Tetbury news with Kevin Painter

MAYOR Ann Pearce, deputy mayor Peter Colman, Tetbury Town crier Tony Evans and Tetbury Town Council CEO Tara Nibblett held a minutes silence in memory of Prince Philip on Monday at 11.30am.

This took place on the Market House steps.

Ann said this was done as a mark of respect as the town will be respecting the guidelines as per Royal etiquette for privacy.

Like the rest of the nation our thoughts will be with the Queen and her family, especially for the funeral on Saturday.

THE town council would like to thank the volunteers who came along on Saturday morning to the Goods Shed to start works cleaning the stream from the picnic area to Preston Park.

As this is a large area to cover the town council will be holding monthly litter picks on the first Saturday of the month starting at 9am meeting at the Goods Shed.

Please come along if you would like to help, all social distancing rules will be adhered to.

HERE is an official statement from Tetbury Town Council.

Following the extraordinary meeting which took place on Tuesday, April 6, Tetbury Town Council approved the handing over of the SIAC S106 funding for the Dolphins Recreation Centre Project 1 following updated legal advice.

The town council will be working with the Dolphins Recreation Centre in order to carry out an audit trail for the £500,000 S106 monies which will assist with this project.

SARAH Dalby, electoral services manager for Cotswold District Council has confirmed that: "The Tetbury Town Council election is uncontested as there were two candidates for the two seats available. The two candidates can therefore take up their seats on the town council straight away.”

So there will be no need to vote for these two positions however the other elections are still going ahead for County and the Police Commissioner.

So well done to the two successful new councillors for Tetbury who are David Andrew Creed and Stephen David Scott and they can be officially welcomed once they have both signed their declaration of acceptance.

UPTON Mill care home in Tetbury have joined forces with local financial planners and a legal expert to give the community an opportunity to find out more about later life planning from the comfort of their own home.

On April 20, at 7pm, Jennifer Hill, SOLLA accredited financial advisor and Christian Evans, private client solicitor will join Libby Miles, client services manager from Upton Mill Care Home in an online seminar hosted by Jason Hill, chartered financial planner and director of local firm Cotswold Wealth Chartered Financial Planners.

Connect by the local Tetbury Dolphins BNI chapter, the three specialists have come together to raise awareness of some of the issues that maybe faced when looking into later life planning and encouraging families to have the conversations about care before it is needed.

Libby said: “There is a lot to consider when looking at long term care and we want to encourage those conversations, difficult as they may be, to happen before people find themselves in the position of having to find care, not knowing what their loved one actually wants or even worse, not having the legal rights to help make this happen.

“We want to encourage those conversations to make things easier in the long run for all.

“The idea behind this information event is to give an opportunity to everyone to hear from three experts in their fields share some of their knowledge and expertise totally free of charge.

“There will be opportunities to ask questions and connect with any of the speakers afterwards to gain more in depth information about specific circumstances.”

To book your space or to find out more, call Libby Miles on 01666 336600, email Libby.miles@porthaven.co.uk or book tickets on Eventbrite.co.uk by searching “Later life planning made easy”.