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Smoothie bar chooses Ilkeston
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The owner of a smoothie bar which has just opened in Ilkeston has said he was inspired to set up shop in the town after reading about our Staying Alive campaign.
U Choose in Bath Street was officially opened by Mayor of Erewash Cllr Terry Holbrook and received a blessing from Catholic priest, Father Colin Taylor, on Thursday, May 28.
When passing through Ilkeston a few months ago, Paul Opiah and his brother picked up a copy of the Advertiser and read about our campaign to keep our town centres thriving.
He said: "We read it and thought to ourselves, 'What a good idea', and this is how we ended up opening up in Ilkeston."
Husband and wife team, Paul and Lina Opiah, are hoping to expand their menu of more than 30 different
smoothies.
They also strongly believe in the health benefits of their recipes.
Paul said: "All the recipes are Taiwanese and are used in hospitals out there.
"We want to see if Ilkeston Community Hospital will try some of our recipes for their patients."
Paul has one other smoothie bar in south-east London and hopes to expand the U Choose chain across Derbyshire.
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Source Ilkeston Today
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Campaign to save our towns
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 Thriving shops are the lifeblood of any town and it is vital we take action to keep them open.
Boarded-up stores blight our high street – a fact that was forcefully brought home to many towns with the demise of Woolworths.
Ilkeston was no exception and the sad state of Bath Street is testiment to how bad the situation has become here.
Efforts are being made to disguise the decline with the fantastic old photographs mounted on the disused stores but we hope that more can be done in the coming months.
Today, the Advertiser is launching a new campaign to get behind our shopkeepers and the groups striving to keep our town alive.
We will be including a variety of special features in the paper from
now until Christmas – all with the aim of protecting our town.
We will be staging a competition in association with the Derbyshire Building Society to find our favourite shop assistant.
There will be a chance for traders to enter themselves for special awards; we will be backing the charter fair in the autumn and we will also be putting our weight behind the county council's latest initiative to get people shopping locally.
We want to write special features on our success stories and help to fill some of the empty stores by making sure everyone knows what a great town Ilkeston could be in which to shop and work.
Paul Calladine, market town co-ordinator with the Erewash Partnership, who have already made efforts to keep Ilkeston thriving, said: "Town centre viability is right at the top of the Partnership's agenda.
"We welcome the Advertiser's campaign and look forward to working together to support local businesses."
Manager of Midlands Co-op's Ilkeston department store, Dave Elliott, said: "Naturally we welcome any initiative that increases customer footfall to the town.
"In terms of our own department store we are planning to introduce additional concessions to increase customer choice and enhance their shopping experience."
What do you think can be done to help restore our town centre to its former glory. Let us know by commenting on this story.
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It's time to make your final vote
We're down to the last 20 in our Pets on the Net competition – and it's time for you to cast your final votes.
Over the past few weeks we've had lots of entries sent in for our popular contest.
We've seen dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and many more animals posing for the cameras.
And from all the entries we asked you to vote for which pets you thought should make it into the top 20 – and here they are.
Now it's up to you to decide which of them should win the first prize of a £100 voucher from Pets At Home.
You can vote by post or text until 9am next Friday, June 19, and the winners will then be announced in the paper and online on Wednesday, June 24.
As well as the £100 prize there will also be a runner-up prize of a Pets At Home voucher of £50 and for the pets winning third and fourth place there will be £25 vouchers from the store.
So get voting and let us know which pet you think should be crowned winner of our 2009 Pets on the Net contest.
To text your vote, text petfinalmid (space) the number of your favourite pet (space) followed by your name (space) house number (space) and postcode. Send to 81800.
Or you can complete the voting form in this week's newspaper and send it to Pets on the Net, The Belper News, 8 Market Place, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1FZ. Normal competition rules apply and are available on request.
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relating to local issues, forum and site, we are also hoping to
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NEWS
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Leisure Card
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Smoked haddock fishcake with tomato and olive salsa
By Gino D'Acampo
A great summery recipe. Serves one.
Ingredients:
• 70g smoked haddock
• 1 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
• 120g tinned potatoes, drained
• 1 egg
• ½ red chilli, seeded and chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped, seeds removed
• 50g kalamata olives, pitted
• 30g courgette
• 1 lemon
• 20g breadcrumbs
• Flour for dusting
Method:
• Combine the haddock, breadcrumbs, half the coriander, the zest of the lemon, potatoes, chilli, a small squeeze of lemon juice and the egg in a bowl. Mould into a cake shape and dust with flour. Fry in olive oil for 2 minutes. Flip the cake into a dry pan and cook in the oven for a further 3 minutes at 180°C.
• Cut the courgette into matchsticks and marinate with half the remaining lemon juice and a glug of extra virgin olive oil. Leave for 5 minutes.
• To make the salsa, toss the olives and tomato with the remaining coriander and the rest of the lemon juice.
• Serve the fishcake with the salsa scattered around it and the courgette on top.
Find all the recipes from ITV's Daily Cooks Challenge at www.cooksforcooks.com.
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