- Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'
- Figures show fall in railway crimes
- Young royals join Queen's pageant
- Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'
- Warning given over 'housing crisis'
- Social care 'at breaking point'
- Double record for kidney donor
- PM queries single currency survival
- Pay vote clears way for investment
- Three held after far-right protest
- Home-working side-effects revealed
- Cowell 'puzzled' by BBC's The Voice
- More growing own food to save cash
Sponsored by
News
Rural bus cut proposals to be debated at public meeting in Harby
COST-cutting proposals to reduce vital rural bus services will be hotly debated at a public meeting tonight in Harby Village Hall (7.30pm).
Honeymoon with a twist
MELTON Toys has handed over bags of gifts for impoverished children to a Melton reverend and her husband, to take on a working honeymoon to Malawi.
PM praises Claire as she comes home video
THE Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have sent a letter of congratulations to courageous Claire Lomas for completing the London Marathon wearing a robotic suit.
Petition calls for graveyard security
A PROTEST group has launched a petition calling on Melton Council to increase security at Thorpe Road Cemetery.
Graffiti vandals hit town
OFFENSIVE graffiti scrawled at various locations around town over the weekend was being cleaned up by Verdant staff on Monday.
Sport
Melton Charity Cup in the balance after final ends in violence
THE future of the Melton Charity Cup is in the balance after Friday’s final descended into violence and farce.
Strictly star Du Beke turns to cricket
STRICTLY Come Dancing celebrity Anton Du Beke will don his whites and take to the cricket field at Knipton next Thursday.
Video
PM praises Claire as she comes home video
THE Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have sent a letter of congratulations to courageous Claire Lomas for completing the London Marathon wearing a robotic suit.
Lifestyle
Made in Rutland show
A spring craft fair is being held in Whissendine Village Hall on Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
Can Iceland break a record?
STAFF at Iceland in High Street, Melton are hoping to smash the world record for pushing a supermarket trolley around a track for 24 hours.
Budding hairdressers impress at hair show
LADY Gaga and the Olympic Games were just some of the inspirations behind the hair designs featured in Brooksby Melton College’s hair show, held this week.
Terminal 1 hosts top BMX contest
EXCITEMENT was ramped up at Melton’s Terminal 1 park as it hosted the start of a major event in the BMX-ing world.
Community
Will fire station be demolished?
MELTON Fire Station could be demolished and a new station built if plans are given the go ahead by Melton Council and the Leicestershire Fire Authority.
‘One party council’ claims are refuted
CLAIMS that Melton Council has become one party controlled have been dismissed by its leader.
1 comment
Recycling scheme to cut costs
MORE than 400 Melton businesses are to get their recyclable trade waste collected thanks to a new initiative from the Melton BID Company.
Talent show boosts funds for residents
OVER £500 has been received by south Melton residents group Shout4Residents thanks to outgoing chair Duncan Shelley and Melton’s Got Talent.
Sports day to help Jo fight cancer
A MELTON family is organising a multi-sports fundraising event to support their god-daughter who is suffering from a rare and incurable heart disease.
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Melton
Thursday 17 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 8 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: North east
