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Frisby Lakes Lodge Park

Holiday park wins prestigious green award

A drone photo of the NEMMDR works going on in on the A606 Burton Road south of Melton IMAGE GEORGE ICKE

Planned three-week closure of major Melton road sparks anger

James, Clair, Emily and George Goodson at The Vale of Belvoir Natural Burial Ground in Bottesford

Award for family-run natural burial ground

Colles Hall, in Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, which is up for sale

Historic Melton building up for sale for £425K

Latest news from the Melton borough

Have your say on Melton's new climate change strategy

From left: Chris Green, head of service for Highways Operations, Councillor Ozzy O'Shea, cabinet member for highways and transport, and Tom Vesty, Highway Works Manager

Gritting teams prepare to keep Leicestershire's roads safe

A sign directing residents to the Somerby household waste and recycling site

Have your say on major changes to household waste sites in Melton area

Melton Borough Council has taken a resident to court

Melton resident prosecuted for having scrap vehicles in his garden

A computer image of the proposed housing development on the former Jeld-Wen site, on Snow Hill, close to Scalford Brook

Residents express fears over housing plan on former factory site

Saxby Road at the junction with Brook Street at Melton Mowbray IMAGE Google StreetView

Road closed at busy Melton junction due to gas leak

The entrance to Melton's Egerton Park and the car park surface at the cricket club (left) before it was repaired

Bypass contractors thanked for repairing Melton club's car park
Essential repairs have been carried out on the car park at Egerton Park Cricket Club by contractors working on Melton’s new bypass road.

The former Jeld-Wen site at Snow Hill in Melton Mowbray

Revised plans for homes at Jeld-Wen site to be exhibited

An electric car being charged

Where in the borough do you want new electric car charge points installed?

Melton MP Alicia Kearns is seeking an urgent meeting with the Transport Secretary over funding for the proposed MMDR south sections

Melton MP makes 11th-hour bid to rescue funding for southern relief road

Cars struggle in flooded Mill Lane at Rearsby today

Storm Babet - road closures in Melton and Rutland

A Flood Alert has been issued

Flood alert in place for villages west of Melton Mowbray

Somerby household waste and recycling site, which is under threat of closure

Village tip could close in new cost-cutting plans

Ironstone Energy Ltd have announced proposals to develop a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on land owned by Buckminster Estate at Sewstern

Public invited to see village plans for 'green gas' plant

The new roundabout built for the Bloor Homes Development, where a week-long road closure will take place on Scalford road up to the Holwell Lane junction later this month Drone PHOTO MICHAEL RILEY

Major Melton Mowbray road to be closed for a week

Members of the Friends of Melton Country Park tending the Covid Memorial beds and sculptures

A busy summer for the Friends of Melton Country Park

Archaeologists examine remains of Roman planting beds in the farmstead unearthed during work to build Melton's NEMMDR

Large Roman farm unearthed on route of new Melton relief road

A computer graphic showing the roundabout on Burton Road in Melton which would link with a proposed southern section of the MMDR

Council confirms commitment to Melton bypass southern link

An electric car being charged

Major new funding to increase county chargepoints for electric vehicles

A solar farm is planned on agricultural land in the Vale of Belvoir

Appeal lodged over controversial solar farm plans in Vale of Belvoir

The site, outlined in red, which had been earmarked for a planned solar farm on fields at Easthorpe

Councillors block controversial Vale solar farm scheme

The Play Close Park in Melton Mowbray, where a new Park Centre could be built

New public toilets planned in Melton parks as part of new community hub

Deputy Melton Borough Council leader, Margaret Glancy, with members of the local bin collection team and lorries with the new signage on

Melton bin lorries used to get message across about fly-tipping

The site, outlined in red, earmarked for a planned solar farm on fields at Easthorpe

Councillors to consider controversial solar farm project
Controversial plans for a new solar farm in the Vale of Belvoir will be considered by councillors next week.

The site earmarked for a new service station on the A606 near Hickling IMAGE Google StreetView

Plans approved for controversial 'motorway style' service station near Melton

Severn Trent are to spend £260,000 renewing water pipes at Long Clawson

Project to renew 1km of water pipes set to begin at Long Clawson

Egerton Lodge, which is up for sale after the care home was placed into administration

Sale price revealed for historic Egerton Lodge

The 20,000-tonne pile of rubbish fly-tipped at East Goscote earlier this year

Councils join forces to crack down on fly-tippers

The derelict former Millway Foods factory site at Harby pictured before the buildings were demolished

Developers make new attempt to build homes on former village factory site

Members of Melton Borough Council's Safer Communities Team took action

Action taken against Melton resident who continued playing loud music

National Simplicity Day is this month (photo: Adobe)

Tiny changes truly can make huge differences

Jean Forbes in the road which was named after her and late husband Bill in Melton

Tributes for a champion of Melton Country Park who has died aged 77

Going Green: Warmer waters aren’t healthy for our wildlife

Decathlon’s green ‘No tent left behind’ campaign

Electric vehicles are here to stay

Going Green: Driving home case for more electric vehicles

Enjoy the seaside

Going Green: ​Make little changes before visiting the seaside

Cherie Lunghi. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney)

Going Green : Make your barbecue environment friendly

Get out into the great outdoors this Father's Day

Going Green: ​Go back to nature with your dad on Father’s Day

Deborah Meaden (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Going Green: How awful is climate change for  gardeners?

Dead fish floating in the River Wreake at Rhubarb Island this morning PHOTO Kevin Hendey

Reports of dead fish floating in Melton river

A new flood strategy is being drawn up for Leicestershire

Views sought on how to manage flooding across Leicestershire
Residents across Leicestershire are being urged to give their views on how the risk of flooding should be managed locally.

Lucy Stones, founder of A Little Less Waste and one of the leading lights in The Great Big Green Week activities in Melton

Lots of events lined up in Melton to celebrate Great Big Green Week

Latest Melton news

Melton identified as possible site for sourcing deep geothermal energy

The plans for 34 new homes at Canal Lane in Hose

Proposal to drop affordable homes requirement from village housing scheme

Jerry Filor (left) with the renamed and redecorated replica canal barge in Heritage Gardens and (right) Melton In Bloom volunteers plant the gardens

Tribute to the late Queen added to Melton's Heritage Gardens

Friends of Melton Country Park volunteers adding their willow dragonfly sculptures to the bird hide

More than 20 volunteers join forces to spruce up Melton Country Park

Members of 5th Melton Guides and Melton Rangers take part in a litter pick at Melton Country Park for the Big Help Out scheme

Youngsters carry out litter pick in country park for Big Help Out scheme

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Mike Kapur, with representatives of Melton Mowbray Town Estate at the planting of the Coronation oak tree in Egerton Park

Coronation oak tree unveiled in Melton park

The Burrough Hall gardens which will be open to the public in May

Enjoy a visit to some of the Melton areas most beautiful gardens during May

A Severn Trent employee inspects a drain near a river

Sewage dumped in more Melton rivers than any other part of Leicestershire

Ab Kettleby School pupils enjoy their new outdoor classroom

Village pupils love their new outdoor classroom