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Street furniture and planters in Melton are to be given a charity deep clean in a bid to help win a coveted In Bloom gold award and make the town centre more attractive.

Police say a missing 15-year-old girl was found safe and well in Melton yesterday afternoon (Thursday).

Get ready for two days of family fun as Melton Show and Festival returns on Sunday and Monday.

The Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray are hoping for another bumper fundraising day when they hold their annual duck race on Monday (May 27).

Thanks to a trip to Specsavers in Melton, a local woman’s sight was saved.

Police have stepped up their search for a missing 15-year-old girl by releasing CCTV images of her visiting a supermarket in Melton with another girl.

A survivor of the 2017 London Bridge and Borough Market terrorist atrocity is preparing to cycle from the scene of the attack to Paris in support of a charity inspired by the youngest victim.

A Melton pensioner who lost his wallet containing £105 in cash and his Leicester City FC season ticket has thanked an anonymous Good Samaritan who returned it to him in the post three days later with the contents still intact.

Moving and inspirational speeches were made on Thursday by members of community groups, charities and sports organisations from across the Melton borough as they received cheques from the 2019 Make It Happen funding scheme at a presentation night at Ragdale Hall Spa.

A cancer research charity has paid tribute to a tireless Scalford fundraiser for her hard work in raising funds and awareness.

A Melton teenager has said goodbye to her long hair to help poorly youngsters.

The Melton Pork Pie Pedal is back for a 10th time and, as always, will be held on the first Saturday in July.

Members of the Melton branch of the Royal British Legion have thanked staff and regulars at a town pub for raising hundreds of pounds for their funds.

A decision on whether to close a Melton pre-school has been put on hold while discussions continue to find a way to keep it running.

Some of the finest historical artefacts ever to be displayed at Melton Carnegie Museum have gone on show this week.

A grandmother who has delivered babies for generations of Melton families over more than 30 years is retiring as a midwife at the end of this month.

Parents and carers will have limited access to a Melton school’s car park from next week after concerns that some are endangering pupils by driving too quickly or parking in unsafe place to drop off and pick up their children.

A former Premier League footballer dedicated a leg of his epic seven-day ironman challenge to Melton schoolgirl, Evie Moore, who has just finished four gruelling years of cancer treatment.