Your Life Doncaster: Things we think you should know this week

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Hello there,
Welcome to* this week's edition* of the Your Life Doncaster newsletter, where we round up all of the latest Doncaster news and information from the last week that matters to you.
*This week's top stories:*
* Delicious Doncaster Food and drink Festival returns this weekend!
* Have you had your say on the City Centre yet?
* Tennis courts reopen after renovation
* D-Day Commemorations in Doncaster
* Recycle Right with our A-Z Recycling webpage
* Organise a community street play event on your street!
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Delicious Doncaster Food and Drink Festival returns this weekend!
*Join us this weekend for another course of Delicious Doncaster Food and Drink Festival with culinary delights galore, plenty of foodie fun and activities plus celebrity hosts.*
The three day extravaganza hosted in Doncaster City Centre will include street food stalls, professional demonstrations and talks, tasting sessions and opportunities to take part in this year’s bake-off competitions
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*Levi Roots*
On Saturday, there'll be a cosy chat with Levi Roots who will share his background and talk about his rise to fame on Dragon's Den with his Reggae Reggae Sauce at the Mansion House.
"*This is a ticketed event. Further details here [
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*Tom Surgey*
A drinks tasting experience in Doncaster's palatial Mansion House with wine expert Tom Surgey.
"*This is a ticketed event. Further details here [
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*Street Food and Entertainment*
The street food stalls will be located in and around St Sepulchre Gate, Clock Corner/French Gate Precinct, Baxter Gate and lower High Street with street entertainment also taking place.
There will be a Food Festival entertainment stage based on Clock Corner with a variety of entertainment taking place over the course of the three days.
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Doncaster’s Foodie Fortnight will run from 24 May - 7 June and is a celebration of the gastronomic delights available from the restaurants and cafés in the city centre and the wealth of produce from our fabulous fresh food and beverage retailers.
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Have you had your say on the City Centre yet?
Doncaster residents and visitors are being asked to *share their opinions and thoughts on the future of the city centre* in a consultation called the ‘Big City Conversation’ and there's still chance to have your say*.*
If you live or work in Doncaster, we want YOU to help us grow, shape and transform the city centre.
*Take the 10 minute survey:*
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Big City Conversation
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Doncaster Park tennis courts reopen after renovation
*Tennis courts in Hexthorpe Park and Haslam Park* have officially reopened after renovations.
The courts have undergone extensive work to ensure viability for years to come, including resurfacing, repainting, new nets and new gate system at Haslam Park and repainting and new nets at Hexthorpe Park.
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Tennis Courts
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Recycle Right with our A-Z Recycling webpage
*Not sure which bin to put the rubbish in?*
Currently, almost one third of Doncaster's waste found in recycle bins cannot be recycled.
Check our A-Z of recycling on our website to help recycle right.
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Blue bin
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*D-Day commemorations in Doncaster
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*Doncaster will be joining national observances to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday 6 June.*
This will include a D-Day 80 Proclamation at 8am outside the Mansion House and in the evening, a beacon lighting at the war memorial in Bennetthorpe at 9.15pm.
Schools across the city are also encouraged to take part. There are D-Day teaching resources available on the BBC Teach website – *D-Day Teaching Resources [
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*Organise a community street play event on your street*
We're in the middle of half term and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about planning your own Street Play Event!
Check out our *Street Play Toolkit* for parents and carers to organise safe community play days on YOUR street in the summer holidays.
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Street Play
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