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LOCAL SERVICES | HOME & GARDEN | NEWS | CHARITIES | EVENTS

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SP5 MagazineAPRIL 2012

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Inside this month...

The Titanic100 years of art and myths

EasterEggs, chocolate and tradition

Gadget ReviewImproving your air quality

and much more!

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Dear Readers,Welcome to the April issue and the weather is certainly starting to warm up. We cut the lawn for the first time this year and it makes such a difference, I just need to find time to do all the weeding and I will.... soon!

I am spending time with my sister over Easter and looking forward to relaxing with my family with lots of food (mostly chocolate!), drink and laughter. We’re twins so we nearly always find the same things funny. My sister recently passed her final exam to become a fully qualified driving instructor and I’m so proud of her as there is such a small pass rate but she did it first time so WELL DONE sis. Unfortunately she doesn’t live close by so I can’t recommend her to any prospective pupils but if she did, I definitely would!

There are many businesses struggling at the moment and it’s certainly tough out there, especially for new start-ups, but there is help if you look for it. Salisbury City Council are holding a “Big Business Event” this month which is free to attend and promises to offer a wealth of advice and support. More information is on page 11.

Thank you to all the businesses who continue to support this local community magazine and a big thank you to you, the readers who continue to support them by using the magazine. I hope you have a great Easter.

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COMMUNITY NEWS What’s On ...............................................................10Clubs, Societies and Organisations .......................26Naomi House Fundraising Events ...........................4

FEATURESChocolate and Easter ............................................16The Titanic ................................................................6

FOOD AND DRINKRecipe - Easter Chocolate Mousse Cake ..............38

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Clarendon Way Walk 2012Why not take part in the 6th Clarendon Way Walk on Sunday 10th June 2012! This historic walk runs from Winchester Cathedral to Salisbury Cathedral. You will take a challenging 26 or 12 mile route through beautiful countryside with stunning views across the counties of both Hampshire and Wiltshire. With the option of a 26 mile or a 12 mile walk, whatever your fitness level, with a little bit of training, you can get involved!

The 12 mile walk from Broughton – Salisbury Cathedral starts half way along the Clarendon Way

at the midpoint between the two cathedrals between 12:00pm – 1:30pm, a wonderful but less challenging walk.

A packed lunch will be available at Broughton, and buses will be on hand to bring walkers from Salisbury to Winchester and back to Broughton at the end of the walks.

Over the last 5 years the walk has raised over £562,000 which is a hugely valuable contribution to the £5 million which is required each year to keep Naomi House and Jacks Place running.

Once registered, you will be sent information about the walk, training advice and sponsorship forms. Closer to the event you will receive a t-shirt and walker number.

This year is the 6th Anniversary and the event hopes to attract 1,200 walkers and raise over £150,000 for Naomi House. If you would like to join your family, friends and hundreds of other Naomi House supporters on the walk, download the booking form at www.naomihouse.org.uk.

Easter Egg Hunt at Highclere Castle

By kind permission of Lady Carnarvon, Highclere Castle – the home of Downton Abbey – is once again hosting the annual Easter Egg Hunt in aid of Naomi House. This years’ event takes place on Sunday 8th April with gates opening at 11am and closing to visitors at 5pm.

The event promises to be bigger and better than before and includes a family fun day with activities suitable for all ages. Children are invited to make an Easter bonnet for the bonnet parade, with prizes for the best one. Chocolate eggs are on offer for every child that completes the new adventure Easter egg trail.

Music will be provided by the East Woodhay Silver Band during the afternoon with tethered hot air balloon rides to take in the fantastic views of Highclere, face painting, Classic Ferrari cars – for the big boys, bouncy castle slide and barrel train for rides around the grounds. A grand raffle and giant toy tombola will be held throughout the afternoon, with fantastic prizes on offer.

Entry to the grounds and the Easter egg hunt and family fun day will cost £4 per person, with under 2’s going free. Children’s admission includes the Easter Egg Hunt and a chocolate egg. Entry to the Castle will be £16 per adult, but pre-booking advised.

If you think you could help by volunteering at either event, please visit the website for more information. www.naomihouse.org.uk, or contact the Fundraising Office on 01962 843513. Thank you for your support!

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Before you go to bed on 14th April this year, set your alarm for 2.20am. Open all your windows; take the duvet off the bed; wear your thinnest nightie (or whatever you go to bed in). And when the alarm goes off you’ll be disoriented and freezing, just like the 2,200 souls aboard the Titanic as it slid beneath the icy calm of the north Atlantic 100 years ago to the minute. Unlike more than 1,500 of them, though, you’ll live.

Just four days into her maiden voyage, the Titanic was the biggest ship in human history. She was 882 feet long, 92 feet wide, 175 feet tall from her keel to the top of her four funnels. She displaced over 52,000 tons. For her 883 first-class passengers she was a palace; for her 1,006 third-class passengers she was a hostel. But for all of them, her 1½-inch hull – made, as it turned out, of brittle steel – was no protection against the iceberg lying in wait. Despite a meeting speed of less than 30mph the impact was enough to rip open five of her watertight compartments – she was designed to lose only four of them. Impact was at 11.40pm. Two hours and 40 minutes later she broke in two and went down.

The magnitude of the disaster, and the terror and the pity of it, was quickly seized upon by artists as a metaphor of enormous power.

For the German painter Max Beckmann it summarised the chaos and uncertainty of human existence: his enormous (8’ x 10’) canvas, completed less than a year after the sinking and now in the St Louis Art Museum, shows hapless humanity suffering almost stoically amid nightmarish white-capped waves (actually the night was calm).

For Thomas Hardy, whose poem Convergence of the Twain: Lines on the Loss of the Titanic was published in 1915, it symbolised man’s powerlessness in the face of nature: Hardy pictures the fishes swimming about the submerged staterooms as an epitaph on the futility of human ambition.

For the makers of the 1958 film A Night to Remember, it meant the opposite: they saw only human dignity and courage in the face of catastrophe. In 1979 the story was filmed

The Art of the Titanic

again as SOS Titanic. This time the makers focused on a different aspect: class division. As well they might, for the richer you were the likelier you were to survive: 123 of the 883 first-class passengers died compared to 167 of 614 in second class, 528 of 1,006 in third class, and 693 of the 885 crew.

Then there is the American figurative painter Ken Marschall who has been compulsively, almost obsessively, making paintings of the Titanic since 1969. His work is almost photographically lifelike and detailed and shows the great ship going about its business placidly as if nothing was wrong. And nothing is. It is only the viewer’s foreknowledge that makes the images so terrifying.

Perhaps the greatest piece of art inspired by the disaster, though, came from the British indeterminist composer Gavin Bryars, whose The Sinking of the Titanic was written in 1969 and recorded by Brian Eno in 1975. In it, Bryars fantasises about the piece played by the eight-piece band as the ship sank – Nearer My God to Thee, supposedly – echoing forever around the wreck, the increasingly incoherent soundwaves trapped by the ocean as an eternal ghostly lament.

Which brings us to 1997, and the James Cameron/Leonardo diCaprio/Kate Winslett epic. Enough said. A commercial triumph; an artistic void. For a meditation on mortality occasioned by the centenary, go with Beckmann, Hardy, and above all Bryars. They really will make your heart go on...

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The band played until the very end

This wouldn’t have been possible as the ship was listing and the band members would have been unable to stay standing upright.

The Titanic was trying to set a speed record

Communication was not as it is today and arrangements for the arriving passengers would have been made days or weeks in advance. If they had reached New York ahead of schedule most of them would have been left standing at the docks.

Third class passengers were locked below deck

There was no attempt to keep third class passengers from getting into the lifeboats, or to divide potential survivors by class in any way. The reason relatively few ‘steerage’ passengers survived was partly due to being so far from the deck, and partly because many didn’t speak English and wouldn’t have understood the evacuation instructions.

White Star Line said Titanic was unsinkable

The promotional material actually said “...as far as it is possible to do [Titanic] is designed to be unsinkable”.

The high number of casualties was due to insufficient lifeboats

Whilst it’s true that there were only enough lifeboat spaces for around one third of the passengers, not all the lifeboats were launched. Panic and interference from passengers coupled with not enough skilled manpower, meant time ran out anyway and the last two lifeboats floated off the sinking ship. Indeed the first lifeboat that was launched had a capacity of 50 people but had just 12 passengers onboard.

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Easter Family Fun TrailOld Sarum Castle31st March to 15th April10am - 5pm

Can you crack the clues to complete this ‘egg-citing’ trail? Find the missing eggs around the grounds to be rewarded with a yummy Easter prize. Also take part in the egg-stra special craft activities, for all the family.

Tickets will be available to purchase at the event site on the day. Ticket price includes entry to event & Old Sarum.

English Heritage Members - Free,Adult - £3.80, Child, 5-15 years - £2.30, Concession - £3.40.

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Easter Spring FairSunday 8th April 2012

Brand new for 2012! New Park, Brockenhurst, home of the New Forest & Hampshire County Show, is launching their first Easter Spring Fair on Sunday 8th April. The Fair will have a full programme of events in the display ring, with the opportunity for local people to bring their horses to compete in showing and jumping competitions. There will also be a range of country activities to take part in including archery and laser shooting.

Visitors will be able to browse around an array of trade, food and craft stands and enjoy viewing a range of animals.

If you would like any further information or would like to exhibit at the fair, please visit www.newforestshow.co.uk or contact Beth Beales at the Show Office on 01590 622400.

Meet Robin Hood8th - 9th, April 11am - 5pm

Meet Robin Hood and his band of merry men at Old Wardour this weekend. Try your hand at archery, listen to captivating stories about this age-old legend and see if you have what it takes to make it as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest. Then turn the tables as you hunt the outlaw around the castle and win a certificate of freedom from the sheriff!

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Jumble SaleSaturday 21st April at 2pm

Admission 20p Teas, Raffle,Bric-a-Brac. Any donations of jumble can be left at the hall before 11am. Venue: Alderbury Village Hall, Alderbury, Nr Salisbury.Contact: Friends Of WyvernTel: 01722 331245 or email [email protected].

Annual Auricular Open Weekend - 28th-29th April

Pop’s Plants will be holding their

annual open weekend on April 28th and 29th, 2012. It’s a grand opportunity to see many rare and scarce auriculas – often varieties unavailable anywhere else in the world!

The Chelsea Gold Medallists hold more than 1,200 cultivars of Primula auricula in their four Plant Heritage National Collections, some of which will be displayed on traditional auricula ‘theatres’. They hope that some of the latest striped and ‘clouded’ auriculas, will be out in flower and on parade.

The opening times are 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. each day. Admission is £1.00 for adults (children free), in aid of the New Forest Carers’ Forum, which helps local people

who care for sick or disabled loved ones at home.

The venue is Pop’s Cottage, Barford Lane, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3PZ. Refreshments and free parking will be available, and members of the National Auricula and Primula Society will be on hand to answer cultivation questions.

POP’S PLANTS send auriculas all over the world – last Spring their plants graced a number of auricula ‘theatres’, including those at the New York Botanical Gardens, and London’s Geffrye Museum.

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Salisbury Big Business Event 2012

Businesses of all sizes are set to benefit from a new three day business event organised by Salisbury City Council, Federation of Small Business, Salisbury City Centre Management, and Salisbury Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Trethowans Solicitors & Blue Frontier.

‘Salisbury Big Business Event 2012’ will run from 23 – 25 April 2012 at The Guildhall in Salisbury and is a great opportunity for businesses of all sizes to gain invaluable information for their business from professionals. Simon Rhodes – Managing Partner at Trethowans said, “This event will be the first of its kind in the City and indeed the County. The aim is to ensure no hassle, no sales pitches from the professionals’ just free advice! We want businesses of all sizes to come away with help and advice to steer them in the correct direction. The team behind this event will ensure we target businesses from outside of

the City to ensure we put Salisbury firmly on the business map.”

Over the course of the three days, event organisers are hoping to offer free advice from banks, insurance, solicitors, accountants, estate agents, marketing to name a few. With stands offering advice, seminars and workshops over the three days the hope is as many businesses come through the doors and gain some guidance.

The event is free to attend on all three days and the organisers are busy promoting this event far and wide and encouraging businesses of all sizes to attend.

Claire Burden, Business Manager for Salisbury City Council said, “Everyone is aware of the difficulties currently faced by businesses of all sizes across the Country. The hope is businesses from the City and further afield will be able to come along and network while taking away advice and guidance on the next steps for their business. We have already assigned various guest speakers

and are currently working on increasing the knowledge and expertise we have on hand over the three days.”

Full details of the event are being updated daily at www.salisburybigbusiness.co.uk or alternatively please contact Claire Burden on 01722 342870 or 07979 408495.

The Salisbury Big Business Event 2012 organisers from Left to Right:

Tony Quinn, Chairman – Salisbury Federation of Small BusinessSimon Rhodes, Managing Partner – TrethowansClaire Burden, Business Manager – Salisbury City CouncilEliot Jones, Vice President – Salisbury Chamber of CommerceLindsey Brown, City Centre Manager – Salisbury City Centre ManagementJames Fry, Director – Blue Frontier

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Roll up, roll up! The Chinese State Circus is coming to town. We were fortunate enough to chat to creative director, Phillip Gandey, who has directed the shows since they began back in 1993….

What makes the Chinese State circus so unique?It is state funded and the Chinese government takes it very seriously indeed. There are 200 acrobatic schools across China and children are chosen from a young age in the same way that an athlete would be selected in this country, from around six or seven years of age.

Tell us about the education for an acrobat.It’s a great career for life for them in China, they study acrobats alongside their normal academic studies, from around 10 or 11 year old they start intensive training and at 16 they graduate. Moscow used to do that but now China is the only nation in the world that offers that - and these people are sought after around the world to perform as they are finest artists in their craft.

What can we expect at this year’s show?This year we are bringing an all-new production which is having its UK Premiere called ‘Yin Yang’. ‘Yin Yang’ means “The interaction of two energies in a dynamic system of balance” which we have mirrored in the show as it will not only keep the audience on the edge of their seats but show the more delicate and beautiful side of Chinese tradition. We have also kept the balance between the authenticity of tradition alongside more modern elements such as our all girl group of live musicians.

This is your chance to witness the unpredictable and exhilarating twists of foot juggling with drums, the famous Chinese poles, the sensational contortionist and the dynamic hoop divers with their amazing somersaults, leaps and jumps.

Describe the costumesThis year we were keen to continue the theme of balance through to the costumes. We wanted to keep elements of traditional Chinese dress together with modern fashion twists. They are all handmade and are being brought over from China only days before the opening date of the tour. They are breath-taking and add to the wow factor of ‘Yin Yang’.

You have worked on every show, tell us what your role involves.Being Creative Director, I normally come up with ideas

around 18 months before a show. I spend six months refining those ideas and then about

a year before the first performance I go to China to cast the acrobats and the choreography, we spend three months rehearsing. It all comes together with the composition of the music, about a week before the first performance the costumes are brought to the UK and then we rehearse until the show begins!

Why should people come to see the Chinese State Circus?

Because you get a glimpse of the most powerful nation on earth and we are the most exhilarating circus there is, we are incomparable.

With five performances over three days at City Hall, make sure that you don’t miss the spectacular Chinese State Circus.

Dates: Friday 20 April - 7.30pm, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April - 2.30pm and

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Tickets online at www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk or call the Ticket Office team on 01722 434434.

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Let’s start with the word itself, Easter. We have it on the word of the Venerable

Bede, writing in the very early 8th century, that “Eostre” is derived from “Eostre-monath”, the month in which pagan Saxons celebrated the festival of the goddess Eostre. It’s a simple explanation, and one with which with which scholars of philology have had endless fun ever since – some even denying that there ever was a goddess Eostre and that Bede (uncharacteristically) made the whole thing up. But “eostre” is cognate with “öster”, the German for east, and is therefore associated with sunrise and hence spring, so Bede’s explanation at least has context

on its side. Indeed the feast is only called “Easter” in Germanic countries: in France it’s called “Pâques”, a variation on the Jewish spring festival Pesach, and other Latin countries use names of the same derivation.

Fascinating stuff, but it doesn’t get us much closer to the chocolate. And the answer is eggs. Eggs have been associated with spring since... well, since birds started laying them in spring. There are Persian wall-paintings of eggs being given as gifts from 2,500 years ago; the tradition survived the country’s conversion to Islam and persists to this day. In Egypt, another Islamic country, there is a seasonal tradition of egg

decorating of unknown antiquity; in eastern Orthodox countries they paint eggs red (for Christ’s blood) and green (for returning spring); in England and North-Western Europe there is a tradition of rolling coloured eggs down hills at Eastertime, echoing the rolling away of the stone from the Holy Sepulchre; in America the White House puts on an annual display of decorated eggs from every state of the union, and favoured children (how are they selected?) are invited to a spot of egg-rolling on the White House lawn.

Egg decoration seems to have evolved into making eggs out of solid chocolate in France or Germany in the early 19th

EasterIt’s been a long road from the glory of Jesus Christ’s death resurrection – the central miracle of the Christian faith – to gorging on chocolate. And it’s a road that those of a philosophical bent might liken to the descent of Western civilisation into gluttonous consumerism. But leaving such considerations aside, how did it happen?

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century, and the first Easter egg in England came from Cadbury’s in 1842. These eggs can hardly have been for the mass market since the chocolate of the time was very expensive and also very bitter. Finer, less harsh, and less expensive chocolate was made possible by more sophisticated processing equipment in the later 19th century, and Cadbury’s produced its first hollow egg (filled

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100 Years Old and Still Rolling OnSalisbury Bowling Club, one of the oldest flat green bowls clubs in Wiltshire, is celebrating it’s centenary this year. The present club was founded in 1912. It’s origins though can be traced back to 1751 when it’s green was situated at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Nadder as part of a small holding known as ‘Bowling Green Nurseries”. Since that time the club has been located at several sites within the city, including on a lawn of a house in Wain-a-Long Road, before finally settling in Devonshire Road.

In preparation for its centenary celebrations the club has undergone a facelift: around the green and within the clubhouse and has even gone to the extent of redesigning its livery; players will sport a new coloured club shirt this year.

The coming season will be opened by the Mayor of Salisbury, Councilor John Abbott JP, at the traditional President v Captains match on 21st April. In addition to the normal round of club, national, county and Salisbury & District competitive matches, several prestigious celebratory games have been arranged. The club will host representative teams from Bowls England and Bowls Wiltshire in May and Friends of English Bowls in July.

The year will not only be celebrated on the green. Celebratory Dinners, club social events and even a Bowls Olympics are all planned to ensure the year is a memorable and enjoyable time in which all club members can participate.

Bowls is a sport for all – it’s fun, social, and inexpensive and all levels of skill are catered for. If you would like to be part of the celebratory year, there is an open day and coffee morning on April 28th so call in, you will be most welcome!

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Six more charities benefit from Wilton Rotary Club's charity

Prior to the Club's weekly supper meeting at Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club on Monday March 5th the Rotary Club of Wilton presented donations totalling more than £2,500 from its Charity Trust Fund to representatives of six charities. The donations were made possible as a result of the Club's highly successful fundraising events such as the Mammoth Car Boot Sale and Rotary Spireworks which have both made record profits during Rotarian Jeff Gyles' second term as President of the Club.

On the receiving end of the donations (and pictured above from left to right with Rotary President Jeff Gyles) were Home Start Wiltshire (Jilly Palmer); Alzheimer's Society Wiltshire and Swindon (Andrew Day); Alabare Christian Care (Doreen Knight); Camps International Camp Kenya Healthcare Outreach Program Makongeni (Jennie Beck, Field Volunteer); Naomi House & Jacks Place Charity (Pam Bacon) and Parkinsons UK Salisbury and District (Carole Slater).

President Jeff Gyles said: "I'm proud to say the Club is buzzing at the moment. We have had fantastic support for our fundraising events from the local community. And we are extremely grateful for the sponsorship we receive from our Business Partners: Bloor Homes, SpireFM, Southern Counties Auctioneers, Wilton Estate, A1 Roadcraft, Wilts & Dorset Bus, Wiltshire Council, and Salisbury Journal. As a result we have been able to make more than 30 charitable donations totalling over £15,000 since last July which will make a difference to the lives of many people - and that's what Rotary is all about."

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The Fordingbridge Summer Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge, will take place Saturday 21st July 2012, at Fordingbridge Recreation Ground. The Festival is one of their main fund raising events.

Proceeds from this community based Festival goes to Rotary charities and projects including the Avonway Community Centre Lunch Club (also supporting their Christmas lunch and providing Father Christmas), the Towns Christmas lights, older peoples day out to Exbury Gardens, disabled children’s trip to Rotary Kids Out at Paultons Park, prizes for local schools and youth speaking competition, school trips for disadvantaged children,

ad hoc student grants and the Rotary Citizen of the year award. As a result of last years Festival the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge were also able to make donations to the Fordingbridge Air Cadets, Hampshire Air Search and Rescue, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and the Fordingbridge Day Care.

The Summer Festival also gives many local clubs, charities and organisations the opportunity to take part and raise money for themselves.

The Ducks will be racing again this year with fantastic cash prizes, corporate ducks will also be available.

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Downton Evening WIMeetings are held on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm. Venue has now changed to the Band Hall, Gravel Close, Downton. For more info contact Iris Lawes on 01725 511553 or Edna Pike on 01725 511332.

Redlynch & District WIMeetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2.15pm, Morgans Vale & Woodfalls Village Hall. 14th April AGM. Election of President. Trading Table: Unused presents. For further information, contact Val on 01725 510850.

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For many people hay fever is a particular pain at this time of year, and there are a number of gadgets that promise to reduce its effects or prevent it from affecting you altogether. Both the Lumie Haylight (£49.95) and the Lloyds Pharmacy Hayfever Reliever (£39.99) are careful to avoid making specific health claims but there’s certainly anecdotal evidence that light therapy devices such as these can make hay fever more bearable.

It’s also a good idea to know in advance what the pollen count will be like and there are plenty of smartphone apps that can help. We particularly like Clarityn’s two apps: the Allergy Pollen Forecast tells you when hay fever is likely to strike, while the Clarityn Sneeze Alarm is an alarm clock app that uses different sneezing sounds to tell you what kind of day you’re likely to have.

Another option for allergy sufferers of all kinds is an air purifier or ioniser. The former removes irritants - pollen, for example, or dust mites, or pet dander - from the air using ultraviolet light or a filter, while

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Andrew Howard, head of road safety at The AA, agreed, adding: “It is very difficult to base decisions about older drivers on the more outrageous accidents that they have. After all we don’t base our rules on all young drivers around those who pinch cars, speed or drive stupidly to impress their friends.

“By and large, most older drivers are safe drivers. Risk curves fall from teenage to late 40s and only really begin to turn up again by late 60s/early 70s and sharply by 80s. Even then they struggle to have a risk level challenging the youngest (and fittest) drivers.”

Howard added that stopping older people driving would have immense costs too – both personally and to the economy as other forms of transport would have to be funded.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists said they think older drivers get an “unfair press”.

“In terms of the number of crashes they have they are one of the safest groups on the road and far safer than young drivers between the ages of 17-24,” said the IAM’s Neil Greig. “When an older driver knocks down a pedestrian or drives the wrong way up a dual carriageway they get banner headlines and calls for tough retests. The vast majority of older drivers are responsible adults who know their weaknesses and change their driving to cope with them.”

The IAM wants to see voluntary assessments made widely available, such as its DriveCheck55, where drivers can refresh their skills, discuss the high risk factors and get an

independent assessment without fear of losing their licence.

Meanwhile, Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said there is no evidence older drivers have more accidents.

“In fact their safety record is better than that of many young drivers - but their frailty means that when they are involved in collisions they are more likely to be killed or seriously injured,” he explained.

“Rather than introducing compulsory retesting for older drivers, we would like to see the greater promotion of voluntary refresher courses. Insurance policies which offer discounts to older drivers who do not drive at the riskiest times – such as at night – and on the most dangerous roads would also help.”

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INGREDIENTSBase3 eggs 70g caster sugar50g plain flour 2 tbsp cocoa powder

Mousse2 x 150g bars good quality white chocolate, broken into pieces3 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract300ml double cream 3 large egg whites2 tsp powdered gelatine

Easter Chocolate Mousse Cake

Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease and line the base of a 20 cm round spring-form tin. To make the base, whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until very thick and pale – the whisk should leave a trail in the mixture when lifted.

Sift over the flour and cocoa and fold in gently. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 12-15 minutes until just springy to the touch. Turn out and leave to cool completely. Clean the tin and lightly grease and re-line the base. Place the cold sponge in the base of the tin.

To make the mousse, place the white chocolate, milk and vanilla extract in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water and leave until melted. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth then stir in 4 tbsp of the cream.

Dissolve the gelatine in 2 tbsp hot water. Cool for a few minutes then stir into the chocolate mixture. Softly whip the rest of the cream and fold into the chocolate mixture. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold in. Spoon the mousse over the sponge base and chill for 3-4 hours until set.

For the chocolate glaze, melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat, stir until smooth then stir in the cream. Leave until cool and thick enough to spread, stirring occasionally.

Remove the mousse cake from the tin and gently spread the chocolate glaze over the top. Drizzle with melted white chocolate and decorate with the chocolate eggs.

Perfect for a special Easter Sunday meal this indulgent dessert has a chocolate sponge base, creamy white chocolate mousse filling and a rich and dark chocolate glaze. It can be prepared the day before or made a couple of weeks in advance and frozen.

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It never ceases to amaze me how much damage something as small as a slug can do and in

such a short space of time. But then the truth of it is, there is never just one slug or one snail, you can always be sure that there will be hoards of them. I garden on clay and our soil is alkaline and so we have a plentiful supply of snails; if you garden on an acidic soil you will generally find that snails are not a problem as they need the calcium to make their shells.

To say that they infuriate me would be an understatement, but the type I hate most are those small grey-black keeled slugs that do such a lot of damage to crops such as potatoes. I garden without chemicals so there is no question of using pellets, but I have tried pretty well every other trick in the book. When it comes to potatoes I grow largely earlies and early mains and these crops are less susceptible because

they are lifted relatively promptly. It also pays dividends if you grow varieties such as Pentland Dell, Wilja, Charlotte, Estima and Pentland Ivory all of which show a good degree of resistance to these slugs.

I also use the biological control nematode Phasmarhabdites hermaphrodita. True this may prove quite expensive but it works brilliantly against slugs, poses no environmental problems (it is a naturally occurring parasite of British slugs) and is perfect for controlling any slug that spends time underground. If you time the applications so that the crops, flowers or other plants are protected while they are at their most vulnerable, it shouldn’t be too much of an outlay.

Slug and snail traps also work well, whether you buy your own ‘Slug Pubs’ or make them by plunging plastic beakers into the

soil close to susceptible plants and then part filling them with beer. I once did a mini trial on Gardeners’ Question Time to see which beers slugs and snails liked best, and Guinness came out tops....with alcohol-free lager proving least popular! I also find that milk (stale works well) is good, and if you add a small quantity of grain or porridge oats to the liquid, the pests come in at an amazing rate. Do make sure that you leave a centimetre or so of the rim of the beaker protruding above the soil level as this will greatly reduce the number of beneficial creatures such as ground beetles that inadvertently fall in to the traps. Upturned half grapefruit skins or even large cabbage leaves can also be used as traps, but remember to empty or replace these daily or else the slugs and snails will re-enter the garden.

If you create barriers around

Slugs and Snails

This is the time of year when you’re likely to start to notice the presence of slugs and snails in your garden, greenhouse, coldframe, window box....indeed just about everywhere. There are many different species; the most common in gardens are probably species of Milax (the keeled slugs) and Arion (e.g. the garden slug and the large black slug), plus the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatus). The garden snail, Helix aspersa is generally the most troublesome but may also be joined by various species of the banded snail, Cepaea.

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plants this can help, but I find it less reliable. My preferred materials are coco-shell (the mulching material), pine needles and crushed shells (e.g. oyster shell sold by poultry feed suppliers). But whatever you use do remember to put it in a complete circle around the base of the plant, not just a ring or the slugs may simply come up inside the ring and of course check it regularly, replenishing the material as necessary.

So before they start to really get a hold, show them who is boss, and take action straight away:

• Encourage wildlife such as ground beetles, birds and hedgehogs as these may help to keep numbers down.

• Createbarriersaroundparticularlysusceptibleplants.

• Buyormakeslugtraps.• Ifgrowingpotatoesconcentrateonearliesandlift

these as soon as possible.• Growvarietiesofpotatothatshowsome

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An Englishman’s home is his castle and today it is a castle under siege. The stark rise in crime and anti-social behaviour has homeowners - in rural and urban areas

alike - running scared and ever more concerned with a problem that law and order fails to address.

But despite this sad fact there is a fast-growing home security market that is equal to the problem; ready and able to empower the individual and preserve the sanctity of home.

If the statistics are to be believed many of us will fall victim to crime, but thanks to an extensive range of affordable, simple and easy-to-use home security devices, protecting your property, possessions and family is becoming easier.

This is a guide to some of the most popular products around at the moment.

Fence Prikka Strip, £8.95 - A simple, cheap and effective way of protecting your property from intruders. Each anti-climb strip consists of a series of closely arranged cones that are formed from durable weatherproof PVC. Easy to trim to the size you require, the strips can be glued, screwed or nailed into place and are perfect for use on all perimeter fencing.

Byron CS11D Dummy CCTV Camera Unit, £12.29 - Flawlessly replicating a real CCTV unit, the dummy camera is extremely realistic. The accurate design and flashing red light gives the appearance of a genuine and operational camera.

Driveway Monitor, £18.49 - Recognising intruders up to 100ft away, the Driveway Monitor offers cordless infra-red detection of heat or movement and alerts the homeowner via a radio signal that’s sent directly to the indoor receiver.

Frostfire Home Security Bar, £23.50 - Designed for use with both standard hinged doors and sliding patio doors, the Frostfire Home Security Bar can be wedged at any angle to prevent forced entry. Because it’s made from 20-gauge steel, the bar is incredibly strong and exceedingly robust, and so protects against forces of up to 150 kg.

Fake TV Burglar Deterrent, £24 - Simulating the appearance of an active television set, the Fake TV helps to create the illusion that someone’s at home by using realistic LED lighting. An inbuilt sensor automatically triggers the system at dusk and thanks to its compact design, it’s perfect for use anywhere in the home.

Security Wireless Camera, £29.50 - Suitable for use both inside or outside the property, the wireless camera makes for fast and easy positioning and transmits images both day and night - due to its night vision capabilities at 8-10 meters.

Ex-Pro Complete 2.4GHz CCTV Camera, £94.97 - A robust weatherproof design makes this wireless system ideal for outdoor home security. With automatic activation of LEDs at night and good quality night-vision combined easy connectivity, it’s just the thing for all your home security needs.

Yale Locks Alarm Wireless Home Starter Alarm Kit, £124.98 - Completely wireless and ideal for flats, garages or terraced and semi-detached homes, the alarm system is easy to install - causing no damage or disruption to home décor - and comes complete with a wireless remote control access pad that’s easy to operate.

Not every device is necessary however, or easy to fit. So before you rush off to shop for gadgets, it would be well worth taking advice from a locksmith or security consultant and ensuring you have the right solution for your home.

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