Origins of the English race

AN AUTHOR is giving a talk at Sapcote library about the origins of the English race.

Marianne Whiting will be exploring the rich mixture of groups that have contributed to make up the English, such as the Britons, Saxons and Vikings.

She is the author of a trilogy of books about a Viking warrior woman in Cumbria.

Her talk will look at the influence of the Celts, Scots, Welsh, Angles, Romans, Normans, Phoenicians and Danes, along with many others.

Sapcote itself has a history of Roman, Norman and later settlements, while Sharnford and Sapcote are within a few miles of the Roman crossroads at the centre of England, High Cross.

Tickets for the talk are £4 and include tea, coffee and Sapcote scones.

Visitors are advised to book early as there was heavy demand for previous talks.

Book your ticket by calling Teresa Lee on 07774 276488 or email admin@sapcote communitylibrary.org. uk.

The talk is on May 16 at 12.30pm. A WOMAN who called 999 with no medical need 740 times in three months has been told to pay £2,000 compensation to EMAS and banned from calling the emergency services for five years other than in a genuine emergency.

The frequent caller, whose actions cost the NHS £13,276, appeared at court earlier this month where she pleaded guilty to persistently making use of a public communications network to cause annoyance, inconvenience and anxiety.

The caller also rang EMAS 97 times on Christmas Day 2017. As a result, the woman has also been sentenced to a 12 month community order, 15 days of rehabilitation activity, and will receive mental health treatment.

At one point she even called from two mobile phones tying up two call handlers at a time.

Ian Brett, Emergency Operations Commander, was overseeing the control room on one occasion when the caller used three different phones to ring 68