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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

The level crossing at Station Lane, near Asfordby IMAGE Google StreetView

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
Children at Melton’s Oasis Preschool and Retreat are thrilled with their 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

Latest news from the Melton borough

Have your say on Melton's new climate change strategy

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
Fifteen categories are up for grabs

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

Jonathan Griffiths on the stall for The Cosy Chocolate Company at ChocFest in Melton

Thousands of chocolate-lovers enjoy Melton's ChocFest

Kick Up The Arts will be held in The Bell Centre in Melton Mowbray

Community arts event to be staged in Melton

Tom Griggs, who is preparing to close his Icon UK shop in King Street to move his business online

Final weeks of 40-year-old Melton music shop

Launch night for IGNITE Performing Arts Academy at Melton college

IGNITE Performing Arts Academy launched at Melton college

Farmer Jane Barnes at Asfordby Hill Primary School where she gave a talk to pupils

Farmer passes on passion to hundreds of schoolchildren

Market stalls in Melton Mowbray

Vegan market returns to Melton Mowbray

The turning to Plungar, where police are investigating a murder PHOTO GEORGE ICKE

Mobile phone could hold key to Plungar murder investigation

Ballerinas taking part in Belvoir Dance Academy's show at Melton Theatre

Young dancers put on stunning show for charity

One of the fundraisers walks over red hot coals for Dove Cottage Day Hospice

Fundraisers walk over scorching 1,000-degree coals for hospice

Station manager Christine Slomkowska and presenter Patrick McCracken in the studio at 103 The Eye PHOTO GEORGE ICKE

Melton's radio station gets Royal seal of approval

The Kettleby Cross pub in Melton Mowbray

Melton pub is flushed with success

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
The team which grits the roads of Leicestershire is preparing for its winter programme.

Students at John Ferneley College, in Melton, at a Remembrance event

Schoolchildren pay their respects at Remembrance events

The Melton Band leads the Melton Mowbray Remembrance Sunday parade through Sherrard Street

Huge crowds support Melton's Remembrance Sunday parade

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

Cranmer Company of Singers and Chamber Orchestra, who are putting on a concert at Bottesford

Charity concert to be hosted by Bottesford church

Timothy Macdonald, whose body was found in a field at Plungar on Tuesday

Police name man found dead in a field at Plungar

Christmas lights

Melton family to put on Christmas lights event for charity

A previous Melton Santa Fun Run

Melton Santa Fun Run 2023

Nick and Maxine Ablewhite at their Beckmill Court flat with beloved dog, Princess PHOTO GEORGE ICKE

Disabled Melton man feels trapped in his council flat after amputation

Members of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance service at their Nottingham base

Inspectors say local air ambulance service is 'outstanding'

A police road block at Plungar this week following the discovery of a man's body in a field PHOTO GEORGE ICKE

Second death linked to discovery of man's body at Plungar