared the story of an author from Barton in Fabis who had released a book titled Bush-Hog Tails.Each copy includes her own woodland illustrations and the proceeds from every sale goes to wildlife charities. So far, she has raised over £3,000.Victoria grew up … [Read more...]
Upcoming East Leake Challenge walks
Dennis Fox was a Parish Council member and keen walker who created a circular 17.75 mile walk around East Leake for the Millennium celebrations in 2000.Dennis named the walk "The East Leake Challenge" and he first led it on 18th June 2000. It is a circular route following the ridges which … [Read more...]
East Leake gets creative during lockdown
In the May issue of East Leake Local News, we asked readers to tell us about your creative endeavours born out of lockdown, here’s what three of you said:Painting wildDuring lockdown, Jessica Spence from East Leake brought some colour and wildlife to a relative’s allotment by painting flowers … [Read more...]
The Leakey Pens go global
East Leake’s writers’ group, The Leakey Pens, have carried on with their meetings on Zoom throughout the pandemic.They continue to support each other to develop their work. March saw the release of a novel titled ‘Redemption’ written by S. D. Johnson, that owes its existence to the encouragement … [Read more...]