This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences: Helen Saunders, who suffers from fibromyalgia, is fundraising for cancer charities by participating in a 100km charity bike ride in London despite the challenges posed by her condition. She is close to reaching her fundraising target of £1200 and is determined to complete the challenging ride. The money raised will go towards three cancer charities that are close to Helen's heart due to losing her grandmother to cancer and having friends suffering from the disease.

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UP YOUR
STREET
City: The Nottingham
Industrial Heritage
Association is holding a
poetry evening today from
7.45pm.
The poems about
transport will be read by
members of the association
at the King William IV pub in
Manvers Street.
Entry is free and light
refreshments will be
available. For further
information visit nlha.org.uk.
Long Eaton: Beeston
Musical Theatre Group will
be performing New York,
New York – A Concert at the
Duchess Theatre this week.
The show, with songs
from Broadway musicals
such as Guys and Dolls,
West Side Story and Little
Shop of Horrors, will be
staged from tomorrow to
Saturday, starting at 7.30pm
each night. Tickets, priced
£9-£10, can be purchased
from bmtg.org.uk.
County: More than 30 artists
from across the county will
open their studio doors to
the general public on
Saturday. The event starts at
10am and is part of
Nottinghamshire Open
Studios. For information on
venues visit osnotts.co.uk.
Brave Helen’s charity quest
A LONG-TERM sufferer of
fibromyalgia is taking on a
mammoth bike ride to raise
money for three cancer char-
ities.
Helen Saunders, of Arnold,
will take part in the Ride The
Night event in London, which
will involve her and her two
friends cycling 100km through
the capital. The event on Sat-
urday is sure to be a test of
physical and mental strength
for the fundraisers.
But for Helen, 43, the chal-
lenge will be even greater.
Fibromyalgia is an unex-
plained condition which
causes pain all over the body,
as well as fatigue, and it has
made Helen’s preparation for
the ride difficult.
“I’m all right at the time and
I managed to do 27 miles the
other day, but it’s afterwards
that the problems occur for
me,” she said. “It has
hampered my training and my
team-mates have done long
rides less often, whereas I’ve
had to do lots more, shorter
rides.”
However, Helen is determ-
ined not to let this stand in her
way and says that she will fin-
ish the race and make as much
By Scott Groom
newsdesk@nottinghampost.com
money as she can. She said:
“I’ll be fine and I’m looking
forward to it, but I’m thankful
for the support I’ve received
from everyone.
“I’m really close to hitting my
target of £1,200 and I’ve still got
a few people to ask, so I’m
confident that I’ll get there.”
The money raised will go
towards three different cancer
“I’ve got three friends who
are dying from cancer, so what
I’m going through is nothing
compared to them.”
Helen’s close friend, Sally
Mayor, admitted that she was
shocked when Helen told her
of her plans, but has praised
her efforts and the sacrifices
she’s going to make.
She said: “I know Helen very
well so I know how much pain
she gets into. What she’s doing
is amazing.
“I was very much surprised
when she told me, but she’ll
definitely do it. She knows that
the money she raises is going to
a great cause and that’s what
spurs her on.”
Carly Jones, who is promot-
ing the ride, has also heaped
praise on Helen, saying that
her work is “fantastic”.
She added: “Helen is chal-
lenging herself, and it’s very
personal to her, which is what I
think is pushing her on. Every
one of the 2,000 women taking
part has got their own story
which is really special.”
I To donate to Helen’s cause,
you can visit her Just Giving
page at: www.justgiving.com/
Helen-Saunders16.
Fundraiser Helen
Saunders (right) is
being supported
by friends Izzy
Martin (left) and
Sarah Houlton as
she prepares for
her marathon
charity bike ride.
‘’I know Helen very
well so I know how
much pain she gets
into
Sally Mayor
charities: Breast Cancer Care,
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and
Ovarian Cancer Action.
The charities are close to
Helen’s heart, as her grand-
mother died from the disease
and she also has friends suf-
fering from cancer.
She said: “My grandmother
died when my mum was 25,
but had she been alive today,
they might have been able to
help her.
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It’s best footy forward for pensioners
PENSIONERS are pulling on
their boots and getting in-
volved in a game of football
with a difference.
Walking football has the
same rules as a normal game,
but no running is allowed.
As part of this year’s Active
Ashfield Games – which en-
courages locals to get fit while
being sociable – sessions will
take place at Hucknall Leisure
Centre every Thursday from
1pm until 2pm. The first ses-
sion is free and there is no need
to book. There are also sessions
at Lammas Leisure Centre in
Sutton-in-Ashfield on Tues-
days (noon to 1pm).
I For further information call
01623 457233.
Summer deal for old
store is in pipeline
NEW development could take
place at a former store in Ilke-
ston which has been empty for
more than two years.
The Co-op department store
closed in April 2013 along with
two other sister stores in Not-
tinghamshire.
At the time, Midlands Co-
operative said that while its
other businesses had flour-
ished, the home and clothing
stores had been making sub-
stantial losses.
Now the company marketing
the premises, commercial
property and planning con-
sultants Rapleys, has con-
firmed to the Post details about
the building’s future.
A spokesman for Rapleys,
said: “It is under offer and due
to be completed this sum-
mer.”
Further announcements are
expected in a few months.
The news comes after the
announcement in March that
the Co-op food store, in the
same street, would shut.
An adjoining post office
branch and an office for the
By Tom Norton
tom.norton@nottinghampost.com
Erewash Credit Union will
move elsewhere.
According to a Co-op
spokeswoman, the company is
discussing the acquisition of
the site with a ‘third party’.
The closure of the food shop
along with the closure of the
department store has caused
concern among the town’s
traders, who claim business
Fellow trader Andy Healey,
of Healey’s Toiletries, said: “It
attracted people to the market,
people would go to the Co-op
then come through the market.
Now that both Co-ops have
closed down they’ve got no
reason to come up to this end
of the town.”
A spokeswoman for from
Central England Co-op said:
“We can now confirm that the
society will be closing its food
store on South Street, Ilkeston,
with a proposed closure date of
Saturday, June 20.
‘‘The post office will close
with a proposed time and date
of 1pm on the June 16.
“We are in discussions with a
third party regarding the ac-
quisition of the site.
“Customers are invited to
continue shopping with us at
our new store on Hickings
Lane, Stapleford, just over
three miles away.
‘‘We would like to say ‘thank
you’ to our colleagues and cus-
tomers for their support at this
store.”
CONTRACTORS G F
Tomlinson have
started work on a
project that will see
part of the former
Courtaulds factory
in Haydn Road,
Sherwood, open as
a secondary school
in September. The
school will create
nearly 600 new
places when it
reaches capacity.
It is the first
Education Funding
Agency (EFA)
project for the
Midlands-based
contractor.
Pictured from left:
Lee Perkins, project
manager, GFT;
Jenny Brown, head
of school,
Nottingham Free
School, and Andy
Sewards, director,
GFT.
‘’The Co-op had
everything and
when it shut it had
an impact
Ian Britton
has slowed down since.
Ian Britton, of Britton’s Fruit
& Veg, who sells at Ilkeston
Market, said: “The Co-op was a
big, decent store; it had
everything and when it shut it
gradually had an impact.
People used to go in there and
come across to the market.”
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Health centre in emergency measures
EMERGENCY measures have
been put in place at a county
health centre.
A statement issued by Mans-
field and Ashfield Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG)
said Central Nottinghamshire
Clinical Services had recog-
nised that it could not provide
a suitable quality of care to
patients.
The organisation, which has
stepped down “by mutual con-
sent”, runs the Kirkby Primary
Care Centre, in Portland Street,
Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Dr Amanda Sullivan, chief
officer at the CCG, said a care-
taker arrangement had now
been put in place with existing
GPs providing patient care.
She added: “The CCG has
taken immediate steps to
provide a temporary service
operated by local GPs and
managed by commissioners.
“We are sorry to patients re-
gistered at Kirkby whose ex-
perience at the practice fell
short of the standards we ex-
pect. We hope the temporary
service in place will meet all
their healthcare needs.”
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