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Raj and Yadvinder Bains, with their long service award after running the Post Office at Welby Lane for 30 years

Couple celebrate running a Melton Post Office for 30 years

Charles Richards, with wife Serena, shows off his KVCO medal after the ceremony at Sandringham

Villager 'euphoric' after receiving prestigious honour from The King

Norman Way (left), Melton, and the new Emergency Help Point located there this week

Council clarifies why location of new emergency help point was chosen

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns presents her Christmas card - designed by local schoolchildren following a competition - to Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak

Winners of MP's Christmas card competition announced

Headteacher Karen Lambert with some of her pupils at Stathern Primary School

Village school retains 'outstanding' rating 13 years after last inspection

Sage Cross Methodist Church in Melton Mowbray

Historic Melton church to close after 152 years

Frisby Lakes Lodge Park

Holiday park wins prestigious green award

Pupils visit the Friends of The Tenth war memorial to the 10th Battalion at Burrough-on-the-Hill

Village schoolchildren explore wartime links with Somerby and Burrough

Waltham Scottish Country Dancing Group celebrates St Andrew's Day in style

Special night for Waltham Scottish country dancers

An aerial photo of Melton Sports Village, where a new soft play centre and cafe could soon be provided
PHOTO Mark @ Aerialview360

Soft play centre and leisure centre improvements planned by council

The new emergency help point installed in Norman Way, Melton Mowbray

Emergency help point installed in Melton town centre
An emergency help point has been installed in Melton Mowbray to support anyone who feels unsafe while they are out in the town.

One of the 36th Melton Mowbray Scout Group with a pile of Christmas cards ready to be delivered

Melton Scouts offer Christmas card postal service

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

11-year-old Isabel Stephen with her winner in the The Best Beast Shown by a Young Handler at the 2023 Melton Christmas Fatstock Show, with Mayor Alan Hewson and Hugh Brown (MBAS)

Champions crowned at Melton's Christmas Fatstock Show and Sale

Jamie Payne wants to make precious memories with wife Joanne, who has incurable cancer.

Dad's plea for terminally ill wife facing final Christmas

Melton Borough Council's Parkside offices

Decision made on preferred location for Melton's new GP surgery

Manager Richard Griffiths with staff members outside the Dickinson and Morris Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe

'Pork pie shop's expansion will attract more shoppers and tourists to Melton'

Some of the volunteers who helped distribute 137 food hampers to struggling Melton people last Christmas

Melton Christmas food appeal launched for those who are struggling

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

Award for family-run natural burial ground

Mayor of Melton, Councillor Alan Hewson, turns on the Christmas lights on Friday, with guests including panto star Shannon

Panto stars help with Melton's Christmas lights switch-on

Headteacher Melanie Wrightam wtih some of the pupils at Scalford Primary School, which has joined Learn Academies Trust

Village primary school 'thrilled' to join academy trust

Outstanding contribution winner Johnny Nicol with deputy mayor, Councillor Tim Webster at the Let's Get Moving Melton Awards 2023

Let's Get Moving Melton Awards 2023 - the winners

Melton Mowbray Christmas Tree Festival 2023

Church visitors dazzled by hundreds of Christmas trees

Santa and his elves pictured outside their grotto in The Bell Centre, Melton, today

Children flock to see Santa in The Bell Centre

Melton Mowbray Hospital

Update on power outage at Melton Mowbray Hospital

Karolina Drazewska, of Stapleford Park Hotel, won the award for best waiting staff

Hotel staff celebrate success at county tourism and hospitality awards

Florence Skipper (centre), the winner of the Ironstone Family of Churches Christmas card design competition, with Lila Chaumillon (left) and Chloe Moulds, who were also judged in the top three

Village pupil designs Christmas card for 1,000 households

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

Historic Melton building up for sale for £425K
An historic Melton Mowbray town centre building which has most recently been used as a restaurant is up for sale for £425,000.

The level crossing at Station Lane, near Asfordby
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Level crossing barrier damage caused rural road closure

The late Anna Turakhia with her son, Keran, the Samosa Wallah

Samosa Wallah pays tribute to his mum after her sad passing

Some of the contestants in this year's Melton's Got Talent 2023

Winners of Melton's Got Talent 2023

The sensory garden is officially opened at Oasis Preschool and Retreat in Melton

Oasis preschoolers thrilled by new sensory room and garden

Melton Belvoir Rotary Christmas collections start this weekend

Melton Belvoir Rotary raises £26K in a year

Tracey Dene-Powell and Sarah Robb - authors of new podcast, More Than A Woman

New podcast showcases talented local women

The late Vera Scholes, as a young woman and in later life

Tributes for Melton woman who passed away aged 103

Belvoir Castle transformed into festive wonderland
PHOTO CHARLOTTE GRAHAM

Belvoir Castle transformed into festive wonderland

Santa and the Trumpton mini fire engine will be touring Melton Mowbray again from next week

Trumpton prepares to tour Melton streets with Santa

Melton Borough Council took the case to court

Scalford resident prosecuted after Airbnb allegation

The Melton and District Round Table Santa sleigh tours the borough in a previous year

Villagers ready to welcome Round Table's Santa sleigh

The Christmas lights are switched on in Melton Market Place a few years ago

Melton Mowbray Christmas lights switch-on 2023

JB Thompson of Stainby are presented with The Brownlow Challenge Cup, for Champion Beast last year's Melton Fatstock Show, by the Mayor of Melton, Councillor Alan Hewson, Melton & Belvoir Agricultural Society chair, Hugh Brown, and auctioneer, Scott Ruck

Market to host 71st annual Melton fatstock show

The decorated family house in Stirling Road which raised money for charity

Dozens enjoy family's Christmas fundraiser

Santa Claus arrives at the Re-engage Christmas party at The Welcome Cafe at Twyford

Isolated elderly enjoy early Christmas cheer

Police have made an arrest

Youth banned from Melton town centre after anti-social arrest

The spectacular Melton Mowbray Christmas tree festival pictured last year

All set for Melton's spectacular twinkling festival of Christmas trees
This year’s spectacular Christmas tree festival is launched at Melton’s St Mary’s Church on Friday.

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Have your say on Melton's new climate change strategy

From left, MP Alicia Kearns presents certificates to last year's winners Gates Garden Centre, Melton Sports and Foxy Lots

Opinion: Showing my support for our local independents

Staff and volunteers at The Hanger charity superstore in Melton Mowbray celebrate funding 1,000 lifesaving missions for the local air ambulance service

Charity store celebrates funding 1,000 lifesaving missions

A police roadblock at Plungar after the discovery of Timothy Macdonald's body
PHOTO GEORGE ICKE

Plungar murder: mobile phone handed into Melton police after appeal

Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns, inset, has launched her new competition to find the area's favourite shop. Photograph shows Melton town centre

MP launches 'best shop' competition

Melton firefighters responded to the incident

Horse rescued from deep muddy bog by Melton firefighters

The visitor centre at Melton Country Park

Live music at Melton Country Park's autumn fair

Pupils at The Grove Primary School, in Melton, enjoy science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) activities

'Our children had the best day!'

A support session at Pepper's - A Safe Place in Melton

New mental health drop-in sessions in Melton

Children and helpers at Great Dalby pre-school taking part in their danceathon for Children In Need

Youngsters raise money for Children In Need with danceathon

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