Events, Nearby, News, Theatre

Opera in Morcott Saturday 17 June 2017


Morcott Church

7pm for 7.30pm ‘curtain up’

Lovers of light opera have a treat in store on Saturday 17 June when a group of musical friends – Amici – present Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’ and other operatic highlights in the beautiful setting of Morcott Church.

Amici Chamber Choir has performed the length and breadth of the UK, from Manchester’s concert halls to National Trust stately homes, and on TV for Songs of Praise.

The 18-strong choir is boosted by professional soloists Nick Hardy (Opera North), Joanne Rondel and Judith Tinston who all perform under the leadership of George Robey.

The first half of the programme is Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Trial By Jury’, a comic opera in one act. After a relaxed interval during which drinks will be offered, the second half of the concert is a mix of operatic hits including a show-stopping ‘Nessun Dorma’ and memorable choral pieces, some of which have been arranged specially for the concert by choir members.

 Tickets £12.50 from Alison Johnson on 01572 747381.

Unreserved seating.

Interval refreshments available.

See www.morcott.wordpress.com for further information.

Proceeds to church funds.

Community, News, Police

UK Security Threat Level increased to Critical


UK Security Threat Level increased to Critical

On advice from the Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre, the UK government has raised the UK Security Threat Level to Critical (highest possible level), meaning an attack is ‘expected imminently’.

At East Midlands Ambulance Service we have plans in place in the event of a major incident and are taking extra precautions and actions in response to the raised threat level.

We will be asking visitors to our premises to show official identification so please ensure you bring yours with you if you are due to visit us in the near future.

Remain vigilant

The police service is urging the public to remain alert but not alarmed. Together with other blue-light services and our partners we are doing everything we can to help protect the security of our communities.

People are asked to be aware of and actively promote the national anti-terrorism campaign called ACT – Action Counters Terrorism – and speak to their families, friends and colleagues about it. See their website for details, and be aware of the Anti-Terrorist Hotline number 0800 789321.

In the extremely rare event of a firearms or terror attack the police have issued public guidance advising people to ‘Run, Hide and Tell’. You can read more about the Stay Safe campaign via this website.

Terrorists want to create distrust and fear. Communities defeat terrorism, which is why we must all maintain a strong relationship between the public and police. The police depend on information from the public, who can be their eyes and ears, in the efforts to keep us all safe.

Thank you for your continued support at this challenging time.

Richard Henderson

Chief Executive

 

Community, Management, News, Village Hall

Wing Village Hall Committee Meeting


The Wing Village Hall Committee Meeting will be held on Monday 22nd May, 2017 in the Village Hall at 7pm.

Full details are on the Village Hall Meetings page and on the Accounts page.

Community, News, Parish Council

PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING


The Parish Council will be holding their 2017 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING on Wednesday 24th May at 7.00pm in the Wing Community Centre. All residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.

It will be preceded at 6.30pm by a meeting of the TRUSTEES and followed at 7.45pm by the ANNUAL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

Agendas can be found at the Parish Council meetings page .

Community, News

Computer Chaos


I’m sure you have heard about the “ransomware” attack on the NHS computers. It is not just affecting the NHS computers. It can attack ANY Windows computer that does not have the antidote on, even yours!

Windows versions before Windows 10 are especially vulnerable. Microsoft now automatically applies fixes to Windows 10 every time you connect to the internet. With previous versions of Windows you could simply choose not to receive and apply fixes. However old versions of Windows no longer have any fixes sent to them. Windows XP is the main version that is now unsupported but Vista and 95 is also too old to support.

This “infection” was spread by email. If anyone clicked on a link in the bad guy’s email it then sent copies of itself to anyone it could find in your address book or was connected to your computer by WiFi. If you never click on an email that you do not recognise then you reduce your chances of being infected – unless someone on the same WiFi network does it!

So in summary,

  • Use Windows 10
  • If, not make sure all fixes are fitted. They are distributed every Tuesday
  • Don’t use anything less than Windows 7
  • Make sure you have a paper copy of anything vital to your life or business or at least on a non-Windows device e.g. smartphone.

My wife has just started using a Mac rather than ANY Windows machine.

You are safe using this website. It is on one of the world’s safest computers and run by professionals at WordPress.com. We just add the words and photos.

In a previous life I was the manager of the Disaster Recovery service for IBM. The first thing I did was rename it to Business Continuity Services because business should not DEPEND on computers. They should use them to improve efficiency only.

John Oakley