Leicestershire County Council

Councillor Dan Harrison, who has quit as Leicestershire County Council leader

County council leader quits following leaked comments to party colleagues

Leicestershire county councillor Andrew Innes (Reform UK)

Political View with Leicestershire county councillor Andrew Innes (Reform UK)

Councillor Hamilton-Gray with the pothole machine being trialled

Council trials pothole repair machine on Leicestershire's roads

Council leader Dan Harrison (CREDIT: LDRS)

County council leader faces pressure to step down after a vote on his leadership

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Free trees and hedges offered to landowners and farmers

Joseph Boam, Whitwick Reform candidate. Credit: LDRS

Council worker resigned due to the way she was ‘treated’ by Reform councillors

A computer image of what the new Leicestershire special school will look like

New £30M Leicestershire special school approved by council

Councillor Adam Tilbury at one of Leicestershire's new ReHome Zones

Residents invited to drop off quality unwanted items at county tips for reuse

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with a FoxConnect bus used by Leicestershire County Council to plug gaps in the bus service network

New trial bus service to operate for people living in the Bottesford area

Melton Mowbray town centre

COLUMN - Political View with Melton Borough Council leader Ronan Browne

Leicestershire County Council is planning major improvement works at four of its tips

Residents given advanced warning of temporary closure of Melton waste site
Residents are being given advanced notice that Melton Mowbray’s household waste and recycling site will be temporarily closed during winter.
Nick Rennie

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

Leicestershire residents and businesses urged to give views on county priorities

Protestors outside of county hall (CREDIT: LDRS)

‘Our children are being failed’, say Leicestershire SEND parents

The start of the F18 footpath (turning left) which could become a bridleway (CREDIT: LCC)

Melton village footpath change shot down by councillors

Leicestershire County Council's HQ, County Hall.

Council pays more than £3k to mum after her child was expelled

The new junction at Queniborough which has led Arriva to suspend its bus services

Anger over village's new road junction which prevents buses getting through

The St Mary's Way bus terminal in Melton Mowbray

Free Saturday bus travel to start for Melton Mowbray passengers

Baby Fortnight family sessions are being held in Melton

Free family activity sessions available during Baby Fortnight

Edward Argar, MP for Melton & Syston

COLUMN - Political View with Edward Argar MP

A school crossing sign Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Thousands give their views on traditional 'Leicestershire Fortnight' holidays

Rhianna Reid, an award-winning young Leicestershire carer

Award-winning teenager is inspiring fellow young carers across Leicestershire

Bottesford waste site

Village waste site to reopen after being temporarily closed

Leicestershire County Council leader Dan Harrison watching a Pothole Pro in action

Council to trial new pothole machine on Leicestershire's roads

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with a FoxConnect bus

County's on-demand bus service clocks up 100,000 journeys

Melton Borough Council offices

Heatwaves prompt councillors to consider using council offices as 'cool space'

MPs and councillors, including Melton & Syston MP Edward Argar, pictured at the protest at County Hall against Local Government Reorganisation

MPs and councillors stage protest against plans to transform councils

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

Council spends six-figure sum on masculinity workshops in county schools

Edward Argar MP

COLUMN - Political View with Melton & Syston MP Edward Argar
I wanted to begin this weeks' Melton Times article by paying tribute to former Leicestershire County Council leader, Nick Rushton, who has passed away following a battle with illness.
Edward Argar MP

County councillor Kevin Crook is encouraging children to get involved in this year's Summer Reading Challenge

Children urged to take part in summer reading challenge at Melton Library

Former Leicestershire County Council leader, Nick Rushton, who has passed away

Tributes for former county council leader who has passed away

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

County Hall deals with 1,000 per cent increase in councillor complaints

Leicestershire County Council leader, Dan Harrison

Leicester set to be expanded as part of local government reorganisation

Melton & Syston MP Edward Argar

COLUMN - Political View with Edward Argar MP

The armed forces parading through Melton Mowbray last November on Remembrance Sunday

COLUMN - Political View with Melton & Syston MP Edward Argar

Councillor Andrew Innes (Melton East) with county council leader Dan Harrison (centre) at a launch event for the Pork Pie Way

COLUMN - Political View with county councillor Andrew Innes (Reform UK)

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

Improvements hailed in how Leicestershire SEND youngsters are supported

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: England fans arrive at the stadium prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between England and Andorra at Villa Park on September 06, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Football fans warned to look out for fake World Cup kit and merchandise

Brownlow Primary School, which has closed for two days following last week's storm IMAGE Google StreetView

Melton's biggest primary school remains closed following serious storm damage

Melton Borough Council leader Ronan Browne

COLUMN - Political View with Melton Borough Council leader Ronan Browne

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with the new Leicestershire grass-cutting team responding to immediate road risks

Council invests £50k in new grass cutting response team

Early Medieval clay loomweights from remains of a Saxon settlement on the Melton bypass route

Melton's museum to host one-day exhibition of finds made on bypass route

Council leader Dan Harrison (CREDIT: LDRS)

Reform leader re-elected and cabinet shake-up at County Hall

Roads Minister, Simon Lightwood MP (second from right) and Dickinson and Morris Ye Olde Pork Shoppe manager Richard Griffiths (extreme right) pictured at the launch event today

Melton Mowbray's Pork Pie Way bypass to open fully to traffic on Monday

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

Council's £60M savings plan likened to ‘payday loan’ by opposition councillor

Ian Sparrow pictured in High Street, Bottesford, where he has been campaigning for four years for a pedestrian crossing

Campaigner frustrated over delays to pedestrian crossing being installed
A Bottesford resident who has fought a four-year battle to have a pedestrian crossing installed on busy High Street remains frustrated at the delays over it being put in.
Nick Rennie

The iconic Melton Mowbray pork pie - which could inspire the name of the town's new bypass

Controversy rages over potential pork pie name for new Melton bypass

G&G Travel director, Gemma Hill, and colleague show off their parking ticket at the May Day festival, with Melton BID manager James Colclough (centre)

Coach company’s May Day festival parking cancelled after complaint

A public engagement exercise by the county council in Melton on the naming of the bypass

Thousands of people choose an option to name Melton's new partial bypass

Leicestershire County Council's Glenfield HQ

County council identifies savings of up to £60M

School crossing sign (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

County's traditional 'July Fortnight' set to be retained after pushback

A team from Leicestershire County Council pictured on Tuesday at a public engagement for the naming of Melton's new bypass

Shortlist announced for names for Melton Mowbray's new partial bypass

A school crossing sign (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Leicestershire parents find out which primary school their child will go to

Leicestershire County Council leader, Dan Harrison

County council leader defends £48k climate resilience officer role

The map for the North East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road, which is almost complete and set to open next month

Residents to get a chance this week to name Melton's new partial bypass

The Melton Mowbray college and theatre site which is up for sale for £3.5M IMAGE: Melton and around from ABOVE Steely DRONE

'A number of parties' showing interest in taking over Melton campus site

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