Work will begin soon on a £260,000 project to replace 1km of water pipes at Long Clawson.
With temperatures set to soar into the late thirties in Leicestershire and Rutland over the next few days health and council officials and the emergency services have voiced concerns about the risk to life and the impact on local hospitals.
A century after Melton troops fell on the battlefield in the Belgian village of Passchendaele, they were remembered at a special service in the town.
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