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Leicestershire Parkinson's Choir welcomes all people living with Parkinson’s, your family, carers and friends.  You can join at any time. Singing not only boosts mood, it helps with breathing, posture and helps keep pathways open in the brain for speech.

If you are a regular watcher of wildlife programmes, you will be familiar with “trail cams”. These are small cameras attached to a tree or post that are triggered by movement. They capture images of shy and nocturnal mammals moving along forest trails, often at night.

Our sisters in Nigeria invite us to join them for the World Day of Prayer on Friday 6 March 2026. The service they have prepared reflects on the theme, “I will give you rest”.

For a fifth successive year the Leicester Comedy Festival will be at the Robert Monk Village Hall in Foxton. The event is on Friday 13 February, starting at 8pm (doors and bar open from 7.30pm). It will feature some of the best stand up comedians from the UK comedy circuit. Tickets priced £15 are for 18yrs+ only. This is always a sell out so be sure to book early on the Leicester Comedy Festival website at https://events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/foxton-comedy-club/

Our plea for Kibworth & District Chronicle deliverers for East Langton has been successful with three people stepping forward. Thank you to those who have volunteered.

Christmas can mean very different things to different people: joy and connection for some, but for others it can bring stress, grief, financial pressure, loneliness, relationship breakdown, or concerns about young people.

Many thanks to everyone who supported our ‘Christmas Sparkle’ concert last month. St Andrew’s Church was certainly sparkling— a beautiful, candle lit atmosphere for our audience. As part of our Christmas celebrations the choir made a donation to the Harborough Musical Memory Box. This organisation runs monthly sessions in Market Harborough for people with dementia and memory loss and their carers. It relies on donations and thanks to the generosity of our ‘Christmas Sparkle’ audience we were able to add a further £80 to our donations!

Two of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned about negative emotions is that they contain information. They are telling me something about myself – and, albeit with practice, they can be channelled and focussed. This is especially important since negative emotions, if they are allowed to spiral out of control, can have dire consequences for ourselves and others. It’s wisely said, for instance, that an angry person lives in an angry world. Such that more and more things can trigger that anger, which feeds back to that individual and further clouds his perceptions. This ‘loop’ has been termed ‘perception is projection’. How we feel colours our experience, which in turn reinforces our negative perceptions.

Due to excellent support from Harborough District Council and from Crouch’s Recovery, Kibworth Village Hall has recently obtained 75 new chairs for use during all the activities that take place at the village hall. These kind donations are very much appreciated by the Village Hall’s Committee and will ensure that popular events such as the regular film nights and villagers’ birthday parties, will continue to flourish.

Illston Abey Cricket Club will begin their junior cricket coaching sessions (for both boys and girls between ages 6 and 15 years) this January at Oadby Indoor Sports Hall situated at Oadby Beauchamp College. They are every Sunday evening between 6 and 7pm. Please contact 07956 531 893 for registration information details.