Monday, April 25, 2011

IN BRIEF

Lowdham: An antique and curiosities fair will take place next month.

There will be silver, books, porcelain, china and trading cards at the event which takes place from 10am to 4pm on Sunday, May 8, at Lowdham Village Hall in Main Street, Lowdham.

Entry costs �1 for adults and is free for children.

Newark: A doll fair is being held at a museum.

It will feature exhibitions of dolls, teddies and miniatures and there will be a performance by a special folk dance team.

The event is from 10.30am to 4pm on Sunday, May 8, at the Vina Cooke Doll Museum, The Old Rectory, Cromwell, near Newark.

Bestwood: Easter activities will be held for children at The Ridge Adventure Playground.

The play sessions are from 10am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4pm. They start tomorrow and run until Thursday.

Activities include film-making, arts and crafts, dancing, sand castles and sports.

For more information, call 0115 9157580.

Stragglethorpe: Golfers are needed to take part in an event to raise cash for kidney patients.

The Notts Kidney Units' Appeal Group's Charity Golf Event will take place on June 24 at Notts Golf and Country Club.

Teams of four are needed to play 18 holes, with the chance to win prizes. This will be followed by a two-course meal and it costs �30 per person to enter.

For more information, call Eileen Bagguley on 01332 875358.

City: A collection of pottery by a French artist is on show at New College Nottingham's Lace Market Gallery.

Cyril Dennery's exhibition Growing Tubes, A Pottery Story will be on display at the gallery, in Stoney Street, until Thursday.

The collection is based on marine-life colonies and inspired by the ancient Greek pottery design, the amphora. The free exhibition is between 9am and 4.30pm but it is closed today.

Notts: People are being urged to get tested for the most common sexually-transmitted infection, chlamydia.

NHS Notts County says people can be tested at GPs or at clinics at King's Mill Hospital or the City Hospital. Treatment is free and simple but chlamydia can leave people infertile if not dealt with.

To find out where to get tested see www.gettestednotts.co.uk



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