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Councillors held a meeting with Melton's farmers

Councillors hold meeting with Melton's farmers

The planned new toilets at the Stockyard

Stockyard redevelopment plans to go before planners this week

Waterfield Leisure Centre (left) and Melton Sports Village - hundreds of solar panels could soon be installed on their roofs

Plans to install hundreds of solar panels on roofs of leisure centres

Melton councillors are set to clash over inheritance tax plan for farms

Councillors set to clash over farming tax plans

The now fenced-off site which has been earmarked for a new home on Navigation Close in Melton

Appeal lodged over house being built on green space

Dancers enjoying the music at a previous Noisily Festival

Vale festival given approval to play music until 5am

Councillor Chris Evans, who has been given extended leave of absence from Melton Borough Council

Melton councillor allowed extended leave from duties

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

A sign outside Somerby waste site, which is being closed down due to cost-cutting measures

Waste site staff threaten strike action over cost-cutting measures

A graphic showing how the proposed new housing development off Normanton Lane, Bottesford, would look

Councillors to consider plans for up to 215 new homes in village

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls
A terrifying video shows how a town has been invaded by an “apocalyptic” swarm of up to 3,000 seagulls – despite being 30 miles from the nearest coast.
Sean Gleaves

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Council to consider plans for new village children's home

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

The interior at Melton Theatre

Melton Theatre loses 'levelling up' funding

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Paul and Debbie Biggadyke beside the now fenced off area of green space so precious to fellow residents of Navigation Close in Melton

Residents win battle to save their green space

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

Councillor Butcher outside Melton Council's new house in the town

Three new homes available for Melton council tenants

An artist's impression of what the retained vagrant cell feature will look like at the former St Mary's Hospital site at Melton

Demolition work advances on former Melton hospital site

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Melton Mowbray town centre looking down Nottingham Street

Have your say on changes to the Melton Local Plan

Leicestershire County Council HQ at Glenfield

County Hall's funding shortfall could hit £100M by 2027

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

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

Councillors to consider controversial solar farm project

Councillor Alan Hewson (second from right) pictured after being re-elected as Mayor of Melton with new Deputy Mayor, Tim Webster, and their partners

Councillors re-elect Mayor of Melton for second consecutive term

Councillor Pip Allnatt, who has been elected as new leader of Melton Borough Council

Melton Council elects new Labour councillor as leader
A Labour leader has been elected this evening (Wednesday) by Melton’s newly-elected borough councillors.
Nick Rennie

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Councillors pledge to stand against former Tory colleagues after bullying claims

Councillors pledge to stand against former Tory colleagues after bullying claims

Melton Borough Council's offices, which could be partially converted into a hotel

Councillors attack Melton Council's 'high risk' hotel plan

Latest Melton Council news

Average Council Tax bills in Melton borough to increase by £100 a year

Latest Melton Council news

Melton councillors approve rent increases for tenants

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

The Centrebus 15 Melton Mowbray town service picks up passengers - it is one of the routes being reviewed by the county council and could be axed or cut back

Councillors defend bus review with some costing £200k to subsidise a year

Latest Melton Borough Council news

Council's cabinet postpones decision on controversial hotel plans

Latest news from Melton Council

Council pledges to bring hundreds of its homes up to 'decent' standard

A computer graphic of what a stretch of the North and East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road will look like close to the entrance to Twin Lakes theme park

Councillors give final green light to Melton's bypass

An artist's impression of what the approved dementia care home and landscaping will look like in the grounds of Pera Business Park

Councillors approve major redevelopment of parkland at Pera Business Park

The site of plans for a dementia care home and apartments in the grounds of Pera

Councillors to consider development in Pera grounds

Jill Scott celebrates after England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final victory over Germany

Jill Scott to be awarded freedom of the city of Sunderland

A map showing Saltby Airfield (red hatched area) and the proposed HGV entry route to the east (via The Butts) and the exit route to the north (Wyeville Road)

Traffic dangers prompt deferral of Saltby Airfield plans

Church Street in Melton Mowbray

Borough offered £400K funding for business and community projects

Melton Council are set to raise the roof at this block of town centre flats in Chapel Street

Council set to raise the roof at Melton block of flats
The roof of a Melton block of council flats is to be raised to make the properties more energy efficient.
Nick Rennie

A computer image of how the preserved vagrant cell will look like at Melton

First look at preserved historic vagrant cell at Melton housing site

Latest Melton Mowbray news

'Community supermarket' idea put forward for Melton

Penman Spicer Hall in Melton Mowbray
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Melton community hall to be converted into homes after owner wins appeal

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Councillors to consider plans for dozens of new homes in Melton villages

The planned new warehouse at the Hallmark site off Saxby Road in Melton

Flooding risk highlighted for Melton warehouse plans

The Burton Street car park in Melton - the area at the far side (adjoining Burton Street) could be sold off by the council

Part of Melton town centre car park could be sold off

Mayor of Melton, Councillor Peter Faulkner (right), with Deputy Mayor, Councillor Alan Hewson (centre) pictured during their visit to Holwell Works

Mayor visits iconic Melton business on one of his final public engagements

Melton Borough Council offices

Plans to build block of nine apartments in Melton

The route of the MMDR and where it will pass to the north and east of Melton Mowbray

New opening date for Melton's long-awaited partial bypass

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