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The Melton and District Round Table Santa sleigh tours the borough in a previous year

Villagers ready to welcome Round Table's Santa sleigh

A Flood Alert has been issued

Flood alert in place for villages west of Melton Mowbray

Melton Borough Council's Parkside offices

Villagers to elect new councillor at by-election

Winners and runners-up at last year's Vale Conker Championships PHOTO Chris Hardwick

Save the date for the Vale of Belvoir Conker Championships

Despite tourists bringing noise pollution and traffic chaos to the quaint nearby village of Alton, locals living near Alton Towers say it has major benefits.

Alton Towers: Why residents living next to theme park ‘love’ it

The site of the new Post Office in Asfordby - Northfield Stores - which opened on Friday

Post Office reopens in Asfordby after 18 months

News from the villages

Villagers in Melton borough urged to take up ultrafast broadband

From left: Emma Rudkin, James Bentley, Will Rudkin, Liz Collingham and Karl Donaghey

Villagers join forces to support seriously injured young man

The Black Horse at Grimston

Villagers celebrate after completing community purchase of pub

From left, standing, Katie Pomfrett, Shanti Patman, headteacher Rosie Browne, Jim Patman, Sara Perkins; sitting, Melanie Tomlin (DTB Europe) and Juliet Mathers (marketing manager at Grace Homes)

Village fundraising effort provides school dinners for pupils

The Diddly Squat farm shop sells local produce from the farm and neighbouring local producers in the Cotswolds (Picture: Clarkson's farm)

Workers at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm must now wear body cams

The workers on Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm in Oxfordshire have started to wear body cams following abuse from locals

Imber and Tyneham are two villages that were abandoned during World War Two

England’s ‘lost twin villages’ frozen in time since World War Two

Tilton on the Hill

Villagers to get county's first community electric car club

Somerby

Villagers get new mobile Post Office service

Santa drops in at a local Christmas party organised by the ReEngage charity

Christmas parties for older Melton people living alone

A view over Warkworth Castle and the surrounding village which has topped the list of British villages which have risen in value for 20 years straight.

20 British villages with property value increases for last 20 years

Stathern Horticultural Show 2022

Villagers enjoy Stathern Horticultural Show

Dog mess near the boundary at Old Dalby Cricket Club

Villagers lock horns over dog mess issue on cricket field

The buffet lunch at Harby village hall in honour of the Royal British Legion

Villagers celebrate British legion milestones

The Black Horse at Grimston

Shares up for grabs in community-owned village pub

The aftermath of the tractor incident which led to internet and telephone services being down at Plungar

Villagers angry over loss of internet face further wait

A model of The Queen created by children at Pea Pod Day Nursery in Hickling Pastures

Villagers get in the party spirit for Royal celebration

Severn Trent are repairing a water mains in Scalford

Villagers without water after water pipe bursts

The entrance to the Saltby Airfield site

Villagers angry over lorry traffic using Saltby Airfield site

Old Dalby village hall IMAGE GOOGLE STREETVIEW EMN-220419-121209001

Villagers plan four days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations

The approach to Asfordby village EMN-220902-152536001

Villagers to be given a say on new Asfordby Neighbourhood Plan

The Red Lion pub at Stathern - the community is attempting to buy it and reopen it as a community asset EMN-220402-100302001

Cash pledges roll in for community campaign to buy Vale of Belvoir pub

Wycombe and Chadwell Parish Church EMN-211130-092341001

Villagers raise funds to save historic church
Historic Wycombe and Chadwell Parish Church (pictured above) has not been used for services since the pandemic started last year and villagers are embarking on a fundraising campaign to pay for essential renovations to retain it as a community building as well as a place of worship.

The Red Lion Inn at Stathern PHOTO: Supplied EMN-211115-131037001

Villagers rally to rescue award-winning pub as community asset

The stables at Eastwell which are thought to be the source of the rat infestation in the village EMN-211028-173201001

Residents say their village rat infestation is ‘spiralling out of control’

Nathan Odom, head of estates and admissions for Discovery Schools, and Sarah Sadler, executive head at Asfordby Captain's Close School, pictured by the school swimming pool EMN-211019-155142001

Future of Asfordby school’s pool is in the balance

Sally Fagan shows off her tray of vegetables which helped her win Best in Show at Stathern Horticulatural Society's annual show EMN-210913-140059001

Stathern villagers celebrate being together again at annual show

Latest waste and recycling news EMN-210909-151801001

Villagers face 30-mile round trip to visit tip for three more months

A pile of sludgecake (treated human waste) stored near the village of Saxby, which some residents are very unhappy about EMN-210107-104050001

Villagers angry over ‘intense’ sludge cake fumes

Treasurer Julia Hawley at Wyfordby Church, which will be open during Sunday's fundraising garage sale in the village and at Brentingby EMN-211006-103043001

Villagers to hold garage sale for vital church repairs

Bill Fryer, wearing his British Empire Medal, who has passed away aged 94 EMN-210521-135510001

Warm tributes for popular farmer and community champion

The Black Horse at Grimston EMN-210605-131722001

Villagers unhappy with valuation of vacant pub

A Birch Wood School student is thrilled to receive one of the 261 Easter eggs collected by villagers at Bottesford EMN-210326-115940001

Villagers collect 200 Easter eggs for Melton pupils

Disused phoneboxes in the Melton area are being offered up for adoption as community resources such as book exchanges EMN-210316-094413001

Villagers invited to adopt phone boxes as community resources

Latest news EMN-210103-174806001

Villagers get chance to vote on Neighbourhood Plans

Latest village news EMN-211003-172452001

Villagers force housing plan to be decided in High Court

The Black Horse at Grimston EMN-210127-120312001

Judge upholds historic pub’s community asset protection status

The Black Horse at Grimston EMN-210701-124314001

Villagers make offer to buy their historic pub

Trevor Dustan, a Whissendine resident and businessman who has taken part in a campaign to get full fibre broadband for the village EMN-210401-132205001

Villagers set to get some of fastest internet speeds in UK

The Black Horse at Grimston EMN-201021-130420001

Villagers look into community pub purchase
Villagers are exploring a community purchase of a former award-winning pub which has been closed since January.

A sign on Burton Road bridge flagging up a recent mobile Covid-19 test site in Melton EMN-200914-154806001

Villagers told not to mix indoors with people from other households

The former Somerby Methodist Church building, which closed in October and is now being offered for sale against the wishes of some villagers

Somerby villagers angry over sale of former chapel

The Black Horse at Grimston EMN-200607-123557001

Villagers meet to discuss buying Vale of Belvoir pub

David and Jean Cox with the bouquet they were presented with after retiring from running the butcher's shop at Stathern for 46 years PHOTO MARTIN FAGAN EMN-201003-132559001

Villagers thank couple who ran Stathern butcher’s shop for 46 years

Residents have been told not to drink their water EMN-190807-104056001

Villagers told not to drink water after E-coli traces found

Redundant phoneboxes are being offered up for community uses, such as the housing of a life-saving defibrillator EMN-190628-163909001

Villagers invited to adopt a phonebox for community use for £1

Somerby and Owston villagers get new high speed mobile internet connections

Villagers and members of Hose and Harby branch of the Royal British Legion at a service of dedication for a new war memorial stone at Barkestone-le-Vale EMN-190322-091822001

Villagers attend dedication service for new war memorial at Barkestone-le-Vale

Alexandra North, and father Graham, travel to her wedding on a carriage drawn by her beloved Shetland pony, Sally EMN-181109-115031001

Villagers make Vale of Belvoir bride's dream come true

Melton borough councillor Leigh Higgins (second from right) outside The Fox Inn at Thorpe Satchville with villagers in March 2017 during a previous battle to prevent it being redeveloped for housing EMN-180821-120524001

Thorpe Satchville villagers prepare for third battle to save their last pub