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The parents of a two-year-old Melton girl, who suffers regular seizures and has brain damage, are desperately trying to raise tens of thousands of pounds to pay for treatment here and abroad to help her live a healthier life.

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Melton man who had a varied working life as a local police officer, driving instructor and holiday tour coach driver and who played a big part in the town’s sporting community.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day this year, Melton is hosting its first 1940s weekend on May 16 and 17.

Another successful Santa’s sleigh tour by the Vale of Belvoir Lions Club has raised thousands for charity.

The Rotary Club of Melton Belvoir’s Santa sleigh has raised over £9,000 and smashed last year’s total thanks to the generosity of Melton residents during the festive period.

A Melton man who has been treated for prostate cancer is supporting a move to establish a new screening technique for the disease which is more accurate and less invasive for patients.

Human bones found on a building site at Melton have been found to date back to the 7th century, police confirmed today (Wednesday).

He vividly remembers travelling on steam trains from his Frisby home to go to school in Melton.

It was the end of an era for villagers at Grimston when their beloved postman retired at the weekend after a career lasting four decades.

A Melton man has talked about the ‘unbelievably scary’ experience of being caught up in the devastating wildfires which are continuing to rage through Australia.

Eight years after she made headlines around the world after completing the London Marathon course in a robotic suit, Clare Lomas is returning to the race in April.

A 10-year-old boy who survived a potentially deadly bout of meninigitis is fronting a winter campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms which more often develop in the colder months and which are difficult to spot.

An exhausted and shivering dog, which was stuck for five hours on an island at Melton Country Park after swimming out across the lake, was reunited with his relieved owners thanks to a heart-warming collaboration between firefighters and a local charity which cares for lost pets.

Firefighters rescued a dog with a sled after it was stuck on an island on a lake at Melton Country Park for three hours.

In-patients at Melton Mowbray Hospital woke up on Christmas morning with a gift thanks to the generosity of supporters of the Age UK.

A village butcher’s shop which has been run by three generations of a family since 1910 will close down on Saturday December 28 because it is unable to compete with cheaper supermarket meat and internet sales.

When a Melton schoolboy complained of having a stitch in his side on a family holiday he and his parents and siblings had no idea it was actually symptoms of a rare form of cancer.

As families prepare to gather for the festive season there was a very special occasion for one Melton family when five generations got together in the town.