Trophée Gossett shortlist revealed

Author: Charlotte Walsh

CatererSearch Tuesday 28th June 2005

A total of 17 establishments throughout the UK will contend this year's Trophée Gosset Celebris.

The contenders are split into two categories - restaurants in London and those outside the capital.

Among the hopefuls in London are Bibendum, Hakkasan, Pearl and Gordon Ramsay at Claridges.

Outside the capital Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, Ashdown Park hotel in Sussex, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton and the Harrow at Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire vie for the title.

The full shortlist is as follows:

London: the Ritz hotel, the Savoy hotel, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Bibendum, Hakkasan, Pearl restaurant at The Renaissance Chancery Court hotel and Fishmarket at the Great Eastern hotel.

Regional: the Strathearn Restaurant at the Gleneagles Hotel, Chewton Glen in Hampshire, The Bell at Skenfrith, Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, The Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge Wells, Ashdown Park Hotel in Sussex, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxford, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, The Vineyard at Stockcross and Who'da Thought It in Kent.
 
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TATTOO ARTISTS WELCOME NEW BY-LAW PLANS

Scunthorpe Telegraph Monday 27th June 2005

By-laws are set to be introduced in North Lincolnshire to regulate the cleanliness of tattoo and piercing parlours.

The council is set to meet later this week to agree proposals to ensure 'all premises, persons and instruments' used for acupuncture, tattooing, electrolysis, cosmetic piercing and semi-permanent colouring are checked for cleanliness. The council's Environmental Health department will enforce the new by-laws, should they be formally agreed on Wednesday.

The moves have been welcomed by tattoo parlours in the region, who claim many already operate high standards and would be unaffected by the new checks.

In July 2001, the council agreed to adopt by-laws to cover some aspects of tattooing and ear piercing - but not other forms of body piercing.

The new rules, if approved, would cover all aspects of cosmetic piercing.

It would mean shops and treatment areas are kept clean at all times and waste is disposed of safely at least once every working day.

All needles should be placed in special boxes, which should also be sterilised.

In a report to councillors ahead of Wednesday's full council meeting, where the new rules will be discussed, Joanne Ashton, of the council's Neighbourhood and Environmental Services department, said the new rules would be an extension of laws passed in 2001.

"Further control of these activities may be achieved by the implementation of by-laws, which relate to the hygiene aspects of these activities," she said.

Wayne Green (34), a tattooist at the ABH parlour on Mary Street, Scunthorpe, said he supported any regulation by the local authority.

He added: "Regulation by environmental health would be a good thing to do.

"It would make sure all tattooists were clean, because at the moment the only law concerns tattooing minors, although there are current council regulations.

"Personally, I'm on good terms with the council and I make sure I keep to all of the regulations."

Claire Dickinson (22), of Winteringham, got a tattoo on her back when she was 20-years-old.

"I went to ABH - it was clean, and the guy tattooing me was nice," she said.

"He kept checking it didn't hurt and I was never worried about cleanliness because I could see everything was clean and new.

"My experience was good, but you definitely need regulations because of the potential to spread disease."

Louise Power (21), also of Winteringham, got her first tattoo aged 17.

She said she believed introducing a by-law would be a good thing because it would put a stop to under-age residents getting inked.

"I know the regulations are mainly to do with cleanliness but I absolutely support any regulation as I managed to get a tattoo when I was only 17 and I've since regretted it," she said.

"The place did seem clean, but they never asked me for any identification. I was too young for a tattoo and it's not something I'd have done now."

The new by-laws will be discussed at the next meeting of the full council, due to be held at Pittwood House on Wednesday. The meeting is set to start at 10am.

TOUR TO FRANCE IS NO TR-EIFFELING MATTER

Scunthorpe Telegraph Saturday 25th June 2005

The pedal power of a 23-year-old man could well see the funds of the Lindsey Lodge Hospice given a healthy £2,000 boost.

For Christopher Tindall, from Scunthorpe, is currently pedalling his way to the £2,000 target on the 400 mile ride between London and Paris on what is said to be one of the best cycling routes in Europe connecting two of the world's most glamorous cities. A serious cyclist who enjoys road racing, Christopher set off from his Winteringham family home this week on his latest challenge, accompanied as far as London by his parents Alison and Stuart Tindall.

Before he set off on the first stage of the 400 mile event, Christopher explained he had been thinking of cycling for charity.

And naturally, because his mother is the director of the local hospice, he could think of no better cause than Lindsey Lodge.

The four-day challenge will see him cycling from Greenwich to Dover for the crossing to Calais, before going up a few gears in his bid reach Paris in a respectable time.

"The plan is to cover 100-miles each day, and from Calais, I will be heading for Abbeville and then on to Beauvais, before the final push into Paris," he said.

However, it won't be a case of the loneliness of the long distance cyclist, since he will be joining several others from all over the country pedalling for their own individual causes.

Christopher, a former Winterton Comprehensive School pupil, later continued his studies at North Lindsey College before he gained an engineering degree at the Sheffield Hallam University.

He now lives in Leeds where he works as a design engineer, but when he is not working he spends time training for cycle races.

The London to Paris event, he explained, was the first serious charity ride he had undertaken.

"I usually race for pleasure, but now I am putting my cycling to good use," he said.

Training for the event came as no hardship for Christopher since he usually cycles to his job in Leeds as well as covering between 400 and 500-miles a week.

Christopher said he would like to thank his sponsors who include Keep Yourself Right 2 in Scunthorpe, Free Town Cycles in Hull, nutritionist, Jeanie Baker, Spider Web Design and the Bay Horse pub in his home village of Winteringham.

It is still not too late to sponsor Christopher and help him reach his £2,000 target and those who would like to make a pledge can do so by contacting the Lindsey Lodge Hospice fund raising office on (01724) 843731.

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L’USCL rencontre les anglais

L’Eveil de Pont Audemer Tuesday 14th June 2005

A l'initiative de Mister John Kirk, citoyen anglais résident en France et avec le concours de David Millet, l'union sportive Cormeilles Lieurey accueillait une équipe de Winteringham, samedi 28 mai, à 15 heures au stade Maxime Deschamps.

Cette rencontre amicale tentait de symboliser l'entente cordiale entre les deux pays et faire découvrir le foot d'outre Manche.

Le match a été des plus ouvert et l'ententee franco-anglaise digne des plus belles rencontres sportives.

Arrivés à Pont-Audemer, le vendredi 27 mai, apres plusieurs matchs à Cormeilles et à Epaignes, les joueurs de Winteringham sont repartis lundi non sans avoir omis d'inviter les clubs de Cormeilles et d'Epaignes à venir, dès 2006, visiter leur village sis à une soixantaine de kilomètres de Sheffield.

Quant au match de samedi, il a été très disputé. Au final, les Cormeillais ont finalement pu s'imposer, 1-.0.

PLANTS FUND RESEARCH

Scunthorpe Telegraph Monday 6th June 2005

A resident in Winteringham is hoping to turn plants into cash to fund research into kidney disease.

An assortment of plants are available from Mrs Holmes at 32 Low Burgage in the village. Plants are priced at 50p and will raise cash for the National Kidney Research Fund, an organisation funding research focusing on the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease.

For more information about the charity log on to www.nkrf.org.uk

POLICE UNIT IN VILLAGE

Scunthorpe Telegraph Monday 6th June 2005

The mobile Humberside Police station is visiting Winteringham tomorrow.

It will be in the village most of the day and will be open to residents from 10am to 4pm. The mobile station will be based outside Winteringham's village hall and will give residents an opportunity to get an update on the local crime scene.

Householders will also have the chance to report any minor crimes and to have a chat about crime-related issues with local officers.

FAMILY HOPES TO HONOUR CIVIL WAR VETERAN

Scunthorpe Telegraph Saturday 4th June 2005

The granddaughter of an American Civil War veteran hopes to be able to honour her relative in a Winteringham cemetery, after reading of his story in the Telegraph.

Marjorie Bratton has said she wanted to do 'all she can' to commemorate the efforts of her grandfather, William Brumby. The American Civil War veteran died 90 years ago, but it is hoped he would be remembered with a special memorial grave marker - if his North Lincolnshire resting place can be located.

Mrs Bratton, who also lives in Winteringham, read about her late grandfather in the Telegraph last week.

Scarborough man John Collier, who locates and cares for the graves of American Civil War soldiers in Britain, discovered earlier this month Mr Brumby had served in the American war.

He contacted residents in Winteringham, who then looked in the burials book at the village church and discovered a William Brumby was buried in the churchyard.

But they could not find his grave and Mr Collier contacted the paper in a bid to trace the grave.

Unfortunately, Mrs Bratton does not know where her grandfather's unmarked grave is, but she did have more information about the war veteran.

And she said she hoped there could be some way to honour him - even though they could not locate his grave.

"My father, William Brumby, was one of his sons, and I have my grandfather's discharge papers," explained Mrs Bratton, who also has pictures of William Brumby's wife, Jane. "I have no idea where he was buried, but one of his sons was buried in Winteringham churchyard - he died when I was about four-years-old.

"He was buried in a corner of the churchyard, whether his father was buried in that area as well I don't know."

Mrs Bratton's information revealed her grandfather was a veterinary surgeon.

John Kirk, who runs the Winteringham village website and appealed for relatives to get in touch, thanked the Telegraph for helping piece together a bit more of the puzzle.

"This story really gets under the skin," said Mr Kirk.

"Though we hardly know the story, for a Winteringham man to sail off to the American Civil War in the middle of the 19th century, and return to, perhaps, a quieter existence in Winteringham, is gripping.

"It would be wonderful to find out more about William - there are so many questions unanswered - so to find his granddaughter is a marvellous coup for the Telegraph."

He added: "If we can somehow find his grave and give him the honour he clearly deserves, then we would feel a sense of great fulfilment."

John Collier, who has written a number of books on the American Civil War, said he would be happy to get in touch with Mrs Bratton following the Telegraph's discovery and hoped some kind of memorial could be agreed.