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BBC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
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Norfolk's Peter Beales wins 30th gold at Chelsea Flower Show
A specialist rose grower has been awarded its 30th gold medal by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show despite facing a difficult year affected by the winter. Peter Beales Roses, based in Attleborough, Norfolk, has been showcasing at the flower show since the 1970s, where it has received numerous medals for its rose displays. Judges said its display this year captivated a harmonious blend of artistry, scent and environmental awareness. Ian Limmer, head rosarian, said: "To win our 30th Chelsea gold, and receive the highest possible marks by the judges is a huge honour for our whole team." The display, which the team sought advice for from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, was themed around wildlife and sustainability to demonstrate how roses can form the backbone of an ecologically rich garden. It featured two 20ft (six metre) Silver Common Birch trees to showcase how roses are able to scale the tree and become a habitat for birds. The nursery housed about 3,000 plants that were specifically grown for the prestigious show, which included 1,500 roses. Speaking prior to their win, Mr Limmer said the weather meant it had been a "difficult year" for the plants. "I don't think we've had hardly any rain... we put in our root stocks at the nursery and we've not had any rain to settle them in. "We've also had some intense summer. An early summer, with the heat and the light. It has made it a little more difficult to bring all these roses for Chelsea Flower Show."The poor plants don't know what to think," he said. The show was also an opportunity for the nursery to introduce a new rose named Ashton Wold, created to honour the Ashton Wold Estate in Northamptonshire. Peter Beales Roses first attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in the 1970s where it won its first medal, a Bronze Flora, in 1973. Since then it has won many gold medals from 1989 to 2025. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Health
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Attleborough woman creates journals for baby loss
A woman who suffered baby loss 28 weeks into her pregnancy has set up a project to help others coping with Wilbourne, from Attleborough, Norfolk, fell pregnant six years after being told she could not have a few months into her pregnancy in January, it became clear to doctors that baby Matilda had very serious medical conditions and Ms Wilbourne was advised to have a termination for medical 25-year-old turned to journaling to deal with her emotional struggles, before setting up Matilda's Legacy, designing grief books for others dealing with baby loss. Ms Wilbourne said: "We was so shocked to find out that we was pregnant in the first place after being told for so long that it wasn't going to happen.""Obviously we was over the moon, and then it slowly was all taken away from us." She said they were advised by various medical experts that Matilda "would have no quality of life and would not even be able to sit in a wheelchair due to her serious conditions".Ms Wilbourne was offered a termination "for medical reasons a few times, but it wasn't until we had checked every available avenue to change her outcome did we make the decision to have a medical termination and induced labour". Ms Wilbourne struggled to deal with the loss, despite having a supportive partner and family. "My actual bereavement midwives were absolutely brilliant. I can't fault them at all," she said."However I have ADHD and really struggle talking about my emotions. I bottle things up and then let them come out in different ways, which isn't good for me."She decided to start writing Matilda a letter each day, expressing her daily emotions."I could go back and reflect on my good days and my bad days, and know that I am getting there, making progress with coming to terms with what happened," she Wilbourne added that the "privacy of the journal", essentially a conversation between herself and her baby, was, she believed, the secret of its success for her."Nobody else has to see what I've said. I can be 100% honest with how I'm feeling," she Wilbourne said she finds talking to new people difficult and journaling is something she can do herself, knowing "nobody is going to question me on it, unless I want to share it".For every two notebooks sold, one would be donated to her local bereavement midwife team, to give to women who have lost a child, as well as fathers and siblings. If you, or someone you know, have been affected by this story, please visit the BBC Action Line to find information on organisations that can help. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
