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TASTE TESTING

Magical Tree Nursery in Burnley, Lancashire, hosted a menu tasting evening attended by more than 30 parents, players from Burnley Football Club and England under-21 footballer Jay Rodriguez. As part of the event, everyone had the opportunity to taste the nursery's spring menu and discuss recipes with its professional chef, Joanne Ashworth, who used to work with celebrity chef Gary Rhodes.

HORSE PLAY

Children from Bardney Playgroup in Lincolnshire learnt how to look after and ride a horse when a volunteer from the community brought her horse Rosie to the setting. Hayley Ruane, manager of the playgroup, said, 'The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience, their faces lighting up when riding the horse. One child asked if they could take Rosie home.'

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